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FIELD STUDIES

PROVINCETOWN — Eighth-graders and their families and friends came together in the school cafeteria on Saturday, Jan. 28 for a drawing workshop with artist Mark Adams. The class will travel […]

HOUSING

PROVINCETOWN — It has taken time, money, and willingness to compromise, but local businessman Patrick Patrick should be able to break ground by summer on his much-anticipated, mostly seasonal workforce […]

TRAFFIC CALMING

EASTHAM — Imagine making a left turn on Route 6 without taking your life in your hands and being able to ride a bike or walk along the highway on […]

COMMUNITY PRESERVATION

TRURO — The Community Preservation Committee agreed on Jan. 27 to recommend more than $1 million in grants for housing and historic preservation in fiscal 2024, with the largest chunk […]

GREEN ENERGY

ORLEANS — The long and frustrating road to the installation of a solar canopy at Nauset Regional Middle School is nearing an end. After two years of delays caused by […]

RADIOACTIVITY

PLYMOUTH — A pair of state legislators who represent Plymouth have proposed a bill that would reduce the size of the Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel (NDCAP) from 21 people […]

MISSING PERSON

PROVINCETOWN — Bruce Crowley, 57, left work in Revere on the evening of Dec. 28 and was last seen by an innkeeper and in surveillance footage at the Anchor Inn […]

PILGRIM UPDATE

PLYMOUTH — The state has still not tested samples of untreated water from the spent fuel pool and other areas of the former Pilgrim nuclear plant, members of the Nuclear […]

THRIFT

PROVINCETOWN — The town swap shop will reopen at the beginning of May, according to Sherry Prada, deputy director of the Dept. of Public Works. The town’s familiar trading spot […]

PROGNOSTICATION

On Feb. 2, all eyes are on the groundhog, that burly member of the squirrel family who is known as the predictor of whether we will have six more weeks […]

DIY

Dawn Walsh and Paula Erickson are standing in an unfinished space with no interior walls aside from studs that frame the two bedrooms at the Lily House on Wellfleet’s bay […]

GRAVEYARD SHIFT

When Philip Smith Rich died in Provincetown in 1879, he took details of surviving a harrowing shipwreck to his grave. Writer Herman Jennings, in his classic Provincetown Or, Odds and […]

POP-UPS

Heather Edwards and Todd Jansen are general manager and chef, respectively, at The Painted Lady — a pop-up making its debut in the space that otherwise belongs to Local 186 […]

STREET FASHION

Nyx Smith, a senior systems engineer for Deloitte and Truro year-rounder, was on the run — grabbing coffee at Chequessett Chocolate between Zoom meetings. There was no time for chitchat, but […]

WARRIORS WATCH

EASTHAM — The Nauset boys and girls swim teams each locked up Cape and Islands League championships as well as post-season titles during a busy week for Nauset sports. The […]

WHAT’S OPEN

Cozy homemade suppers sound romantic in December, but by February the search is on for somewhere to go or at least something good to order in. We found plenty of […]

RARA AVIS

Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Jan. 31 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]

NAVIGATING BY THE STARS

Step into the limelight this week with a full Moon in the pert and perky sign of Leo. Full Moons shine a light on intentions we’ve previously set — and […]

PUBLIC SAFETY

BARNSTABLE — Cape Cod Community College will host the first stop of a statewide “listening tour” on gun safety at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 9. State Rep. Michael S. […]

PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Provincetown are in-person, typically with an online-attendance option for both committee members and residents. Click on the meeting you want to attend on the calendar […]

TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Truro are remote. Go to truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch. The agenda includes instructions on how to join.  Thursday, Feb. 2 School […]

WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

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 watch, then follow the […]

EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

Meetings Ahead Most meetings are being held in person, but some are still held online. Go to eastham-ma.gov and click on the meeting you are interested in for details on any virtual options […]

ARCHITECTURE

Martha Rothman recalls the awe of first encountering E-1027, the sprawling modernist villa that Irish architect Eileen Gray designed for herself and her lover in the south of France. Built […]

INDIE SCREEN

Director Darren Aronofsky — winner of the Provincetown International Film Festival’s 2011 Filmmaker on the Edge award — has never been known for subtlety. He wallows in garishly surreal psychological […]

THEATER

NEW YORK CITY — At a recent performance of Chicago at the Ambassador Theater on West 49th Street, a rumble of anticipation preceded Jinkx Monsoon’s entrance on stage. The two-time […]

IN THE STUDIO

For Ruby T, who moved to Provincetown in 2021 after living in Chicago for more than a decade, making art is a means to explore overlaps between the political and […]

Black History Through Film In celebration of Black History Month in February, the Wellfleet Public Library (55 West Main St.) will be screening four films from the past decade highlighting […]

VIGNETTE

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THE YEAR-ROUNDER

Is there a pile of rocks anywhere in this world as beloved as Provincetown’s West End breakwater? Generations of residents and visitors have clambered over it — it stretches more […]

COUNTY LINE

The glacial moraine left behind millennia ago underlies a fact of life for all of Cape Cod: we live on what is essentially a pile of gravel and sand. Given […]

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

Unexpected connections here often take the form of discovering who is related to whom — that the furniture maker who lives down the road is the cousin of the guy […]

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Worries About Walsh To the editor: Regarding the Walsh Property Community Planning Committee’s vote to study a plan for 252 units of housing there [Jan. 26, front page]: That many […]

OBITUARY

Dale Clarence Smith, a fifth-generation Cape Codder and former mechanic for the Wellfleet Dept. of Public Works, died peacefully at home in Eastham on Jan. 16, 2023. He was 73. […]

OBITUARY

Margaret C. Skelly of Eastham died on Jan. 25, 2023 at Cape Cod Hospital following a long illness. She was 83. Born on April 15, 1939, she was reared in […]

TIDE CHART

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Recorded at the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds from Jan. 23 to Jan. 27, 2023.  PROVINCETOWN  Jan. 26. 18 Bangs Street Property LP [Lyn A. Plummer, manager] to Bradford Craig […]

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Stepping Out Registration is open for the 3rd Annual Winter Walk Challenge sponsored by the Provincetown Recreation Dept. The event begins on Monday, Feb. 13 and consists of 31 days […]

Town of Wellfleet Conservation Commission Public Hearing February 15, 2023 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 POSITIONS AVAILABLE DPW-Truck Driver and Assistant Transfer Station Attendant/Assistant Custodian  The Town of Truro is seeking applicants for the positions of DPW Truck Driver – 2 positions […]

Town of Provincetown Select Board Public Hearing February 13, 2023 Petition Installation of New Pole The Provincetown Select Board will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, February 13, 2023 at […]

EACH TO EACH

PROVINCETOWN — The Community Builders have been preparing to build 65 apartments on Jerome Smith Road since they won the bid to do the work in late 2021. But their […]

DEVELOPMENT

TRURO — The Walsh Property Community Planning Committee, which has been meeting regularly for two years, took its first actual vote on Jan. 18. By seven votes to three, with […]

RESCUE

PROVINCETOWN — As word spread that the Lower Cape Ambulance Association (LCAA) would close in a few months, requiring Truro and Provincetown to hire two dozen medics, so did worry […]

FIRST RESPONSE

WELLFLEET — A white Audi sedan operated by Greta Einig, 74, drove into the Outer Cape Health Services (OCHS) office on Route 6 shortly after 9:30 a.m. on Jan. 18, […]

ELDERS

TRURO — The staffing shortage at the Truro Council on Aging has meant reduced services, including van rides and Friday lunches. But Town Manager Darrin Tangeman told about 100 people […]

HOUSING

PROVINCETOWN — In an emergency session on Jan. 17 the select board approved a revision of the planned mix of units at the affordable housing development to be built at […]

BUDGET TALKS

PROVINCETOWN — The draft version of next year’s budget was presented to the select board this week, and although the details are not final, two Proposition 2½ override votes are […]

ON THE LANDSCAPE

Imagine for a moment the view outside your window a few months from now. The sun moves higher across the sky. The trees are waking up. Delicate creased forms break […]

THE BREAKFAST BEAT

Starting my day with pancakes always put me in a moody, sugar-laden stupor. And I never could get behind a bowl of cold cereal for breakfast. Even when I was […]

MEET THE MAKER

HARWICH — There are half a dozen bull rakes lined up outside the door of the R.A. Ribb Company waiting for pickup by A.R.C., the Dennis-based shellfish hatchery and grower. […]

IN THE POOL

EASTHAM — There is a calmness about the way Erin McFarland glides through the water. There is no panic. There is no wasted movement. There is just a desire to […]

CROSSWORD #38

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GARDEN PLOT

January is the hinge of the garden year. With the garlic long planted and my tools cleaned and sharpened, I look forward to the winter hush as a time of […]

IN VIEW THIS WEEK

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RARA AVIS

Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Jan. 24 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]

WARRIORS WATCH

EASTHAM — The Nauset boys and girls swimming and diving teams remained undefeated last week as they beat St. John Paul II High School at Willy’s Gym on Friday, Jan. […]

MISSING PERSON

PROVINCETOWN — The search for a missing man who was last seen in Provincetown over New Year’s Eve weekend is still active, according to Cape & Islands District Attorney Rob […]

PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Provincetown are in-person, typically with an online-attendance option for both committee members and residents. Click on the meeting you want to attend on the calendar […]

TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

Meetings Ahead  Most meetings in Truro are remote. Go to truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch. The agenda includes instructions on how to join. Monday, Jan. 30 Historical […]

WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

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 watch, then follow the […]

EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

Meetings Ahead Most meetings are being held in person, but some are still held online. Go to eastham-ma.gov and click on the meeting you are interested in for details on any virtual options […]

BOOKS

When Stephen Duncombe started walking to the ponds and jetties of Cape Cod a few years ago, he didn’t plan on doing anything besides starting the long project of teaching […]

LINE BREAK

In our thing-filled culture, our super-documented lives, what happens in the liminal spaces? What happens in those nothing-moments as we leave one place (either physically or mentally) and move toward […]

THEATER

TRURO — A group of tender-hearted queers, disparate in their predispositions, shelter in a dune shack to hide from a right-wing militia that prowls the grounds outside. Will they survive? […]

GROUP SHOW

In her film Untitled (burned rubber on asphalt), 2018, Tinja Ruusuvuori turned her attention to a small community in Norway where she probed one town’s minidrama about a mysterious person […]

Artists Reflect on Their Happy Places A new exhibition at the Cape Cod Museum of Art (60 Hope Lane, Dennis) features the work of 66 artists who responded to a […]

NAVIGATING BY THE STARS

Oh! The humanity of it all. Aquarius season makes waves but not of water. Break boundaries and break bread: the Sun’s passage through Aquarius bespeaks a bohemian brotherhood of humankind. […]

VIGNETTE

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OP-ED

From the time that Liz and I rescued him from the streets of Puerto Rico, Finn has been preternaturally attuned to the needs of others. He is a creature of […]

THE NATIONAL DEBT

The U.S. debt ceiling may seem an arcane, boring subject, but what will happen to all of us if Congress fails to raise it and the country defaults could not […]

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

“All authority implies an extreme reluctance to admit past error,” wrote British novelist Patrick O’Brian in The Letter of Marque. O’Brian was writing about the Royal Navy, but the truth […]

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Rebuilding the COA To the editor: Thank you for highlighting the fact that Truro’s Council on Aging had withered to the point that not a single staff member remained to […]

OBITUARY

Ted Jones loved Provincetown with a passion. More precisely, he had four, his husband, Peter Petas, said: “affordable housing, the history of Provincetown art and architecture, the removal of single-use […]

OBITUARY

It is impossible to describe Marla Perkel without mentioning her courage and her energy. She was a dancer, mounted police officer, community organizer, geneticist, bed-and-breakfast hostess, and volunteer at the […]

OBITUARY

Lorraine (Cicero) Moritz, an inspired educator of young children, died peacefully on Jan. 9, 2023 at Cape Cod Hospital of complications related to pneumonia. She was 100. The daughter of […]

OBITUARY

Longtime Wellfleet resident Robert DuBeau succumbed to Parkinson’s disease on Jan. 21, 2023 after trying to ignore the affliction for years. Bob was born in Willimantic, Conn. in 1934, the […]

TIDE CHART

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Real Estate Transactions Recorded at the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds from Jan. 17 to Jan. 20, 2023.  PROVINCETOWN  Jan. 17. Martin J. Rosenbaum and Lorraine Rosenbaum to Stephen M. […]

CLASSIFIEDS

SEEKING  Writer in need of Provincetown nook. Do you have a room for a writer who needs a workspace? I’m looking for something big enough for a bed and desk […]

More Good Mews (Thursday, Jan. 26) Coffeehouse at the Mews (429 Commercial St., Provincetown) features Frank Poranski on Thursday, Jan. 26, 7 p.m. Sign-up for open-mic performances starts at 6:30. […]

TOWN OF TRURO INVITATION FOR BIDS The Town of Truro is seeding sealed bids to install and furnish all labor, materials and equipment, and to perform all operations required for […]

Town of Provincetown Community Preservation Committee Community Preservation Funds Public Hearing February 7, 2023 The Provincetown Community Preservation Committee will conduct a hybrid public hearing on Tuesday, February 7, 2023, […]

TOWN OF EASTHAM SELECT BOARD PROPOSED FY23-FY24 FEE SCHEDULE PUBLIC HEARING February 6, 2023 The Eastham Select Board will hold a public hearing on Monday, February 6, 2023 at 5:30 […]

