EASTHAM — Enrollment numbers for the Outer Cape’s public schools have finally arrived, and they show that existing trends here are getting worse. This year’s total enrollment in the Truro […]
Wellfleet Elementary School
IT'S ELEMENTARY
No Sprinklers Means Wellfleet School Might Be Shut
Cost-cutting in 1990 comes back to haunt Wellfleet budgeters
WELLFLEET — Three years ago, Fire Chief Richard Pauley raised an alarm about the nonexistent sprinkler system at the Wellfleet Elementary School — a violation of the state building code. […]
WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
School Playground Update
Meetings Ahead
All meetings in Wellfleet are remote only and can be watched online. Go to wellfleet-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch, then follow the instructions on the […]
COVID-19
A Death in Wellfleet, as Case Numbers Gradually Decline
A total of 12 cases so far at Wellfleet Elementary
WELLFLEET — The number of new cases of Covid-19 was down slightly this week, according to the town’s health agent, Hillary Greenberg-Lemos, following the emergence of a cluster of cases […]
RECESS
Loss of a Playground Has Wellfleet Kids Imagining a New One
The old structure was condemned and torn down after an accident
WELLFLEET — The Wellfleet Elementary School (WES) has not had a functioning playground since March 2020, first because the old playground was placed off-limits by Covid-19 precautions, and then, in […]
AN INVESTIGATION
Why Wellfleet Elementary School Has No Sprinklers
Thirty years ago, the fire chief ‘was asked not to do his job’
WELLFLEET — At the Sept. 12 annual town meeting voters agreed to spend $110,000 to design a sprinkler system for the Wellfleet Elementary School, because, the fire chief said, one […]
CIVICS
Wellfleet OK’s Water Main and Firefighters
Officials hit a home run at first-ever outdoor town meeting
WELLFLEET — Standing on the pitcher’s mound at the Wellfleet Elementary School ballfield, Moderator Dan Silverman pitched a no-hitter on Sept. 12, with voters approving all the articles that came […]
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This Week in Wellfleet
Meetings Ahead From wellfleet-ma.gov, hover your mouse over a date on the calendar on the right of the screen, and click on the meeting you’re interested in to open its […]
CIVICS
Wellfleet Town Meeting Moved Up to Sept. 12
Task force comes up with a plan to accommodate 350 people outdoors
WELLFLEET — Plans for the 2020 annual town meeting are at last set. Almost five months after the meeting was originally to have taken place, it will be convened at […]
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This Week in Wellfleet
Meetings Ahead All meetings are held remotely. To watch or participate in meetings live, go to the town website, wellfleet-ma.gov, and click on the link to the meeting in the […]
