PROVINCETOWN — In winter, it’s not uncommon to see a red fox trotting down Commercial Street at dusk. Foxes here have grown used to living near humans, enticed by our […]
Environment
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This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, March 1 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
RADIOACTIVITY
EPA: Holtec Sows ‘Public Confusion’
Agency chastises Pilgrim’s owner for statements on dumping water into Cape Cod Bay
PLYMOUTH — An Environmental Protection Agency official criticized Holtec International last week for misleading the public about its proposed dumping of radioactive water from the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station into […]
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This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Feb. 22 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
ANIMAL CLINIC
How Not to Poison Your Best Friend
Alternatives to anticoagulant rodenticides are a good idea
Christine Legere’s article in the Dec. 30 edition of the Independent about Provincetown’s approach to rat control triggered many memories for me. Some were traumatic, like the memories of wild […]
WHITEOUTS AND BLACKOUTS
Blizzard Review: Power to the Outermost People
Eversource’s long-awaited battery backup system is promised by summer
PROVINCETOWN — The first large-scale battery backup system on Cape Cod is set to go online in Provincetown this summer. When it does, according to electric utility officials, power outages […]
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This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Feb. 15 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
A CHILL IN PROVINCETOWN
Blizzard Blowback for Morse
Lack of communications and warming station at issue
PROVINCETOWN — The select board praised frontline responders for their work during the Jan. 29 blizzard but had tough questions for Town Manager Alex Morse, who they said was unreachable […]
RADIOACTIVITY
Attorney General Says Permits Forbid Release of Reactor Water
The company argues against the alternatives to ‘overboarding’
PLYMOUTH — The Mass. attorney general’s office has doubled down on a recent statement saying that Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station’s permits prohibit the release of radioactive water into Cape Cod […]
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This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Feb. 8 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
SNOW DAY
Storm Stories
Blizzard reports from the Outer Cape towns
In Provincetown, Drifting Snow Trapped Many Indoors PROVINCETOWN — On narrow, tightly packed side streets, the winds whipped into curls and eddies and piled snow to the tops of some […]
TEETERING
Ballston Beach ‘Boathouse’ Still Stands After Blizzard
Owners hope to move it to lot next door
TRURO — Before last weekend’s blizzard, Coastal Engineering Co. had an urgent message for Thomas and Kathleen Dennis, owners of the house at 133 South Pamet Road, which sits precariously on […]
RADIOACTIVE QUESTIONS
Attorney General: Dumping Pilgrim Water Is Prohibited
The water has not yet been tested for possible contaminants
Editor’s note: After this week’s Independent went to press, Mass. Attorney General Maura Healey’s office issued a statement about the release of radioactive water into Cape Cod Bay. The report below […]
BEFORE THE STORM
In Eastham, a Base Camp for Electrical Crews From Points South
Preparations and the ‘waiting game’ in the Sheraton parking lot
EASTHAM — At least 60 trucks and some 200 emergency electrical workers were stationed at the Four Points by Sheraton hotel here last Friday waiting for Saturday’s winter storm to […]
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This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Feb. 1 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
