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Archives for April 2022
TOWN MEETING
Police Station and 9 Housing Articles OKed
Buildings, land, and money fill two nights of debate in Provincetown
PROVINCETOWN — Over the course of two nights, town meeting voters passed nearly every article on Provincetown’s 48-item warrant, including a long-sought funding authorization for a new police station and […]
TOWN ELECTION
Two Write-In Candidates Emerge in Wellfleet; Bacon Withdraws
Wilson resigns from select board; nomination papers for special election available April 13
Editor’s note: This article has been updated since its original publication in print on April 7 with new information about the June 21 special election ballot supplied by Wellfleet Town […]
CANNABUSINESS
Truro Farmers Offer Plan for New Cannabis Facility
Neighbors on Old Bridge Road worry about smells and intruders
TRURO — Abutters of a proposed recreational cannabis cultivation and processing facility on Old Bridge Road expressed concern at a recent planning board hearing that their properties would be engulfed […]
GOING UP
Provincetown’s Inclined Elevator Is Up and Running
After five years of planning and much drama, the High Pole Hill ‘funicular’ is fun
PROVINCETOWN — The sun broke through a dense fog. The town hall clock chimed, tourists rolled suitcases down Commercial Street, and there was something new: a glass elevator glided up […]
SUMMER PARKING
Latest Plan Keeps Number of Eastham Resident Spots the Same
But erosion and bath houses mean fewer places at Nauset Light Beach
EASTHAM –– The town and the National Seashore are close to finalizing a plan for parking at both the Coast Guard Beach and the reconfigured Nauset Light Beach lots this […]
CIVICS
Celebrating Democracy at Provincetown’s Annual Meeting
A crowd of 400 is glad to gather, agree on a police station, and groan over amendments
PROVINCETOWN — On foot and by bike, scooter, and car, some 400 people made their way along Commercial Street to town hall on Monday evening, headed to what turned out […]
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
71 Years Later, Fred LaPiana’s Dream May Come True
Eastham is now owner and landlord of the Town Center Plaza
EASTHAM — Fred LaPiana Sr. had a vision for the property along Route 6 that he bought in 1951. He wanted it to be the hub of the Eastham business […]
BUZZ KILL
Just in Time, Seashore Greenlights Larvicide Application
Mosquito Control may be a step ahead of the bloodsuckers this year
WELLFLEET — Last summer, the part of the Herring River estuary near Duck Harbor Beach became the epicenter of a miserable mosquito outbreak. Cape Cod Mosquito Control, following discussions with […]
IN STITCHES
Nauset Yarn Club Pulls Students Together
Seed-stitchers to sweater-makers find handwork eases the mind
EASTHAM — It’s an almost-balmy Monday in March, the kind of day that signals the end of sweater weather is nigh, but the students at the Yarn Club meeting at […]
BACKYARD FARM
Finding Room for a Few Spring Chickens
Plain or fancy, new birds are to bond with
All of a sudden, I’m seeing tiny buds on every branch. This sign of spring sends my vegetable-growing friends into expanding their garden beds. For chicken farmers like me, the […]
A NEW SEASON
Town Recreation Programs Spring Into Play
Volunteer coaches needed for tee ball, softball, soccer
Spring recreation programs offering baseball, softball, soccer, and egg hunts are opening in all four towns of the Outer Cape, and the annual search for volunteers is on. “Spring is […]
COOK’S KITCHEN
Asparagus Brightens a Spring Stir Fry
A versatile gingery sauce comes together in a super-hot wok (or skillet)
You can get asparagus all year, but in November it just feels wrong. When spring arrives with its customary shyness, it’s perky asparagus that assures me that warmer days are […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Lacrosse Boys Overwhelm St. John Paul in Opener
A weekly preview of Nauset High sports
EASTHAM — The Nauset Regional High School boys lacrosse team got off to a blazing start with a 23-0 victory in its first game of the season against St. John […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, April 5 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
