Meetings Ahead
Some meetings in Provincetown are in person, some are online, and some are both. Click on the meeting you want to attend on the calendar at provincetown-ma.gov for a link to an agenda and details.
Thursday, Oct. 27
- Pier Corp. Board, 5 p.m., Town Hall
- Planning Board, 6 p.m., Town Hall
Tuesday, Nov. 1
- Conservation Commission, 6 p.m., Town Hall
Wednesday, Nov. 2
- Historic District Commission, 3:30 p.m., Town Hall
- Forum on Town Meeting Articles, 5 p.m., remote only
Thursday, Nov. 3
- Planning Board, 5 p.m.
- Zoning Board of Appeals, 6 p.m.
Conversation Starters
Traffic Hearing Cancelled
Because of national election day on Tuesday, Nov. 8 and a special town meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 9, Provincetown has opted to cancel its annual traffic hearing that had been scheduled for Monday, Nov. 7. All three events take a significant amount of staff time to prepare, select board Chair Dave Abramson told the Independent, and since there were not very many proposals submitted they will be heard at subsequent select board meetings instead.
SKIP Returns
The Soup Kitchen in Provincetown, affectionately known as SKIP, is resuming its free lunch program on Monday, Nov. 7 at the Methodist Church at 20 Shank Painter Road. SKIP serves cafeteria-style meals between 12:30 and 1:30 p.m. five days a week, Monday through Friday, from November to April. There is a voluntary donation jar on the cafeteria line, and the lunches are a community affair, with large shared tables and an air of wintertime connection that participants say is as nourishing as the food itself.
SKIP relies on more than 100 volunteers and has been averaging 18,000 meals per season in recent years, according to the organization’s chair, Philip Franchini. Executive chef Gina Larkin is returning this year, which is SKIP’s 30th since its founding in 1992. —Paul Benson
