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STOREFRONTS
Bryant Family Puts Angel Foods Property Up for Sale

PROVINCETOWN — A property where a lively part of the East End’s commercial and cultural life has long unfolded is up for sale, generating interest from developers and concern from […]
TOWN MEETING
Restrooms and Rental Cap Are on the Provincetown Warrant

PROVINCETOWN — Town meetings here follow a fairly standard recipe — articles that fund town government at the beginning, housing measures in the middle, zoning articles at the end. It […]
NAUSET HOCKEY
Boys Will Return to TD Garden for State Finals

BOURNE — Fans arriving late to the game at the John Gallo Arena on Sunday could hear the cheering from well beyond the hockey rink’s walls. The top-ranked, undefeated Nauset […]
PLANNING DEPT.
Eastham’s New Commercial Zoning Takes Another Step Forward

EASTHAM — The Cape Cod Commission unanimously endorsed a new zoning code for the North Eastham Business District on Feb. 27 — putting the town one step closer to realizing […]
TOWN ELECTIONS
Josh Yeston Wants to Be Wellfleet’s Champion

WELLFLEET — When voters head to the polls on May 5 to fill two select board seats, they will find only two candidates on the ballot. Barbara Carboni, who has […]
STATE OF THE TOWN
Guerino Says Wellfleet Is Making a Comeback

WELLFLEET — In his “State of the Town” talk on March 6, Town Administrator Tom Guerino said that efforts to right the town’s finances, begun three years before he arrived in […]
MENTAL HEALTH
Healey Pauses Pocasset Closure After Local Pushback

BOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey has put plans to close the Pocasset Mental Health Center in Bourne on hold after facing bipartisan opposition from families, local officials, mental health advocates, […]
AQUACULTURE
Time to Wake the Oysters

WELLFLEET — Oysters don’t hibernate, but when winter sets in and water temperatures dip below 48 degrees Fahrenheit, they enter something like a dormant state, which allows them to conserve […]
INSPIRED EATS
The Sides of March

We are precipitously close to spring, but the season still lags. Looking out on gloomy weather and shuttered shops, one can feel caught in stasis. Perhaps you are yearning for […]
THE BURREN NOTEBOOK
Isn’t That Interesting?

I believe in the fairies. I do. It doesn’t hurt that science these days is talking about parallel universes and worm holes, and that particles are neither here nor there […]
OPEN FOR BUSINESS
Where to Shop at the Far End of the Off-Season

You don’t need a TikTok influencer to tell you that it’s very now to push back against the forces of a consumerist culture that follows you online wherever you go. […]
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
DMF Takes Watch and Wait Stance on Stripers

We’ve been on quite the roller-coaster ride since the close of the 2024 fishing season, trying to follow rumors and meetings about what to do with striped bass regulations for […]
MORNING FLIGHT
A Bird Symphony Begins

The sound echoes from the marshes behind my house every morning, starting in late February: konk-a-REEE. It’s an alarm clock of sorts — it signals the start of a new […]
NATURAL SELECTION
A Huckleberry’s Close (But Not Kissing) Cousin

The native shrub Lyonia ligustrina is a close relative of blueberries and huckleberries in the Ericaceae family that makes a name for itself by producing hard capsules around its seeds […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings

Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, March 11 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
ASTRAL PROJECTIONS
When the Outer Planets Align

The planets are affecting how we end old cycles and start new ones. This is the last week of Pisces season, and Pisces, being the last sign of the horoscope, […]
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Acting Police Chief

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 calendar at provincetown-ma.gov for a […]
TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Water Resources

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WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
ADA Compliance

Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Wellfleet are in person, typically with an online-attendance option. Click on the meeting you are interested in on the calendar at wellfleet-ma.gov for details. All […]
EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Standing With Ukraine

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 eastham-ma.gov for details. All […]
TIDE CHART
Provincetown and Wellfleet Harbors

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HANDMADE
Gail Browne Gets Lost in Her Art

