Commercial striped bass fishing closed for the season on Aug. 3 and will not reopen until next June. The 735,240-pound quota was filled, and that’s all she wrote. It was […]
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RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Aug. 9 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
BUGGIES & BIRDS
On ‘the Outer,’ Piping Plover Protection Is Working
From Nauset Beach to Race Point, shorebird programs balance over-sand vehicle access
ORLEANS — From the sandy bank of Pochet Creek emerge two small piping plover chicks. Their fuzzy plumage serves as camouflage against the sand, making it nearly impossible to spot […]
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Motorized Scooters Going One-Way
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 a link to […]
TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Eagle Neck Creek Delay
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, Aug. 11 Economic […]
WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
No Free Cash by Town Meeting
Meetings Ahead Many meetings in Wellfleet are remote only, but some are being held in person. Go to wellfleet-ma.gov/calendar and click on the meeting you want to watch, then follow […]
EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
A Wet Windmill Weekend
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 […]
RECOVERY
Mobile Clinic for Methadone May Come to Wellfleet
A proposal that’s ‘critical to our Outer Cape communities,’ says OCHS
WELLFLEET — Medication-assisted treatment for addiction is going through a decades-long transformation from being almost as stigmatized as the illegal drugs themselves to being recast as a critical component of […]
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Habitat Faces a Tough Sell for Truro Project
A steep, sandy site on Rt. 6 presents obstacles for 3-house plan
TRURO — Habitat for Humanity of Cape Cod found itself embroiled in a superior court battle the last time it proposed a plan to build three affordable homes on a […]
RACE FOR SHERIFF
Fate of County’s ICE Pact May Depend on Voters
Whelan would keep the agreement; Buckley would cancel it
Barnstable County Sheriff James Cummings presides over the only 287(g) agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) left in New England. That could change after this fall’s election. Cummings […]
WATER QUALITY
Towns Work on Strategies to Address Title 5 Changes
Eastham is testing three sites for a sewage treatment plant
EASTHAM — The four Outer Cape towns are developing strategies — from raking pond bottoms to running oxygen through their waters — to address proposed changes in the state’s Title […]
OBIT
Mourning the Last Provincetown Funeral Home
Bill Gately says people still need a space to grieve
PROVINCETOWN — When Carmen Thomas lost her best friend, 13-year-old Chelsea Earnest, in 1993, she and some 600 others crowded into McHoul’s Funeral Home to mourn. “I’m a Provincetown native, […]
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Long Pond Village Aims for Low Environmental Impact
Avoiding a ‘cookie-cutter’ look and including shared spaces are added goals
WELLFLEET — Continuing its review of the 46-unit affordable housing proposal for 95 Lawrence Road named Long Pond Village, the zoning board of appeals on July 21 heard from the […]
CIVICS
GFM Ramps Up Activities Despite Orders to Stop
Amid dust and noise, neighbors ask why town can’t shut down contractor’s yard
WELLFLEET — Neighbors of a contractor’s yard at the corner of Route 6 and Old Wharf Road, which they and local officials contend is operating illegally, want the operation shut […]
LOOK WEST
Housing Solutions From Around the Country
The Cape Cod Commission features ideas from Vail, Tahoe, and Boston
HARWICH PORT — Leaders from across the Cape gathered to discuss the region’s most pressing problems — above all, the housing crisis — at the Cape Cod Commission’s annual conference […]
