WELLFLEET — The select board filled six of seven available spots on the new Maurice’s Campground Planning Committee at its Nov. 1 meeting but ran into trouble trying to decide […]
Local Journalism Project
HEALTH CARE ACCESS
TestNtreat Gives Top Priority to Sexual Health
Nurse Jeff Schaffer and his team work to topple barriers to treatment
PROVINCETOWN — Jeff Schaffer’s goal is to get rid of the stigma that surrounds sexual health. “Studies have shown that when people aren’t shamed for seeking sexual health services, they […]
SYMBOLISM
Wellfleet Select Board Says ‘No’ to a New Town Seal
The board saw the effort as a waste of time and money
WELLFLEET — An appeal from Wellfleet Select Board Chair Ryan Curley to replace the town seal was quickly quashed at the board’s Nov. 1 meeting. “I don’t know where to […]
NAUSET HIGH SCHOOL
Renovation Bids Are $30 Million Over Budget
High bids for construction mean a new vote is likely
EASTHAM — Before the foundations are laid for the Nauset Regional High School renovation project, voters in the four district towns may have to authorize a new budget. Of the […]
WALSH PROPERTY COMMITTEE
Group Nears Consensus on Developing 28.5 Acres
Cyr urges Truro officials to plan for 300 housing units
TRURO — In a new report, the town’s engineering consultants recommend developing 28.5 acres in the southwestern part of the nearly 70-acre Walsh property, and the committee studying uses of […]
ART AND ACCESS
Making Art and Making Do
Dominique Pecce finds rewards and challenges as a working artist on the Outer Cape
The term “emerging artist” is often used without much thought about what it means. In a sense, artists should always be “emerging.” But there’s a moment where the process is […]
INDIGENOUS HISTORY
Renaming Race Point Would Be ‘Meaningful,’ Says Peters
The Wampanoag Alliance wants to recover the name Meeshaun
PROVINCETOWN — A proposal to rename Race Point as Meeshaun Point, first made in early 2021 by representatives of the Wampanoag tribe, is still alive, though no action has been […]
ELECTIONS
Question 4 Arguments Cite Safety Concerns and Voter Fraud
Voters will decide if undocumented immigrants can get driver’s licenses
Massachusetts voters will decide through Question 4 on the Nov. 8 ballot whether a law allowing undocumented immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses will stay or go. The law, known as […]
HELPING
Where the Terms Are Set by the Chaos of War
On a trip to the border of Poland and Ukraine, a lesson in what is most needed
My family is in Poland, so in August I traveled from Wellfleet to Cracow and then to my hometown of Gliwice to visit them and reconnect with old friends. Families […]
OUT AT THE BALLGAME
Belles Beat Peaches in First-Ever ‘League of Our Own’ Game
A writer joined a Women’s Week softball game and a community
PROVINCETOWN — When I moved to the Outer Cape barely a month ago to write for the Independent, I tossed my glove into the back of my car on a […]
PLANTCRAFT
Milisa Moses Stirs Up the Alchemy of Blues and Browns
Making art with pigments from indigo leaves and oak galls
Like many artists on the Outer Cape, Milisa Moses finds creative inspiration in the landscape. But Moses weaves the environment into her process as well as into her product. Moses […]
HYDROLOGY
Water Quality at Center Stage on Walsh Property
Three consultants have different takes on Truro’s 70-acre parcel
TRURO — Three and a half years after the town purchased the 69.9-acre Walsh property for $5.1 million, the long-delayed discussion of its potential use for community housing is starting […]
BREATHING ROOM
Longing for a Place to Call Home
Alejandra Cuadra Sanchez’s experience as an immigrant informs her multimedia art
Alejandra Cuadra Sanchez, who was born in Peru and immigrated to Orleans when she was eight, makes multimedia art that is as much an exploration of identity and self as […]
HOUSING
Wellfleet ZBA OKs Permit for 95 Lawrence Rd.
Developers see 46 rental units completed by late 2024
WELLFLEET — The Zoning Board of Appeals signed off on a comprehensive permit on Sept. 22 for Long Pond Village, the 46-unit affordable housing development at 95 Lawrence Road that […]
WATCH THIS SPACE
On the Trail of the International Space Station
A former NASA photographer comes to the Outer Cape for our dark skies
When Lauren Harnett was young, she covered all the surfaces of her bedroom with glow-in-the-dark stars. When she got a pickup truck, she painted the night sky on one side […]
