WELLFLEET — Bids on a master plan for housing at Maurice’s Campground were supposed to be due on June 21, and interest in the project was strong. But the committee […]
Maurices Campground
ECONOMICS
Town Seeks Bidders for Maurice’s Campground Management
Wellfleet will lease the 21-acre site rather than try to operate it
WELLFLEET — The town is now accepting bids for the operation of Maurice’s Campground on Route 6 during the six-year transitional period before construction begins on an affordable housing development […]
CIVICS
Wellfleet Select Board Names 6 to Maurice’s Planning Committee
A 9-member group will consider options for the 21-acre campground property
WELLFLEET — The select board filled six of seven available spots on the new Maurice’s Campground Planning Committee at its Nov. 1 meeting but ran into trouble trying to decide […]
IN FAVOR
Voters Endorse Maurice’s Campground Purchase
Town meeting moves to preserve the ‘soul of Wellfleet’
WELLFLEET — With a show of hands, voters at Saturday’s special town meeting agreed to buy Maurice’s Campground for the purpose of siting affordable, year-round, and seasonal housing on its […]
HOUSING CRISIS
When You Have to Live at a Campground
Hundreds of workers feel lucky to stay in trailers for the season
WELLFLEET — Flowers border the trailer where Katie Nelson has lived for the past four summers. Rocks and antique bottles collected at the beach surround the garden. Her boyfriend’s neon […]
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
Campground Cesspool Waiver Has to Come From the State DEP
A new wrinkle appears in the plan to buy Maurice’s in Wellfleet
WELLFLEET — The details of a proposal that the town buy Maurice’s Campground as a site for community housing continued to change in the days leading up to the Sept. […]
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
Wellfleet’s Sept. 10 Campground Vote Hinges on Septic Waiver
Proponents seek compromise on Maurice’s 35 cesspools
WELLFLEET — Voters will be asked to buy a 21-acre campground with 240 campsites for $6.5 million at the Sept. 10 special town meeting. The goal is to create a […]
DEVELOPMENT
Group Sets to Work on Details of Campground Purchase
Committee members consider cesspools, infrastructure, and campground finances
WELLFLEET — The select board signed a purchase and sale agreement for the 21.25 acres at Maurice’s Campground last month, but town officials say there’s a lot to figure out […]
DEVELOPMENT
Wellfleet Offers $6.5M for Maurice’s Campground
The deal would leave the 21-acre site unchanged for 6 years
WELLFLEET — The select board has signed a purchase-and-sale agreement for the 72-year-old Maurice’s Campground and its 21.25 acres of land for $6.5 million. The board presented the purchase as […]
OLD BUSINESS
A Campground for Camaraderie
After 71 years, Maurice’s is still a family tradition in Wellfleet
WELLFLEET — Back in 1949, Maurice and Ann Gauthier of New Bedford were in search of a better lifestyle for their growing family. They eventually found it in the woods […]
GALLERY
Take Home on the Road
Tents and campers for settling in under the stars
Remote work and distance learning have chained us to our devices and Zoom rooms. But now that it’s summer, camping offers outdoor low-tech liberation. Campgrounds are, by nature, well designed […]
