WELLFLEET — Two years after its first public announcement in August 2022, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) plans to hold public auctions for eight offshore wind energy leasing […]
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STICKER SHOCK
Select Board Balks at Plan for Stellwagen Center
A building’s imposing size and $6.3-million price tag give town officials pause
PROVINCETOWN — Plans to build a visitor center for the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary on town-owned land at the base of MacMillan Pier hit a significant snag last week […]
HOUSING
Truro Select Board Postpones Taking of Truro Motor Inn
It is unclear who should receive $1.6 million in ‘just compensation’
TRURO — The select board decided at its Aug. 27 meeting to table a motion that would have executed the taking by eminent domain of the now-empty Truro Motor Inn […]
AT TOWN HALL
Grief Redoubled by a Death Certificate Delayed
A seven-week odyssey in search of a vital record
TRURO — Richard Pask, 72, came to the select board on Aug. 27 distraught. His wife, Carol Harris, 69, who had ALS, had died at home in hospice care on […]
ELECTIONS
Outer Cape Voters Turned Out for State Primary
Almost no races were contested; Luddy wins Democratic nomination for state House
EASTHAM — Roughly a quarter of the registered voters in Provincetown, Truro, Wellfleet, and Eastham participated in the state’s primary election this year on Tuesday, Sept. 3 but included more […]
MARSHES
Scientists Measure an Ecological Transition at Duck Harbor
How the ‘overwashes’ preview the restoration of the salt marsh at the Herring River
WELLFLEET — Duck Harbor, enjoyed by visitors as a bayside beach, is returning to its 19th-century roots as a salt marsh, according to Tim Smith, a restoration ecologist at the […]
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
Of Flukes and Flukes
Catching big fish, freeing a sea turtle, and getting unhooked
Fishing bounced back in a big way this past week with striped bass and bluefish biting well; many boats had some big catches. As has been the case most of […]
ON THE WING
One Last Taste
As popular as the Nauset Light is as an Eastham tourist destination, it might have less buzz than the shining sumac nearby — at least while it’s in bloom. The […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Sept. 3 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
TRIBUTE
Provincetown Remembers 9/11
Townspeople are invited to gather at the Provincetown Fire Dept.’s headquarters, 25 Shank Painter Road, for a ceremony commemorating those who lost their lives in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks […]
NATIONAL SEASHORE: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
National Seashore
meetings ahead Monday, Sept. 9 Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission, 1 p.m., Salt Pond Visitors Center and online
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Planning Shank Painter
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
Get In on Budgeting
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. Thursday, Sept. […]
WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Where to Put the Pantry
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Wellfleet are remote only, but some are held in person. Go to www.wellfleet-ma.gov/calendar and click on the meeting you want to watch, then follow the […]
EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Windmill Weekend
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Eastham are in-person, typically with an online attendance option. Click on the meeting you are interested in on the calendar at eastham-ma.gov for details. All […]
