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Local Journalism Project
ADDICTION
Crystal Meth Surges in More Potent Form
The stimulant, ever popular in Provincetown, is spreading Cape-wide
PROVINCETOWN — Though crystal meth has long been a fixture in Provincetown’s drug scene, the rest of the Cape is experiencing its first big brush with the extremely addictive stimulant. […]
LOCAL JOURNALISM PROJECT
An Introduction to a Summer of Reporting
This week the Independent welcomes five young journalists from across the country to its first summer fellowship program, made possible by donations and grants to its nonprofit Local Journalism Project. […]
TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS
Out-of-State Arrivals Still Told to Lie Low
Gov. Baker’s 14-day quarantine is advisory, not an order
PROVINCETOWN — On March 27, Gov. Charlie Baker issued an advisory that travelers into Massachusetts from other states should self-quarantine for 14 days. At that time, New York State was […]
VIRTUAL MEETINGS
Recovery Without Rooms
How to find healing fellowship in a time of isolation
For the past eight years, John has made coffee, opened doors, and greeted people as they entered the Wellfleet First Congregational Church for the weekly Saturday night Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. […]
HEALTH
The Doctor Is In, but Mostly Virtually
Questions and answers about how OCHS is coping
Outer Cape Health Services, the major provider of health care for the four Outer Cape towns, continues to operate its three clinics with reduced hours, staffing, and salaries, a result […]
CIVICS
Meeting Attendance Zooms Upward
Raise your hand if you’re for more participation
WELLFLEET — The number of people viewing and participating in virtual select board meetings here in recent weeks is breaking the board’s attendance records. Since the Wellfleet Select Board began […]
STEAMERS
Swipe Nope
Swipe Nope by A. Crock
WATER SAFETY
Swimming in the Pandemic: Fear and Reality
Coronavirus hell isn’t in the water — it’s other people
Scientists have reassuring news for Outer Cape residents and visitors who are worried about contracting coronavirus from swimming in ponds and in the ocean and Cape Cod Bay. There is […]
THE REOPENING
Memorial Day Presages a Long, Complicated Summer
Provincetown officials are getting 10 to 15 calls a day about rental violations
PROVINCETOWN — This week and next, town governments on the Outer Cape will be rolling out changes to traffic flow, restaurant rules, bathroom arrangements, and dozens of other adjustments to […]
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
A Slow Start for a Better Protected Harbor
The new wave attenuator has increased safety
Memorial Day weekend has come and gone, and all the questions about how busy the waterfront would be have now been answered. It’s not looking good. On top of the Covid-19-related […]
OFF THE PATH
Virus Forces Local Hiker off Appalachian Trail
With service areas turning into ghost towns, the hard decision to come home
In March, Susan Goodspeed set out to hike the Appalachian Trail for the first time in her life. “I researched the heck out of it,” Goodspeed says. “I don’t have […]
MATTERS OF FAITH
Finding New Ways to Worship
“New occasions teach new duties,” James Russell Lowell declared in a poem from which was drawn a familiar hymn, “Once to Every Man and Nation.” That sentiment is providing a […]
CLASS OF 2020
Drive-in Graduations Are a Go
Vincent gets OK from state for June fêtes
WELLFLEET — Gov. Charlie Baker’s Covid-19 recovery guidelines, issued on May 18, stated that “drive-in theaters are allowed to operate only for the purpose of showing movies.” That left some […]
PUBLIC TRANSIT
Flex Bus Maintains Flexibility in Pandemic
With free rides and health center stops, the Flex remains an important service
Even during the Covid-19 pandemic, the Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority (RTA) is providing rides to 600 to 800 people a day. As one of the only public transit options […]
