WELLFLEET — The select board voted 3-2 on Oct. 22 to “retire the horse and buggy,” as board member Kathleen Bacon put it, and replace the town’s 95-year-old hand-crank ballot […]
Archives for November 2019
THEATER
Despite Real-Estate Challenges, Harbor Stage Sticks to Its Mission
But the founders of Wellfleet’s artist-run theater are still searching for a place to live
For their first seven years, the four actor-founders of the Harbor Stage Company — Robert Kropf and Stacy Fischer, Brenda Withers and Jonathan Fielding — who run the small Wellfleet […]
ENVIRONMENT
A Mountain of ‘Sacrificial Sand’ Is Dumped at Blasch House
Coastal bank is replenished as property owners challenge town in court
WELLFLEET — The Blasch property is receiving another massive amount of “sacrificial sand” in an effort to stall the mansion’s collapse over the edge of a coastal bank. The 5,817-square-foot […]
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
The Heroes Among Us
Acceptance, safety, and transformation inside a cramped room
There are heroes living among us, men and women who struggle and prevail every day with the demon of addiction. You may know one of these heroes; you may not. […]
IN AND OUT
Dale
Observations of humans as they come and go from our town
PROVINCELANDS
One Bird, One Man, One Boat
Watching a shorebird is like watching a comet: you have to trick your eye into detecting it. To find a comet, you look sideways at the sky until your peripheral […]
PHOTOGRAPHY
An Exhibit at PAAM in Black and White and Color
The museum highlights photography from its permanent collection
The Provincetown Art Association and Museum is known for its collection and shows of work by world-renowned painters, sculptors, and printmakers who have lived and made art here. Oil painting, […]
BOOK REVIEW
The Return of Henry Rios in Carved in Bone
Michael Nava’s gay mystery looks back in time
After a two-decade absence, author Michael Nava’s award-winning Henry Rios mystery series returns with its eighth installment, Carved in Bone. (This volume fits chronologically between the first and second books […]
INDIE SCREEN
To Live and Die in Hollywood
In a recent op-ed piece in the New York Times, Martin Scorsese bemoaned the Marvel Universe takeover of Hollywood. He’s right to do so, but it’s a process that has […]
HEALTH
Come Aboard the Health Bus
New service connects Outer Cape to medical facilities
The Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority, Cape Cod Healthcare, and the Peter Pan bus company have partnered to create a bus route to bring patients from Provincetown to the hospitals […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Football Team Falls in Semi-Finals
A weekly wrap-up of Nauset High sports
Note: Team records are listed as of the Independent’s deadline. Thursday, Nov. 14 Boys soccer: The Warriors (18-0-2) will play the Oliver Ames Tigers (15-3-0) in a Division 2 South […]
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Real Estate Transactions November 4 to Nov. 8, 2019
Real Estate Transactions Recorded at the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds from Nov. 4 to Nov. 8, 2019. PROVINCETOWN Nov. 7. Tracy Hawkins to Timothy Grafft and David Hacin. 606 […]
film
Movie Clock for November 14 through 20
Playing now on the Outer Cape
PLAYING NOW: NOV. 14-20 The Good Liar (R). Wellfleet Cinemas, Thursday-Wednesday 4 & 7 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday 1 p.m.; Tuesday 10 a.m. Harriet (PG13). Waters Edge Cinemas, Thursday 4:30 & 7:30 […]
letter from the editor
Where We Stand
“Why did you call it the Provincetown Independent?” That’s probably the question we are asked most frequently at our Open Newsroom sessions at the town libraries and in casual conversations […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, Nov. 14: Doctors, Veterans, Art Everywhere
Where Are the Doctors? To the editor: In light of your front-page story on Oct. 31 about the restoration of nurse midwife services at Outer Cape Health Services, I’d like […]