There’s a big bowl on Provincetown artist Gail Browne’s dining table, but it’s not full of fruit. The dish contains marbled ceramic balls and horseshoe crabs — paperweights. “It’s what […]
PARALLELS
Kai Conradi Is Nothing You Could Write Down

Kai Conradi shouldered the sky and looked down. The land expanded, color rushing in, taking on the contours of a relief map. Then, a strip of sand appeared, sea on […]
TRANSLATABILITY
José De Sancristóbal Questions the Object of the Subject

Upon entering his studio at the Fine Arts Work Center, one might easily imagine that José De Sancristóbal is one of the writing fellows here for the winter. The walls […]
YOU’VE GOT MAIL
Indie Reads: Substack Edition

For this installment of Indie Reads, we asked Independent staff and contributors to write about some of their favorite Substack email newsletters. The mix we received includes a running invitation […]
TUNING UP
Breathing In and Playing Out

For Shane Hayes, playing traditional Irish music feels as natural as breathing. “You don’t think about it,” he says. “You just play.” Hayes was born and raised in Ennis, in […]
Arts Briefs

A Poet of Darkness and Light The Fine Arts Work Center’s 24PearlStreet online writing program will host “Dear Yusef,” a virtual event in honor of poet Yusef Komunyakaa, from 6 […]
VIGNETTE
That’s Entertainment

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STEAMERS
Over the Rainbow

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OP-ART
When the Sky Is Falling

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BEEN THERE, DOGE THAT
Efficiency Without Effectiveness Is a Nightmare

I will now sheepishly admit that when it was first announced, I was jealous of the DOGE — President Trump’s so-called Dept. of Government Efficiency. When I worked for the […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Town by Town

“People think news deserts are only in flyover country,” said veteran reporter Samuel Freedman, who was quoted in a 2023 article in The Nation. “Local news, local journalism, is disappearing […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, March 13, 2025

Septic Rules in Wellfleet To the editor: I’m writing to clarify statements I made about Wellfleet’s new septic regulations and accessory dwelling units (ADUs), which were described as misleading in […]
OBITUARY
Printmaker John J. Coughlin Jr. of Wellfleet’s Golden Cod Dies at 93

A member of the National Academy of Design since 1972, John Joseph Coughlin Jr. of Wellfleet, whose work graced the Golden Cod Gallery on East Commercial Street for decades, died […]
Real Estate Transactions

Recorded at the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds from March 3 to March 7, 2025. PROVINCETOWN March 6. Sanford R. Thigpen and Richard J. Dooley to John Samuel Waters Jr. […]
CLASSIFIEDS
Classifieds Mar. 13, – Mar. 20, 2025

MUSIC AND DANCE Swing into spring with Outermost Contra Dance on March 21, Wellfleet Preservation Hall, 6:30 p.m. Summer McCall will teach all dances; Rose Clancy and Jacqueline Schwab will […]
Indie’s Choice

Emerging Artists (Thursday, March 13) Wellfleet Preservation Hall (335 Main St.) hosts a reception featuring portfolio work by honors art students from Nauset Regional High School on Thursday, March 13, […]
Town of Truro Legal Notices

Town of Truro PLANNING BOARD NOTICE OF REMOTE PUBLIC HEARING WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 2025 AT 5:00 PM View on television Channel 8 in Truro; or on the Homepage website (www.truro-ma.gov), […]
Eastham Legal Notices

NOTICE OF HEARING A Public Hearing will be held on MONDAY, MARCH 17, 2025 AT 5:30 PM, in the Earle Mountain Meeting Room at the Eastham Town Hall, 2500 State […]
Provincetown Legal Notices

Town of Provincetown Finance Committee ANNUAL TOWN MEETING – FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS Public Hearing March 13, 2025 Per the Provincetown Charter 2-3-g, the Committee will hold a Public Hearing on […]
TERMINATION
Outer Cape Protests Firing of Park Service Staff

