LICENSING DEPARTMENT PUBLIC HEARING NEW ANNUAL ALL ALCOHOL ON-PREMISE POURING LICENSE And NEW BUSINESS LICENSE COMMON VICTUALER The Truro Select Board will hold a Public Hearing on TUESDAY, JULY 22, […]
Provincetown Legal Notices
HISTORIC DISTRICT COMMISSION The Commission will hold a Public Hearing at 3:30 P.M. ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 2025, in the Judge Welsh Room at Town Hall, 260 Commercial Street, Provincetown, […]
Eastham Legal Notices
PLANNING BOARD Pursuant to the provisions of Massachusetts General Laws, c.40A sec 5, the Eastham Planning Board will hold a Public Hearing at 5:00 PM ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 2025, […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, June 24 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Books in the Park
Meetings Ahead
Most meetings in Provincetown are held in person, typically with an online-attendance option. Click on the meeting you want to attend on the calendar at provincetown-ma.gov for a link to […]
TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Climate Leader
Meetings Ahead
Meetings in Truro are often held remotely. Go to Truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you are interested in for an agenda and details on how to join. Thursday, June […]
WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
$200K for Fiber Optics
Meetings Ahead
Most meetings in Wellfleet are in person, typically with an online-attendance option. Click on the meeting that interests you on the calendar at wellfleet-ma.gov for details. All meetings are at […]
EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Climate Action Plan
Meetings Ahead
Most meetings in Eastham are in person, typically with an online-attendance option. Click on the meeting you are interested in on the calendar at eastham-ma.gov for details. All meetings are […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for June 26, 2025 through July 3, 2025
Art, Music, and Food for a Cause Art for the Border, an Outer Cape collective of artists and activists, will host an art giveaway and Latin dance party at the […]
OBITUARY
Joan Walter of Wellfleet Dies at 86
Joan Elizabeth Walter of Wellfleet died peacefully at the Meadows in Fulton, Miss. on June 17, 2025 after a courageous struggle with dementia. She was 86. Joan was born on […]
OBITUARY
Lyle Butts, Founder of Bay Sails Marine, Dies at 78
Lyle B. Butts of Wellfleet, the founder of Bay Sales Marine, died on May 28, 2025 after being in hospice care at home since mid-April. The cause was congestive heart […]
IN MEMORIAM
Jack Coughlin Memorial
A memorial gathering for printmaker Jack Coughlin, who died at 93 on Feb. 26, 2025, will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, July 9 at the Golden […]
TIDE CHART
Provincetown and Wellfleet Harbors
Thursday, June 26, - Thursday, July 3, 2025
Know when to hit the flats.
Real Estate Transactions
for the week of June 16, 2025
Recorded at the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds from June 16 to June 20, 2025. PROVINCETOWN June 16. Michael C. Connolly and Erika A. Connolly to Maria Marelli. 963 Commercial […]
CLASSIFIEDS
Classifieds June 26, – July 3, 2025
Love Thy Neighbor who does windows
EVENTS Observational drawing: Seeing reality. A 4-session workshop with artist Adam Graham at the Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill. June 30 to July 3. Sign up at […]