TRASH TALLY

PROVINCETOWN — Lumber, Crocs, fishing gear, medical tubing, broken beach chairs, and beer cans were among the three truckloads of trash gathered in two hours’ time by volunteers at Herring […]

EMERGENCY MEDICINE

TRURO — The symbiotic relationship between Provincetown, Truro, and the Lower Cape Ambulance Association (LCAA) will come to an end on July 1. Though the demise of the 86-year-old nonprofit […]

ENDANGERED SPECIES

EASTHAM — Enrollment numbers for the Outer Cape’s public schools have finally arrived, and they show that existing trends here are getting worse. This year’s total enrollment in the Truro […]

THE HOUSING PUZZLE

PROVINCETOWN — Spend enough time learning about Cape Cod’s housing crisis and you’ll eventually hear something about ADUs, or accessory dwelling units. By definition, an ADU is a smaller residential […]

COUNTY POLITICS

BARNSTABLE — The latest effort to add a provision to the Barnstable County charter allowing for the recall of a county commissioner has failed, after not securing the support of […]

STAFFING

WELLFLEET — Christine Ezersky walked into town hall on Jan. 9 as the town’s first-ever human resources director. Voters at a Sept. 10, 2022 special town meeting approved Article 4 […]

SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER

WELLFLEET — The first clinic in the region to offer intensive in-person counseling to patients battling substance use disorders is currently in the works and would operate in the building […]

NIGHTLIGHTS

WELLFLEET — “I love sitting with people of all ages and folding paper,” said Sheryl Jaffee, the Wellfleet Historical Society’s museum coordinator. The assembled — more people than would fit […]

COOK’S KITCHEN

January’s sun sets smack down in the center of Blackfish Creek tinting the clouds beyond my back window a cotton-candy pastel. It’s stop-in-your-tracks gorgeous Cape Cod light. And every bit […]

ON THE LANDSCAPE

On a walk in the Wellfleet woods a few days back I came upon a sort of ghost forest. At the trail’s edge and as far out into the underbrush […]

DEMOGRAPHICS

With the books closed on 2022 and town clerks across the Cape working on their annual town reports, the Independent took a look at the birth and death records for […]

MILLION-YEAR PICNIC

The Moon and four bright planets put on a playful show this month. No telescope or binoculars are needed, and, fortunately for us during this cold winter stretch, the action […]

WARRIORS WATCH

EASTHAM — The Nauset Warriors and Cape Cod Furies hockey teams swept the Codfish Cup with wins over Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School on Monday to cap off the week in […]

IN VIEW THIS WEEK

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RARA AVIS

Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Jan. 17 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]

NAVIGATING BY THE STARS

Set to occur at an auspicious one degree in Aquarius, this month’s new Moon on the 21st sets us up for radical new beginnings. It’s time to set fresh intentions, […]

PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Provincetown are in-person, typically with an online-attendance option for both committee members and residents. Click on the meeting you want to attend on the calendar […]

TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

Meetings Ahead  Most meetings in Truro are remote. Go to truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch. The agenda includes instructions on how to join. Thursday, Jan. 19 Climate […]

WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

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 watch, then follow the […]

EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

Meetings Ahead Most meetings are being held in person, but some are still remote or virtual. Go to eastham-ma.gov and click on the meeting you are interested in to learn about meeting locations […]

LOCAL VIEWS

When Michael Parlante was a child, the celebrated painter Edwin Dickinson lived across the street from him near Cove Road in Wellfleet. “I’d watch him painting in his front yard,” […]

QUEER ‘I’

At first glance, it’s a postcard-perfect seaside town, brimming with music, theater, and art. Look closer, though, and you’ll see that beneath the quaint village veneer lies a hotbed of […]

AN ACTOR’S LIFE

“Doing the work” — actor-speak for whatever it takes to develop one’s talent into marketable skills — is a phrase that probably goes all the way back to the first […]

INDIE SCREEN

The year is 1923. The Irish Civil War is nearing its end, leading to the creation of the Irish Free State despite the violent objections of the Irish Republican Army. […]

A World of Animation Comes to Wellfleet After a two-year pandemic hiatus, the 22nd annual Animation Show of Shows returns to Wellfleet Preservation Hall from Friday, Jan. 20, through Sunday, […]

VIGNETTE

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THE YEAR-ROUNDER

That bleak morning just before Christmas, Provincetown was set back on its haunches by a roaring winter wind and a surging southeast 11-foot-plus tide. The beach and abutting properties glistened […]

LETTER FROM ACROSS THE POND

New Year in Scotland, known as Hogmanay, arguably from Old French, Norse, and/or Goidelic, is a very big deal. Several nights of partying, fireworks, the singing of “Auld Lang Syne,” […]

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

Is the Outer Cape a good place for children to grow up? I’ve always thought so. The natural beauty that has inspired so many artists and writers — the sea, […]

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Where Are the Hospitals? To the editor: Thanks to K.C. Myers for her year-end review of mental health care and the tragedies that happened on the Outer Cape [Dec. 29, […]

OBITUARY

Carol Lee Bakunas always planned ahead, and as the second oldest of nine children, her sister Joan said, “she was always giving directions to the rest of us.” But when […]

OBITUARY

Two weeks after celebrating her 56th wedding anniversary at the Mews restaurant, Lieselotte Kathe Vinther, known as Lilo, of Provincetown died peacefully on Jan. 12, 2023 at Portsmouth Regional Hospital […]

OBITUARY

Noble Foster Richards, known as “Nobby,” of Salisbury, Conn. and Truro died peacefully at Noble Horizons Retirement Community and Nursing Home in Salisbury on Jan. 6, 2023. Many family members […]

TIDE CHART

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Recorded at the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds from Jan. 9 to Jan. 13, 2023.  PROVINCETOWN  Jan. 12. Louise Venden and Sally J. Deane to Michael Beck and Beau W. […]

CLASSIFIEDS

SEEKING  Writer in need of Provincetown nook. Do you have a room for a writer who needs a workspace? I’m looking for something big enough for a bed and desk to […]

Mews Tunes (Thursday, Jan. 19) Jeff Tagen and Jim Brosseau are the featured performers for this week’s Coffeehouse at The Mews (429 Commercial St., Provincetown) on Thursday, Jan. 19, 7 […]

Town of Wellfleet Position Opening Assistant Town Accountant The Town of Wellfleet has a FY 2023 budget of $25M and is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Assistant Town […]

TOWN OF TRURO Community Preservation Committee Public Hearing January 24, 2023 The Truro Community Preservation Committee will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, January 24, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. in […]

Town of Provincetown Planning Board Public Hearing January 26, 2023 The Provincetown Planning Board will hold a Public Hearing on Thursday, January 26, 2023, at 6:00 P.M. in the Judge […]

DEMOLITION

TRURO — About half of the abandoned buildings at the former North Truro Air Force Base will be razed by 2024 thanks to an $8-million grant to demolish derelict structures […]

RESCUE

BARNSTABLE — An advisory committee established to recommend best uses of the $41.4 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act funding sent to the county says the $11.4 million remaining […]

HOUSING SOLUTIONS

PROVINCETOWN — A housing strategy involving deed restrictions that was devised in Vail, Colo. and has been duplicated in Lake Tahoe, Calif. could soon be coming to the Cape and […]

ARPA UPDATE

BARNSTABLE — The federal American Rescue Plan Act sent $41.3 million to Barnstable County. That money has now been divided into four separate pots: $12.8 million will be spent by […]

SCHOOL ELECTION

An unusual mid-January election did not appear to chill voters’ enthusiasm for the Nauset Regional High School renovation project. The $38.1 million in added funding that the project turned out […]

HUMAN SERVICES

TRURO — Truro Council on Aging Outreach Coordinator Elton Cutler’s going-away party on Jan. 6 brought out over 80 people. Not only were they sad to see him go, they […]

AFTERMATH

PROVINCETOWN — It has been almost three weeks since an extreme high tide, whipped into violent waves by a strong southeast wind, flooded parts of Provincetown’s East End with seawater. […]

DOVETAIL JOINT

Ed McPartland is a retired carpenter living in Wellfleet who bemoans the fact that traditional Cape homes — and new houses that replicate their style — are not well adapted […]

JUSTICE

WELLFLEET — Sara Blandford wanted this year’s theme for the Martin Luther King Day Youth Art Show to be more than just a feel-good truism. She saw it as a […]

ON THE LANDSCAPE

Driving north on Route 6 toward Provincetown on a midwinter day some years ago with my radio tuned in to an interview, I heard a painter talking about how she […]

ECONOMICS

WELLFLEET — The town is now accepting bids for the operation of Maurice’s Campground on Route 6 during the six-year transitional period before construction begins on an affordable housing development […]

THE ESSENTIALS

I remember my grandmother — all four-feet-eight of her — standing tall before the grocer, as he rang up her order. “No, sir! I will not pay 59 cents a […]

WARRIORS WATCH

EASTHAM — The Nauset Warriors swim team capped a strong week for the high school’s athletics program by sweeping the Cape and Islands Classic at Sandwich High School last Saturday. […]

RARA AVIS

Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Jan. 10 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]

POP UPS

WELLFLEET — John D’Aponte grew up traveling back and forth between two pizza meccas: Naples, Italy, and Brooklyn, N.Y. A New Yorker, D’Aponte often visited the southern Italian city where […]

NAVIGATING BY THE STARS

Hold your horses, space cowboys and queens. Both Mars and Mercury are exiting their respective retrogrades this week, which could have you bucking right out of the gate. Take a […]

PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Provincetown are in-person, typically with an online-attendance option for both committee members and residents. Click on the meeting you want to attend on the calendar […]

TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Truro are remote. Go to truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch. The agenda includes instructions on how to join. Thursday, Jan. 12 Housing […]

WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

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 watch, then follow the […]

EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

Meetings Ahead Most meetings are being held in person, but some are still remote or virtual. Go to eastham-ma.gov and click on the meeting you are interested in to learn about meeting locations […]

ART HISTORY

A fickle system determines which artists are remembered and which are forgotten. The Outer Cape has its canon of artists. Some are known internationally, like Edward Hopper, while others are […]

BOOKS

Escapism is a form of self-care, and self-care is a high priority right now for Provincetown residents facing months of winter. Good reads — like batteries, chocolate, moisturizer, and canned […]

MUSIC

We begin every January thinking about resolutions, but we never hear anything about what music to listen to while we’re trying to accomplish them. So, we asked Independent staff and […]

Warm Sounds for a Cold Night Music wafting over the waves and sand on a Rio de Janeiro beach is about the farthest thing from the vibe on the Outer […]

VIGNETTE

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COUNTY LINE

Every two years, the voters in every town on the Cape elect delegates to the Barnstable County Assembly, our county’s legislative body. The new session of the Assembly just begun […]

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

“The job of the newspaper is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.” This crack is attributed to Mr. Dooley, a dyspeptic Irish bartender who was the invention of […]

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

That’s No ‘Lap Pool’ To the editor: Your article about 99 Bayberry Ave. in Provincetown was informative [“Homeowners Take Town to Court Over Pool Project,” Jan. 5, page A4]. I […]

OBITUARY

Lincoln Almond, a summer resident of South Wellfleet’s Prospect Hill since 1972, died on Jan. 2, 2023. A former U.S. attorney and governor of Rhode Island, Almond’s death was confirmed […]

OBITUARY

William S. Treese Sr. of Eastham died at home on Dec. 26, 2022. The cause of death, confirmed by his son, William, was congestive heart failure. He was 86. The […]

TIDE CHART

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Recorded at the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds from Jan. 3 to Jan. 6, 2023.  PROVINCETOWN  Jan. 5. J and J Breakwater Properties LLC [John J. Fresenius and John J. […]

CLASSIFIEDS

SEEKING  ‘What are we going to do with all these books?’ Tim’s Used Books has been solving that problem for local families since 1991. Immediate payment and removal of your […]

Hike to Hatches (Saturday, Jan. 14) Center for Coastal Studies biologist Lisa Sette and poet-naturalist Elizabeth Bradfield lead a guided hike to Hatches Harbor in Provincetown on Saturday, Jan. 14, […]

Town of Provincetown Position Opening Administrative Assistant Council of Aging The Town of Provincetown is now accepting applications for the full-time position of Administrative Assistant for the Council of Aging. […]

TOWN OF TRURO Historical Commission Public Hearing January 30, 2023 The Truro Historical Commission will hold a remote Public Hearing on Monday, January 30, 2023 at 4:30PM to review for demolition […]

RESOLUTIONS

PROVINCETOWN — Bright sunshine and nearly warm weather greeted those who gathered at the beach below the Johnson Street parking lot in Provincetown on New Year’s Day to partake in […]

JUSTICE

Barnstable County’s newly elected Sheriff Donna Buckley said she would begin her first day in office by ending the department’s 287(g) agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Meanwhile, new […]

HEALTH CARE

HYANNIS — A Hyannis clinic and its affiliates are the beneficiaries of a $700,000 state grant that will enable the organization to begin offering abortion pills by July. Health Imperatives, […]

COURT REPORT

PROVINCETOWN — Michael Shuster and Richard McCracken were hoping to partially clear away the vines and briars that cover the rear portion of their 16,500-square-foot lot at 99 Bayberry Avenue […]

HOUSING

WELLFLEET — The tenant in a deed-restricted affordable accessory dwelling unit (ADU) was evicted by his landlord last year, and town officials say they do not know whether the apartment […]

