Play Reading Series Spotlights Young Queer Voices Sheila Callaghan’s 2015 play Women Laughing Alone With Salad is about three women living in an image-obsessed culture. Its title was inspired by […]
Archives for 2023
VIGNETTE
Grumpy Day
STEAMERS
Jolly Folly
CORRECTIONS
On Making Changes at the County Jail
We need more treatment at every level for the mentally ill
The Independent’s Nov. 16 article “Bridges Granted Pretrial Probation After 4 Months of Incarceration” [page A8] pointed out the tangled relationship between our current mental health and criminal justice systems. […]
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Looking for the Blackbird
A futile search yields other breathtaking sights
That damn yellow-headed blackbird: I just couldn’t find it. As William von Herff reported in last week’s Independent (“Rare Birds in Truro,” page B8), this rare Western bird was first […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Algorithm Blues
Northwestern University’s Penelope Abernathy has come out with another study on the demise of local newspapers — her specialty. More bad news, she says. Papers are disappearing at the rate […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, November 30, 2023
From Barbara Bond, Marsha Rial Davis, and Rochelle Weichman
Fighting Food Insecurity To the editor: I was delighted to see the write-up on the organizations fighting food insecurity on the Outer Cape in your Nov. 23 issue. But I […]
OBITUARY
An Advocate for the Aging and the Blind, Lorraine Lidoff Dies at 77
This article was updated on April 5, 2024. Lorraine Lidoff of Eastham, a nationally known advocate for the aging and the blind, died on Nov. 18, 2023 at Cape Cod […]
TIDE CHART
Provincetown and Wellfleet Harbors
Thursday, November 30, - Thursday, December 7, 2023
Know when to hit the flats.
Real Estate Transactions
for the week of Nov. 20, 2023
Recorded at the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds from Nov. 20 to Nov. 24, 2023. PROVINCETOWN Nov. 20. Emily J. Drake to Ricardo Wellisch and Cary Friedman. 26 West Vine […]
CLASSIFIEDS
Classifieds November 30, 2023 – December 7, 2023
Neighborly connections about all kinds of stuff
FOR SALE New CD from Denya and the Cape All Star Fem 14. Fourteen gifted local women musicians playing folk, Celtic, Jewish, and country music. Partial proceeds help abandoned children in Haiti. CD is available […]
Indie’s Choice
Indie's Choice from Thursday, November 30, 2023 to Thursday, December 7, 2023
Now Playing (Thursday, Nov. 30) Mariano Cohn and Gastón Duprat’s 2021 comedy Official Competition, a satire of the filmmaking industry starring Penélope Cruz, Antonio Banderas, and Oscar Martínez, screens at […]
Town of Truro Legal Notices
TOWN OF TRURO Planning Board Remote Meeting Wednesday, December 20, 2023 at 5:00 pm 2023-004/PB SBA Communications for DISH Wireless – 5 Town Dump Road (Atlas Map 55, Parcel 2A). […]
Provincetown Legal Notices
Town of Provincetown Position Opening Office Manager DPW The Town of Provincetown is accepting applications for an opening in the DPW administrative staff for Office Manager. This is a 40 […]
Eastham Legal Notices
Town of Eastham PUBLIC NOTICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROJECT: Nauset Estuary (Eastham Focus) Targeted Watershed Management Plan LOCATION: 555 Old Orchard Road (existing Department of Public Works site) and various […]