This article was updated on Oct. 26. PROVINCETOWN — When Robert Compton purchased his condominium at the Residences at Seashore Point four years ago, he imagined an ideal retirement. Seashore […]
Archives for 2023
INHERITANCE
Descendants Claim They Are Rightful Heirs to a $2.5M Property
Cousins say sellers of the Roach estate were not the sole heirs
PROVINCETOWN — The history of the Roach family in Provincetown dates back to 1899 when Alexander Roach Sr. purchased property at 24 Conwell St. for $65. In January of this […]
WHAT’S SPECIAL
Short-Term Rentals, Secret Swigs, and Side Eye
Provincetown voters turn out to cheer procedural (and soccer) superiority
PROVINCETOWN — Town meeting is, of course, the hottest event of the season. Special town meeting — well, it may not be the blockbuster of the year, but on the […]
REDEVELOPMENT
Developer Scales Back Plan for ‘Underground Mall’ Apartments
Breaking the ‘housing monoculture’ to build ‘workforce housing with a small w’
ORLEANS — The developer who purchased the former Bayberry Plaza on Route 6A, also known as the “underground mall,” has downsized his plans for housing on the site. Last fall […]
HISTORY
An Online Archive of Provincetown’s Past — and Future
Stefan Anikewich’s Instagram account holds a trove of historical images
The black-and-white footage zooms in on an elderly woman, her white hair tied back and a soft smile on her face, as she prunes an explosion of flowers beside her […]
MILLION-YEAR PICNIC
When Moonlight Whispers Dark Imaginings
Why does folklore link full Moons and human behavior?
Trick-or-treaters will be safe from werewolves this year, as the full Moon falls on Oct. 28. Halloween night will have a lovely, 89-percent-illuminated Moon rising as darkness falls, shining its […]
ON THE LANDSCAPE
Ruled by the Low Angle of Autumn’s Light
The animal inside us knows to welcome winter’s stillness
Every year, around the middle of November, I feel sad. It is a gentle sort of sadness. It doesn’t inspire tears. It is not sharp or stinging. It is a […]
HAUNTINGS
12 Things You Can Do if You Have a Ghost
Advice to help you cope when the discombobulating unexplainable happens
A lot of people have ghost stories but don’t want to tell them. If we could get over the stigma, we’d all have a better sense of what to do […]
COOK’S KITCHEN
Great Pumpkin Soup, With Dignity
Like Linus, seeking a winter squash without a sign of hypocrisy
Sometimes I think the scariest thing about Halloween is the flood of pumpkin-spice products that appear for the season. The fact that pumpkin-spice deodorant exists hints at how ludicrous the […]
CIVICS
Former GLAD Director Is at Home in Truro
Lee Swislow, a seasoned advocate of queer justice, finds meaning in local politics
TRURO — You might call Lee Swislow a political animal. She has been a longtime advocate for gay rights and was, for nearly a decade, the director of GLAD — […]
REMEMBRANCE
VFW Donates $50,000 to Mass Maritime Academy
A new scholarship honors the memory of Lewis A. Young
TRURO — “The name of Lewis Armstrong Young risks being forgotten,” said VFW member John Dundas at a 229th birthday party for the U.S. Navy on Oct. 15, “unless the […]
ON THE PITCH
Free-Scoring Avellar Sets Single-Season Goal Mark
Her 41 goals this year is the most ever by a Nauset soccer player
DENNIS — Senior Olivia Avellar needed just three goals to break the Nauset Regional High School single-season scoring record set by current boys coach John McCully in 1979. She scored […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Nauset Boys Soccer Climbs in Power Rankings
A weekly wrap-up of Nauset Regional High School sports
EASTHAM — The Nauset High School boys soccer team is looking to finish the season strong as it eyes a potential home playoff matchup, while junior Jack Martin advanced to […]
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
Facing a Drop in Numbers of Juvenile Lobsters
Cape Cod's lobstermen may be more ready than Maine’s for tighter rules
If we want to imagine the future, it’s a good idea to take a close look at the young. Last week I wrote about five years of declining striped bass […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Oct. 24 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