REDEVELOPMENT

PROVINCETOWN — A proposal for a major mixed-use development on the former Old Reliable Fish House property, which was embraced by permitting boards as well as the public, is entering […]

TAX RELIEF

TRURO — The town’s taxation aid committee has begun accepting applications from residents who need help paying their property taxes this year — and, working with the town’s finance office, […]

MARKET BASKET

PROVINCETOWN — Last September, Luther Bumps of North Truro drove from one end of the Cape to the other, taking photographs along the way. His pictures were not pretty. They […]

FROM THE LARDER

As the Outer Cape’s long trek to spring begins, Christopher and I are grateful for the reprieves we’ve had this year from winter’s cold grip. A good number of magically […]

GRAVEYARD SHIFT

With the April 1861 bombardment of Fort Sumter — the Union garrison in Charleston Harbor — civil war became a certainty. Appeals were made in the Northern states for troops, […]

RARA AVIS

Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Jan. 3 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]

KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL

There was one good thing about those green bean casseroles. It wasn’t the beans, which tasted metallic, like the inside of the can where they’d been biding their time before […]

ON THE LANDSCAPE

John Steinbeck described it as “the hour of the pearl.” For him it was a magical interlude just before dawn: “The interval between day and night when time stops and […]

IN VIEW THIS WEEK

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WARRIORS WATCH

EASTHAM — The boys ice hockey team’s dominant performance against Division 1 Newton North High School last Friday highlighted the winter break for Nauset Regional High School athletics. It was […]

NAVIGATING BY THE STARS

Happy New Year! Well, I mean, may it be as happy as it can be, considering the holidays are over, both Mars and Mercury are retrograde, and it’s winter. To […]

PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Provincetown are in-person, typically with an online-attendance option for both committee members and residents. Click on the meeting you want to attend on the calendar […]

TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

Meetings Ahead  Most meetings in Truro are remote. Go to truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch. The agenda includes instructions on how to join. Thursday, Jan. 5 Climate […]

WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Wellfleet are remote only, but some are held in person. Go to wellfleet-ma.gov/calendar and click on the meeting you want to watch, then follow the instructions on […]

EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

Meetings Ahead Most meetings are being held in person, but some are still remote or virtual. Go to eastham-ma.gov and click on the meeting you are interested in to learn about meeting locations […]

AT THE MUSEUM

I recently came across a digital copy of a bulletin for an exhibition at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum in 1935: a no-frills black-and-white publication filled with ads and […]

ART AND ACTIVISM

Amidst the conflagration of World War II, William Carlos Williams — the 20th-century heir to Walt Whitman’s democratic American poetics — wrote a poem about destruction, creation, and the hope […]

LINE BREAK

Last month’s pre-Christmas storm is one we’ll be remembering for years. The damage to homes, businesses, and infrastructure is heartbreaking and terrifying. Wildlife, too, took a beating, with many sea […]

INDIE SCREEN

There’s a scene near the end of The Fabelmans, Steven Spielberg’s autobiographical drama about his childhood and teenage years, where the budding filmmaker Sammy Fabelman is confronted by Logan, a […]

Katrine Hildebrandt-Hussey’s Quiet Dimensions With an M.F.A. in sculpture, Boston-based artist Katrine Hildebrandt-Hussey brings a three-dimensional sensibility to her two-dimensional pieces currently on view at Room 68 (377 Commercial St., […]

VIGNETTE

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THE YEAR-ROUNDER

OK, the holidays are over. We made it to the new year, Christmas is almost two weeks behind us, and we are all done with it: like a way-too-sweet piece […]

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

Are you the kind who reads the paper cover to cover? I’m thinking of the back of Section B of the Independent, where you will find the legal notices in […]

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

The High School Vote To the editor: Thanks to K.C. Myers for her very informative article “Nauset High Renovation Vote is Jan. 10” [Dec. 29, page A10]. As a 76-year-old […]

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Recorded at the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds from Dec. 26 to Dec. 30, 2022. PROVINCETOWN Dec. 27. William Mark Hohenschau and Demetra Theoharis to Michael K. Bailey-Gates and Thomas […]

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SEEKING  ‘What are we going to do with all these books?’ Tim’s Used Books has been solving that problem for local families since 1991. Immediate payment and removal of your […]

The Fiber Things in Life (Thursday, Jan. 5) The Wellfleet Public Library (55 West Main St.) invites children ages 7 and up to a free fiber arts and crafts session […]

Town of Wellfleet Select Board Public Hearing January 17, 2023 In accordance with M.G.L. Chapter 138, notice is hereby given that the Board of Selectmen will hold a hybrid public hearing […]

TOWN OF TRURO Historical Commission Public Hearing January 30, 2023 The Truro Historical Commission will hold a remote Public Hearing on Monday, January 30, 2023 at 4:30PM to review for demolition […]

Town of Provincetown Board of Assessors Assessors’ Notice To all persons subject to taxation in the Town of Provincetown: Fiscal Year 2024 In accordance with the provisions of General Laws, […]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs PUBLIC NOTICE TO ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE (EJ) COMMUNITIES PROJECT: Cannery Wharf Park Project LOCATION: 387 Commercial Street, Provincetown MA PROPONENT: Town […]

DECEMBER STORM

PROVINCETOWN — The winter storm that brought much of North America to a halt last week was also cruel in Provincetown, where the harbor was whipped into a violent flood […]

DEVELOPMENT

EASTHAM — The owners of a 733-square-foot house are asking the planning board to allow them to convert it into an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) and build a new 4,081-square-foot […]

HEART ATTACK

HYANNIS — Cardiologist Richard Zelman, who says he was fired by Cape Cod Hospital after he wrote a letter expressing concerns about patients’ safety and loose credential requirements, has now […]

THE YEAR IN NUMBERS

The pandemic may take up fewer of our news pages than it did in 2020 or 2021, but the truth is Outer Cape Cod is still reeling from that global […]

A YEAR UNTREATED

Three teenagers who lived on the Lower Cape died by suicide in February. In the fall, Adam Howe, a man with a long history of mental health problems, killed his […]

A LOOK BACK

We asked our reporters to look back over the stories we published in 2022 and choose some of the things newsmakers told them this year. Here are some LINES they […]

A YEAR IN RADIOACTIVITY

PLYMOUTH — Watchdogs who had tracked the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station’s faltering performance in its final years were relieved when the reactor was permanently shut down in 2019. But that […]

RESOLVED

If volunteering is on your list of New Year’s resolutions, you’ll be glad to know that many local organizations are seeking people to help. The connection to others and the […]

SCHOOLS

The future of Nauset Regional High School’s long-planned renovation will be decided at a Jan. 10 special election that will ask voters of the four towns in the Nauset district […]

COOK’S KITCHEN

Of all the dips, spreads, noshes, and nibbles I have served, there is one that I make for holiday parties year after year: gougères. They always get raves. Gougères are […]

SURFING

You might see surfing as a virtuous thing. It provides a rewarding focus. It ignites a sense of passion and serves as a creative pursuit. Surfing tunes you into your […]

FORAGING

My friend Ingrid Bratberg knows all the best places to find stinging nettles, wild onions, blackberries, and elderflowers. Ingrid’s a professional baker by day — her shortbread is legendary — […]

BEHIND THE WHEEL

I’ve been late for dinner before, but there are people in Buffalo who left work on Friday afternoon and still hadn’t gotten home by Christmas. The weather this week inspired […]

PHOTOJOURNALISM

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THE COMMUNICATOR

“Tell me, good sir, have you ever seen a hawk?” Marcel asked. I’m the one who’s supposed to be asking questions as part of my ongoing investigation into the minds […]

IN VIEW THIS WEEK

For the fifth year in a row, a cheering crowd was dazzled by the extraordinary talents of ordinary folk at three sold-out performances of the Townie Holiday Extravaganza at the […]

HOCKEY

ORLEANS — Nauset Regional High School sophomore Logan Poulin has made a fast start in the current hockey season on a team he didn’t expect to be part of at […]

WARRIORS WATCH

EASTHAM — The Nauset boys basketball team’s dramatic win on Nantucket highlighted a high school sports week that was disrupted by the winter storm that hit the region. The Warriors […]

PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Provincetown are in-person, typically with an online-attendance option for both committee members and residents. Click on the meeting you want to attend on the calendar […]

TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

Meetings Ahead  Most meetings in Truro are remote. Go to truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch. The agenda includes instructions on how to join. Friday, Dec. 30 Town […]

WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

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 watch, then follow the instructions on […]

EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

Meetings Ahead Most meetings are being held in person, but some are still remote or virtual. Go to eastham-ma.gov and click on the meeting you are interested in to learn about meeting locations […]

NEW YEAR'S CARD

When we settled on “Changing the Climate” as the theme of the Independent’s annual New Year’s art and photography issue for 2023, we told contributors that they could interpret the […]

INDIE SCREEN

The esteemed film magazine Sight and Sound, which is published monthly by the British Film Institute, released its once-a-decade list of the 100 greatest films of all time on Dec. […]

TRASH AND TREASURE

WELLFLEET — When Robert Rindler was a young boy, he collected baseball cards. But unlike his brother, he wasn’t so concerned about the players: he was in it for the […]

The Art of Books Old books are getting new life as art pieces at the Eastham Public Library, which is gearing up for its annual Repurposed Art Book Contest and […]

COMPLAINT DEPT.

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PREVENTING VIOLENCE

This year has brought a reckoning with the ways our health and legal systems fail those with mental illnesses and their families. The tragic deaths of Truro’s Susan Howe and […]

NAVIGATING BY THE STARS

Those of us lining up resolutions for 2023 had best get ready for a strong headwind. Which means keeping in mind that progress, while it may seem to be temporarily […]

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

George Santos was elected to Congress last month from New York’s Third District, helping the Republican Party take control of the House with a slim majority. Six weeks after the […]

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

The ‘Impossible Cookie’ To the editor: Regarding the doubly baked biscotti from John D’Addario’s Yonkers grandma Filamena/Fay [Dec. 15, page B3]: What are called biscotti in Italian are known as […]

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Recorded at the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds from Dec. 19 to Dec. 23, 2022.  PROVINCETOWN  Dec. 20. Paul D. Christenson and Denison J. Beach to Midland Trust IRA Nominee […]

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TIDINGS  After the loss of our mother, Rita D. Medeiros, we received many kind words, Mass intentions, and remembrances. Mom cherished sharing time, conversation, and her Portuguese cooking with so […]

Sing a Song (Friday, Dec. 30) The Truro Public Library (7 Standish Way) hosts a sing-along storytime for kids with Paul Kehoe on Friday, Dec. 30, 10:30 a.m. The free […]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs PUBLIC NOTICE TO ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE (EJ) COMMUNITIES PROJECT: Cannery Wharf Park Project LOCATION: 387 Commercial Street, Provincetown MA PROPONENT: Town […]

Town of Wellfleet Zoning Board of Appeals Public Hearing January 12, 2023 Wellfleet Zoning Board of Appeals Legal Notice: Pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws, Application for Comprehensive Permit under MGL […]

TOWN OF TRURO Conservation Commission Public Hearing January 9, 2023 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The Truro Conservation Commission will hold a public hearing Monday, January 9, 2023 at 5:00PM; THIS […]

Town of Provincetown Solicitation for Quotes RENOVATION OF RAISED GARDEN PLOTS – PHASE 2 AT THE BROWNE STREET COMMUNITY GARDEN The Town of Provincetown, on behalf of the Conservation Commission, […]

ON THE LANDSCAPE

There are few things more glorious than a puddle of winter sunlight. On many afternoons I have gone from being active and productive to melting into soft butter in one […]

AGENDA-SETTING

PROVINCETOWN — With Hanukkah already underway and Christmas less than a week off, Monday night was not the most likely time to find 60 people at a meeting on housing. […]

DRUG MONEY

WELLFLEET — Money from the settlement of lawsuits against the pharmaceutical industry for its aggressive and deadly marketing of opioids has begun to flow to the towns of the Outer […]

WALSH PROPERTY

TRURO — Wendy Lurie, a founder of the Truro Community Kitchen (TCK), proposed to the Walsh Property Community Planning Committee on Dec. 14 that a “food security joint facility” for […]

ON THE ROPES

PROVINCETOWN — In late May, the Marine Animal Entanglement Response Team at the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) got a call on their emergency hotline, which runs all day, all […]

HEALTH CARE

WELLFLEET — The first-ever mobile methadone clinic on Cape Cod opened its doors here on Nov. 16 after a four-month-long process of getting licensing and approvals from federal and state […]

BRIDGES & TUNNELS

BOURNE — For 90 years, the two arched bridges connecting the mainland to Cape Cod have served as a welcome sight to visitors heading for seaside stays and year-round residents […]

SALUD

Somewhere along the road, eggnog fell into a ditch. Exalted until the late ’70s, it got tossed out with all those avocado-green appliances. It’s all but disappeared now, save for […]

PROST

Europe in summertime is out of reach for most Cape Codders — it’s our busy time, and there’s too much work here to leave the Cape in June. I’ve learned […]

KITCHEN CULTURE

Yuliia Svieshnikova has always prepared borscht, one of the 12 traditional Christmas dishes of her native Ukraine, on Jan. 6. That is Christmas Eve on the Julian calendar, which Ukrainians […]

TO THE MAT

These short days and long nights of deep December can bring an inner sense of darkness. Psychologists have even given a name to this phenomenon — Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). […]