EASTHAM — A yellow patch of grass opposite the Lobster Shanty on Route 6 became the site of a 100-person protest on Saturday, March 1, as it was the nearest […]
TOWN MEETING
Eastham School Committee Will Request a Stabilization Fund

EASTHAM — At this year’s town meeting, voters will be asked to approve the creation of a special education stabilization fund to help support expenses at the town’s elementary school. […]
ERAS TOUR
Collins Cove Cottage Colony Sale Finalized

EASTHAM — For more than 100 years, five generations of Collinses have cared for a collection of six rental cottages along with a main house built along the shore of […]
HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Commission Votes to Delay Demolition of Mid-Century House

WELLFLEET — The historical commission has urged the owners of a 75-year-old cottage that is an important example of mid-century modern architecture to consider alternatives to its demolition. The house […]
HEALTH CARE ACCESS
Navigating Abortion Care on the Outer Cape

PROVINCETOWN — Despite Massachusetts laws protecting access to abortion, logistical and institutional barriers persist for Outer Cape residents seeking care. Most abortions in the U.S. today are early in pregnancy: […]
FRESH BROOK HISTORY
The Sea-Run Brook Trout of Wellfleet

It’s hard to imagine what Wellfleet’s Fresh Brook — or Trout Brook, as it is labeled on some old maps — looked like a half millennium ago, when it was […]
HISTORY
How 2013 Closing of Provincetown High School Still Echoes Today

PROVINCETOWN — The four towns of the Nauset Regional School District — Wellfleet, Eastham, Orleans, and Brewster — are embarking this year on a state-supported study of whether two or […]
HOEDOWN
The Boot Scootin’ Boogie and Other Line Dances

Music drifts out of the Wilde Playhouse room at the Gifford House in Provincetown, but it’s somehow not what you’re expecting. It’s the twang of the “Boot Scootin’ Boogie” by […]
THE ESSENTIALS
Lucky Soup

What can you do with four carrots, three sausages, two potatoes, a cup of leftover marinara sauce, some chicken broth, and a takeout box of steamed rice? I checked the […]
CULTIVATION
The Bold and Patient Art of Bonsai

Six bonsai trees in clay pots stand in a lineup under the fluorescent lights of the cafeteria at the Truro Central School, awaiting critique. The bonsai, all larches and junipers, […]
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
When More Stripers Overwinter in Northern Waters, Poaching Follows

As we wait for the weather to warm and trigger the striped bass spring migration, there are some interesting — albeit troubling — issues to follow regarding the effects of […]
GIRLS HOCKEY
Playoff Run Ends With Second-Round Loss to Woburn

WOBURN — Time ran out on the Nauset-Monomoy girls hockey season Saturday afternoon at O’Brien Rink but not before another gutsy, entertaining effort by the Warriors. The girls lost to […]
BOYS HOCKEY
Nauset Blanks Danvers and Advances to Elite 8

ORLEANS — The Nauset Warriors made it look easy on Saturday, cruising to their second playoff hockey win, 9-0, over the Danvers Falcons and advancing to the Mass. Div. 3 […]
WILD THINGS
Fully Vaccinium-ated

Wampanoag people across southeastern Massachusetts have appreciated the astringent qualities of the native Vaccinium macrocarpon for thousands of years. Europeans were not entirely unfamiliar with this plant either when they […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings

Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, March 4 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
ASTRAL PROJECTIONS
Better Living Through Chemistry

This week is all about relationality and connectedness, a view of the world in which existence means being in relationship with others. Astrology always takes this view, I think. Or […]
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Superintendent Interviews

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 calendar at provincetown-ma.gov for a […]
TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
New Town Clerk

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 join. […]
WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
‘State of Town’ at Community Forum

Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Wellfleet are in person, typically with an online-attendance option. Click on the meeting you are interested in on the calendar at wellfleet-ma.gov for details. All […]
EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Eastham Gets a Farmers Market

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 eastham-ma.gov for details. All […]
LOST AND FOUND
Salvage Is His Source Material

