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ON THE PITCH

Soccer Players Face a New Game

Covid rules include no headers, no throw-ins, masks, and in-game social distancing

As high school sports seasons progress, the Independent will be reporting regularly on how the pandemic is affecting the games, players, coaches, and … ▶

HEALTH

How the Outer Cape Dodged the Covid Bullet

Visitors took cues from good behavior of local residents

TRURO — Summer 2020 came and went with nearly the usual influx of tourists, many of them from metropolitan areas with far higher incidence of Covid-19. But the … ▶

TOWN MEETING PREVIEW

Warrant Articles on Housing and Flood Prevention Face Voters

Funds for Harbor Hill and Ryder Street dune to be considered

PROVINCETOWN — Like much of the summer season this year, town meeting in Provincetown is going to arrive later, leaner, and al fresco. Originally scheduled for early … ▶

CIVICS

Wellfleet OK’s Water Main and Firefighters

Officials hit a home run at first-ever outdoor town meeting

WELLFLEET — Standing on the pitcher’s mound at the Wellfleet Elementary School ballfield, Moderator Dan Silverman pitched a no-hitter on Sept. 12, with voters … ▶

TOWN MEETING PREVIEW

Eastham Will Vote on Family Support and Water System Fund

The town’s operating budget is down by one percent

EASTHAM — The warrant for the Sept. 26 annual town meeting has arrived in mailboxes and is now available on the town’s website at eastham-ma.gov. Voters will be … ▶

POLICING, PART 3

In Seashore Policing, Racial Bias Is off the Radar

Armed rangers make mostly traffic stops, with no race data collected

As U.S. police forces face a reckoning, issues of transparency and racial equity are on the table at the State House in Boston. A conference committee works on a … ▶

FELLOWSHIP

Bob Seay’s Community Education

The veteran radio newsman tunes in to local projects, history

THE SCUTTLEBUTT

More Warm-water Fish Are Showing Up Here

Reports of albacore tuna and white marlin reflect climate change

UNDEVELOPMENT

A House on the Marsh Is ‘Unbuilt’

After the surging tide moves in, a graceful way to move out

KITCHEN TABLE

End-of-summer Italian Plum Pie

Bake the purple plums of September into a pie that tastes like June

ANIMAL CLINIC

Must Be the Season of the Itch

It’s OK to have fleas. Deal with it.

GALLERY

Fences for ‘Where There Are No Cows’

How to build barriers that are better for nature and for views

The End of Virgo Season Is Good for New Beginnings

RARA AVIS

This Week’s Bird Sightings

MOVEMENT

Does Your Home Work Station Need a Check-up?

Good ergonomics to keep your body working for you

BOMB SQUAD

Man Doing Landscaping Found 9 Bombs

Experts called in to ‘neutralize’ live World War I ordnance

THE CLOSER

Gelato Sparks Joy in Wellfleet

A September bookend to the ice cream survey

HAZE

Photo of the Week

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BACK TO SCHOOL

Nauset High May Re-open Oct. 15

Ventilation system repairs not as costly as feared

EASTHAM — The Nauset Regional High School ventilation system turns out not to be as bad as expected, with the majority of classrooms expected to be ready for an Oct. … ▶

LEARNING AT A DISTANCE

Scallion Plans ‘Hybrid/Outdoor’ and ‘In-person/Remote’

Provincetown students will still not use classrooms

PROVINCETOWN — The Provincetown Schools superintendent has penciled in the date of Oct. 5 for some students to return to school, but not inside the … ▶

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