PROVINCETOWN — Longtime Detective Meredith Lobur resigned from the town’s police force on July 2, two weeks before she appeared on a list of law enforcement officers known to be […]
Archives for 2023
SLOW-MOVING DISASTER
On Cape Cod, a Flood or Fire Is Only the Beginning
Insurance that won’t pay enough, or on time, can be a disaster of its own
TRURO — Four months ago, a massive explosion razed the home of Todd and Miriam Henning. Detritus still hangs from scorched trees at 8 Harding’s Way, but other than that, […]
STATUS QUO
4 Years On, Uncertainty Lingers at Bike Path’s End
Options for Wellfleet leg of Cape Cod Rail Trail get no hearing
WELLFLEET — When the Mass. Dept. of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) proposed in 2018 to extend the Cape Cod Rail Trail bike path, it was one part of an expansive […]
DUNE SHACKS
Provincetown Asks for Mediation With National Park Service
Dune shack families’ deadlines are extended to Oct. 31
PROVINCETOWN — The select board has asked Cape Cod National Seashore Supt. Brian Carlstrom to bring in professional mediators to help with ongoing controversies over the Dune Shacks of Peaked […]
HOUSING
Eastham Developer Buys Orleans Site of Fatal Fire
Tim Klink has a plan for workforce housing where a 6-year-old died
ORLEANS — Tim Klink, an Eastham builder and developer, has purchased 177 Route 6A, where a Feb. 4 fire in an illegal apartment caused the death of a six-year-old boy […]
ENVIRONMENT
Salt Hay Rebounds at Duck Harbor
WELLFLEET — As you drive down Griffins Island Road toward Duck Harbor, your eyes are drawn to what looks at first like a treeless wasteland. On closer inspection, you notice […]
HEALTH CARE
Mobile Anti-Abortion Van Arrives in Wellfleet
Its Christians-only staffing policy is permitted in workplaces that are primarily religious, says EEOC
WELLFLEET — The mobile anti-abortion van that made its way to Cape Cod earlier this summer spent last weekend parked at Our Lady of Lourdes, a Catholic church on Route […]
MILLION-YEAR PICNIC
Navigating the Stars of Summer
How to find the Perseids, the Summer Triangle, and the Milky Way
The Perseid meteors are here. Every year at this time, Earth passes through the debris trail of Comet Swift-Tuttle on our way around the Sun. The debris consists mostly of […]
FROM THE LARDER
Beach Day Summer Rolls
A cool, crunchy, herby, satisfying lunch wrapped up in a neat little package
I’ll own that I have a reputation as a high-maintenance beachgoer. All summer long, Christopher heads out to find a spot on the sand between Long Nook and Ballston with […]
FARMERS
Arin Hirst Wants to Share the Land
A grower who welcomes weeds, seeds, and new ways to feed ourselves
ORLEANS — Arin Hirst calls his greens-growing business “Sketchy Greenhouse,” in honor of the formerly dilapidated state of Putnam Farm in Orleans, where he and his friends hung out when […]
ON THE BEACH
The Tale of One Improbable Catch
If you want to catch a fish, you have to put a hook in the water
Casting alongside a couple of other fishermen in Blackfish Creek a few weeks back, I overheard their conversation, an exchange of information about tides, wind direction, baitfish, and time of […]
IN THE OUTFIELD
Firebirds Lose Championship But Still Have Crowd’s Hearts
From the hill at Eldredge Park, a view of the Cape Cod League’s 100th season
[ORLEANS — Before Firebirds baseball games at Eldredge Park, empty lawn chairs and picnic blankets crowd the hill down the first-base line. Many of them have been there since the […]
CAPE BASEBALL LEAGUE
Firebirds Fall to Braves in Championship
Orleans takes Bourne to the limit in a hard-fought series
ORLEANS — The Orleans Firebirds’ historic Cape Cod Baseball League season ended with defeat in the playoff championship in front of more than 7,000 people at Eldredge Park on Sunday. […]
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
Here Come the Big, Hungry Bluefish
The bass that were too small earlier this summer have grown into the slot
Bluefishing has really heated up this last week, as huge schools of big fish showed up in the bay from the Pamet in Truro to Jeremy Point in Wellfleet. The […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Aug. 15 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
