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VFW

    PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

    Community Engagement on VFW

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    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 […]

    HOUSING

    Half-Acre Lot Will Allow More Units at VFW

    Developer will buy adjacent Mendes property for $1.4 million

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    PROVINCETOWN — A long-running effort to build affordable and community housing at the former VFW site on Jerome Smith Road received a big boost last week when the developer of […]

    PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

    VFW Demolition Set

    Meetings Ahead

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    Some meetings are in person, some online, and some are both. Go to provincetown-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch to see if a remote option is available. Thursday, Nov. 4 […]

    HOUSING

    Select Board Picks TCB for VFW Project

    Vote on allocating rooms tax revenue is put off

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    PROVINCETOWN — The Community Builders, the Boston firm that built 50 apartments at Province Landing on Shank Painter Road 10 years ago, has won the bidding to construct affordable housing […]

    COMPLICATIONS

    Sale of Adjacent Land Will Affect VFW Housing Bids

    Half-acre Capt. Bertie’s parcel is under contract to private buyer

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    PROVINCETOWN — A pending land sale will likely require two of the three companies wanting to build affordable housing here to adjust their plans downward. The town’s request for proposals […]

    PROJECTS

    Provincetown V.F.W. Awaits Transformation

    Jay Critchley’s art installation evolves through crisis

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    PROVINCETOWN —Jay Critchley invited members of the community — artists, writers, veterans — to join him on Wednesday, March 11 for a walk-through of the Veterans of Foreign Wars building […]

    PUBLIC ART

    Compact to Turn P’town VFW Into Art Installation

    Jay Critchley invites veterans and members of the community to participate

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    PROVINCETOWN — It’s a project Jay Critchley had been contemplating for a while: he knew that the town had bought the Veterans of Foreign Wars building at 3 Jerome Smith […]

    currents

    This Week in Provincetown

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    Meetings Ahead Friday, Feb. 28 Public Landscape Committee, 12 p.m., Lopes Square Tuesday, March 3 Conservation Commission, 6 p.m., Town Hall Wednesday, March 4 Historic District Commission, 4 p.m., Town […]

    CIVICS

    VFW Building Scheduled for Demolition

    Any use of the land involves removing the structure, officials say

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    PROVINCETOWN — The VFW building at 3 Jerome Smith Road was built entirely by veterans, says VFW post member Paul Mendes — volunteers who donated their skills as carpenters or […]

    SPECIAL TOWN MEETING

    Move to Alter VFW Plan Fails in Close Vote

    Voters lament ‘Sophie’s choice,’ want both housing and public safety

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    PROVINCETOWN — By a margin of just 19 votes, 157 in favor, 176 against, Monday’s special town meeting rejected Fire Chief Mike Trovato’s plan for the former VFW site on […]

    LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

    Writing Thursday

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    It’s “Giving Tuesday” as I write this, and I can see from looking at the online posts of local nonprofits that people really are giving. We know firsthand about this […]

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