After the legendary blizzard of 1978, Nicolas Nobili went with his family to Eastham’s Coast Guard Beach and scavenged for scraps of their summer house, which had been washed away. […]
BOOKS
Transgender Medicine’s History at a Moment of Crisis

The official policy of the Trump administration is essentially that transgender citizens do not exist and will not be recognized by the federal government. The publication last month by the […]
RADIO
Traversing the Seas of Recollection

Eric Auger doesn’t always wear his horned helmet. On air, Auger is Erik the Red, the Viking skipper of his WOMR show, The Reminiscence Bump, every other Thursday from 9 […]
STORIES
The Charged Fiction of Jason Ferris

Starting a short story, Jason Ferris writes the first sentence, then rearranges the words. “I’ll stare at it and stare at it,” he says, “until finally it has enough of […]
ARTISTS
Edd Ravn’s Cabinet of Curiosities

About six weeks into Edd Ravn’s fellowship at the Fine Arts Work Center in the fall, he decided to smear his studio wall with mud. “I was thinking about the […]
BIG PICTURE
Rosalie Acinapura Paints With Her Camera

Rosalie Acinapura, a photographer who lives in Wellfleet, has been taking photographs most of her life. She’s prolific, and her vision is wide-ranging. She takes photographs wherever she is, on […]
Arts Briefs

Listening to Women at WOMR WOMR has celebrated International Women’s Day since 1988, and for the past 14 years, that celebration has included featuring the station’s women DJs for the […]
VIGNETTE
Daylight Saving Time

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STEAMERS
Walking the Plank

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OP-ART
Women Rising Up: Truth

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WATERCOLOR
See Not, Hear Not, Speak Not

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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Women’s Words

This Saturday, March 8, is International Women’s Day, and while we listen to the 19 women DJs on WOMR (see page C9), I’ll be thinking about the women on the […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, March 6, 2025

‘A Dangerous Precedent’ To the editor: I am writing as an alumna of Provincetown High School, Class of 2007, in response to the recent firing of employees of the Cape […]
OBITUARY
Joan Marshall, Longtime Owner of Brownies Cabins, Dies at 90

Joan Ann Williams Marshall, who lived in Truro, died at her home in Melbourne Beach, Fla. on Feb. 19, 2025 of ovarian cancer. She had turned 90 five days before. […]
OBITUARY
Provincetown Native Steven Roda Dies at 75

Steven Kent Roda died unexpectedly at his home in Harwich on Feb. 19, 2025. The cause, confirmed by his stepdaughter Beth Federico, was cardiac arrest. He was 76. Stevie was […]
OBITUARY
Former Flight Attendant Joy Downey Dies at 81

Joy Farina Downey of North Truro died peacefully at Cape Cod Hospital on Feb. 17, 2025, hours after saying goodbye to her family. The cause was heart failure. She was […]
TIDE CHART
Provincetown and Wellfleet Harbors

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Real Estate Transactions

Recorded at the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds from Feb. 24 to Feb. 28, 2025. PROVINCETOWN Feb. 26. Provincetown HoldCo LLC [Caterina Mina Labella, agent] to Shady Acres LLC [Lauren […]
CLASSIFIEDS
Classifieds Mar. 6, – Mar. 13, 2025

TUESDAY TUNES Schedule Change: Starting in March, Irish, old time, country music sessions will be 6:30-8:30 p.m. on the 2nd, 4th (and 5th) Tuesdays of the month. Hosted by Denya […]
Indie’s Choice

Fur Real (Thursday-Sunday, March 6-9) Northeast Ursamen’s annual Out of Hibernation weekend produced in conjunction with the Crown & Anchor (247 Commercial St., Provincetown) from Thursday, March 8 through Sunday, […]
Wellfleet Legal Notices

Town of Wellfleet Conservation Commission Public Hearing March 19, 2025 Please take notice that the Wellfleet Conservation Commission, in accordance with M.G.L. Chapter 131, Section 40, and the Wellfleet Environmental […]
Town of Truro Legal Notices

