In Saving America’s Cities, the prize-winning historian Lizabeth Cohen bends over backwards to be fair to Ed Logue, the architect of efforts in New Haven, then Boston, and finally New […]
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
Hospital Expansion Could Trigger Abortion Access Review
The Dept. of Public Health could put pressure on Cape Cod Healthcare
HYANNIS — A proposed $137-million expansion of Cape Cod Hospital could potentially be held up or denied by the Mass. Dept. of Public Health (DPH) because the hospital’s parent organization, […]
ABORTION RIGHTS
The Contradictions of Cape Cod Hospital Policy
Limits on abortion access are part of a disturbing national story
Cape Cod Healthcare’s policy of restricting abortion access, as reported in the Independent, is part of a much bigger national story. In the 37 states that still allow women reproductive […]
SPIRIT OF THE SEA
‘I’ll Have the Thalassa me Kritharaki, Please’
Orzo with seafood and a convincing Greek accent
I’ve always loved Greece and Greek cuisine. I first traveled around Greece as a student when I was 20. I was invited back in 1981 as part of a team […]
LOCAL ECONOMICS
How Stop & Shop Plays Monopoly
A multinational conglomerate decides where consumers can shop
As the Independent has reported, Stop & Shop purchased the former T-Time driving range property on Route 6 in Eastham in 2013 for $1.3 million, not because the chain wanted […]
KITCHEN TABLE
Mussels for the New Year
Eastham mussels and andouille are the secrets to a smoky, spicy Truro stew
The mussel stew we’ve been enjoying forever is a good one: Portuguese-style with linguiça, peppers, onions, and tomatoes. A Cape Cod staple. But over the years we’ve tinkered with the […]
HEALTH
How the Outer Cape Dodged the Covid Bullet
Visitors took cues from good behavior of local residents
TRURO — Summer 2020 came and went with nearly the usual influx of tourists, many of them from metropolitan areas with far higher incidence of Covid-19. But the infection rate […]
