PROVINCETOWN — In the face of climate change and humans’ apparent inability to forestall what is becoming an increasingly irreversible disaster, drink water. Also, you’ll need to use more bug […]
Archives for June 2021
LEARNING
Lynne Ready Packs Up Her Toolbox
A gentle rebel retires from teaching preschool in Truro
TRURO — Lynne Ready says there is a sequence to teaching children how to use scissors. First, you must pick the right type of construction paper — not too floppy. […]
BABYCAKES
Welcome, Henry
Henry Frederick Waldo was born at 7:28 a.m. on May 1, 2021 at Cape Cod Hospital, weighing in at 5 pounds, 10 ounces and measuring 19 inches tall. His parents […]
OUTERMOST COLORS
Flag Day Is June 14
Gray Brown, left, and Jim Vesper prepare to raise the American flag in their Provincetown yard on June 8. When they do, it will fly above their Canadian and Pride […]
TREAD ON ME
It’s Time to Put Out Your (Repurposed) Welcome Mat
It started with a trip to the transfer station
“We are a family of repurposers,” says Alicia Morgan. That’s how she explains the accidental beginnings of their doormat business. Alicia had studied interior decorating and was working freelance in […]
FROM THE LARDER
Welcome Them With Ms. Nev’s Pimento Cheese
The paté of the South will make guests happy to be back
One advantage to being a gardener is that I don’t mind the rain. In fact, I spend most of the growing season in Truro worrying about drought and longing for […]
MULLIGANS
The One Day a Year When Golf Is Only a Game
Peter Hall plots the return of his topsy-turvy tourney
WELLFLEET — Imagine playing a golf course backwards. Or using a putter to drive the ball off the tee. How about using a driver to putt the ball into the […]
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
The Bass Get a Bit Bigger
With the temperature, hopes are rising among fishermen
What a difference a week makes. We went from a November-like Memorial Day weekend storm to a blistering July-like heat wave. Fishing has improved somewhat. Striped bass are filtering in […]
BODY/MIND
Are You ‘Life Hacking’ or Living?
How to keep the itch to be productive from co-opting your practice
With the move to remote work for so many, the already tenuous lines separating work and life have pretty well dissolved. One result is a thriving productivity industry. It seems […]
NAVIGATING BY THE STARS
Set Your Intentions by the Light of the Eclipse
But think before you leap through the ring of fire
There will be a partial solar eclipse tonight, June 10, which people in the northern reaches of planet Earth will have the thrill of seeing as a ring of fire […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, June 8 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
GRAVEYARD SHIFT
The Fates of Families
Truro’s cemeteries tell a series of heartbreaking stories
TRURO — The fog was thick on Monday night, April 19, 1852 — what sailors call “pea soup.” Gale winds blew from the east. At midnight, after making Cape Ann […]
ON THE WATERFRONT
Boat Owners Worry That Rock Harbor Parking Will Shrink
Another objection to the planned harbormaster office surfaces
EASTHAM — Rock Harbor boat slip holders are asking if plans for the new harbormaster office will leave them and their guests high and dry with nowhere to park during […]
COURT REPORT
Two Women Charged With Assaulting Crown & Anchor Manager
Their alleged slurs also trigger civil rights charges
PROVINCETOWN — Admittance at the Crown & Anchor’s May 30 evening show was by ticket or by reservation only, North Truro’s Keith Davis, an assistant manager who was working the […]
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Car Hits Angel Foods
Meetings Ahead
Due to the pandemic, meetings are held remotely. Go to provincetown-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch. Thursday, June 10 Planning Board, 6 p.m. Zoning Board of Appeals, 6 […]