Town of Truro Truro Central School TRURO PRESCHOOL REGISTRATION We are excited to continue to offer tuition-free preschool for Truro residents and children of Truro town employees. We greatly appreciate […]
Eastham Legal Notices

NOTICE OF HEARING A Public Hearing will be held on MONDAY, MARCH 17, 2025 AT 5:30 PM, in the Earle Mountain Meeting Room at the Eastham Town Hall, 2500 State […]
Provincetown Legal Notices

Town of Provincetown REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS The Town is seeking proposals for the Following project MOTTA FIELD REDEVELOPMENT Bids will be opened in the DPW Conference room at Veterans Memorial […]
LOCAL IMPACT
Feds Terminate Three National Seashore Staff

WELLFLEET — A nationwide mass firing of federal employees who were in their “probationary” first year on the job included three full-time staff at the Cape Cod National Seashore: archaeologist […]
RESIGNATION
Truro Bids Its Town Manager a Costly Goodbye

TRURO — Town Manager Darrin Tangeman will receive a $237,370 lump-sum severance payment from the town after his resignation takes effect on April 8, according to a signed copy of […]
WASTEWATER
Select Board Delays Vote on Watershed Management Plan

WELLFLEET — The town’s long-awaited targeted watershed management plan, which involves building a sewer system for the central district and applying new septic system rules to most other properties, was […]
TOWN MEETING
Provincetown Select Board Previews a Lengthy Warrant

PROVINCETOWN — Voters here are likely to be glad about their 2021 vote to add cushions to the seats in town hall auditorium — because the warrant for town meeting […]
HOUSING
Lottery Open for 62 Affordable Units at ‘Phare’ in Orleans

This article was updated on March 4. ORLEANS — Applications are now open for a new affordable housing development at the site of the old Cape Cod 5 Bank headquarters […]
SHELLFISHING
How to Bring In Four Bushels of Wild Winter Oysters

WELLFLEET — When Dave Seitler got up at 5 a.m. on Sunday, the first thing he checked was the temperature. Through nearly all of February, low temperatures had stymied his attempts […]
MORNING FLIGHT
The Ravens Say It’s Spring

I was driving past Old North Cemetery in Truro a couple of weeks ago when I saw a bird flying upside down. It soon flipped back over, completing an awkward […]
NEW ORLEANS DISPATCH
A Cure for the Day After Mardi Gras (Also Recommended for Winter in Truro)

It’s a bright and cool late morning in New Orleans and we’re lingering over the last of our coffee (me) and tea (Christopher) on the little front porch of our […]
CIRCLE GAME
In Capoeira, the Rhythms of Resistance

Capoeira begins in a circle. And it always comes back to a circle. But at nine o’clock on a cold Saturday morning, six children (along with a couple of their […]
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
Boater Safety Training Finally Becomes Law

Last weekend’s sunny break in the long February cold wave was a reminder that with the chilly March wind comes the dawn of another spring on the Outer Cape. And […]
TO THE MAT
A Pose for Defying Chaos

I’ve been thinking lately about what it was that got me interested in yoga in the first place. I remember the first time I went to a yoga class: I […]
THE MAGICAL YET
Together and Not, Taking a Course on Ecstatic Dance

TRURO — Warm white light outlines the rectangular room, its glow emanating from battery-operated mushroom puffs and flickering electric votives. At the center of the room is a small circle […]
WILD THINGS
Feeling Fine on Blueberry Wine

The chance to look closely at the zig-zag branching habit of several old wild highbush blueberries is one good reason to walk around Great Pond in Wellfleet on a cold […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings

Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Feb. 25 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
ASTRAL PROJECTIONS
Pisces Means Business

With the Sun in Pisces, all play and no work will not fly. While the desire to avoid work will be strong in the days ahead, the need for it […]
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Joint Water Meeting

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 calendar at provincetown-ma.gov for a […]