Mark Boucher Peter Gherardi Peter Gherardi, a psychiatrist, and Mark Boucher, a lead patient service representative, retired in December 2023 from Outer Cape Health Services in Provincetown. I spoke with […]
OUTER CAPE PORTRAIT
A Reef of One’s Own
CLINT AUSTIN / OYSTER FARMER / WELLFLEET Up in Blackfish Creek, Clint Austin’s shellfish farm looks like other aquaculture grants in Wellfleet. During the season, you see bags of oysters […]
FANNY PACK
Chef’s Whites
Provincetown goes to its 35th annual White Party
The 35th White Party in Provincetown, which raises funds for Outer Cape Health Services, brought out an array of dazzling white costumes on Sept. 2, along with one group in […]
STREET VIEW
Buskers Have Their Golden Hour in Provincetown
On summer nights, jazz accompanies the Commercial Street parade
Photos by Marnie Crawford Samuelson PROVINCETOWN — All summer long at about 7 p.m., a group gathers in the alley by the shuttered Old Reliable Fish House. They hang out, […]
OUTER CAPE PORTRAIT
The Member of the Firehouse
ROGER MARTIN / CAPTAIN, FIRE ENGINE 5 / PROVINCETOWN
Roger Martin has been called a Renaissance man. He’s been a filmmaker, boat captain, musician, architect, carpenter, and plumber. And for more than 20 years, he’s been captain of Pumper […]
Rowing Rendezvous
Three-year-old Wesley Peros of Marstons Mills showed off his excellent form at the annual Rowing Rendezvous at Wellfleet’s Mayo Beach on Sept. 17. This week the Independent inaugurates a regular series […]
OUTER CAPE PORTRAIT
‘Feeling the Whole Being of the Bay’
LIBBY CLARK / OPEN WATER SWIMMER / PROVINCETOWN
Libby Clark lives by the bay in Provincetown’s West End. Most days, if the tide allows and it isn’t the dead of winter, she goes for a long swim to […]
OUTER CAPE PORTRAIT
Rebuilding Thalassa
NAT BULL / BUILDER & SHACK WIZARD / THE PROVINCE LANDS
Nat Bull is a master carpenter who learned the trades building custom houses in Chatham and then worked as the shop teacher in Provincetown until the high school graduated its […]
OUTER CAPE PORTRAIT
So No One Has to Worry About Dying Alone
DAWN WALSH / EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, THE LILY HOUSE / WELLFLEET
DAWN WALSH / EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, THE LILY HOUSE / WELLFLEET Dawn Walsh moved here in 2015 to live and work among artists, writers, and the Outer Cape’s vibrant LGBTQ community. […]
FOURTH OF JULY
Wellfleet Shows Its Stripes and Stars
Performers and pirates on parade
Skyler Cole, a performer with Payomet’s Cirque by the Sea troupe, wheels down Wellfleet’s Main Street during Monday’s 4th of July parade. Read more for more Wellfleet Independence Day photographs. […]
OUTER CAPE PORTRAIT
Timeless in the Dunes
SALVATORE DEL DEO / PAINTER / PROVINCETOWN
Provincetown has provided Sal Del Deo with everything he’s wanted: a vibrant fishing village and art colony by the sea, a long marriage, and a seemingly inexhaustible supply of subjects […]
OUTER CAPE PORTRAIT
‘My Camper Was Rocking’
CATHY MATTSCHECK / TEACHER AND RVer / RACE POINT BEACH
CATHY MATTSCHECK / TEACHER AND RVer / RACE POINT BEACH Cathy Mattscheck, a retired educator from Douglas, south of Worcester, has been camping on Race Point Beach in Provincetown […]
OUTER CAPE PORTRAIT
Zen and the Art of Raising Goats
SADIE HUTCHINGS / VETERINARIAN / WELLFLEET Sadie Hutchings is a native Wellfleetian, living with her husband and their toddler and baby in the house where she grew up. There’s a […]
OUTER CAPE PORTRAIT
Your Heart Plays the Music
ANDREA PLUHAR / FIDDLER / WELLFLEET Andrea Pluhar grew up in a family of writers and artists. She followed in the family tradition and went to art school to become […]
SINK ME
Old Salts and Scallywags on Wellfleet’s Main Street
When pirates appear, an impromptu parade does, too
Pirates go way back in Wellfleet. And this year, even though there was no official Fourth of July parade, the pirates turned out for a walk to mark the day.
