EASTHAM — The select board sent two proposed bylaws banning plastic bottles and bags back to the conservation commission for revisions on Monday instead of placing them as articles on […]
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ENVIRONMENT
East Harbor Is Thriving, But Is That Enough?
Small measures help sea creatures; bigger ones could buffer sea-level rise
TRURO — Recent research at the Center for Coastal Studies in Provincetown has documented the current state of East Harbor’s benthic communities — species that live in the sediments on […]
HEALTH
Medical Weed May Not Reach Outer Cape
Lots of marijuana for recreation, but no assurances for patients
PROVINCETOWN — Recreational marijuana stores are coming to the Outer Cape in a big way, but it’s not clear that any of them will provide medical formulations of the drug […]
ART WORKS
FAWC Fellows’ Protest Pays Off
They get increased stipend after act of ‘art-ivism’
PROVINCETOWN — The current crop of Fine Arts Work Center fellows expressed their displeasure at their $750 monthly stipend in a letter now on display at the annual FAWC exhibit […]
ART OF DYING
It’s Easy to Be Green, Even in Death
Natural burial may soon be allowed in Provincetown
PROVINCETOWN — Thirty plots in the town cemetery may soon be available for “green burial,” in which a body is placed in the ground without a metal casket, cement vault, […]
LAND USE
T-Time Panel Revisits Old Plan for N. Eastham
Group will walk the site of a ‘potential town center’
EASTHAM — The documents that the T-Time Development Committee collected for its second meeting on Jan. 28 included the North Eastham Village Center plan created back in 2007. The 11 […]
TRURO SELECT BOARD
Potlucks and Pot Agreements
The talk of Candidates’ Night
TRURO — A standing-room only crowd listened to the two select board candidates — Stephanie Rein, a farmer, and Karen Tosh, an attorney — during candidates’ night on Feb. 4. […]
REC ROUNDUP
Outer Cape Recreation Outlook for Winter and Spring
Basketball, pickleball, and Brazilian jujitsu are offered
Outer Cape recreation departments offer a slew of programs throughout the winter and spring. Here is a sampling. Provincetown Youth basketball is offered for boys and girls in grades K-6 […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Furies Host Senior Night
A weekly wrap-up and preview of Nauset High sports
Note: Team records are listed as of the Independent’s deadline. Friday, Feb. 7 Girls basketball: The Warriors (11-4) host the Nantucket Whalers at 3:30 p.m. The Warriors fell to the […]
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This Week in Provincetown
Meetings Ahead Thursday, Feb. 6 Harbor Committee, 5 p.m., Town Hall Other Post-Employment Benefits, 10:30 a.m., Town Hall Recycling & Renewable Energy, 9 a.m., Town Hall Shellfish Committee, 5 p.m. […]
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This Week in Truro
Meetings Ahead Thursday, Feb. 6 Planning Board/Select Board ADU Ad Hoc Subcommittee Work Session, 4 p.m., library Friday, Feb. 7 Finance Committee with Select Board Budget Task Force, 2 p.m., […]
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This Week in Wellfleet
Meetings Ahead Thursday, Feb. 6 Housing Authority, 9:15 a.m., Town Hall Parking Task Force II at Wellfleet Forum, 7 p.m. Council on Aging Saturday, Feb. 8 Nauset Regional School Committee […]
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This Week in Eastham
Meetings Ahead Thursday, Feb. 6 Zoning Board of Appeals, 5 p.m., Earle Mountain Room, Town Hall Nauset Regional School Committee, 6 p.m., Brewster Town Hall Saturday, Feb. 8 Board of […]
THREE RINGS
Cirque du Soleil May Be on the Way
The circus that dare not speak its name
PROVINCETOWN — The circus is coming to town, maybe. A company calling itself 66 Days LLC agreed on Jan. 23 to pay the town recreation commission $150,000 to rent Motta […]
THRIFT
Mass Appeal Gets Reprieve
Landlord changes his mind on eviction
WELLFLEET — Just nine days before the landlord’s deadline for vacating their longtime home, the volunteers at Mass Appeal got the good news that they can stay at the Cove […]
