Paula Erickson walks among delicate dots of yellow, purple, and white. She is searching for something with a touch of wildness to complete her bouquet. Rows of sweet pea, foxgloves, […]
Local Journalism Project
WILDLIFE
Dolphins’ ‘Signature Calls’ Could Predict Strandings
A 2021 study done in Wellfleet Harbor suggests a possible early warning system
WELLFLEET — The unique sounds known as “signature whistles” that all the dolphin species found in Cape Cod waters use to identify themselves may be the key to finding out […]
THREATENED
Beach Access Limited When Plovers Nest Near Trails
The trail from Snail Road leads to a barrier that protects vulnerable nests
PROVINCETOWN — Mildred Champlin remembers a time when piping plover chicks were in constant danger of being run over by cars on Race Point Beach. She has spent every summer […]
ELECTION
Kamala Harris’s Provincetown Fundraiser Comes Amid Party Rift
The president’s stumbles have put a new spotlight on the vice president
This article was updated on July 12. PROVINCETOWN — When Vice President Kamala Harris comes to Provincetown to meet with donors on July 20, she will face a crowd of […]
RADIO WAVES
From Mount Gilboa to Your Car: a WOMR Journey
Age, salty air, and an electrocuted bug motivate the search for new transmitter
PROVINCETOWN — Atop Mount Gilboa, perhaps more dune than mountain, sits a large light blue water tower whose paint has begun to fade and flake. A radio antenna sticks out […]
SAILING
Light Winds and a Slow-Motion Start to Summer Racing Season
Four Provincetown Yacht Club boats sailed forth on Sunday, just for fun
PROVINCETOWN — After two weekends of dangerously high winds, the forecast for July 7 predicted winds of seven to nine knots — “perfect conditions” for the Provincetown Yacht Club’s first […]
WELLFLEET HARBOR
Stranding Stirs Dolphin Rescue Effort at ‘the Gut’
125 Atlantic white-sided dolphins are trapped at low tide
WELLFLEET — Last week’s mass dolphin stranding here is thought to be the largest in at least a quarter century, and its causes may never be fully explained. One hundred twenty-five […]
RISKY BUSINESS
When Recreation Wrecks Your Erection
Misuse of TriMix can cause lasting damage, doctors say
PROVINCETOWN — As summer ramps up, so too does a nightlife scene that draws throngs of gay men to the tip of the Cape. Nightclubs like Purgatory and the Paramount […]
POND SCUM
Bacteria Monitoring Expands in Outer Cape Towns
Runoff and climate change will likely make blooms more common
PROVINCETOWN — Sophia Feuerhake and Jacob Scola meet at the entrance to Clapps Pond off Route 6 and unload a box full of equipment — tubes, nets, bottles, and a […]
VOLUNTEERS WANTED
Nonprofits Struggle to Keep Their Services Running
As Cape population ages, volunteer groups face a different kind of labor shortage
EASTHAM — Nauset Neighbors, an all-volunteer nonprofit that assists more than 300 older adults living alone on Cape Cod, began turning away new members requesting the organization’s help in May. […]
CENTENARIANS
Wellfleet’s Grace Ebert Finds a Happy Moment in Every Day
After 55 years here, a New Yorker at heart says, ‘You can tell I’m from the Bronx’
WELLFLEET — Of the past 100 years, Grace Ebert remembers only the exceedingly good and exceedingly bad days. “If I have to think hard to remember a day, it could […]
PROMOTED
Provincetown Schools Celebrate 8th-Grade Graduation
With wisdom, determination, and smiles, 14 students are heading to high school in Eastham and Harwich
PROVINCETOWN — Fourteen eighth-graders graduated from the Provincetown International Baccalaureate Schools at its annual promotion ceremony on June 21. Three of the newly minted middle-school graduates will attend Cape Cod […]
CAPE COD BASEBALL LEAGUE
Temporary Players, Shuffling Rosters Mark Early Summer Ball
Temporary Players, Shuffling Rosters Mark Early Summer Ball
ORLEANS — Each year, while the best collegiate players are occupied in Omaha at the NCAA Division I College World Series in June, coaches across the Cape Cod Baseball League […]
SUMMER JOURNALISM FELLOW
Kiran Johnson Wants To Explain This Place
The Provincetown Independent, in collaboration with its nonprofit partner, the Local Journalism Project, last week welcomed its fifth cohort of summer journalism fellows for 10 weeks of work and learning […]
SUMMER JOURNALISM FELLOW
Jacob Smollen Is Ready to Dig In
The Provincetown Independent, in collaboration with its nonprofit partner, the Local Journalism Project, last week welcomed its fifth cohort of summer journalism fellows for 10 weeks of work and learning […]