MEET THE MAKER

Sophia Maymudes has always had her own, perhaps odd, way with words. She remembers defining the word ungulate for her parents when it appeared in a clue of a crossword […]

TOWNIE CHRISTMAS

PROVINCETOWN — Taped to the walls at the Crown & Anchor for last Wednesday’s 24th annual Kook Toy Drive were images of pogo sticks (available for a donation of $50), […]

MOVEMENT

EASTHAM — Back in June, 11 curious locals holding trekking poles fashioned from flimsy driveway markers joined Carla Fogaren for a walk around Kent’s Point in Orleans. Six months later, […]

READING ROOM

TRURO — Four-year-old Zella Beatrice Althaus, who is in the preschool class at the Truro Central School, was at the town library with her Bubbe, Fran Adams, on Friday. She […]

WARRIORS WATCH

EASTHAM — The Nauset boys hockey team kept its unbeaten start to the season going with a 6-3 win over Plymouth North on Saturday. It was a big win for […]

IN VIEW THIS WEEK

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RARA AVIS

Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Dec. 20 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]

NAVIGATING BY THE STARS

With winter’s arrival, we can at least be consoled by the gift of light that the solstice brings. The hourglass flips on the 21st, and the days become brighter, minute […]

PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Provincetown are in-person, typically with an online-attendance option for both committee members and residents. Click on the meeting you want to attend on the calendar […]

TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

Meetings Ahead  Most meetings in Truro are remote. Go to truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch. The agenda includes instructions on how to join. Thursday, Dec. 22 Economic […]

WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

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 watch, then follow the instructions on […]

EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

Meetings Ahead Most meetings are being held in person, but some are still remote or virtual. Go to eastham-ma.gov and click on the meeting you are interested in to learn about meeting locations […]

AT THE MUSEUM

DENNIS — The Ukrainian flag — unfamiliar to many before this year but now ubiquitous — is an abstract landscape: a brilliant blue sky above the golden expanse of a […]

STAR POWER

PROVINCETOWN — Christine Ebersole’s résumé includes notable roles in films like Amadeus, Tootsie, and The Wolf of Wall Street, and her television credits require a deep scroll on IMDb: from […]

ART AND ACCESS

TRURO — Andre Davis, 23, graduated this month from Morgan State, a historically Black university in Baltimore. His first steps out of college have brought him to Truro, where he […]

BOOKS

In their affectionate geriatric correspondence, old political rivals Thomas Jefferson and John Adams agreed that it was “difficult to say at what moment the revolution began.” Was it in 1765, […]

Small Is Good “It’s About Size,” a group show of small works of art in various media, is on view at Bowersock Gallery (373 Commercial St., Provincetown) through Jan. 4. […]

VIGNETTE

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THE YEAR-ROUNDER

It is time to confess: you have never actually read Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol. This work is so ingrained in our culture that it lives in the collective subconscious, […]

LETTER FROM ACROSS THE POND

In Edinburgh, the cherry trees have lost their leaves. Golden and carnelian-colored, they carpet the grass and fill the gutters like heaps of slender sunset fish. We will watch the […]

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

“Hi there! I’m writing to let you know about an incredible new AI tool that can help with various tasks related to website copywriting and SEO. It’s been used by […]

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

The Hospital Affair To the editor: Your clear and readable coverage of the rancor and legal battles at Cape Cod Hospital (“Doctor Sues Cape Cod Hospital,” Dec. 15, front page) […]

OBITUARY

Charles B. Gareau, formerly of Truro, died peacefully at his home in Millbury on Nov. 21, 2022 with his family by his side. The cause was Lewy Body Syndrome. He […]

OBITUARY

Provincetown’s Lana Frances Valentine Williams, most recently of Sebastian, Fla., died peacefully on Dec. 10, 2022 surrounded by loved ones just 13 days shy of her 80th birthday. The cause […]

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Recorded at the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds from Dec. 12 to Dec. 16, 2022.  PROVINCETOWN  Dec. 12. John G.D. Edwards to Roki Realty LLC. 290 Commercial St. $2,500,000. Dec. […]

CLASSIFIEDS

SEEKING Like a Lady Slipper, I find I need the right soil to thrive. I experimented and moved over the bridge but I’m not thriving. I’m your dream tenant for […]

Guess What? (Thursday, Dec. 22) The Provincetown Brewing Co. (141 Commercial St.) presents Trivia Night with hosts Bob and Harrison on Thursday, Dec. 22, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Entry costs […]

Town of Wellfleet Conservation Commission Public Hearing January 4, 2023 Please take notice that the Wellfleet Conservation Commission, in accordance with M.G.L. Chapter 131, Section 40, and the Wellfleet Environmental […]

Town of Provincetown Historic District Commission Public Hearing January 4, 2023 The Provincetown Historic District Commission will hold a Public Hearing at 3:30 P.M. on Wednesday, January 4, 2023, in […]

RADIOACTIVITY

PLYMOUTH — In a letter sent to Holtec Decommissioning International, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has warned decision makers at the company they could face fines and even jail time […]

AFFORDABLE HOUSING

TRURO — A process that began in 2015 crossed a critical threshold last week when the state awarded $7.8 million in grant money and $8.5 million in tax credits to […]

COURT REPORT

BARNSTABLE — A prominent cardiologist says he was fired by Cape Cod Hospital after reporting his concerns about poorly done heart surgeries and cost-saving practices that compromised patients’ health. Dr. […]

AWARDS

BOSTON — The Provincetown Independent was named Newspaper of the Year among weekly publications over 5,000 circulation at the annual fall conference of the New England Newspaper and Press Association […]

DEVELOPMENT

EASTHAM — Neighbors are opposed to a plan to tear down a house overlooking Boat Meadow marsh and replace it with one with more than double the existing living space […]

BUSINESS

WELLFLEET — The select board voted unanimously on Dec. 6 to deny a seasonal liquor license extension request from Wellfleet Wine and Spirits, the store on Route 6 in the […]

PLANNING

TRURO — Four committees — the town’s select board, planning board, housing authority, and conservation commission — all got a look at a draft version of Truro’s Five Year Housing […]

TOWN WATER

EASTHAM — A new road is being cut into the forest behind the Cape Cod National Seashore Visitors Center. It will lead to a third well house and second water […]

WE THE PEOPLE

 WELLFLEET — Burchelle Edwards, who works at the Wellfleet Shellfish Company, became a citizen in November after being a permanent resident or “green card” holder for eight years and a […]

MILLION-YEAR PICNIC

Winter begins on Dec. 21, the winter solstice and longest night of the year. It’s the season to chase away the darkness with candles, holiday lights, and gatherings around the […]

FAMILY RECIPE

It’s a terrible thing to say about one’s grandmother — especially one’s Italian-American grandmother — but mine was not a great cook. Her specialty was a swamp-like egg drop soup […]

MEET THE MAKER

It took a while for Meryl Gartside, the owner of Blue Lobster Flower Farm, to find a way to extend her flower-focused business into the winter months. “I don’t have […]

READING ROOM

Wellfleet resident Corinne Demas wrote The Perfect Tree for her two-year-old granddaughter Morgan. The book, with illustrations by Penelope Dullaghan, came out this year. Morgan is 14 now, but at […]

ON THE LANDSCAPE

I don’t want to leave the house. My mind says no. It insists on comfort, makes claims about self-preservation, and rejects the idea of going for a walk in the […]

WARRIORS WATCH

EASTHAM — The Nauset Regional High School winter sports season got underway last week with all nine varsity teams in action. Boys and girls basketball and boys and girls hockey […]

EDUCATION

PROVINCETOWN — Nineteen eighth-graders will be heading to London this spring when the local school tradition of sending upper-grade students on an international journey returns for the first time since […]

RARA AVIS

Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Dec. 13 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]

NAVIGATING BY THE STARS

Better brush up on your Klingon, ensign. On Dec. 20, Jupiter is moving at impulse speed into Aries, and we are bound for strange new worlds. Jupiter rules Sagittarius, which […]

PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Provincetown are in-person, typically with an online-attendance option for both committee members and residents. Click on the meeting you want to attend on the calendar […]

TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

Meetings Ahead  Most meetings in Truro are remote. Go to truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch. The agenda includes instructions on how to join. Thursday, Dec. 15 Open […]

WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

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 watch, then follow the […]

EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

Meetings Ahead Most meetings are being held in person, but some are still remote or virtual. Go to eastham-ma.gov and click on the meeting you are interested in to learn about meeting locations […]

CULTURAL ARCHEOLOGY

WELLFLEET — There was treasure hidden deep within the pitch pine woods of Wellfleet — and, according to Elizabeth Otto, one of four scholars who participated in a residency overseen […]

INDIE SCREEN

There’s something naggingly cheeky about the title of TV entertainment journalist Michael Ausiello’s memoir, Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies — it’s the story of Ausiello’s 14-year relationship with photographer Kit […]

MUSIC

“Music does everything for me,” says Aisha Kahlil. “It heals me. It uplifts me. It has brought me back from the brink of despair.” Kahlil is a vocalist in the […]

IN THE LOBBY

If you don’t do much banking in person, the art on display in banks on the Outer Cape might be a good reason to venture beyond the app on your […]

BOOKS

Cormac McCarthy’s novels like Blood Meridian, his 1985 story about twisted characters annihilating one another in a mythic American West, reveal a smart, dark view of humanity. Now 89, McCarthy […]

Eileen Myles Privileges the Pathetic “In general poems are pathetic and diaries are pathetic,” writes Eileen Myles in the introduction to Pathetic Literature, an anthology published last month by Grove […]

VIGNETTE

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OP-ED

We woke up to the news of another mass shooting on Sunday, Nov. 20, this time in a gay club in Colorado Springs. I cannot stop thinking about it, although […]

COUNTY LINE

We have become accustomed to living in the Age of Covid. Even blasé about it. For almost three years, we have faced existential threats from potentially every person we come […]

REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK

I got to report some good news this week: eight years of sustained effort, including major support from the state, have brought the Cloverleaf project in Truro to fruition. A […]

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Correcting a Mistake To the editor: I am writing to respond to Wellfleet Select Board member Kathleen Bacon’s letter regarding the town seal (Dec. 1, page A2). Along with many […]

OBITUARY

Ralph Joseph Cook of Harwich died at home on Dec. 9, 2022, surrounded by family. The cause, prostate cancer, was confirmed by his wife, Jean. He was 88. Ralph was […]

OBITUARY

St. Louis blues musician Steve Morgan, who had a 30-year second act on Cape Cod as the leader of Steve Morgan and the Kingfish, died suddenly on Oct. 12, 2022 […]

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Recorded at the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds from Dec. 5 to Dec. 9, 2022. PROVINCETOWN Dec. 5. Pamela B. Parmakian and Elizabeth A. Bridgewater to Christopher W. DeNapoli. 21 […]

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SEEKING  Your dream tenant wants a small one-bedroom year-round rental. After 22 years full-time on the Outer Cape, I moved over the bridge. Realized I was too deeply rooted in […]

Holiday Dinner Theater (Friday, Dec. 16) Grace Chapel (25 Lieutenant Island Road, South Wellfleet) presents its annual Christmas Dinner Theater on Friday, Dec. 16, 5 to 7 p.m. A free […]

Town of Provincetown Planning Board Public Hearing December 22, 2022 The Provincetown Planning Board will hold a Public Hearing on Thursday, December 22, 2022, at 6:00 P.M. in the Judge […]

TOWN OF TRURO Zoning Board of Appeals Public Hearing December 19, 2022 On Monday, December 19, 2022 at 5:30 pm the Truro Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a remote […]

TRURO TREASURES

TRURO — Recreational shellfishing opened for the season at Pamet Harbor on Dec. 4 after a month of delays due to water quality issues. The water had tested high for […]

AQUACULTURE

WELLFLEET — When Nancy Civetta was hired in 2017 as the town’s shellfish constable, she was given a clear directive: “enforcement, propagation, and communication,” she said. Civetta took it to […]

UNKNOWN VARIANCE

WELLFLEET — Nick Robertson arrived as the new town accountant in April. He is leaving on Dec. 9. He will return to the assistant accountant role he previously held in […]

WATERSHEDS

EASTHAM — The people living near Salt Pond will likely be the ones who must hook up to a sewer system in order for Eastham to get a targeted watershed […]

HOUSING

PROVINCETOWN — Some extra money will be coming to Barnstable County from the American Rescue Plan Act to help people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. The $1,556,508 […]

GARDENER’S NOTEBOOK

Text and Drawings by Abraham Storer  Jean Horner has been working on farms and in gardens since she was 18, after an earlier gig as a professional polo groom. These […]

PRESERVATION

PROVINCETOWN — Last month’s special town meeting primarily concerned the town’s sewer expansion program, but there was one significant outlier on the warrant: Article 2, seeking $1.75 million of Land […]

TASTE MEMORIES

Cookbooks aren’t always for cooking by. That’s what we heard when we asked a few dedicated local cooks about their favorites. These kitchen volumes are for bringing back taste memories […]

ON THE LANDSCAPE

Five years ago, I walked out into the yard of the house I was renting and hung a bird feeder. “I like birds,” I thought. “Perhaps I’ll enjoy watching them […]

GRAVEYARD SHIFT

What came to be known as the Long Storm of 1798 arrived on the New England coast on Nov. 17. One Portsmouth, N.H. newspaper, under the headline “Violent Snow Storm,” […]

WARRIORS WATCH

EASTHAM — When the Nauset High School boys hockey team returns to the ice on Thursday night to face St. John Paul II at the Hyannis Youth and Community Center, […]

