Politics & Government
95-Year-Old Man Allowed To Stay In Provincetown Dune Shack For 5 More Years
"He's painted at that location for 77 years," Del Deo said. "His connection to the place is very, very deep."
October 3, 2023
PROVINCETOWN - A 95-year-old painter and his family threatened with eviction from the Provincetown, Massachusetts, dune shack they have helped care for and occupy for nearly eight decades have won a reprieve.
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A legal team representing the painter worked out an agreement with federal officials that allows Salvatore Del Deo and his family to continue to live in and maintain the shack for five years, according to his son Romolo Del Deo.
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Sal Del Deo's Provincetown dune shack/CBS Boston
The shack is one of a number dotting the more remote reaches of the Cape Cod National Seashore, located within the Peaked Hill Bars Historic District in Provincetown and Truro. The isolated shacks have no electricity or indoor plumbing and are prized for their uninterrupted solitude.
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