WELLFLEET — Barbara Austin got her first horse, Duchess, when she was 10. The two went everywhere together, and their trust in each other was absolute. At Wellfleet’s kettle ponds, Austin could park Duchess in the water and use her back as a diving board. She could sit on Duchess’s head, and Duchess would raise it, sliding … ▶
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TOWN MEETING PREVIEW
Truro Leaders Reach 11th-Hour DPW Compromise
Ad hoc committee’s plan trims 9,000 square feet and $6.7 million from project
TRURO — This weekend’s double town meeting is widely expected to break Outer Cape records. About 1,000 chairs will be set up under a heated tent on the Truro Central … ▶
ELECTION
Lyons and Wolf Top the Balloting in Wellfleet
A newcomer with political experience, Lyons hopes to bring changes
WELLFLEET — Challenger Sheila Lyons and incumbent John Wolf were the top vote-getters in a four-way race for two seats on the Wellfleet Select Board at the town’s … ▶
WHITE COLLAR CRIME
Two Delgizzi Properties Go for $180K at IRS Auction
ORLEANS — Two houses owned by David Delgizzi and seized by the Internal Revenue Service attracted a high bid of $180,000 at an IRS auction held on April 23. The … ▶
BLOODSUCKERS
Winter Floods Set the Stage for More Mosquitoes
Flood waters abate and larvicide is sprayed, but a lot depends on the weather
WELLFLEET — Barton Morris stands in the Duck Harbor parking lot and surveys the floodplain to the north. It’s a cool April day, and it’s been about two weeks since … ▶
THE SUMMER WORKFORCE
State Dept. Says Provincetown ‘Is Not Being Singled Out’ on J-1 Visas
Employers wait to see if U.S. embassy will lift ‘holds’ on student workers
PROVINCETOWN — In a meeting between U.S. Rep. Bill Keating and a team of State Dept. officials on April 29, the agency assured the congressman that Provincetown “is … ▶
CRIME
Provincetown Man Faces Child Pornography Charges
FBI seizes devices with ‘thousands of files’ at Pagnoni’s condo
PROVINCETOWN — Laurence Pagnoni, who founded a New York City-based consultancy in 1995, bought a condominium in Provincetown in 2021, and worked as a substitute … ▶
THIS WEEK ON THE OUTER CAPE
STARTING EARLY
The ‘Barn Rat’ Beginnings of Two Outer Cape Horsewomen
Trading chores for riding time leads to an equestrian life
CINCO DE MAYO
Antojitos and Mojitos
Make mine a tuna and avocado tostada with a side of mezcal
BREAD AND CIRCUS
Packing a Ploughman’s Lunch for Town Meeting
Sustenance to banish the hangry from civic life
KINNIKINNICK
Give a Bear a Grape
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
Minimum Sizes for Summer Flounder and Scup Inch Up
And traveling bass, stranded dolphins, and wandering whales
WARRIORS WATCH
Warrior Boys Shine at MSTCA Relays
A weekly round-up of Nauset Regional High School sports
IN VIEW THIS WEEK
A Shore Thing
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
ASTRAL PROJECTIONS
Taurus Season Turns Us On to Art
Can we see it as a way to immerse ourselves in the world?
CURRENTS
EARLY SHIFT
One Last Wait for a Provincetown Kayak Permit
A springtime tradition will end, with slots to be issued online next year
PROVINCETOWN — I’ll admit it: the first thing I did when I arrived at the harbormaster’s office on MacMillan Pier at 4:44 a.m. on April 16 was lie down on the … ▶
HEALTH CARE POLITICS
Legislature Considers a Bill on Treating Severe Mental Illness
Still in joint committee, it’s unclear whether the proposal will move forward this session
When Nick Craciun was 17, he began exhibiting signs of psychosis. At 20, he disappeared from home. He told his parents he was living at a friend’s house. By the time … ▶
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Provincetown Inn Licenses
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Provincetown are held in person, typically with an online-attendance option. Go to the calendar at provincetown-ma.gov and click … ▶
TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Hiding in Plain Sight?
Meetings Ahead Meetings in Truro are often held remotely. Go to Truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you are interested in for an agenda and details on how to … ▶
BEACH/HOUSE 2024
ARCHITECTURE
The Nature of the Beach House
Seaside getaways where sun and wind inform the design
Beach houses have evolved since the modernists built their getaways on Outer Cape Cod starting in the late 1930s. But their work is still present in the minds of … ▶
LITTLE PLEASANT BAY
At Home on Pochet Island
A true rarity — a privately-owned, but publicly-accessible island in the Cape Cod National Seashore
Nancy Barrington can’t remember the first time she visited Pochet Island. “I’m sure Mom and Dad brought me when I was just a few weeks old,” she says, “and it’s been … ▶
ARTISANS
From the Earth We’re Standing On
Three local ceramicists forge their Outer Cape styles
The Outer Cape has provided the bedrock of inspiration for ceramicists Michael Ceraldi, Paul Wisotzky, and Isabel Souza. Ceraldi takes creative nourishment from this … ▶
WHARF GARDEN
The Art of Blanche Lazzell’s Flowers
One of Provincetown’s founding art colony painters fed her spirit growing things
“The gaiety and brilliancy of the flowers surrounding the studio of Blanche Lazzell attract and hold our attention whether we glimpse it from the waterside or … ▶
AT HOME WITH ARTISTS
Interior Landscapes in Dialogue With Light
For a few Cape Cod painters, domestic landscapes inspire
Bob Henry paints all sorts of things but periodically he sets up his easel and paints the rooms he lives in. In these paintings, a few of which can be seen at … ▶
SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL
Bringing Light to a Basement Makeover
A space for guests will get everyone through their vacation peaceably
When it comes to home renovation projects, sprucing up a basement falls low on most people’s priority lists. To some degree this makes sense: What could be more … ▶
ON THE LANDSCAPE
The Bee and the Beach Plum
For each, in a funny trick of nature, the other is all that matters right now
The dunes of the Province Lands were in full bloom. It was May, and the tops of the sandy hills were crested pink with Rosa rugosa. Beach plum, covered in fluffy … ▶
FOR THE BEES AND THE BUTTERFLIES
Five Perennials for Your Outer Cape Cod Pollinator Garden
Anise Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum) has flower spikes that look like fuzzy upright caterpillars the color of lavender. It blooms at intervals throughout the summer. … ▶