IN VIEW THIS WEEK

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RARA AVIS

Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Dec. 6 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]

NAVIGATING BY THE STARS

In the tailwinds of the full Moon in Gemini on Dec. 7, you may have noticed it was a rockier lunation than usual. This full Moon was in a tight […]

CURB APPEAL

EASTHAM — Inn at the Oaks owner Melody Edson said if she had a dollar for every time a customer said they drove right by her business she would be […]

PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Provincetown are in-person, typically with an online-attendance option for both committee members and residents. Click on the meeting you want to attend on the calendar […]

TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Truro are remote. Go to truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch. The agenda includes instructions on how to join. Thursday, Dec. 8 Climate […]

WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

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 watch, then follow the […]

EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

Meetings Ahead Most meetings are being held in person, but some are still remote or virtual. Go to eastham-ma.gov and click on the meeting you are interested in to learn about meeting locations […]

IN THE STUDIO

WELLFLEET — Last April, Cole Barash spent three days on the back shore making photographs to accompany a Thoreau-inspired essay by Eileen Myles called A Walk on Cape Cod. During […]

OPERA

Michael Cunningham isn’t particularly interested in faithful adaptations of his work. His Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Hours, which was turned into an acclaimed film by Stephen Daldry, has now become […]

BOOKS

Jeremy Atherton Lin’s Gay Bar: Why We Went Out is a memoir of a booze- and sex-soaked search for identity. Despite the subtitle, it’s really about why he went out: […]

INDIE SCREEN

In the movie industry, nearly everyone knew that Harvey Weinstein was a monster. More accurately, they knew that he was an exceptionally brutal monster — because among the men (and […]

Nathan Tavares Explores Infinite Worlds Boston-based author Nathan Tavares will read from and sign his new book, A Fractured Infinity, at the Provincetown Bookshop (229 Commercial St.) on Sunday, Dec. […]

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THE YEAR-ROUNDER

The other day a big wind came directly from the south, and the waves in the harbor were high and crazy. At high tide, spray broke over Route 6A by […]

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

In last week’s Independent, Paul Benson reported on the new Provincetown drop-in center of the AIDS Support Group of Cape Cod and the long-term battle against sexually transmitted infections and […]

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Parking by the Marsh To the editor: As a resident of Lieutenant Island, I applaud Conservation Agent Hillary Greenberg-Lemos and the members of the Wellfleet Conservation Commission for finally addressing […]

OBITUARY

Timothy Francis Atkins died peacefully at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis on Nov. 21, 2022 with his wife, Christine, at his side. He had been hospitalized two weeks earlier, and […]

OBITUARY

John Paul Twerago of Eastham died peacefully on Nov 26, 2022 at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis. The cause, aspiration pneumonia, was confirmed by his daughter, Donna. He was 89. […]

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SEEKING Your dream tenant wants a small one-bedroom year-round rental. After 22 years full-time on the Outer Cape, I moved over the bridge. Realized I was too deeply rooted in […]

Euro Visions (Thursday-Saturday, Dec. 8-10) The Cultural Center of Cape Cod presents its inaugural Bass River Artisan Winter Market (307 Old Main St., South Yarmouth) from Dec. 8 to 10 […]

TOWN OF TRURO Select Board Public Hearing NEW AQUACULTURE LICENSE December 13, 2022  In accordance with an application filed on October 14, 2022 by Douglas Grey, 8 Blackfish Road, Truro, […]

Town of Wellfleet Select Board Hybrid Public Hearing December 20, 2022 The Wellfleet Select Board will hold a hybrid public hearing on December 20, 2022, at 7:00 p.m. to consider […]

Town of Provincetown Board of Health Public Hearing December 15, 2022 The Provincetown Board of Health will hold a public hearing on Thursday December 15, 2022, at 4:00 p.m. in […]

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

For many years, Provincetown has been our favorite place for Christmas shopping. The stores are stylishly stocked, it’s never crowded, the summer prices have come down, and talking with the […]

DROP IN

PROVINCETOWN — On World AIDS Day this Dec. 1, the AIDS Support Group of Cape Cod (ASGCC) will open a drop-in center at 301 Commercial St. — that is, in […]

CRIME: 'LADY IN THE DUNES'

This article was updated with new information on Dec. 1, 2022. PROVINCETOWN — Richard Hanchett hoped to come here this week to see the town where his mother’s remains lay […]

SIGNAGE

WELLFLEET — Dick Elkin looked out the window of his home on Catboat Road on the morning of Nov. 4 and saw DPW workers installing signs at the entrance to […]

RADIOACTIVITY

PLYMOUTH — The Mass. Dept of Public Health (DPH) and the state’s Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) will in the weeks ahead be analyzing untreated water taken from new samples […]

POLITICS

PROVINCETOWN — When Gov. Charlie Baker signed a $3.8-billion economic development bill two weeks ago, he threw in a curveball, vetoing a provision that said only $510 million would come […]

WELLFLEET HARBOR

WELLFLEET — It’s taken a few years, but the Wellfleet Marina Advisory Committee hopes soon to be ready with some recommendations for changing the town’s parking policies to help resolve […]

DEVELOPMENT

EASTHAM — Martin and Ellen Ridge plan to demolish a 976-square-foot cottage that sits on one acre at 150 Crosby Village Road overlooking Herring Pond. They want to replace it […]

OBITUARY

PROVINCETOWN — Barbara Rushmore, a fixture of civic life here for 60 years, died at age 98 at her home in Provincetown on Nov. 18, 2022. But the positive changes […]

MEET THE MAKERS

Working on a tabletop in her Provincetown studio, Sylvia Tomayko-Peters drags a layer of mint green ink across the surface of the silkscreen she’s using to print a series of […]

WE THE PEOPLE

“I had never pictured myself living in the U.S.,” said Sandra Paredes, who grew up in Colombia. But then she fell in love with an American man, and it made […]

CRYSTAL PALACE

EASTHAM — Tellis Dion isn’t always sure what he wants when he comes to Cape Cod. But he knows that whatever it is he will find it at Buddha Bobs. […]

SURFING

Have you ever overheard a conversation between two surfers and wondered “What language are they speaking?” Surfer talk is a dialect that uses borrowed terms, completely made-up words, a wide […]

FROM THE LARDER

Before we came to Truro, we lived in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, where I grew salad greens and root vegetables in a community garden plot. That’s where I […]

WARRIORS WATCH

EASTHAM — The Nauset High School football team dropped a heartbreaker at Dennis-Yarmouth High School, 45-42, in the 26th edition of the Chowder Bowl on Thanksgiving Day. Sophomore defensive back […]

CROSSWORD #37

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RARA AVIS

Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Nov. 29 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]

NAVIGATING BY THE STARS

Polish your rose-tinted glasses and get out your wands — December begins with the end of dreamweaver Neptune’s six-month retrograde. That period was about seeing beyond the veils of perception […]

PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Provincetown are in-person, typically with an online-attendance option for both committee members and residents. Click on the meeting you want to attend on the calendar […]

TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Truro are remote. Go to truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch. The agenda includes instructions on how to join. Thursday, Dec. 1 Local […]

WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

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 watch, then follow the […]

EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

Meetings Ahead Most meetings are being held in person, but some are still remote or virtual. Go to eastham-ma.gov and click on the meeting you are interested in to learn about meeting locations […]

IMAGE AND MEMORY

The 19 dune shacks in the Peaked Hill Bars Historic District of the Cape Cod National Seashore might be the most famous Outer Cape landmarks that many people have never […]

INDIE SCREEN

In the National Archeological Museum of Naples, Italy, there’s a section known as the Gabinetto Segreto (“Secret Cabinet”). It contains all the erotic art and artifacts — depicting penises, omnisexual […]

SACRED SPACE

ORLEANS — There’s a cleaver clamped to the ceiling of the Galley West Art Gallery on Monument Road. It was left there by the cook of the Orissa, a ship […]

BOOK REVIEW

While the phrase “workin’ 9 to 5” immediately evokes the bouncy vocals of Dolly Parton, her song — and the movie it was written for — are indebted to a […]

First Fridays at the Fine Arts Work Center Last month, the Fine Arts Work Center (24 Pearl St., Provincetown) held a sneak preview of a new monthly program featuring open […]

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LETTER FROM ACROSS THE POND

It is a familiar enough occurrence in my line of work: a client admits to being lost, without direction, not knowing where to go or what to do. It is […]

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

A New Encounter To the editor: The Independent’s coverage of Native American and colonizer issues — from town seals to book reviews — has been consistently sensitive to the local […]

OBITUARY

Rebecca Barbara (Wollison) Holmes, who engineered a successful campaign to keep the nonprofit Mass Appeal in its Wellfleet home, died on Nov. 5, 2022, at Care Dimension Hospice House in […]

TIDE CHART

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Recorded at the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds from Nov. 21 to Nov. 25, 2022.  PROVINCETOWN  Nov. 21. Nancy M. Sirvent and Edna F. Holley to PTown Staff House LLC […]

CLASSIFIEDS

SEEKING  Your dream tenant wants a small one-bedroom year-round rental. After 22 years full-time on the Outer Cape, I moved over the bridge. Realized I was too deeply rooted in […]

Symphonic Celebration (Friday-Sunday, Dec. 2-4) The Cape Symphony presents its annual winter holiday concerts at the Barnstable Performing Arts Center (744 West Main St., Hyannis) from Friday, Dec. 2 to […]

TOWN OF TRURO Historical Commission Public Hearing for 146 Rt 6, TRURO, MA MAP 51, PARCEL 32 December 13, 2022 The Truro Historical Commission will hold a remote Public Hearing on […]

Town of Provincetown Licensing Board Public Hearing December 13, 2022 The Provincetown Licensing Board will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, December 13, 2022 at 5:15 p.m. in the Judge […]

FOOD SERVICE

TRURO — In all three of Cape Cod’s outermost towns, community kitchens have come to serve an important role in fighting off the twin worries of the off-season here: diminished […]

HOUSING

PROVINCETOWN — The next step toward a new housing complex at the site of the current police station at 26 Shank Painter Road should happen in January, Town Manager Alex […]

WATER QUALITY

WELLFLEET — Water resources consultant Scott Horsley presented the latest Targeted Watershed Management Plan to the board of health on Nov. 9 with minimal sewerage and  myriad advanced ecofriendly technologies. […]

RADIOACTIVITY

PLYMOUTH — The owner of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station has indicated it is closer to releasing radioactive wastewater from the plant’s spent fuel pool, reactor cavity, and other systems […]

EMERGENCY SERVICES

Staff shortages at Outer Cape fire departments and rescue squads are increasing pressure on the first responder teams who answer emergency calls. Local fire chiefs point to a dearth of […]

ECONOMY

Gov. Charlie Baker signed a $3.8-billion economic development bill into law on Nov. 10, about three months after the end of the legislature’s formal session. The bill directs $545 million […]

CAREERS

PROVINCETOWN — Elizabeth Paine, the select board’s secretary for the last five years, has been promoted to town clerk, besting 14 other candidates for the position, which pays $86,516 a […]

ART OF FORAGING

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VANCOUVER DISPATCH

Now that travel is a thing again, Christopher and I decided to revive our tradition of getting out of town for a bit just before Thanksgiving. We’d been missing the […]

GRAVEYARD SHIFT

Like a favorite fishing hole or blueberry patch, one’s preferred swath of wild cranberries becomes a closely held secret. Most folks will be adding a bag or two of commercially […]

TO THE MAT

Both the ancient yogis and modern-day psychologists know the power of the breath in calming the body and clearing the mind — something many of us need as we head […]

STREET VIEW

Photos by Agata Storer Community. I grew up in South Yarmouth, and I was living in Boston, but I have some friends who own a shop in town and really […]

ON THE LANDSCAPE

The cold season has its own aesthetics. Bare. Subtle tones. Grays, browns, tans, blacks, the dormant green of pines. Blue air at dawn and dusk. The sky and ocean wearing […]

THE COMMUNICATOR

“Explain it to me again,” said Richard Bolton, allowing his cat, Grayson, to climb from his lap onto the beach next to the West End parking lot. “I will interview […]

WINTER READY

WELLFLEET — In the five months since Carl Sussman and Laura Lubetsky first heard the scratching sounds of what turned out to be a populous colony of flying squirrels in […]

LEADERSHIP

PROVINCETOWN — In a year with a record number of anti-equality bills proposed by elected officials across the country, state Sen. Julian Cyr introduced legislation to create statutory protections for […]

IN VIEW THIS WEEK

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RARA AVIS

Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s early deadline on Monday, Nov. 21 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s […]

HOCKEY

ORLEANS — The Lower Cape Coyotes ice hockey team captured the Massachusetts Boys U18 Tier III Small State Championship at Murphy Memorial Skating Rink in Boston earlier this year. The […]

PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Provincetown are in-person, typically with an online-attendance option for both committee members and residents. Click on the meeting you want to attend on the calendar […]

TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Truro are remote. Go to truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch. The agenda includes instructions on how to join. Wednesday, Nov. 30 Walsh […]

WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

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 watch, then follow the […]

EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

Meetings Ahead Most meetings are being held in person, but some are still remote or virtual. Go to the eastham-ma.gov and click on the meeting you are interested in to learn about meeting […]

TRADITIONS

Most cultural histories of Cape Cod begin with Charles Hawthorne’s establishment of an art school in Provincetown in 1899. But Lee Roscoe knows the story is much older than that. […]

