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Truro DPW vote is back on after voter challenges are resolved. When and where to vote.
Editor's note: A correction to the square feet of a proposed public works facility was made May 2, 2024. After a series of voter registration challenges and a larger-than-expected turnout forced Truro to reschedule its November town meeting, the town is now gearing up for a weekend of back-to-back meetings with a combined tally of 57 articles between both warrants. ...
POP GOES THE MEWS!
Everything was going according to plan. But as John Lennon said, life is what happens when your busy making other plans. After years of renting the space that housed the Mews Restaurant, husbands and owners Ron Robin and Ed Teo finally bought the building at 429 Commercial Street in 2018. Now they could do long-desired renovations on the beloved restaurant, so they drafted plans and began getting permits appearing in front town boards like the Conservation Committee and the Historic District Commission, as well as applying for economic development permits. All was approved and they were ready to go.
Ban on marijuana sales in Dennis may be lifted at town meeting. What to know.
Voters at the Dennis annual town meeting May 7 will be asked to OK a $47.4 million municipal budget, set aside money for wastewater infrastructure, a Proposition 2 ½ override to replace a 1994 fire department ladder truck and a citizens petition to reverse a ban on recreational marijuana shops in town. The marijuana shop measure, contained in Article 28 and likely the most controversial, calls for tossing out a bylaw adopted on Oct. 17, 2017 that...
Q&A with Lee Roscoe
In addition to writing for Provincetown Magazine, Lee Roscoe is an award-winning playwright, environmentalist, and author of Wampanoag Art for the Ages, Traditional and Transitional. She has been creating work with a social conscience on the Cape for many years in a variety of media, and this week, the film she made with filmmaker Janet Murphy Robertson, Dreams from a Planet in Peril, will screen at Wellfleet Preservation Hall. The film explores the environmental mess we are currently in using a series of interconnected dreams. It stars many local Cape Cod actors and offers a unique approach to environmental activism through drama.
Hot For Cold Chocolate
Cold Chocolate’s Ariel Bernstein and Ethan Robbins. Music perhaps more than any other art form, is so amorphous that it defies categorization. And yet there are those who try to put strict boundaries on it. Some seem genuinely upset when Dolly Parton is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. And then there’s the outrage over Beyoncé putting out a country album. Those divisions often come from corporate marketing strategies, strident fans with a fanatical bend, or the realm of intense middle-school debates. But while musicians might have a preferred genre or a distinct passion, most see the opportunities that exist for cultural expansion by eschewing labels and just follow the notes and beats to wherever they may take you. That’s where the sweet spot is. That’s at the root of Cold Chocolate, a self-described “genre-bending Americana band” featuring Ethan Robbins and Ariel Bernstein who will take to the stage at Wellfleet Preservation Hall this Friday night.
Highland Light reopens to public after renovation: What to know about the Truro lighthouse
Highland Light in Truro is looking pretty spiffy these days. According to the Cape Cod National Seashore, the legendary lighthouse has a new breathable coating, and masonry has been repaired, part of a recent renovation project that will be celebrated at a rededication ceremony at 10 a.m. on May 3.
Condominium in Provincetown sells for $2.5 million
A historic condominium located at 555 Commercial Street in Provincetown has a new owner. The 1,364-square-foot property, built in 1900, was sold on April 12, 2024. The $2,495,000 purchase price works out to $1,829 per square foot. This condominium has two bedrooms and two baths. Inside, there is a fireplace. The property is equipped with hot water heating and a cooling system. The lot of the property is substantial, measuring 9,088 square feet.
More than two years after buying Sea Camps, Brewster voters to decide what's next
After many months of discussion and public input, Brewster is ready to ask voters about the future of the former Sea Camps properties — the 55-acre Bay property at 3057 Main St./Route 6A, and the 66-acre Pond property at 500 W.H. Besse Cartway. Plans for both properties will be voted on at the May 11 annual town meeting. Residents should note that the meeting is taking place on a Saturday afternoon. ...
Massachusetts man sentenced for organizing Northeast Kingdom drug ring
Burlington, VT- A Massachusetts man was sentenced to nearly 8 years in prison for selling cocaine and fentanyl in the Northeast Kingdom. Juan Carlos Ortiz, 29, from Springfield, MA, had previously pleaded guilty to the charges of selling drugs between November 2021 and August 2022 under a plea agreement. According to court records, Ortiz organized a group of 13 people in a drug-distributing network that sold mostly in the Northeast Kingdom, including Orleans, Essex, and Caledonia Counties.
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