TRURO — The board of registrars heard a final set of challenges to voter registrations on Tuesday, April 16 and upheld all three. Truro voter Jon Slater had … ▶
The Local Journalism Project
The Independent is not just a local newspaper. We are a group of practical idealists, working to rebuild local journalism. This is something we believe is essential to democracy. To succeed, we need to do more than produce a good newspaper. That’s why we started the Local Journalism Project, a nonprofit organization with an educational mission.
One of the Local Journalism Project’s goals is to teach the principles and practice of community reporting to the next generation of journalists. Inspired by the model of Report for America, the Local Journalism Project supports fellows and reporters in their first two years in the field. Their stories are featured on this page.
BUGS
Southern Pine Beetles Arrive on the Outer Cape
Warmer winters bring bark eaters to devour — or maybe just thin — our woods
The forests of the Outer Cape have undergone major changes throughout their history, affected by big forces, from fires to farming to 20th-century development. The … ▶
LITERARY LIFE
Seniors and Fifth-Graders Team Up in Spelling Bee
Friendly competition brings old and young together in Eastham
EASTHAM — In this town where the elderly population is growing and enrollment at the elementary school is steadily falling, young and old join forces every spring in … ▶
FISHERIES RULES
State Commission Agrees to Ban Spring Horseshoe Crab Harvest
New restrictions during egg-laying season could help recovery of endangered shorebirds
WELLFLEET — Every spring, horseshoe crabs arrive on the sheltered beaches of Cape Cod, crawling up onto the shore to lay their eggs in the sand. For years, during … ▶
ART AND WORDS
Workshops at FAWC Inspire Provincetown Schools Artists and Poets
A showcase of spring prints, dreamy cityscapes, and peace-seeking poems
By Pat Kearns
PROVINCETOWN — Seven third-graders from the Provincetown Schools took the stage at the Fine Arts Work Center on April 11 to thank artist Vicky Tomayko for showing … ▶
ICONS
Looking at Candy Darling
A new biography reveals the loneliness of the Warhol superstar
Candy Darling’s face could not be forgotten. It glued itself to the minds of the auteurs of late ’60s New York, her beauty playing out ad infinitum in their songs, … ▶