THEATER REVIEW

The notion of an advice columnist brings up strange memories. There’s Nathanael West’s Miss Lonelyhearts, the dark novella about a Depression-era newspaper columnist who is driven mad by the horrific […]

IN THE STUDIO

EASTHAM — Margot Stage had a career in public radio as a producer for WGBH in Boston where she worked primarily with words and sounds, creating stories by combining interview […]

TV OR NOT TV

Picks by Independent staff and contributors Drink Masters, Netflix When I was a kid, the best part of Thanksgiving was always raiding my uncle’s liquor cabinet. (It was the ’70s. […]

LINE BREAK

The overlapping stories of the Outer Cape are so thick and rich that it’s hard to hear them all: Nauset and Wampanoag people, Viking explorers, Basque fishermen, other European explorers, […]

Suzette Lebenzon’s Mystical Wellfleet In Suzette Lebenzon’s Broken Heart Mending at Lieutenant Island, a crow flies above a winding road that extends into a fantastically colored night sky. The road […]

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THE YEAR-ROUNDER

Let’s face it: most of us are not walking around feeling thankful; it’s just not in our nature. We more often concentrate on what we don’t have than what we […]

ENCOUNTERS

Last year I celebrated Thanksgiving in the Hyannis home of my friends David and Paloma McLardy, immigrants from Scotland and Spain, respectively. They put a few tables together in their […]

NAVIGATING BY THE STARS

Unbutton and relax, you cosmic cranberries. With a four-planet stellium in soft-bellied Sagittarius, Thanksgiving Day hits the spot. Feel free to go back for seconds. Coasting on the unseen beams […]

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

The front page of last Friday’s New York Times had a fascinating story headlined “When Climate Talks Stall, She’ll Find the Words.” It was about Sue Biniaz, a veteran attorney […]

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Wellfleet’s Town Seal To the editor: There must be some mistakes in your article “Wellfleet Select Board Says ‘No’ to a New Town Seal” [Nov. 10, page A6]. It is […]

Edith C. McGuinness died peacefully at Brooksby Village in Peabody on Nov. 17, 2022. She had struggled with Alzheimer’s disease, surrounded by loving family, for several years. She was 88. […]

Gail Lida Widdison Guilford of Eastham died at Pleasant Bay Nursing Center in Brewster on Nov. 11, 2022 with her husband, Gill, at her side. She was 82. Gail was […]

Oscar Armando Montejo died peacefully on Nov. 7, 2022 in Kauai, Hawaii with his son Oscar at his side. He was 91. Oscar was born on Aug. 30, 1931 in […]

The artist Richard Pepitone died on Nov. 8, 2022 at Seashore Point in Provincetown. The cause was bladder cancer. He was 86. As a teenager, Richard spent two years at […]

Warren James Silva of Provincetown died peacefully surrounded by his family at Tobey Hospital in Wareham on Oct. 31, 2022. He was 87. Warren was born to the late James […]

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Recorded at the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds from Nov. 14 to Nov. 18, 2022. PROVINCETOWN  Nov. 14. Philippe Chavasse and Robert Schneider to James Anglin Flynn. 4 Mozart Ave., […]

CLASSIFIEDS

JOBS Community food project coordinator: AmeriCorps VISTA member to develop and sustain a community food program. Manage strategic partnerships, recruit and train volunteers, create social media, identify and promote food resources, […]

Bidding Season (through Sunday, Nov. 27) The Center for Coastal Studies annual Online Holiday Auction runs through Sunday, Nov. 27. The virtual benefit features vacations (and staycations), jewelry, original art, […]

Town of Wellfleet Zoning Board of Appeals Virtual Public Hearing December 8, 2022 Pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws, Application for Comprehensive Permit under MGL 40B, S20/23, the Wellfleet Zoning Board […]

TOWN OF TRURO Notice of Remote Public Hearings Zoning Board of Appeals December 19, 2022 On Monday, December 19, 2022 at 5:30 pm the Truro Zoning Board of Appeals will […]

Town of Provincetown Invitation for Bids (IFB) For Refurbishment of Auditorium Seating The Town of Provincetown, MA is soliciting bids for the refurbishment of Town Hall auditorium seating. Sealed bids […]

ROOTS

EASTHAM — Orleans farmer Judy Scanlon can still recall the moment her interest in the Eastham turnip was sparked. “I was driving with my mother, just exploring, when we saw […]

HOUSING

TRURO — Consultants from Tighe & Bond presented four scenarios for developing a 28.5-acre tract at the Nov. 9 meeting of the Walsh Property Community Planning Committee. The town purchased […]

WATER QUALITY

WELLFLEET — Drinking water in the well serving a private home on Chequessett Neck Road contained nearly seven times the state’s limit for PFAS when it was tested in the […]

ELECTION ANALYSIS

PROVINCETOWN — Reno, Nevada calls itself the “biggest little city in America.” Well, at least when it comes to elections, the communities of the Outer Cape could be the “biggest […]

NAUSET HIGH RENOVATION

EASTHAM — Voters in Wellfleet, Eastham, Orleans, and Brewster will be asked to spend another $38.1 million to renovate Nauset Regional High School at a district-wide election on Jan. 10, […]

VETERANS DAY

EASTHAM — The 48th Field Hospital Second Medical Unit of the U.S. Army landed on Utah Beach in Normandy on June 15, 1944, nine days after D-Day. Shadowing the Second […]

COOK’S KITCHEN

The Thanksgiving menu is a complex one in which each dish fits into a matrix of nostalgia, identity, excess, creativity, and flavor. At the center is that once-a-year big bird, […]

TAKE YOUR PICK

EASTHAM — First light breaks on a balmy November Sunday. Dried leaves rustle in the steady breeze, but otherwise the waking world is hushed, silent even of birdsong. I have […]

IN VIEW THIS WEEK

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MILLION-YEAR PICNIC

When you think of November, what comes to mind? Gray clouds and biting wind? Thanksgiving? That extra hour of sleep when daylight saving time ends? For me, it’s the annual […]

MEET THE MAKER

WELLFLEET — At Chris Grozier’s house, every holiday calls for stitching up a change in kitchen decor. She made the zigzag-patterned runner that stretches the length of her kitchen table, […]

LOVE, ACTUALLY

PROVINCETOWN — Laurie and Edgar Miranda were married on Oct. 8, 2022 at the Provincetown United Methodist Church, where Edgar serves as pastor. Their good friend Clarence Stukes of Arlington, […]

RARA AVIS

Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Nov. 15 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]

WARRIORS WATCH

EASTHAM — The Nauset High cross country team had a strong showing at the Division 2 State Tournament as the Warriors’ fall sports season nears its end. Sophomore Madeline Mahoney […]

GO WITH THE FLOW

This story, which initially ran on Nov. 11, has been updated for the Nov. 17 issue. PROVINCETOWN — Voters at the Nov. 9 special town meeting endorsed a $75-million sewer […]

PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Provincetown are in-person, typically with an online-attendance option for both committee members and residents. Click on the meeting you want to attend on the calendar […]

TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

Meetings Ahead  Most meetings in Truro are remote. Go to truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch. The agenda includes instructions on how to join. Thursday, Nov. 17 Shellfish […]

WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

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 watch, then follow the […]

EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

Meetings Ahead Most meetings are being held in person, but some are still remote or virtual. Go to the eastham-ma.gov and click on the meeting you are interested in to learn about meeting […]

LOCAL LEGENDS

EASTHAM — After two and a half years, the lights at the First Encounter Coffee House in Eastham’s Chapel in the Pines will finally be on again — at least […]

LINE BREAK

Debbie Nadolney is someone most art lovers (or music lovers, or convergence lovers) in Provincetown know. She arrived on the local gallery scene in 2012 when she opened AMP — […]

EXPRESSIONS

“I’m at this point in my life where I do whatever I want,” says Sigrid Trumpy. Her current exhibition at Wellfleet Preservation Hall presents a varied body of work — […]

IN THE GALLERIES

There’s an undeniable wallop of art that fills a wall, a whole room, or even an entire landscape with its presence. But there’s also something captivating about a painting that […]

Roomful of Blues at Provincetown Town Hall Musical history tells us that the blues were born in the Deep South more than 150 years ago, incorporating spirituals, work songs, and […]

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WINGS OF CHANGE

People say that when you decide to run your first marathon you better do it for the right reason. My first marathon was 11 days ago in New York City. […]

COUNTY LINE

A remarkable consensus developed last week at Provincetown’s special town meeting. A packed town hall auditorium agreed, nearly unanimously, to commit $75 million to an ambitious effort to make this […]

NAVIGATING BY THE STARS

Shoot for the Moon, fellow cosmo-nuts! With a lucky new Moon in Sagittarius on Nov. 23, we are baptized in optimism. New Moons, as we know, are portals through which […]

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

A week ago we were nervously watching election returns, worried that people had given up on democracy. How different things seem this week. In his election analysis this week, Paul […]

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Unawareness Is Widespread To the editor: In “Nowhere to Turn When the Mentally Ill Refuse Treatment” [Nov. 10, page A7], you reported on the case of Adam Howe, who killed […]

OBITUARY

Kevin Karl Schneider died peacefully at his home in Provincetown on Oct. 22, 2022. He was 69. Kevin was born on Jan. 23, 1953 in Plattsburg, N.Y. and graduated from […]

OBITUARY

Pamela J. Foss died on Nov. 3, 2022 in her husband’s arms at their home in Boston after a long fight with ovarian cancer. She was 64. A photograph of […]

OBITUARY

Charles Francis Burns died at home in East Hartford, Conn. on Nov. 4, 2022. He was 73. Charlie was born on Aug. 9, 1949 in New Britain, Conn., the elder […]

OBITUARY

Gregory Charles Gundling, known to all as Greg and to a select few as Dick, died at home in Provincetown on Nov. 2, 2022. “He died skinny and young,” said […]

TIDE CHART

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JOBS  Community food project coordinator: AmeriCorps VISTA member to develop and sustain a community food program. Manage strategic partnerships, recruit and train volunteers, create social media, identify and promote food resources, […]

Come Dancing (Friday, Nov. 18) Wellfleet Preservation Hall (335 Main St.) hosts the monthly Outermost Contra Dance on Friday, Nov. 18, 7 to 9 p.m. The evening includes New England […]

Town of Provincetown Invitation for Bids (IFB) For Refurbishment of Auditorium Seating The Town of Provincetown, MA is soliciting bids for the refurbishment of Town Hall auditorium seating. Sealed bids […]

Town of Wellfleet Wellfleet Finance Committee Virtual Public Hearing November 22, 2022 The Town of Wellfleet Finance Committee will hold a virtual public hearing via Zoom on Tuesday November 22, […]

TOWN OF TRURO Notice of Remote Public Hearings Zoning Board of Appeals December 19, 2022 On Monday, December 19, 2022 at 5:30 pm the Truro Zoning Board of Appeals will […]

2022 ELECTION

Provincetown Registered voters: 3,390; ballots counted: 2,221 (65.5%) Governor Healey (D) 2,000 Diehl (R) 191 State Senator Cyr (D) 2,061 Lauzon (R) 133 County Commissioner Bergstrom (D) 2,040 Beaty (R) […]

GO WITH THE FLOW

PROVINCETOWN — Voters at the Nov. 9 special town meeting endorsed a $75-million sewer expansion plan. The five articles that authorized the project all passed overwhelmingly, with about 300 “yes” […]

2022 ELECTION

PROVINCETOWN — In a strong night for Cape Cod’s Democratic Party, defense attorney Robert Galibois was elected district attorney for the Cape and Islands on Tuesday while lawyer Donna Buckley […]

CIVICS

WELLFLEET — The select board filled six of seven available spots on the new Maurice’s Campground Planning Committee at its Nov. 1 meeting but ran into trouble trying to decide […]

WATER QUALITY

TRURO — The wells at the Stone’s Throw condominium complex on Shore Road have edged past the state’s limit for contaminants known as PFAS — per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — […]

HEALTH CARE ACCESS

PROVINCETOWN — Jeff Schaffer’s goal is to get rid of the stigma that surrounds sexual health. “Studies have shown that when people aren’t shamed for seeking sexual health services, they […]

IN CRISIS

Among the many shortcomings of the nation’s mental health care system is its inability to address a core conundrum: how to help patients who do not think they need help […]

METACIVICS

PROVINCETOWN — In advance of Provincetown’s online forum about the Nov. 9 town meeting, voter Thom Cusack made a plan. He had only recently found out that the town’s $75-million […]

RADIOACTIVITY

PLYMOUTH — A Holtec official said at a July public hearing that, if a state law prohibited it, his company would not release a million gallons of treated radioactive water […]

CLEAN ENERGY

PROVINCETOWN — Bill Meadows, who owns Ptown Bikes on Bradford Street, has sold 26 e-bikes since July. That’s many more than he would have sold, he said, had it not […]

SYMBOLISM

WELLFLEET — An appeal from Wellfleet Select Board Chair Ryan Curley to replace the town seal was quickly quashed at the board’s Nov. 1 meeting. “I don’t know where to […]

CELEBRATIONS

WELLFLEET — Even before this town’s Preservation Hall officially opened its carved and painted doors in 2011, its mission was to be, above all, a welcoming place. And when its […]

FROM THE LARDER

The change of seasons has been gentle this year, but with Thanksgiving ahead my mind roams to cold weather meals. And especially to ones that overcome loneliness as much as […]

