Bass fishing exploded in our area this week. And the big fish have arrived. Capt. Nico Pace of the Cape Tip’n, Capt. Russ Zawaduk of the Lisa Z, Capt. Rich […]
Archives for June 2021
WARRIORS WATCH
Thomas Pitches Shutout in Warriors’ Playoff Win
Christopher sets two school track records
EASTHAM — Senior Kurt Thomas has been pitching gems all season long for the undefeated Nauset High School baseball team. Monday’s playoff game against the Somerset-Berkley Raiders was no different. […]
NAVIGATING BY THE STARS
Jupiter Is Retrograde in Mystical Pisces
The planet of luck and expansion says look back … and forward
As you were dancing around a sacred solstice bonfire with far-out friends and midnight familiars, Jupiter stalled momentarily in the sky. Then, it went retrograde in Pisces, where it has […]
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 22 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
BABYCAKES
Welcome, Oso
Oso Nikomo Portnoy-Kim was born on April 25, 2021 at the BirthPlace at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Plymouth to Eben Portnoy of Wellfleet and Shirley Kim-Ryu of Seoul and […]
WELLFLEET SELECTS
Helen Miranda Wilson Is Not Worried
Of the town’s accounting problems, she says, ‘We have people addressing it’
WELLFLEET — Helen Miranda Wilson, who has been a select board member for nine years, says the town’s current financial crisis and leadership vacuum does not worry her too much. […]
WELLFLEET SELECTS
The Continuity Candidate Who’s Not on the Ballot
Incumbent Carlson asks voters to keep current board intact
WELLFLEET — Ask her why she deserves another term on the Wellfleet Select Board and Justina Carlson preaches continuity. “I don’t think it’s time to switch horses in midstream,” she […]
WELLFLEET SELECTS
John Wolf Says He Will Do His Homework
It’s time, he says, for new blood on the select board
WELLFLEET — John Wolf pulls up to the Flying Fish in a massive Mercedes work van, fitted with disproportionately small magnetic campaign signs and a license plate that reads TRBONE […]
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Are We Having Fun Yet?
Meetings Ahead
Provincetown will continue remote access to meetings, even though many meetings are now being held in person. Go to provincetown-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch for further instructions. […]
TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Town Meeting Tune Up, Election Reminder
Meetings Ahead
Truro is transitioning to in-person meetings, but remote access to all meetings (except town meeting) continues. Go to truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch for further instructions. Thursday, […]
WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Domicile Exception Approved
Meetings Ahead
Meetings are held remotely. From wellfleet-ma.gov, hover over a date on the calendar on the right of the screen and click on the meeting you’re interested in to open its […]
EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
See How Their Gardens Grow
Meetings Ahead
Meetings are being held in person. Go to eastham-ma.gov/calendar-by-event-type/16 and click on the meeting you are interested in to learn about meeting locations and any remote options that may be […]
ARTISTS
Phyllis Ewen’s ‘Sonata’ for Troubled Times
Her show at AMP Gallery follows the evolution of the pandemic year
When the world went into lockdown, Phyllis Ewen doubled down. She started a series of daily drawings on graph paper — a visual diary in response to the crisis. Taken […]
PUBLIC ART
A New Foundation Takes Art to the Streets
One of its first commissions is a mural by Esteban del Valle
Romolo Del Deo had an idea. In a town rich in art and art history, he thought that what Provincetown needed was even more art. Public art, to be exact. […]
QUEER ‘I’
My Own Private Stonewall
52 years later, the spirit of rebellion lives on
I’ve always best expressed my personal take on life through the movies I’ve watched — a quirk of memory rooted in my media-obsessed consciousness. For example, there’s a scene in […]
