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Photo Kaimi Rose Lum
Joel Fox hauls clams from his shellfish grant on the Wellfleet flats on Friday, just minutes after the red tide ban was lifted. |
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Photo Ann Wood
Local businesses in Wellfleet are selling this “Red Tide Shucks” shirt — those sold in town go to local families hurt by the red tide. |
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In the News
See this week’s Banner to read about the lifting of the ban on shellfish due to red tide. Wellfleet reopened its commercial beds last Friday and was among the first areas decreed as safe by the state.
In Provincetown: The Pilgrim Monument is hosting a live broadcast from a shipwreck on the bottom of the sea; the former Flagship (one of town’s oldest restaurants) is becoming a single family home; Art Association gets the benefit of some Flagship unneeded reserved sewer usage amounts and garners a hookup; PHS leads off the fall with introduction of the virtual classroom; deal between PHS and Center for Coastal Studies to take over school annex building hinges on Center getting additional land; town taps water enterprise fund for $43K to help balance the books raising eyebrows among Truro users; Nathan Miksch’s murder trial date expected to be set next week; town cracks down on unauthorized use of campers outside of parks and issue tickets; St. Peters gets a gift of a statue of Our Lady of Fatima to replace the one lost in the church fire; elementary school tables idea of multiple class rooms for single grades; LIP publication ceases.
In Truro: traffic accidents on Route 6 lead to arrests and one air lift to a Boston hospital; town gets a new postmaster; frayed tempers lead to parking problems at Ballston Beach, one resident loses permit, others warned; Jobi pottery gets a new life in North Truro village.
In Wellfleet: Aquaculturists are on the flats minutes after red tide ban is lifted; community sponsors t-shirt sales to help with lost shellfish income; town gets an outline of possible ways to deal with the municipal water system.
In Eastham: Banner reporter takes a shift on the road with Eastham’s finest to see what’s going on in those police cruisers when the blue lights come on; town looks at possibility of creating a municipal water supply.
Also, briefs, arrest log, letters, opinions and much more.
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Post fireworks brawl explodes in Provincetown
Deaconess takes over at Manor
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Jul 7th, 2005