EASTHAM — Virginia Reynolds was working in the summer of 2018 at Bayside Consignment, a now-defunct shop on Route 6, when, she says, Barbara Niggel, the owner of the building, […]
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POLICING, PART 1
Racial Profiling and Outer Cape Police Practice
Data suggest that blacks are arrested disproportionately
As conversations about racism and police brutality have spread to every corner of the country, including the Outer Cape, police data have been at the root of efforts to expose […]
ADDICTION
State Boosts Telehealth for Drug Therapy
Baker’s order makes treatment for substance abuse more accessible
Gov. Charlie Baker signed an executive order on March 15 expanding access to telehealth services for the duration of the Covid-19 crisis. His action has the potential to make Medication […]
REOPENING
Phase Three Businesses Wait for the Green Light
Museums, boats, tours, and gyms all look to July 6
PROVINCETOWN — Many of Provincetown’s most iconic experiences are phase three businesses that could, if statewide indicators stay on the right track, be reopening on Monday, July 6. Phase three […]
ELECTION
Truro Turns Down New Firefighters
New ambulance passes, but DPW truck purchase fails
TRURO — Voters said no to hiring four new firefighter-paramedics and purchasing a heavy-duty tractor trailer for the DPW at the June 30 town election. Only 469 or 24 percent […]
HOUSING
Cloverleaf Plan Adds Cedar Shingles, Wastewater Treatment
ZBA continues its review of Truro’s largest affordable housing development
TRURO — The proposed affordable housing complex known as the “Cloverleaf” will have the cedar shingles and painted trim that have typified other housing developments by the Provincetown-based Community Housing […]
ART OF TEACHING
Young People Discover Their Political Power
For the next generation of would-be voters, connection turns apathy into action
Massachusetts had the ninth-highest turnout of voters ages 18 to 29 in the U.S. in the 2018 midterms — a 17.3-percent increase over their participation in 2014. While that’s good […]
INDEPENDENCE DAY
Worries Over Illegal Fireworks Not Sky High Here
Close calls show amateur displays are a risky tradition
With social distancing regulations yielding no town-organized fireworks shows, local authorities expect to work extra hard this July Fourth to defuse illegal ones. In Wellfleet and Truro, particularly, the police […]
WILDLIFE
Giant Jellyfish Keep Scientists Guessing
Did they come to the Cape to eat other jellies?
The fictional detective Sherlock Holmes investigates a suspicious incident involving a jellyfish in “The Adventure of the Lion’s Mane,” a short story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle published in 1926. […]
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
Big Stripers Are Caught — and Thrown Back
New rules put 35-inch upper limit on striped bass keepers
Things are beginning to look a little more normal on the waterfront. More and more boats are starting to open up and operate. The Bay Lady began sailing tours, and […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, June 30, included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
MILLION-YEAR PICNIC
Beauty and the Beast
Look up at the wonders of Cygnus; just don’t fall in a black hole
The stars of summer have returned! Step outside after dark and look east, about halfway up the sky. You’ll see three bright stars that form a triangle. If you’re not […]
DEVELOPMENT
More Condos, Less Impact
Klink’s Route 6 development in Eastham won’t exit via Wiley Lane
EASTHAM — There’s been a meeting of the minds between Tim Klink and the residents of Wiley Lane, the cul-de-sac behind the Route 6 property he wants to develop. Rather […]
CIVICS
Keeping the Postal Service Alive
What’s at stake goes beyond threats to voting by mail
In the current round of local town elections, it appears that about 90 percent of the votes were sent in by mail. And if the Covid-19 pandemic continues into the […]
ACCIDENT
Cyclist Injured on Route 6
WELLFLEET — Kathleen Kusiak, 55, of West Newton was struck by a car when she turned north on Route 6 from Main Street at 1 p.m. Sunday, June 28, according […]