MEET THE MAKERS

Maybe you’ve seen Ellen Adamson playing her nyckelharpa at one of the local farmers markets. The instrument, which looks like a cross between a fiddle and an autoharp, is the […]

GARDENER’S NOTEBOOK

Text and Drawings by Abraham Storer Paula Erickson recently moved from Wellfleet to Truro, where establishing a garden has been a priority for her. It’s an expansive plot and has […]

ON THE LANDSCAPE

This is the season of misty mornings. The air is heavy with moisture that settles into the fields and forests as the sun rises. As this veil of dew comes […]

WARRIORS WATCH

EASTHAM — The Nauset High boys soccer team, ranked number 22 in postseason play in its division, upended 11th-ranked Billerica Memorial 2-1 on Saturday to reach the Round of 16 […]

IN VIEW THIS WEEK

Fifth-grade students at Truro Central School created a mural to cover a boarded-up broken window while the North Truro Post Office awaits a replacement. Left to right: Elle Stanley, Rylee […]

RARA AVIS

Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Nov. 8 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]

NAVIGATING BY THE STARS

It’s time to shed your husk as the Sun reaches its zenith in zany Scorpio. The seasonal shift and fall of foliage mirror our own internal, natural transformations. Scorpio energy […]

REMEMBERING

In Provincetown Provincetown’s Veterans Day program will be held on Friday, Nov. 11 beginning at 11 a.m. at the Memorial Wall next to town hall. At the 11th hour of […]

PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Provincetown are in-person, typically with an online-attendance option for both committee members and residents. Click on the meeting you want to attend on the calendar […]

TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Truro are remote. Go to truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch. The agenda includes instructions on how to join. Thursday, Nov. 10 Taxation […]

WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

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 watch, then follow the […]

EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

Meetings Ahead Most meetings are being held in person, but some are still remote or virtual. Go to the eastham-ma.gov and click on the meeting you are interested in to learn about meeting […]

A GIFT OF ART

Helen Frankenthaler’s Provincetown years were peppered with painting and parenting, swimming and socializing. “My sister Jeannie and I lived with Helen and our father, Robert Motherwell, for a decade of […]

BOOK REVIEW

Michael W. Twitty’s Koshersoul: The Faith and Food Journey of an African American Jew comes to a boil slowly. For readers interested in the intersection of identity, food, and cooking, […]

INDIE SCREEN

Into a world that has become hyperaware of the abuses of power comes the movie Tár, now playing in theaters locally. Written and directed by Todd Field, an actor turned […]

ART AND ACCESS

Paige Beeber had been cloistered in New York City for months recovering from Covid when she had the opportunity to spend three July weeks on the Outer Cape. “Being able […]

Not Just Business as Usual If work isn’t working for you — or you wonder why so many live paycheck to paycheck while billionaires extract ever more wealth from the […]

STEAMERS

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THE YEAR-ROUNDER

The funk of decomposing autumn leaves and the whiff of wood smoke are in the air. Fall colors are seeping through the woods — the scarlet leaves of the tupelo, […]

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

It’s election night, and we are filing the last story on local election results with one ear anxiously tuned to the returns from across the country. As this day approached, […]

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

More Buried Lines To the editor: I read “Homeowners Learn They Must Maintain Buried Power Lines” [Nov. 3, page A9] with sadness, as I lived this myself. I’m a first-time […]

OBITUARY

Elizabeth Livingstone Patrick, an artist, environmentalist, and co-creator of Marine Specialties, died at home in Provincetown on Oct. 14, 2022. Known as Ghee, she was 86. The daughter of Anna […]

OBITUARY

Gladys Johnstone, former Senior Citizen of the Year and current holder of Provincetown’s Boston Post Cane, died on Nov. 1, 2022 at Seashore Point. She was 100. Born on March […]

OBITUARY

In his book Rambo and the Dalai Lama: The Compulsion to Win and Its Threat to Human Survival, sociologist Gordon Fellman described two contradictory kinds of human relations. In the […]

OBITUARY

Jean Elizabeth (Resnicek) Mansfield died on Nov. 1, 2022, at Seashore Point in Provincetown. She was 100 years old. Family members recall her vividly as someone who loved life and […]

TIDE CHART

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Yo Ho Ho (Thursday, Nov. 10) The Wellfleet Adult Community Center (715 Old King’s Hwy.) hosts Parent’s Choice Award-winning singer and storyteller David Bates for “Sea Songs and Stories: Chanteys, […]

Town of Provincetown Public Hearing Licensing Board November 22, 2022 The Provincetown Licensing Board will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, November 22, 2022 at 5:15 p.m. in the Judge […]

Town of Wellfleet Wellfleet Finance Committee Virtual Public Hearing November 22, 2022 The Town of Wellfleet Finance Committee will hold a virtual public hearing via Zoom on Tuesday November 22, […]

TOWN OF TRURO Notice of Remote Public Hearings Zoning Board of Appeals November 21, 2022 On Monday, November 21, 2022 at 5:30 pm the Truro Zoning Board of Appeals will […]

PROBABILITIES

PROVINCETOWN — A Woods Hole oceanographer has completed an extensive study of probable pathways the contaminated water will take if one million gallons from the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station’s spent […]

NAUSET HIGH SCHOOL

EASTHAM — Before the foundations are laid for the Nauset Regional High School renovation project, voters in the four district towns may have to authorize a new budget. Of the […]

ELECTION

Outer Cape town clerks have received a load of public records requests throughout the summer and fall from people like Yehuda Miller who are making elaborate requests related to the […]

WALSH PROPERTY COMMITTEE

TRURO — In a new report, the town’s engineering consultants recommend developing 28.5 acres in the southwestern part of the nearly 70-acre Walsh property, and the committee studying uses of […]

CIVICS

PROVINCETOWN — At 6 p.m. next Wednesday, voters will gather in the town hall auditorium to debate and vote on a proposal to expand the sewer system to the entire […]

HUNGER

PROVINCETOWN — The number of people relying on the Outer Cape’s food pantries has jumped by 64 percent this year, according to staff and volunteers of the Lower Cape Outreach […]

CRIME

PROVINCETOWN — Mike Meads remembers coming into the basement of town hall, which was then the police station, to find his father, Police Chief James Meads, studying the crime scene […]

BREAST CANCER

WELLFLEET — Dense breast tissue — which about 50 percent of all women and 40 percent of women over age 40 have, according to the National Cancer Institute — can […]

SHOCKED

WELLFLEET — During a downpour on Oct. 14, seven houses on Dalmas Trail lost power. The homeowners called Eversource for repairs. Then they discovered that they are among an unfortunate […]

OLD EXIT 12: REDESIGNS

BREWSTER — Stiff public opposition has prompted town officials to hit the brakes on a plan to connect an island purchased by the town in 1961 to the mainland via […]

COOK’S KITCHEN

The Puritans were not a fun-loving bunch. Case in point — this declaration posted in Boston in 1659: “Public Notice: the observation of Christmas having been deemed a sacrilege, the […]

ON THE LANDSCAPE

EASTHAM — The road to Fort Hill winds through low, rolling fields. Just before it climbs the last hill to the parking area overlooking the inlet, it passes something that […]

HOBGOBLINS

Photos by Nancy Bloom Nurses to remind you to get that booster, bumpkins with pumpkins for heads, groovy paisley-wearers, and plenty of folks who slipped into sequins strolled Commercial Street […]

THE COMMUNICATOR

Anyone who has typed the words “talking dog” or “talking cat” into a search engine — and who among us has not? — is already aware of the remarkable communication […]

MOVEMENT

When it comes to maintaining a daily exercise routine, dog walkers are some of the most devoted. You know already that moving keeps people both healthy and happy. You know […]

TREATS

Photos by Agata Storer Bears, wolves, horror movie monsters, and angels mingled at the Truro Public Library’s multi-generational Halloween party last Friday night. It was one big pizza, popcorn, and […]

THE SWEET SCIENCE

WELLFLEET — If you ask Londoner and new Wellfleet resident Arvin Nundloll to talk about boxing, the stories tumble out like heavyweight championship general-admission ticket holders pushing to get to […]

WARRIORS WATCH

EASTHAM — Nauset football bounced back with an emphatic 38-20 win over Carver Middle High School last Friday night to improve to 5-3 on the season. The Warriors, who haven’t […]

IN VIEW THIS WEEK

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RARA AVIS

Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Nov. 1 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]

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PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Provincetown are in-person, typically with an online-attendance option for both committee members and residents. Click on the meeting you want to attend on the calendar […]

TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

Meetings Ahead  Most meetings in Truro are remote. Go to truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch. The agenda includes instructions on how to join. Friday, Nov. 4 Open […]

WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

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 watch, then follow the […]

EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

Meetings Ahead Most meetings are being held in person, but some are still remote or virtual. Go to the eastham-ma.gov and click on the meeting you are interested in to learn about meeting […]

IN THE STUDIO

At 96, Carmen Cicero is full of stories. There’s the story of his friend whose gnarled fingers spoke of a past life as an assassin in World War II before […]

MUSIC

James Montgomery is inspired by something he heard bassist Gordon Edwards say decades ago: “I don’t score many touchdowns, but my team always wins.” It’s the kind of modesty that […]

LOCAL FLAVORS

Eggs Isle is a fictional place off the coast of Provincetown where those who are evicted from their homes wash ashore. It is also the name of a live improvisational […]

ART AND ACCESS

The term “emerging artist” is often used without much thought about what it means. In a sense, artists should always be “emerging.” But there’s a moment where the process is […]

Looking at New Americans  Photographer Mark Chester had his eye on the U.S. census of 2010, curious about the diverse range of nationalities represented in Massachusetts. He found inspiration for […]

STEAMERS

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POETRY

This poem was inspired by Elizabeth Bradfield’s article on Maria Nazos’s “Cape Cod Pantoum” [“Afloat at Land’s End,” Oct. 6, page C8]. There is so much right about using this […]

NAVIGATING BY THE STARS

Expect the unexpected this week when the full Moon arrives in Taurus. Layer on eclipse energy — there will be a total Lunar eclipse in the wee hours on Tues., […]

REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK

Katie Couric and I have two things in common: our breasts. We both have dense breast tissue. If you have no idea what I am talking about, consider yourself lucky. […]

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

The Way the Water Flows To the editor: Last week’s article about the recent joint meeting of two select boards regarding the Walsh property in Truro [“Provincetown and Truro Discuss […]

OBITUARY

“Away from the stressed, overcrowded cities and to your open arms I came seeking sanctuary, blessing and bliss,” wrote Barbara Stevens, who was known as “Maebush,” about Provincetown. “You were […]

OBITUARY

Stephen Paul Carlsen, the son of Lucie Carlsen and the late Rev. Louis Carlsen of Eastham, died on Oct. 10, 2022 at the Garnet Health Medical Center in Middletown, N.Y. […]

TIDE CHART

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JOBS Deputy editor for this newspaper. We are looking for a newshound obsessed with language and the principles of community reporting. Must have 5 years’ experience editing a newspaper and […]

Here to Namasté (Thursday, Nov. 3) The Wellfleet library (55 West Main St.) will host weekly Ahimsa peaceful yoga sessions starting this week. The free workshops led by Cathy Lichtman […]

 Town of Wellfleet Conservation Commission Public Hearing November 16, 2022 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 Public Hearing Historical Commission November 22, 2022 The Truro Historical Commission will hold a remote Public Hearing on Tuesday, November 22, 2022, at 5:00PM to review a […]

Town of Provincetown Public Hearing Historic District Commission November 16, 2022 The Provincetown Historic District Commission will hold a Public Hearing at 3:30 P.M. on Wednesday, November 16, 2022, in […]

INDIGENOUS HISTORY

PROVINCETOWN — A proposal to rename Race Point as Meeshaun Point, first made in early 2021 by representatives of the Wampanoag tribe, is still alive, though no action has been […]

HYDROLOGY

PROVINCETOWN — At a rare joint meeting of the Provincetown and Truro select boards, leaders from both towns discussed the relationship between fresh water supply, future growth, and Truro’s Walsh […]

GROUNDHOG DAY

Eversource’s draft plan for managing vegetation under its power lines on Cape Cod and Martha’s Vineyard for the next five years looks essentially the same as the plan for the […]

TAXATION

PROVINCETOWN — In a break with the last 35 years of state budgeting, $2.9 billion will be mailed back to income-tax payers in Massachusetts in direct proportion to their 2021 […]

CIVICS

TRURO — Ginny Frazier was appointed to the planning board at a special joint meeting of that board and the select board on Oct. 25. The two boards have had […]

TRANSPORTATION

WELLFLEET — The Mass. Dept. of Transportation’s plan for repaving Route 6 in Wellfleet promises to do a lot more than pour fresh asphalt on a degraded roadway. Improving accessibility […]

CIVICS

The election on Nov. 8 will determine who the new governor and attorney general will be, as well as the new Barnstable County sheriff and Cape & Islands district attorney. […]

ELECTIONS

Massachusetts voters will decide through Question 4 on the Nov. 8 ballot whether a law allowing undocumented immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses will stay or go. The law, known as […]

TESTIMONY

WELLFLEET — A state Land Court judge is scheduled to consider a request for a preliminary injunction on Nov. 3 to stop GFM Enterprises from operating its satellite contractor’s yard […]

ON THE LANDSCAPE

I began the day with the intention to be silent. There was no one to speak to other than myself. The kettle on the black cast-iron burner whispered a low […]

