NORTH TRURO — Terra Luna’s Tony Pasquale is calling it a wrap. After 30 years of “neo-pagan” cuisine, polenta bread pudding, monthly live music, and rustic feng shui, the North […]
Archives for 2023
REBOUND
Researchers Find Horseshoe Crabs Thriving in East Harbor
20 years after Truro opens a valve, sea creatures continue a comeback
NORTH TRURO — For nearly 150 years, North Truro’s East Harbor was an oxygen-depleted saltwater-turned-freshwater lake, cut off from Cape Cod Bay by a manmade dike. Now, thanks to the […]
ON THE WARRANT
Truro Looks Ahead to a Hefty Town Meeting
Voters will weigh Walsh property, DPW building, duplexes, and senior passes
TRURO — At the special town meeting on Oct. 21, plans for the 70-acre Walsh property, which has been in limbo since the town bought it in May 2019, will […]
REGULATIONS
Rules Proliferate as Provincetown’s Pedicab Fleet Grows
There are 38 licensed pedicabs today, up from 10 in 2019
PROVINCETOWN — If you have tried and failed to engage a local in conversation, the best trick is still to ask for restaurant recommendations — even the flintiest of townfolk […]
FIRST RESPONDERS
Saving the Misfits of the Ocean
Most Mola mola strandings on Cape Cod happen in Wellfleet Harbor
WELLFLEET — Every fall, Carol “Krill” Carson gets a little bit busier. Carson’s nonprofit, the New England Coastal Wildlife Alliance (NECWA), is the only organization in the region dedicated to […]
NOT FOR EATING
Caren Zane Takes a Close Look at Oysters and Horseshoe Crabs
In her watercolors, she finds the galactic in the diminutive
Caren Zane paints oysters and horseshoe crabs almost exclusively. She collects the creatures herself, here on the Outer Cape. “All the oysters I paint I’ve picked and shucked,” she says. […]
FROM THE LARDER
An Oyster Feast
How do you top Wellfleet’s best bivalves? Buttery, bacony, peppery answers from three local farmers
If you listen carefully right now you will hear whole beds of Wellfleet oysters fattening themselves up for a winter that many of them won’t see. That’s because thousands of […]
Tools of the Trade
Oyster Farming
PLACES
Where Bouffants and Beauty Culture Lived On
At Terra Luna in Truro, Tony Pasquale’s homage to his grandmother’s big personality
TRURO — Many mournful diners bid farewell last week to a favorite joint tucked away on the bay side of Route 6A in North Truro. Terra Luna was always more […]
ON COURSE
St. Aubin’s Game Is Calm, Cool, and Surprisingly Tough
‘You get a lot of patience out of this sport’
BREWSTER — Max St. Aubin stood on the putting green at The Captains Golf Course here wearing a black Nauset High hoodie and matching cap, his hair exploding outward and […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Golf Team Surges Toward Postseason
A weekly wrap-up of Nauset Regional High School sports
EASTHAM — The Nauset High golf team won two more matches in the last week over Martha’s Vineyard and Monomoy on Thursday and Tuesday, respectively, to move to 11-2 overall […]
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
The Southern Migrations Begin, With One Exception
A good season and a call for keeping an eye on changes in the northern end of the bay
We’re nearing the end of our season in the sun. As fall strengthens its grip on us, the leaves are showing off their colors and the winds coming more from […]
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. 10 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
ASTRAL PROJECTIONS
We All Just Want to Have Fun
Loquaciousness and flirty energy are in the stars
The stars have a lot to say about Women’s Week, it turns out. The social aspects at hand suggest the lovely ladies gracing our town and the rest of us, […]
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Kennedy School Takes on P’town Housing
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Provincetown are held in-person, typically with an online-attendance option for both committee members and residents. Click on the meeting you want to attend on the […]
