PROVINCETOWN — As business owners begin to plan for the season ahead knowing both workers and workforce housing are in extremely short supply, many will try to wrap wages and […]
Willy’s Gym
STOWED
Niggel’s Storage Expansion Rejected by Planning Board
Possible danger to groundwater cited by one board member
EASTHAM — Barbara Niggel’s quest to expand her Stow Away self-storage business at 4730 Route 6 ended at the planning board’s Aug. 18 hearing, with board member Joe Manas casting […]
CONTRACTIONS
Stow Away Storage Expansion at Willy’s, Continued
Attorney Zehnder won’t promise not to come back for more
EASTHAM — A proposal by Willy’s Gym owner Barbara Niggel to expand the number of storage units at 4730 State Highway has been scaled back after a Cape Cod Commission […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Fitness Training
In June 2019, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board of the District of Columbia considered a challenge to the renewal of a liquor license for the Trump International Hotel on the […]
REGULATION REPORT
Willy’s Gets Its All-Alcohol License
ABCC asked the town to ‘resolve any differences’
EASTHAM — The select board granted an all-alcohol liquor license for Willy’s World Wellness & Conference Center, doing business as Grateful Café, on July 12, just days before a scheduled […]
COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT
Niggel Hits Roadblock in Storage Unit Review
Zehnder threatens suit to challenge regulators’ interpretation of plan
EASTHAM — A new 4,800-square-foot storage unit building proposed by Barbara Niggel, the owner of Willy’s Gym, will be dropped from the project currently before the planning board after an […]
BUSINESS NEWS
Board Rejects Willy’s License Renewals
Attorney Zehnder calls the town’s position ‘technocratic’
EASTHAM — The select board voted four to one on Jan. 4 not to renew Willy’s World’s all-alcohol retail license and common victualer’s license, saying 2018 changes at the facility […]
BACK PAY
Gym Owner Pays Widow of Tennis Pro
Niggel has appealed the Commonwealth’s other citations of workplace violations
EASTHAM — It took 15 months, a boycott of Willy’s Gym, and civil citations from the attorney general’s office, but Barbara Niggel has paid back wages to the widow of […]
UPDATE
Willy’s Owner Appeals Restitution Order
Niggel’s $4.6 million mortgage payoff was due on Sept. 30
EASTHAM — The owner of Willy’s Gym is appealing a state order to pay fines and restitution for various wage law violations, while friends of the gym’s late tennis pro […]
ENFORCEMENT
Willy’s Owner Fined $101,000 for Wage Law Violations
Widow of tennis pro who died on the job will be compensated
EASTHAM — Barbara Niggel, the owner of Willy’s World Wellness & Conference Center, has been fined $101,466 by the state attorney general’s office for a litany of labor law violations. […]
DEBT OF GRATITUDE
Friends of Willy’s Coach Press Niggel to Pay His Widow
Remembrance and protest on the anniversary of Joe Abbott’s death
EASTHAM — About 50 people gathered outside Willy’s World Wellness & Conference Center on Aug. 7, marking one year since the death of tennis coach Joe Abbott, who collapsed at […]
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This Week in Eastham
Meetings Ahead Meetings are held remotely. Go to eastham-ma.gov/calendar-by-event-type/16 and click on a particular meeting to read its agenda. That document will provide information about how to view and take […]
INVESTIGATION
Willy’s Gym Owner Is Accused of Identity Fraud
Barbara Niggel is said to have agreed to pay for dropping of charge
EASTHAM — Virginia Reynolds was working in the summer of 2018 at Bayside Consignment, a now-defunct shop on Route 6, when, she says, Barbara Niggel, the owner of the building, […]
WORKING OUT THE KINKS
Willy’s Gym Gets Closer to Reopening
Niggel says facility is up to code; outdoor courts to open first
EASTHAM — Willy’s Gym claims it is now eligible to reopen when all gyms and fitness centers are permitted to do so under phase three of Gov. Charlie Baker’s reopening […]
UPDATE
Willy’s Looks to Reopen
This week’s final inspection is the last hurdle
EASTHAM — A final inspection by the town’s health, fire, and building depts., scheduled for Wednesday, June 10, could lead to the reopening of Willy’s World and Conference Center, which […]
