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EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
No Challengers for Select Board
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Eastham are in-person, typically with an online-attendance option. Go to eastham-ma.gov and click on the meeting you are interested in for details. All meetings are […]
INFERNO
No One Injured in Destruction of Truro House
The cause of the fire and explosions is under investigation
TRURO — When Robert Byrnes stepped outside last Friday morning, April 21, he found a typewritten letter in his yard addressed to Todd Henning.
MIGHTY NEIGHBORLY
ZBA Asks New Owners and Abutters to Compromise on Big House
A vote to reduce house size and visual impact is reversed
EASTHAM — The zoning board of appeals spent more than two hours on April 6 considering an appeal filed by abutters opposed to the planning board’s recent approval of a […]
FREE AT LAST
$4.5M in Free Cash Arrives Just in Time for Town Meeting
But Standard & Poor’s will still downgrade Wellfleet’s bond rating
WELLFLEET — Town Administrator Richard Waldo received word on Friday that a key goal for the town had been achieved: the Mass. Dept. of Revenue had finally certified Wellfleet’s free […]
FACT CHECK
Answers to Perennial Questions About Residency and Voting Rules
People may gossip, say town clerks, but challenges to voter registrations are rare
PROVINCETOWN — It’s town meeting season on Cape Cod — which means that in addition to the gray skies, spring blossoms, and allergy attacks, there’s another perennial popping up: questions […]
TRURO TOWN MEETING
Voters Nix School Resource Officer but OK Three Other Overrides
TRURO — Voters at Tuesday’s annual town meeting approved three Proposition 2½ overrides totaling $1.4 million but rejected a fourth seeking $107,000 for a full-time “school resource officer,” which had […]
PROVINCETOWN ELECTION
Austin Knight Wants to Serve Again
Cautious spending and more breakwaters are two of Knight’s many ideas
PROVINCETOWN — Austin Knight is running on his record — and it’s quite a record. He’s been elected to the select board three times, in 2007, 2010, and 2013. He […]
PROVINCETOWN ELECTION
Austin Miller Seeks to Translate Values Into Policy
Updates to zoning bylaws and preparations for sea level rise are top priorities
PROVINCETOWN — Austin Miller says he is “an incredibly details-oriented person.” He knows the name of the freshwater wellfield that Provincetown will need to expand to secure more drinking water. […]
PROVINCETOWN ELECTION
Gordon Siegel Says Philanthropy Can Help With Housing
A business owner has ideas for surviving economic inequality and climate change
PROVINCETOWN — After running for select board in 2014 and again in 2017 without success, Gordon Siegel believes the time is right for his third campaign. A real estate agent […]
PROVINCETOWN ELECTION
Erik Borg Sees Issues ‘Through the Lens of Housing’
The co-owner of the Provincetown Brewing Co. serves on the tourism and zoning boards
PROVINCETOWN — Over the past decade, Erik Borg has been a weekend visitor, a reporter, a bartender, and eventually a year-round business owner and resident here. Now, the part-owner of […]
FISHERIES
Stricter Rules Sought for Horseshoe Crab Harvest
A precautionary approach in response to a burgeoning biomedical market
There is perhaps no thornier marine management issue for regulatory bodies on the Atlantic Coast than what to do about horseshoe crabs, which are harvested as bait for the whelk […]
THE BIRD WATCH
The Eagles Have Landed … Safely
Their resurgence here is the real environmental success story
I think just about everyone around here is familiar with the faceoff that took place earlier this spring between a pair of bald eagles and a very determined male osprey. […]
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
Recreational Boaters and the Unforgiving Sea
On the Outer Cape, when we’re on shore we’re already 25 miles out
This past week we all got a grim reminder of how unforgiving the sea can be, particularly with a small craft taken far offshore. A 17-foot boat was found upside-down […]
MILLION-YEAR PICNIC
‘What’s That Planet Over There?’
There’s an app for that
“How did you know that’s where you’d find Saturn? How did you know the Moon would be right there? How did you know that was the North Star?” These “how […]
