TRURO — The select board went into “sticker shock” at the price of a proposed dept. of public works facility next to the police and fire station: $20 million. While […]
Featured
Tide Charts
Know when to hit the flats
OBITUARY
Freddie Rocha’s Life Ends in Town He Loved
Denizen of the streets will be remembered in photos and hearts
PROVINCETOWN — Frederico “Freddie” Rocha Jr. died on Dec. 29, 2019 after suffering an apparent heart attack on Shank Painter Road on his way to buy his morning coffee at […]
REMEMBERING NAPI
Friends Reflect On Napi Van Dereck
Napi Van Dereck’s Single-Minded Pursuit Peppery, garrulous, ebullient, discerning, resourceful, crafty, steeped in local lore, and deeply rooted on the Outer Cape, Napi Van Dereck may have looked like an […]
BABYCAKES
Essie Arrives on Christmas
Essie Van Staden was born on Dec. 25, 2019 at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. She weighed six pounds and measured 17 inches. Her parents, Natalie and […]
CRAFT
Making Bayberry Candles
Look to the leaves for inspiration from the past
Myrica pensylvanica, also known as bayberry, candleberry, and wax myrtle, is a native species that has long grown across the dunes and woods of the Outer Cape. Unfussy, it tolerates […]
KITCHEN TABLE
Sushi at Home Should Be a Cape Cod Staple
Fresh and simple, for after the feasting
We lived in Japan for 10 years, and that is where we whetted our taste for sushi. For 20 years now we have lived on Cape Cod, and making sushi […]
LEARNING
A Tour Explores the NRHS Renovation Landscape
Safety, systems, and space are top needs
EASTHAM — Nauset Regional High School (NRHS) opened its doors in 1972, and few alterations have since been made to its ahead-of-its-time open-campus design. Now the district is planning a […]
PUBLIC SAFETY
Gun License Info Is Exempt From Records Law
Police chiefs have discretion in deciding who can have firearms
TRURO — Police Chief Jamie Calise has denied a request from the Independent for more information about the number, types, and present whereabouts of the firearms and ammunition that were […]
LEARNING
Race vs. Cultural Differences at Nauset High
Lisa Brown teaches kids the path to a common denominator
Lisa Brown, a veteran teacher at Nauset Regional High School in Eastham, has a popular class with a curriculum of her own making called Exploring and Respecting Differences (EARD). Brown […]
ELECTIONS
Stephanie Rein to Run for Select Board
A local farmer hopes to help the working class
TRURO — If voters don’t know Stephanie Rein, a candidate for select board in the Feb. 18 special election, chances are all the kids in town do. Rein, 49, has […]
GRAVEYARD SHIFT
In a Truro Grove, Dead Artists Are Gathered
Snow Cemetery’s unconventional occupants and markers
In life, they (the men, at least) enjoyed a raucous, bawdy bonhomie every Saturday night at the Beachcombers Club in Provincetown. In death, many are still together, resting peacefully with […]
Milestones
Saskia Maxwell Keller was awarded a master of music with distinction from the University of Edinburgh. The ceremony, held on Nov. 29, included graduates being tapped on […]
DEPT. OF COMMERCE
CDP Increases Small Business Loan Limit
The Community Development Partnership (CDP) has increased the maximum amount that can be borrowed through its small business loan program from $40,000 to $50,000. Loans are available to both startup […]
DEPT. OF COMMERCE
First Cape Pot Retailer to Open in Provincetown
The first retail marijuana store on the Cape was cleared to open in Provincetown after receiving final approval from the Mass. Cannabis Control Commission on Dec. 19. Curaleaf will […]
