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HYDROLOGY
Water Quality at Center Stage on Walsh Property
Three consultants have different takes on Truro’s 70-acre parcel
TRURO — Three and a half years after the town purchased the 69.9-acre Walsh property for $5.1 million, the long-delayed discussion of its potential use for community housing is starting […]
DOWNTOWN
Fox & Crow Gets Its Licenses
Whether music till 10 p.m. is ‘not kind’ or a ‘sparkle,’ it is permitted, the select board decides
WELLFLEET — When the Fox & Crow Café reopened at its new 70 Main St. location not long after leaving its old place on Commercial Street in July, many townspeople […]
CONFINEMENT
Why Three Men Died This Summer in County Jail
All three were in Covid isolation unit
BOURNE — Rob Davis lost the connection on a phone call that might have saved his son’s life. His son, Robert F. Davis Jr., 40, was being held at the […]
CIVICS
Proposed Wellfleet Tree Bylaws Need More Work
Formula restaurant bylaw change will proceed to public hearing
WELLFLEET — Chair Ryan Curley has presented his colleagues on the select board with a handful of proposed zoning bylaw amendments that he hopes to put before voters at next […]
ZONING
Employee Housing Measure Will Come to Special Town Meeting
Short-term rental district is held back until spring
PROVINCETOWN — The warrant for the special town meeting on Nov. 9 is short and almost entirely focused on the town’s $75-million sewer expansion project. The planning board added one […]
GUIDANCE
Mr. Simms, Creator of Adventure Ed, Plans to Retire
Nauset Middle School will seek a new ‘guide’ for a class where students find themselves
ORLEANS — The most popular class at Nauset Regional Middle School is called Adventure Ed. It’s one in which students seek out their spirit animals and themselves. Why 12- and […]
ON THE LANDSCAPE
Look Closely: Now Comes Our Moment of Fall Color
In swamp maples and marsh grass and tupelos, the Outer Cape’s true colors are revealed
I was driving the other day on a back road, winding my way out toward the ocean, and I saw something I’ve seen many times before. But on that day, […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Oct. 11 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
WOMEN’S WEEK 2022
Highlights of Weekend Number 2
The 10-day festival has music, comedy, and dykes on bikes
Women’s Week in Provincetown began in 1984 as a clam bake. It is now a 10-day affair with 270 individual events, including more than 14 musical acts, 10 comedians, 10 […]
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Crash Course
Meetings Ahead Some meetings in Provincetown are in person, some are online, and some are both. Click on the meeting you want to attend on the calendar at provincetown-ma.gov for […]
TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Craft That Vision
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Truro are remote. Go to truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch. The agenda includes instructions on how to join. Thursday, Oct. 13 Climate […]
WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Cyanobacteria in Duck Pond
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Wellfleet are remote only, but some are being held in person. Go to www.wellfleet-ma.gov/calendar and click on the meeting you want to watch, then follow the instructions […]
EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Fund That Project
Meetings Ahead Most meetings are being held in person, but some are still remote or virtual. Go to eastham-ma.gov/calendar-by-event-type/16 and click on the meeting you are interested in to learn about meeting […]
HOUSING
Wellfleet ZBA OKs Permit for 95 Lawrence Rd.
Developers see 46 rental units completed by late 2024
WELLFLEET — The Zoning Board of Appeals signed off on a comprehensive permit on Sept. 22 for Long Pond Village, the 46-unit affordable housing development at 95 Lawrence Road that […]
