PROVINCETOWN — There was no shortage of spectacle at the 36th annual White Party on Aug. 31, where 800 people gathered to admire each other’s white outfits and raise money for Outer Cape Health Services. … ▶
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ELECTROMAGNETIC
Studies Look at Turbine Cables and Lobsters
Experiments in Long Island Sound found few effects
WELLFLEET — Two years after its first public announcement in August 2022, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) plans to hold public auctions for eight … ▶
STICKER SHOCK
Select Board Balks at Plan for Stellwagen Center
A building’s imposing size and $6.3-million price tag give town officials pause
PROVINCETOWN — Plans to build a visitor center for the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary on town-owned land at the base of MacMillan Pier hit a significant … ▶
HOUSING
Truro Select Board Postpones Taking of Truro Motor Inn
It is unclear who should receive $1.6 million in ‘just compensation’
TRURO — The select board decided at its Aug. 27 meeting to table a motion that would have executed the taking by eminent domain of the now-empty Truro Motor Inn at … ▶
AT TOWN HALL
Grief Redoubled by a Death Certificate Delayed
A seven-week odyssey in search of a vital record
TRURO — Richard Pask, 72, came to the select board on Aug. 27 distraught. His wife, Carol Harris, 69, who had ALS, had died at home in hospice care on July 18, he … ▶
ELECTIONS
Outer Cape Voters Turned Out for State Primary
Almost no races were contested; Luddy wins Democratic nomination for state House
EASTHAM — Roughly a quarter of the registered voters in Provincetown, Truro, Wellfleet, and Eastham participated in the state’s primary election this year on … ▶
MARSHES
Scientists Measure an Ecological Transition at Duck Harbor
How the ‘overwashes’ preview the restoration of the salt marsh at the Herring River
WELLFLEET — Duck Harbor, enjoyed by visitors as a bayside beach, is returning to its 19th-century roots as a salt marsh, according to Tim Smith, a restoration … ▶
THIS WEEK ON THE OUTER CAPE
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ON THE FLATS
Meet the Farmers of Mayo Beach
Growers respond to nature and science as they consider the future of shellfishing
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FROM THE WILD
Beach Plum Bliss
As brandy, liqueur, or cordial, fruit picked now is Cape Cod sunshine at the solstice
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MEET THE MAKER
A Weaver Makes Her Own Palette
Trading sewing needles for the loom
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THE SCUTTLEBUTT
Of Flukes and Flukes
Catching big fish, freeing a sea turtle, and getting unhooked
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UNDER THE BIG TOP
At Circus Camp, Teamwork, Trust, and Human Pyramids
Payomet’s program will run after school through mid-October
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ON THE BEACH
Why in Autumn an Explorer Returns to His Familiar Haunts
It’s not always the fishing an angler remembers most
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IN VIEW THIS WEEK
WHORLY GIG
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ON THE WING
One Last Taste
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PLAYING THROUGH
The Swinging Sisters Are Good on the Green
A foursome’s fun and fierce style fits the spirit of the Eastham Golf Tournament
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SURFING
The Oldtimers Longboard Classic Turns 50 in the Fog
Surfers brave hurricane-powered waves for a day that’s more ‘goofy’ than competitive
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RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
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ASTRAL PROJECTIONS
A Time of Blessings in Disguise
Where there are challenges, momentum’s not a bad idea
CURRENTS
TRIBUTE
Provincetown Remembers 9/11
Townspeople are invited to gather at the Provincetown Fire Dept.’s headquarters, 25 Shank Painter Road, for a ceremony commemorating those who lost their lives in … ▶
NATIONAL SEASHORE: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
National Seashore
meetings ahead Monday, Sept. 9 Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission, 1 p.m., Salt Pond Visitors Center and online … ▶
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Planning Shank Painter
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Provincetown are held in person, typically with an online-attendance option. Click on the meeting you want to attend on the … ▶
TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Get In on Budgeting
Meetings Ahead Meetings in Truro are often held remotely. Go to Truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you are interested in for an agenda and details on how to … ▶
WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Where to Put the Pantry
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Wellfleet are remote only, but some are held in person. Go to www.wellfleet-ma.gov/calendar and click on the meeting you want to … ▶
EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Windmill Weekend
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Eastham are in-person, typically with an online attendance option. Click on the meeting you are interested in on the calendar at … ▶
BEACH/HOUSE 2024
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ARCHITECTURE
The Nature of the Beach House
Seaside getaways where sun and wind inform the design
Beach houses have evolved since the modernists built their getaways on Outer Cape Cod starting in the late 1930s. But their work is still present in the minds of … ▶
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LITTLE PLEASANT BAY
At Home on Pochet Island
A true rarity — a privately-owned, but publicly-accessible island in the Cape Cod National Seashore
Nancy Barrington can’t remember the first time she visited Pochet Island. “I’m sure Mom and Dad brought me when I was just a few weeks old,” she says, “and it’s been … ▶
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ARTISANS
From the Earth We’re Standing On
Three local ceramicists forge their Outer Cape styles
The Outer Cape has provided the bedrock of inspiration for ceramicists Michael Ceraldi, Paul Wisotzky, and Isabel Souza. Ceraldi takes creative nourishment from this … ▶
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WHARF GARDEN
The Art of Blanche Lazzell’s Flowers
One of Provincetown’s founding art colony painters fed her spirit growing things
“The gaiety and brilliancy of the flowers surrounding the studio of Blanche Lazzell attract and hold our attention whether we glimpse it from the waterside or … ▶
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AT HOME WITH ARTISTS
Interior Landscapes in Dialogue With Light
For a few Cape Cod painters, domestic landscapes inspire
Bob Henry paints all sorts of things but periodically he sets up his easel and paints the rooms he lives in. In these paintings, a few of which can be seen at … ▶
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SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL
Bringing Light to a Basement Makeover
A space for guests will get everyone through their vacation peaceably
When it comes to home renovation projects, sprucing up a basement falls low on most people’s priority lists. To some degree this makes sense: What could be more … ▶
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ON THE LANDSCAPE
The Bee and the Beach Plum
For each, in a funny trick of nature, the other is all that matters right now
The dunes of the Province Lands were in full bloom. It was May, and the tops of the sandy hills were crested pink with Rosa rugosa. Beach plum, covered in fluffy … ▶
![Five Perennials for Your Outer Cape Cod Pollinator Garden](https://provincetownindependent.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Bee-Balm-150x150.jpg)
FOR THE BEES AND THE BUTTERFLIES
Five Perennials for Your Outer Cape Cod Pollinator Garden
Anise Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum) has flower spikes that look like fuzzy upright caterpillars the color of lavender. It blooms at intervals throughout the summer. … ▶