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Lower Cape Cod news round-up

TCCLower Cape news from The Cape Codder

Son learns lessons of life
By Jen Ouellette
After watching his mother die of pancreatic cancer, Dave Lofstrom realized cancer is not about death, it's about life. "I remember I found out... [more]

School officials say budgets have been cut to the bone
By Matthew Belson/ mbelson@cnc.com
With double-digit increases in expenses, representatives of the Brewster elementary schools and the Nauset Regional School District say they're waging... [more]

Selectmen place 'letters' in chief's file
By Matthew Belson/ mbelson@cnc.com
Selectmen Monday voted to place two "letters" into Fire Chief Roy Jones's personnel file in response to what they viewed as unprofessional... [more]

Provincetown's troubled soul
By Steve Desroches/ sdesroch@cnc.com
Nathan Miksch was one of the first people I met when I moved to Provincetown in 2002. It was an incredibly foggy night in early May. I went to the... [more]

Cape scientist calculates ancient sea temperatures
By Rich Eldred/ reldred@cnc.com
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it," reflected philosopher George Satanyana. With that in mind geophysicist Karen... [more]
Selectmen give thumbs-down to charter review proposals
By Marilyn Miller/ mmiller@cnc.com
After a year and a half of meetings, the Wellfleet Charter Review Committee's report of its proposed changes to the charter was shot down on a split... [more]

School issue absent from warrant
By Steve Desroches/ sdesroch@cnc.com
With 50 articles on the warrant, covering everything from affordable housing to open space to fireworks, the biggest news is what's not included on... [more]

Brewster police probe causes in fatal crash
By Matthew Belson/ and Joe Burns
Brewster police continue to investigate the fatal two-car accident that killed one teenager and seriously injured another last Friday on Route 124. Barnstable... [more]

Message is clear: don’t close school
By Steve Desroches/ sdesroch@cnc.com
The message from the crowd of about 300 assembled on Tuesday evening to discuss the future of Provincetown High School was clear - keep the school... [more]

Nauset school budget up 2.91 percent
By Bill Fonda/ bfonda@cnc.com
Even with no funding for new programs and several positions being cut, the 2006-07 Nauset Regional School District budget proposal is still higher... [more]

Looking for a few Odd Fellows

By Bill Fonda/ bfonda@cnc.com
"I’ve sat here some nights when it’s just been Billy, Bob and I, but we had supper, and we had our little talk." - Bill Burdick, "So... [more]

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