PROVINCETOWN — On the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend, the traditional kickoff of summer on Cape Cod, an alert went out from the Dept. of Public Health to news media […]
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GREEN ECONOMY
Curaleaf Sues Town to Claw Back $372K in Fees
The dispensary says new rules on community impact should apply retroactively
PROVINCETOWN — The Massachusetts branch of Curaleaf, the world’s largest cannabis company by revenue, is suing the town over claims that it improperly collected community impact fees from the company’s […]
CRIME
Police Seek Leads in Hit-and-Run Death
Timothy Duval, 24, was a father and Army vet
WELLFLEET — Police are seeking information about the driver of a vehicle that struck and killed 24-year-old Timothy Duval Jr. of Tallahassee, Fla. on Ocean View Drive on Saturday, May 24 […]
SALVATION
Condemned Wellfleet House Gets a Reprieve
Helen Wilson buys Peace Valley house to save it from receivership
WELLFLEET — Helen Miranda Wilson says she has been staring at the house at 177 Peace Valley Road her whole life. And what she’s seen there has not always been […]
EDUCATION
Schools Turn to Choice to Fight Dwindling Enrollment
Across the Outer Cape, a competition to fill classrooms
WELLFLEET — As housing costs have made the Outer Cape increasingly unaffordable for young families, local schools are recruiting students from other towns to combat dwindling enrollment. The Wellfleet Elementary […]
SITES
Prep Work for Redeveloping the Truro Motor Inn Has Begun
‘No surprises’ emerge on inspection, but buildings will likely be torn down
TRURO — Progress on the dilapidated Truro Motor Inn is happening slowly, with the work in view now focused on preparing the site for redevelopment. The property was taken from […]
BUSINESS
Wellfleet Nixes Use of Lot as Staging Area for Rental Turnovers
Select board debates company’s past use of marina and its purpose
WELLFLEET — The select board at its May 13 meeting turned down a request by Del Mar Vacations, an Orleans-based short-term rental management company, to park its trailer on the […]
SCHOOLS
Nauset Students Advocate for Drama Teacher’s Return
Although Hamilton’s contract won’t be renewed, school committee says program is not at risk
ORLEANS — Eight students filed into the bright yellow Nauset Room at the middle school here during the May 22 meeting of the Nauset Regional School Committee. Three more appeared […]
GROWING WILD
A Novel Assemblage of Species, at Home on Cape Cod’s Sandplains
Keeping oaks and pines at bay for the butterflies and birds
Not far into the Audubon sanctuary’s Bay View Trail, which skirts the shore on South Wellfleet’s bay side before making a long loop back to its starting point, a side […]
BIRDWATCHING
Drink-Your-Tea, the Towhee Sings, and Don’t Clean Up the Understory
Berries and brambles provide food and shelter for birds and other animals
I wasn’t sure I’d heard it at first. The rustling might just have been a pine cone dropping into the leaf litter. But another rustling sound made me stop in […]
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
A Late Nor’easter Takes Boats and Stalls Stripers
When storms track west, beware on the bay side
Just when the striped bass were starting to take hold, with good numbers of large fish settling into the area around Billingsgate Shoals, along comes a late-season winter-like nor’easter. This […]
NATURAL SELECTION
Frogs and Worts
The Virginia marsh St. John’s wort is no longer placed in the Hypericum genus with the others; its pink-blooming flowers each have three orange glands and nine stamens grouped in […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, May 27 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Expanded Bus Hours
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Provincetown are held in person, typically with an online-attendance option. Click on the meeting you want to attend on the calendar at provincetown-ma.gov for a […]
TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Herding Elephants
Meetings Ahead Meetings in Truro are often held remotely. Go to Truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you are interested in for an agenda and details on how to join. […]
