Article Archive
Below is a list of informative articles about Provincetown. These links will take you to third-party sites.
Housing:
Nantucket’s War with ST Rentals - Wall Street Journal 2021-06-11
Sale of Adjacent Land Will Affect VFW Housing Bids Half-Acre Capt. Bertie’s Parcel is Under Contract to a Private Buyer - Provincetown Independent 2021-09-08
Site Map Developed/Reviewed for Possible Housing Development - Provincetown Independent 2021-10-06
Truro and Wellfleet Will Fail to Meet Their Housing Goals - Provincetown Independent 2021-10-07
Town Meeting Will Decide Funding and Possible Development Sites - The Provincetown Independent 2021-12-22
Community engagement on the VFW site - Provincetown Independent 2022-02-23
Closed on Wednesday - Provincetown Independent 2022-02-23
With Rates Up, There Are No Rooms for Workers - Provincetown Independent 2022-04-13
Sewer/Environment
Conservation Law Foundation Sues Barnstable, Mashpee, and DEP - Cape Cod Times 2021-06-18
Yarmouth Poised to Move Forward Alone on Wastewater Treatment Plant - Cape Cod Times USA TODAY NETWORK 2021-08-03
‘There is Nothing Improving’ Mashpee’s Water Quality at an All-Time Low - Cape Cod Times USA TODAY NETWORK 2021-07-29
Dennis, Yarmouth Moving on from Wastewater Pact - Cape Cod Times | USA TODAY NETWORK 2021-07-03
Harwich Pulls Out from Regional Wastewater Agreement - Cape Cod Times USA TODAY NETWORK 2021-06-26
Officials Recommend $5 Million Dollar Bond Issue for Sewering - The Barnstable Patriot USA TODAY NETWORK 2021-08-16
EPA Awards County Septic Test Center $1.24 Million Dollars for Research - Cape Cod Times USA TODAY NETWORK 2021-08-29
Half of the Houses on Santuit Pond Fail to Pump Septic Systems - Cape Cod Times USA TODAY NETWORK 2021-08-2
Climate Changes Lets Mosquitoes Flourish - Washington Post 2021-09-19
Pond Testing for PFAS’s - Cape Cod Times 2021-10-04
Barnstable Sewer Expansion Underway - Cape Cod Times 2021-09-25
Down and Dirty With Sewers - Provincetown Independent 2022-03-02
Orleans hearing on sewer funding has more questions than answers - Cape Codder, 2022-03-17
Orleans sewer costs to be sorted out at public hearing this week - Cape Codder, 2022-03-08
Brewster wants out on water protection - Cape Codder, 2022-03-09
Hidden Septic Tank Lands on Wellfleet Beach - Provincetown Independent 2022-04-13
Backed-up pipes, stinky yards: Climate change is wrecking septic tanks - Washington Post 2022-04-12
Taxes/Finances
Restaurant Relief Fund Brings Almost $9 Million to Outer Cape - Provincetown Independent 2021-08-11
Part-Time Residents Say Tax Exemption Policy Is Unfair - Provincetown Independent 2021-07-28
New Tax Yields Windfall, But Not for Housing - Provincetown Independent 2021-07-07
Residential Tax Exemption - Provincetown Independent 2021-07-14
Pot Sales of $10 Million Net $610,000 for Provincetown - Provincetown Independent 2021-09-01
Surprises in Short-Term Rental Data Community Impact Fee Could Apply to Many Properties Here - Provincetown Independent 2021-08-25
Provincetown - RTE to Remain 25 Percent - Provincetown Independent 2021-08-26
Truro’s RTE Goes to 25 Percent - Provincetown Independent 2021-08-26
Final East End Park Design Comes In at $2.3 Million - Provincetown Independent 2021-10-27
As Rooms Tax Booms, Budget Decision Looms - The Provincetown Independent 022-0105
Eastham Likely to Need Budget Override, Says Bienvenue - The Provincetown Independent 2022-01-05
Fire and Police Staff Swelling - The Provincetown Independent 2022-01-26
Two Towns May Collaborate on Finance Work - The Provincetown Independent 2022-01-19
Wellfleet Voters Will Face $750K Override - The Provincetown Independent 2022-01-26
Parsing the Possibilities in a $4 Billion Bill - The Provincetown Independent 2022-01-19
Select Board Tables Residential Tax Exemption Until 2023 - The Provincetown Independent 2022-02-02
Wellfleet Town Meeting Delayed by Financial Pickle - The Provincetown Independent 2022-03-16
Override to Cover Wellfleet Shortfall Grows to $1.3 Million - The Provincetown Independent 2022-02-23
The RTE is unfair for Eastham homeowners - The Provincetown Independent 2022-03-02
Publicizing Provincetown Falls Primarily to Tourism Fund - Provincetown Independent 2022-04-27
Police Station Passes With 493 Votes, Cannery Wharf Park funding approved too - Provincetown Independent 2022-05-11
Police Station and 9 Housing Articles OKed - Provincetown Independent 2022-04-06
Select board resolves town's sewer finance dilemma - Cape Codder 2022-04-03
Broadband:
What $65 Billion Dollar Broadband Plan Will Do - Cape Cod Times/Associated Press 2021-08-12
Fiber- Optic Broadband Perfect Fit for Falmouth - Cape Cod Times/USA TODAY NETWORK 2021-07-02
STM Is Put Off as Town Can’t Set Tax Rate - Provincetown Independent 2021-11-03
Directing Rescue Funds to Broadband - Provincetown Independent 2022-01-19
Letter from the Editor: Are You Being Served? - Provincetown Independent 2022-01-26
Falmouth Creates Municipal Utility for Broadband - Muninetoworks.org 2022-04-06
Falmouth moves forward with plans for a municipal internet utility; some advise caution - Cape Cod Times 2022-04-15
Letter from the editor: Broadband on the Narrowland - Provincetown Independent 2022-04-22
Community:
A July 4 View of Provincetown, From Behind the Wheel - Provincetown Independent 2021-07-07
Outer Cape Towns Struggle to Fill Board Vacancies - Provincetown Independent 2021-07-07
Provincetown Reboots Police Station Plans - Provincetown Independent 2021-09-11
The Provincetown Independent Updates Readers on Their Financial/Circulation Progress - Provincetown Independent 2021-10-05
Should Finance Committees Have Oversight Authority? - The Provincetown Independent 2022-01-05
1,000 Errors Fixed So Far, As Search Continues - The Provincetown Independent 2021-12-22
EMS Challenges, a Regional Study - The Provincetown Independent 2022-01-19
Provincetown Holding Police Station Info Sessions - Cape Cod Daily 2022-03-17
Police Station, Housing Efforts Top Provincetown Agenda - The Provincetown Independent 2022-03-09
What Are Schools For? - The Provincetown Independent 2022-03-02
Governor Bradford sold for $3.6M - Advisor News, 2022-04-01
EMS Study: It’s Time to Phase Out Lower Cape Ambulance - The Provincetown Independent 2022-04-20