The Independent’s mission is to produce truth-seeking reporting on the Outer Cape. But we have another purpose that extends beyond the Orleans rotary: to help change what is happening to […]
LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
A Lot of Work to Do
The pages of this newspaper are, as I write this, being assembled from various locations, including an Eastham basement, various Provincetown and Truro bedrooms, and our dining room table in […]
Keeping it Going
Congratulations, Indie!
Friends and supporters cheered us on this week
DEPT. OF COMMERCE
Businesswomen in the News
Joy McNulty retires after 41 years at the Lobster Pot
PROVINCETOWN — The staff at the Lobster Pot sent word on Oct. 3 to the restaurant’s customers and friends: Mary Joy McNulty, “our beloved owner, leader, and inspiration,” is retiring. […]
GALLERY
Autumn Is at the Door
Jewel tones and perennials will improve your relationship with your mums
Masses of mums have arrived at local garden stores, ready to be shepherded to our dooryards to replace summer’s now-bedraggled geraniums. Natalie Van Staden stands surrounded by what seems like […]
KITCHEN TABLE
The Last Tomato
The right salt, some good fat, and thou
What are you going to do with that last sun-warmed tomato from the garden, the one that’s waiting on the counter right now? Here’s how a few of the Outer […]
KITCHEN TABLE
End-of-summer Italian Plum Pie
Bake the purple plums of September into a pie that tastes like June
When there are raspberries and then blueberries, you can tell yourself you’ve got all kinds of time. You can go for a swim tomorrow. Or read a book. You have […]
GALLERY
Fences for ‘Where There Are No Cows’
How to build barriers that are better for nature and for views
All of us on the Outer Cape are in some way or another living in a national park. Even if our homes are not within its boundaries, we are surrounded […]
letter from the publisher
One Year and Counting
This week marks a year since we sent our very first edition to press. It was a “preview” edition, full of hope that we’d find the support to develop into […]
KITCHEN TABLE
Sweet But Subversive Maple Walnut Pull-apart Bread
From Rage Baking to refocusing women’s power
Two years ago, after watching the Kavanaugh hearings, Katherine Alford chose one of the first recipes she would contribute to the Rage Baking collective: Maple Walnut Pull-apart Bread. Like other […]
Tide Charts
Know when to hit the flats
LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
The Sooner the Better
People get annoyed when they don’t get their paper. I guess it’s good to be up there with coffee in our neighbors’ hierarchy of needs. While there are some things […]
LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
It’s Not a Moonshot
Shipwreck or springboard?
We went to press with our first weekly issue on Oct. 7, 2019, a little over nine months ago. Our business plan said we needed $375,000 in the bank.We had […]
KITCHEN TABLE
Crispy Homemade Potato Chips
Vinegar does the trick
Potato chips were practically invented for this moment in history. They are an irresistible escape from everything difficult about responsible grown-up life. But salt- and fat-wise, it can’t be entirely […]
FATHERS DAY
Lessons in Foraging for a Father’s Love
Michael Holt finds daisy leaves with his dad in Truro
TRURO — When Michael Holt was growing up in New York City, his summer weeks in Truro were “like a trip to the Garden of Eden.” It was here that […]