THE ESSENTIALS

It’s hard to imagine a more fitting dinner for Halloween night than a vibrant orange pumpkin stuffed with rice, warm spices, and meat. I anticipate this ritual every autumn and […]

HEADY

In her Wellfleet studio, Kaitlyn Sarazin is busy creating a batch of ceramic mugs imprinted with the sockets and hollows of a skull. They look like the perfect vessels for […]

HELPING

My family is in Poland, so in August I traveled from Wellfleet to Cracow and then to my hometown of Gliwice to visit them and reconnect with old friends. Families […]

UNDERSTORY

HARWICH — The Food Forest Initiative of Cape Cod has found a way to protect a section of Eversource’s right of way off Bay Road from herbicide application, planting it […]

TO THE MAT

At first glance, Mountain Pose, or Tadasana, as it’s known in Sanskrit, looks simple. One just stands there, right? On closer inspection, there are many things happening in this foundational […]

IN VIEW THIS WEEK

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RARA AVIS

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

WARRIORS WATCH

EASTHAM — The Cape and Islands champion Nauset girls soccer team continued its dominance as the regular seasons for fall sports near their climaxes. The girls easily dispatched Barnstable High […]

RECOVERY

BARNSTABLE — The Barnstable County administration has received 122 letters of interest from would-be applicants for small and medium-size grants that would be funded through the American Rescue Plan Act. […]

IMBIBING

Plato said, “Nothing more excellent or valuable than wine was ever granted by the gods to man.” So true! Moreover, the cusp of winter is no time to anger a […]

PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

Meetings Ahead Some meetings in Provincetown are in person, some are online, and some are both. Click on the meeting you want to attend on the calendar at provincetown-ma.gov for […]

TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Truro are remote. Go to truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch. The agenda includes instructions on how to join. Thursday, Oct. 27 Climate […]

WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Wellfleet are remote only, but some are being held in person. Go to www.wellfleet-ma.gov/calendar and click on the meeting you want to watch, then follow the instructions […]

EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

Meetings Ahead Most meetings are being held in person, but some are still remote or virtual. Go to the eastham-ma.gov and click on the meeting you are interested in to learn […]

THEATER REVIEW

As adult children reunite with their parents for a holiday dinner, troublesome secrets and long-held tensions surface and ignite: it’s a spectacle we’ve most likely witnessed before, in art and […]

FELLOWSHIP

Ten writers — poets, essayists, novelists, and memoirists — arrived in Provincetown earlier this month to begin their seven-month-long fellowships at the Fine Arts Work Center. FAWC fellowship writing coordinator […]

BOOK REVIEW

Anyone from John Waters’s legion of fans may be forgiven for cracking the spine of Liarmouth: A Feel-Bad Romance with some trepidation. Has time mellowed his edges? Is a softer, […]

ARTISTS ON ART

This fall, the 50th anniversary of the Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill has been marked by several group shows celebrating the vast network of artists associated with […]

Things That Go Bump in the Frame “Night,” a group show at Four Eleven Gallery (411 Commercial St., Provincetown), features work by six artists that explores the dark side. Highlights […]

VIGNETTE

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THE YEAR-ROUNDER

Last night I heard the voice of Provincetown. Old Provincetown. It was not one voice but six, each unique, yet they blended into a song of remembrance and regret. I […]

LETTER FROM ACROSS THE POND

Because she possesses a kind of shamanic animal magic, when Rina said she wanted to go for a bike ride with me, I let her lead the way. At the […]

NAVIGATING BY THE STARS

Fear not, Halloween revelers! Mars goes retrograde on Oct. 30, and it’s not as frightening as you think. Mars retrogrades only once every other year. While this one will linger […]

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

Law enforcement and mental health have been in the news a lot recently. We know that a large percentage of the calls that our local police must respond to are […]

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

About the Obituaries To the editor: I love reading the obituaries in the Provincetown Independent. Does that make me a voyeur? Is it wrong that I come away from reading […]

OBITUARY

Music was Adeline Duffy’s middle name. Each of her children learned to play guitar, piano, violin, and wooden spoons as early as they could hold them. “There was always music in […]

OBITUARY

Lifelong Wellfleet resident Warren Franklin Dyer, who was the town’s first full-time fire chief and keeper of the ship’s time clock at the Congregational Church, died on Oct. 21, 2022. […]

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Haunt and Jaunt (Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 27-29) The Crosby Mansion (163 Crosby Lane, Brewster) is transformed into a Halloween Haunted Mansion from Thursday, Oct. 27, to Saturday, Oct. 29. The mansion […]

TOWN OF TRURO Public Hearing Conservation Commission November 7, 2022 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: The Truro Conservation Commission will hold a public hearing Monday, November 7, 2022 at 5:00PM; THIS […]

Commonwealth of Massachusetts NEW DATE The Massachusetts Department of Transportation The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) invites you to attend an upcoming Virtual Public Information Meeting for the Cape Cod Bridges Program. The purpose of […]

Town of Provincetown Public Hearing Planning Board November 3, 2022 Proposed Zoning Bylaw Amendments The Provincetown Planning Board will hold a public hearing on Thursday, November 3, 2022, at 5 […]

SHUCK OFF

WELLFLEET — The addition of two big screens brought the Bakers Field crowd closer than ever to the action on the stage at the finals of this year’s OysterFest Shuck […]

MAIN STREETS

EASTHAM — If the North Eastham Village Center Master Plan is carried out in its current form, the town will gain 69 new housing units at the Town Center Plaza, […]

ENVIRONMENT

PROVINCETOWN — Science and government tend to be slow-moving, but the purple marsh crab moves fast, gobbling up the spartina grass of the West End Moors. Spartina grass holds the […]

ECONOMY

PROVINCETOWN — The new owner of the Provincetown Bookshop has found a home for her store, just a block or so from its former Commercial Street location. The building it […]

JUSTICE

WEST BARNSTABLE — After the Nov. 8 election, the Cape & Islands will have a new district attorney for the first time in two decades. Defense attorney Rob Galibois, the […]

PROVINCETOWN — Only a week after the Nov. 9 special town meeting warrant was finalized, the planning board decided that Article 8, which would add employee housing to the town’s […]

NEIGHBORHOODS

WELLFLEET — Requests to move shoreline houses back from coastal banks to protect them a little longer from erosion have become commonplace here. They can cause controversy with neighbors who […]

OYSTERFEST 2022

Photos by Agata Storer The OysterFest moved to Baker’s Field this year, giving the 7,000 or so people who gathered on Saturday and again on Sunday to celebrate the town’s […]

TRANSPORTATION

PROVINCETOWN — Town meeting may be the textbook example of New England democracy — but that’s only because the textbook writers haven’t been to the annual traffic hearing here. Once […]

FORAGING

The Red Ones and the Brown Ones My friends Vida Rimkuviene and Daneta Kerikas from Boston finally took me with them on their annual mushroom hunt. I’ve never foraged mushrooms […]

MATERIAL WORLD

I hesitated as I stood face to face with an electric sander in the West Roxbury Home Depot. I knew that if I bought it I would probably use it […]

COOK’S KITCHEN

I love the freedom and creativity of the taco. So many delicious things are flattered by the earthiness of a corn tortilla, from braised beef or spice-rubbed pork to grilled […]

ON THE LANDSCAPE

When October rolls in and the sun is a low, luscious gold, the nights rich and cool and purple, two flowers bring us the colors of how October feels. Sunny […]

MILION-YEAR PICNIC

A range of signals alert you to each season’s arrival. The changing light, the landscape, the weather, and the amount of traffic on Route 6 all tell the time of […]

GARDENER’S NOTEBOOK

Text and Drawings by Abraham Storer  Sarah Naciri runs Sustainable CAPE’s Community Children’s Garden at the Truro Public Library, where she leads children in planting, cultivating, and harvesting vegetables. Last […]

WARRIORS WATCH

EASTHAM — Nauset High School’s football and girls soccer teams kept up their winning ways in a rain-plagued week of sports for the Warriors, which included several postponements. The boys […]

OUT AT THE BALLGAME

PROVINCETOWN — When I moved to the Outer Cape barely a month ago to write for the Independent, I tossed my glove into the back of my car on a […]

RARA AVIS

Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Oct. 18 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]

NAVIGATING BY THE STARS

Hear ye, hear ye! The witching season has arrived. Stock up on candles, obsidian, and plenty of kindling for the stake at which you’ll burn the lovers who’ve scorned you. […]

ALWAYS READY

WELLFLEET — Children lined up to learn about all things firefighting at the Wellfleet Fire Dept.’s open house on Oct. 8. Lieutenant Shaw Clark worked with fellow firefighters to give […]

HALLOWEEN

BREWSTER — The Nauset Players have created a first-ever haunted house at the Crosby Mansion at 163 Crosby Lane, Brewster. The carefully restored historic house, built in 1888 by Albert […]

PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

Meetings Ahead Some meetings in Provincetown are in person, some are online, and some are both. Click on the meeting you want to attend on the calendar at provincetown-ma.gov for […]

TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Truro are remote. Go to truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch. The agenda includes instructions on how to join. Thursday, Oct. 20 Charter […]

WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Wellfleet are remote only, but some are being held in person. Go to www.wellfleet-ma.gov/calendar and click on the meeting you want to watch, then follow the instructions […]

EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS

Meetings Ahead Most meetings are being held in person, but some are still remote or virtual. Go to eastham-ma.gov/calendar-by-event-type/16 and click on the meeting you are interested in to learn about meeting […]

IN THE GALLERIES

Erika Wastrom’s paintings depict uncanny worlds that seem equal parts imagined and observed. Despite recognizable elements — a shopping cart, a child’s sippy cup — there is a playful oddity […]

FELLOWSHIP

The Fine Arts Work Center welcomed 10 visual arts fellows this month for seven-month-long residencies in Provincetown. Executive Director Sharon Polli says the fellowship program is central to the Work […]

PLANTCRAFT

Like many artists on the Outer Cape, Milisa Moses finds creative inspiration in the landscape. But Moses weaves the environment into her process as well as into her product. Moses […]

FUTURE TENSE

In his 1868 prose poem Les Chants de Maldoror, the self-styled Comte de Lautrémont described a young man as being as beautiful as the “chance encounter of a sewing machine […]

Closing One Door and Opening Another As impresario of Art Market Provincetown, gallerist Debbie Nadolney has fostered a communal space centered on creativity. A celebration marking the end of AMP’s […]

VIGNETTE

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STEAMERS

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MASTER PLANNING

On Wednesday night last week, I attended the final North Eastham Village Center Master Plan meeting at the Eastham Public Library. The design group has done a great job so […]

COUNTY LINE

On WOMR’s Alternative Radio the other night, I listened to a compilation of talks by Barbara Ehrenreich, who died on Sept. 1 and is best known for her groundbreaking undercover […]

IN VIEW THIS WEEK

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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

A lot of people were happy last weekend because the Wellfleet OysterFest was back after two festless pandemic years — and I was one of them. It meant that I […]

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

An Alternative Water Source To the editor: I’ve just read the lead article in the Independent regarding the Walsh property in Truro [“Water Quality at Center Stage on Walsh Property,” […]

OBITUARY

Longtime Provincetown resident David Tobin, a talented event planner, died peacefully at his home in North Truro on Oct. 1, 2022. He was 57. Throughout his long career in hospitality, […]

OBITUARY

Laurence Kent Hayward of Orleans died on Oct. 8, 2022 surrounded by loved ones at Cape Cod Hospital after fighting a rare autoimmune disease with uncommon grace and courage. He […]

OBITUARY

Jane McMahon, a longtime resident of North Eastham, died on Oct. 9, 2022 from injuries sustained in a fall. She was 81 and had fought a lifelong battle with limb-girdle […]

OBITUARY

On the morning of Oct. 12, 2022, Ronald Kendall Cabral went for his morning walk as usual, greeted friends on his way, and got into his truck in North Truro […]

TIDE CHART

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Recorded at the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds from Oct. 10 to Oct. 14, 2022.  PROVINCETOWN  Oct. 14. Chad C. Mosca and Felipe Moreno to Timothy E. O’Regan. 31 Point […]

CLASSIFIEDS

JOBS Part-time maintenance tech for Brewster Housing Authority. Skills: carpentry, painting, plumbing, snow removal, and other maintenance items. Submit resume to [email protected] or call 508-896-9800. [11-10] Office coordinator for nonprofit in […]

Up the Creek (Thursday-Sunday, Oct. 20-30) The Post Office Cafe (303 Commercial St., Provincetown) presents Schartt$ Creek, a parody of the Emmy-award winning comedy series Schitt’s Creek, with newly extended […]

WARRANT FOR 2022 STATE ELECTION SS. To the Constables of the Town of Truro. GREETINGS: In the name of the Commonwealth, you are hereby required to notify and warn the […]

Town of Provincetown Public Hearing Historic District Commission November 2, 2022 The Provincetown Historic District Commission will hold a Public Hearing at 3:30 P.M. on Wednesday, November 2, 2022, in […]

HYDROLOGY

TRURO — Three and a half years after the town purchased the 69.9-acre Walsh property for $5.1 million, the long-delayed discussion of its potential use for community housing is starting […]

DOWNTOWN

WELLFLEET — When the Fox & Crow Café reopened at its new 70 Main St. location not long after leaving its old place on Commercial Street in July, many townspeople […]

CONFINEMENT

BOURNE — Rob Davis lost the connection on a phone call that might have saved his son’s life. His son, Robert F. Davis Jr., 40, was being held at the […]

CIVICS