EASTHAM — The select board voted on July 10 to send a letter to the Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority (CCRTA) asking that shelters be added to two bus stops: […]
Archives for 2023
THE FLEA
The Market Where Mermaids, Whales, and Birds Abound
Sunglasses and the sacred, for sale at the Wellfleet Drive-In
WELLFLEET — A cool wind blows across the drive-in parking lot, and the flea market is a frenzy of sellers simultaneously talking to customers, packing up, and glancing at the […]
SEEING SPOTS
Clarice, the Calico Lobster
Lobster with mottled shell is a one-in-30-million rarity
WELLFLEET — In his 15 years of commercial lobster fishing, David Stamatis says he’s never seen a lobster like the one he pulled out of his trap in Cape Cod […]
THE THREAD
Craft Becomes Art in Gretchen Romey-Tanzer’s Weaving Studio
A room full of looms is classroom, workshop, and gallery
BREWSTER — Eight big floor looms stand in various stages of use in Gretchen Romey-Tanzer’s studio. The walls are lined with vibrant spools of wool and cotton and with the […]
POSITIVE AGING
A World Traveler Finds His True Home in Provincetown
Larry Moodry is Provincetown’s Senior of the Year
PROVINCETOWN — Larry Moodry first came to Provincetown in 1960, hoping to spend a college summer waiting tables. He got more than he bargained for. “Provincetown,” he says, “became my […]
COOK’S KITCHEN
The Stripers Are Here. Light Up the Grill!
To add to the thrill: a gingery peach salsa and fresh corn with miso butter
Our black wall phone rang — yes, this happened that long ago — and I heard my husband’s cousin Edward Redonnet’s excited voice on the other end. Edward is a […]
FARMERS
The Rais Turn a Borrowed Slope Into Fertile Terraces
Down Home on the Cape’s eccentric end
TRURO — The sun is setting at an angle that casts a cool shade over three stools in the grass in front of a garage-like barn, where piles of produce […]
ON THE BEACH
Move, Talk, and Follow the Bluefish
Three tips for catching bass from the beach on a summer day
On most summer days, even when there are no fishermen casting at the water’s edge, fishing rods stick up out of the sand on the back shore like so many […]
PADDLING
On the Pickleball Circuit
A nationwide obsession has made landfall on the Outer Cape
PROVINCETOWN — A light mist hangs over the 20-odd people who have decided to spend an overcast Saturday morning playing pickleball in Provincetown. Periodic exclamations cut through a rhythmic thwack-thwack […]
CAPE BASEBALL LEAGUE
Firebirds Holding Onto 2nd Place Despite Falling Below .500
ORLEANS — Despite falling a game below .500, the Orleans Firebirds (17-18) maintained their second-place spot in the Cape Cod Baseball League’s East Division standings. The team dropped two straight […]
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
Smaller Bass, Bigger Blues
It’s still quiet on the big tuna front
Water temperatures have moderated from the unusually high numbers we were seeing the week before last. The harbor cooled down from readings as high as 78 degrees to a more […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, July 25 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
ASTRAL PROJECTIONS
Leo Season Brings Heat and Maybe Light
Save some of that expansive energy for Carnival
If you thought the last few weeks were hot, break out your personal pocket fan. This week the Sun transits into the fiery sign of Leo. That’s right, baby, it’s […]
DIVERSIONARY TACTICS
‘Pee-Cycling’: One Way of Thinking Outside the Bowl
Cape towns consider the practical and the possible to reduce nitrogen
WELLFLEET — Kim Comart of the Falmouth Pond Coalition stood in front of 40 people at the Wellfleet Adult Community Center on July 6 and told them about a potential […]
JOURNALISM
Indie Fellow Wins National Award
Emma Madgic, a 2022 summer journalism fellow at the Provincetown Independent, has won the 2023 Excellence in Feature Writing (Non-Daily) Award of the national Association of LGBTQ Journalists, the organization […]
