Meetings Ahead
Most meetings in Provincetown are held in person, typically with an online-attendance option. Click on the meeting you want to attend on the calendar at provincetown-ma.gov for a link to an agenda and details. All meetings are at Town Hall unless otherwise noted.
Thursday, July 25
- Animal Welfare Committee, 10 a.m., Veterans Memorial Community Center
- Planning Board, 6 p.m.
Monday, July 29
- School Committee, noon, Provincetown Schools Library
Thursday, August 1
- Zoning Board of Appeals, 6 p.m.
Conversation Starter
Pier Commission Appointed
After a series of interviews that spanned four select board meetings, on July 22 the board appointed four members and two alternates to the town’s new MacMillan Pier Commission, the advisory panel that will replace the town’s abolished Provincetown Public Pier Corp.
Michael Rego, a fourth-generation fisherman who lives in Truro, was appointed to a two-year term representing the “East side tenants” of MacMillan Pier, which is reserved for fishing vessels.
Paul Milliken, a lawyer and retired Coast Guard lieutenant commander, was appointed to a two-year term representing the pier’s “West side tenants,” which are tourism-oriented businesses. Milliken’s family owns the Dolphin Fleet of whale watching boats.
Michela Murphy, a member of the town’s historic district commission, harbor committee, and coastal resiliency advisory committee, was appointed to a three-year seat on the pier commission that is reserved for town residents.
Caitlin Townsend of Truro, a commercial fisherman and graduate of the Mass. Maritime Academy, was appointed to a one-year seat reserved for nonresidents.
Jeff Souza, a fourth-generation fisherman who has a lobster boat and a scallop boat on MacMillan Pier, had applied for the “East side tenants” seat but was appointed to a one-year alternate term instead.
Michael Chute, an oyster farmer who is an alternate member of the harbor committee, had also applied for the “East side tenants” seat but was appointed to a two-year term as an alternate.
The fifth seat on the commission, a one-year term reserved for Provincetown residents, had been filled by the select board on May 28. Former Pier Corp. chair Jamie Staniscia was appointed to that seat. —Paul Benson
Editor’s note: An earlier version of this article, published in print on July 25, incorrectly reported that the fifth seat on the pier commission was still open for applications. That seat had been filled by the appointment of Jamie Staniscia on May 28.
