As soon as Thanksgiving was over, Mary Jane Houk’s Wellfleet home lit up in anticipation of Christmas. She carefully wrapped a string of lights around an evergreen tree that was […]
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OBITUARY
Eastham Fire Captain Steven Burns dies at 71
Steven Burns rushed home from work at the Eastham Fire Dept. every day at 6 p.m. sharp for dinner with his family — a ritual he rarely missed. On some […]
INCARCERATION
Barnstable Jail Sees Sharp Rise in Women Inmates
A large number of Essex County women are moved to the Cape’s county jail
This article was updated on July 29, 2025. PROVINCETOWN — The number of women locked up at the Barnstable County Correctional Facility in Bourne has ballooned in the last 15 […]
OBITUARY
Rudelle Falkenburg, Creator of the Magical Storybook School, Dies at 79
This article was updated on July 24, 2025. Everyone in Rudelle Falkenburg’s life knew she was magical. At Storybook School, the nursery she ran out of her Truro home, Rudelle […]
WATER KEEPERS
Tending the Commons
A group gathers to get rooted in the nature of this place
Under the gleam of the full Moon, the group of 12 women moved at a meditative pace through the woods along Old King’s Highway and past the still ponds of […]
SHERIFF’S DEPT.
Barnstable County Jail Has Brought Health Care In-House
Almost two years after ending Wellpath’s contract, Buckley has hired counselors and case managers
PROVINCETOWN — When Barnstable County Sheriff Donna Buckley announced her campaign for that office in March 2022, she told the Independent that “the sheriff’s responsibility is not to do law […]
