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Portuguese dancers and musicians are always one of the highlights in the annual Portugese Festival. |
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In the News
This week Provincetown celebrates its annual Portuguese Festival with dances, dinners, parades, costumes, fishing derbies and more. It culminates in the traditional Blessing of the Fleet on Sunday. See stories in this week’s Banner about the history of the Blessing and the Festival and a profile of one of the dance groups that comes to town.
In Provincetown: the concept of creating a sewer excess gallonage pool which could be transferred to businesses seeking to expand their use took another step forward; housing needs survey available online; planning board considers first parts of Ted Malone’s next housing/commercial project; VFW gives a lift to wheelchair-bound man unable to leave his second floor apartment; two applicants for seasonal beer and wine withdraw permits, one coming back for year-round permit; police say no parking on Route 6 during fireworks, shuttle service offered from Seashore lots; for three days town ran out of parking tickets; senior of the year Ruth O’Donnell profiled.
In Truro: affordable housing proposal would put two two-bedroom apartments on old North Truro fire house site; town hires new assistant town administrator with a strong town planning background; bells still too loud.
In Wellfleet: housing needs study concludes there is too little at too high a price and town must move to meet needs for increasing numbers of seniors and for young resident.
In Eastham: first motel to condo conversion gets underway; town considers sites for wind towers.
In other news: plover nesting closes all of ORV access routes in Seashore; plague of mosquitoes blamed on too much rain and a lack of good tidal flow in some areas.
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Confirmed measles case leads to vaccination clinic Monday
Red tide blooms
Church plan prevails, amid discord
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Jun 22nd, 2006