Christine Legere

1 week ago | provincetownindependent.org | Christine Legere

TRURO — It was a close vote, but the planning board will support a proposed overlay district encompassing the town’s 70-acre Walsh property when it is presented to voters at town meeting on May 3. At the end of a 90-minute public hearing and debate on the proposal on April 9, planning board vice chair Anne Greenbaum and members Ellery Althaus, Caitlin Townsend, and Virginia Frazier voted to recommend it, while chair Rich Roberts and members Jack Riemer and Paul Kiernan opposed it.

2 weeks ago | provincetownindependent.org | Christine Legere

WELLFLEET — The Cape Cod Commission brought statistics on the Outer Cape’s traffic hot spots, plus lots of ideas for reducing crashes, to a forum here on April 2. The organizers wanted reactions from the community, but only two people came to the event. The commission’s work on its Vision Zero Action Plan began last fall. It’s part of a nationwide effort to identify traffic safety improvements towns can implement.

3 weeks ago | provincetownindependent.org | Christine Legere

WELLFLEET — After three decaffeinated years and three rocky rounds of zoning board hearings, it looks like it will once again be possible to get a cup of coffee on Commercial Street. Randy Williams and his son Charter Williams, who own the 190-year-old building at 6 Commercial St. and live in an apartment on the second floor, first came to the zoning board of appeals in February, seeking a special permit to lease a small part of the first floor as a coffee bar.

1 month ago | provincetownindependent.org | Christine Legere

WELLFLEET — The sight of more than a dozen boats on a residential property on Chequessett Neck Road has raised eyebrows around town. But whether they are being stored there legally depends on factors that the town has apparently not taken into consideration. Alfred Pickard, a longtime member of the Wellfleet Planning Board, bought 150 Chequessett Neck Road, where the boats are stored, with Stephen and Jeffrey Pickard in February 2020, according to the deed.

1 month ago | provincetownindependent.org | Christine Legere

PROVINCETOWN — A proposed development near the town’s evolving Shank Painter corridor will start making its way through the permitting process soon, with a review by the Cape Cod Commission as a “development of regional impact” set for a hearing later this month. New Boston Ventures, a developer based in Boston’s South End, has proposed a 36-unit condominium project at 44 Captain Bertie’s Way.