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OUTER CAPE PORTRAIT
The Moderator
DAN SILVERMAN / TOWN MODERATOR & WOODWORKER / WELLFLEET Just out of college, Dan Silverman drove to Wellfleet in 1972 for a job interview with a local builder. He’s never […]
ENVIRONMENT
Scientists Pick Up Effort to Study Ponds
Seashore looks at role of warming; APCC urges county action
WELLFLEET — With a growing number of cyanobacteria blooms occurring in ponds across Cape Cod, researchers are expanding their efforts in hopes of better understanding toxic algal blooms and how […]
This Week in Wellfleet
Meetings Ahead
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TECHNOLOGY
3 Towns Wait to See What Comcast Will Deliver
A new contract offers benefits that are still unknown
WELLFLEET — Thanks to a new contract with five Lower and Outer Cape towns, Comcast may soon provide broadband internet connections to residents of Truro, Wellfleet, and Eastham who live […]
DIGGING DEEP
Seashore Prepares for Bound Brook Land Swap
Archaeologists play a role to protect natural and cultural resources
WELLFLEET — Driving northbound on Bound Brook Island Road in Wellfleet last week, travelers were greeted with a peculiar sight: a number of workers in reflective vests sifting through buckets […]
CURRENTS
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THE DREDGE REPORT
In Wellfleet Harbor, Dredge-Watching Catches On
WELLFLEET — “Look,” said Carin Pierce, standing on the marina in Wellfleet, one hand on her poodle and the other pointing waterward. “It’s scooping!” Since the long-awaited Wellfleet Harbor dredging […]
CURRENTS
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COVID-19
Health Board Wants Masks at Town Hall
Mandatory workplace safety standards may be imposed in Wellfleet
WELLFLEET — The board of health is considering a set of mandatory safety standards for municipal workplaces after a visit to town hall set off alarms last week. Health Agent […]
OYSTERFEST RERUN
‘Chopper’ Young Takes Another Shuck Off Prize
Two dozen perfect oysters in under two minutes
The shuck off was the main event at the virtual version of the Wellfleet OysterFest on Saturday. In a production filmed on the stage at the Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater […]
Morning After
Irving Puffer at work on his grant in Wellfleet Harbor on a perfectly calm Monday morning after OysterFest weekend. Working with him, but not in this photo was Jake, his […]
CURRENTS
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VIRTUAL OYSTERFEST
Chefs and Shuckers Take to the Stage for the 20th Annual Wellfleet OysterFest
For the first time, staying home for the ’Fest means not missing the shuck off
WELLFLEET — Like almost everything else in 2020, the Wellfleet OysterFest will look very different this year. The town’s signature celebration, which in 2019 hosted about 23,000 visitors and routinely […]
CONTENDERS
Behind the Scenes at OysterFest 2020
Lights, cameras, masks: ‘The shuck must go on!’
There will be a shuck off at the 20th annual OysterFest. But there will be no competitive parking, no pressing through crowds on Main Street, and no lines under the […]