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Truro’s Voters Face 40 Articles at May 3 Meeting

Housing, PFAS, solar power, and gravesites are among this year’s big decisions

TRURO — The tent is back in town. Not a red-and-yellow tent with elephants — but an enormous, unevenly heated white tent that was set up for the first time last year … ▶

Wellfleet Will Debate Plans for Campground

No operating overrides; $600K for marina won’t address fire damage

WELLFLEET — For the second year in a row, the annual town meeting warrant does not propose any Proposition 2½ overrides to raise local taxes above the state’s … ▶

Cape Air Resumes, But Provincetown Still Seeks Year-Round Carrier

Loss of passengers will eventually mean loss of FAA funds

PROVINCETOWN — In three weeks, commercial flights between Provincetown and Boston will resume after a six-month hiatus. Cape Air — the only carrier to offer … ▶

June Town Meeting to Consider $50M Sewer Loan

The sewer system would serve 1,600 homes — a fourth of the town

EASTHAM — A special meeting of the select board on Thursday, April 17 had a limited agenda: “administrative matters — wastewater project.” That brief description … ▶

Noogaahz Wixon Wants You to Know Who the Nauset Are

A collection of artifacts is becoming a museum and community space in Brewster

BREWSTER — Researching the history of the Nauset people for his 2024 history-memoir, After Aspinet, made Noogaahz Wixon feel like he was walking through a ghost … ▶

A Tale of Two Recycling Systems

Wellfleet’s multi-stream approach wins on price and efficiency, while other towns opt for ease

WELLFLEET — If there’s one thing Cape Codders can be proud of, it’s being good recyclers. That’s according to Kari Parcell, whose job is to be picky. Parcell is the … ▶

A Parade of Hats, With All the Frills Upon Them

With Otis on the High Lonesome

From Wellfleet, woo-wooing into the unsettling expanse of New Mexico

At Nauset High, the Debate Club Talks It Out

A noncompetitive approach means students are also there to listen

A Footprint Foretells the Recovery of Our Would-Be National Bird

In the wild, turkeys are more fascinating than that drawing on the bourbon bottle suggests

Watching Whales and Studying Squid

The CeeJay crew mourns the death of a young angler

Girls Lacrosse Takes Mansfield, 15-14

Strong goaltending and persistent offense in a suspenseful game

Boys Lacrosse Tops Burlington 14-8

Goalie Frank Rogers nearly shut out the Red Devils in the second half

Boys Tennis Falls to Monomoy on a Windswept Friday

The matches were hard fought, but the weather felt like an extra foe

The Little-Known Origins of Wellfleet’s French Cemetery

Acadian and Portuguese immigrants built the town’s first Catholic chapel

In Jupiter’s Moons, a Chance to Wonder What We’d Defend

Science denial is nothing new. Just ask Galileo Galilei.

A Taurus Season Turn Toward Community

Maybe you’re the reason you can’t really get what you want

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PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

Parking Rules

By The Independent Apr 23, 2025

Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Provincetown are held in person, typically with an online-attendance option. Click on the meeting you want to attend on the calendar at provincetown-ma.gov for a […]

Town Meeting Made Easy

By The Independent Apr 23, 2025

Meetings Ahead Meetings in Truro are often held remotely. Go to truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you are interested in for an agenda and details on how to join. […]

WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

Old Rules, New Enforcement, and an Emergency

By The Independent Apr 23, 2025

Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Wellfleet are in person, typically with an online-attendance option. Click on the meeting that interests you on the calendar at wellfleet-ma.gov for details. All meetings […]

EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

Don’t Touch That Dial

By The Independent Apr 23, 2025

Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Eastham are in person, typically with an online-attendance option. Click on the meeting you are interested in on the calendar at eastham-ma.gov for details. All […]

A Cottage Garden in the Dunes

Spring blossoms brave a windy perch above the bay

Hidden behind a rustic wooden fence tiny spring treasures abound: Nodding bluebells, arching ferns, dainty forget-me-nots, and self-sown alexanders in a glowing … ▶

In the Mood for Wallpaper

Letting layers, textures, and scale deliver design that feels just right

Few things make me happier than adding color to walls. As a decorator, I know that nothing else creates the same effect so quickly. But recently, I’ve had a lot of … ▶

A Lofty Lineage in North Truro

How a space once used for storing sails came to house an artistic legacy

Sometimes you just know when a place is the one. It was 1978 when Anne Webb Johnson and her husband, David, found themselves looking at an unusual house on Hughes … ▶

One Strong Table

Peter McMahon’s design can be as fancy or plain as its materials make it

Peter McMahon is not going to brag about his tables. They are what he calls “a Flintstones solution” to a practical problem. After McMahon founded the Cape Cod … ▶

Bathtime Under the Stars

Old clawfoot tubs find new purpose nestled in open-air oases of ferns and succulents

Kai Potter discovered outdoor bathing at 13, when he visited friends who lived in Harwich. “They had this bathtub out in the woods,” Potter says. A fire under the … ▶

Mini Makeovers

Deep colors and a warm glow bring calm to children’s bathrooms

Kids’ bathrooms are surely not at the top of most people’s home-improvement wish lists. As long as it’s a room that’s functional and ready to withstand some wear and … ▶

The Tire Swing Grows Up

Jeff Soderbergh’s ring chair is made of history

The wood floors of Jeff Soderbergh’s furniture workshop in Portsmouth, R.I. were salvaged from the box cars of old freight trains. The beams that support the … ▶

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