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THE SCUTTLEBUTT
Beware the Green Bubble Clouds
Boats should stay at least 100 feet from feeding whales
It seems like once a summer we have a whale incident that brings out all kinds of crazy myths on social media. It can make your head spin. Last year […]
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. 2 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
BUYBACK
Orleans Police Will Buy Guns Saturday
The goal is to contribute to gun safety
ORLEANS — The police dept. holds its 2022 Gun Buyback Program on Saturday, Aug. 6 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Residents can exchange their firearms at the police station […]
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
When an Affordable Home Sells
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
Insufficiently Specific
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. 4 Climate […]
WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Special Town Meeting Articles
Meetings Ahead Many 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 […]
EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
HOW Expands, CDP Moves
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 […]
MARINE LIFE
Right Whales Are ‘Going Extinct Unless We Change’
Ship strikes and entanglements are rapidly depleting the species
PROVINCETOWN — Only 12 years ago, marine biologists and whale watchers on the Cape had something to celebrate: the endangered North Atlantic right whale population was making a rebound, from […]
RADIOACTIVITY
Foes of Pilgrim Dumping Plan Distrust Holtec
They suspect contaminated water will end up in the bay
PLYMOUTH — The meetings of the Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel (NDCAP) usually draw just a handful of observers. But on Monday it was standing room only when the group […]
PANDEMIC
Covid Returns, but Not to ICUs
A summer wave of cases is blunted by Paxlovid
PROVINCETOWN — The summer of 2022 has brought a long-awaited but still frustrating event to Cape Cod: a Covid wave that doesn’t include high levels of hospitalization. Case numbers are […]
PRESERVATION
Charlie Zehnder Studio Will Be Demolished
Truro Historical Commission votes 4-2 not to impose a delay
TRURO — Decades of neglect have turned an artist’s studio built by designer Charlie Zehnder into an attractive nuisance, according to its new owners, who want to demolish it. Following a […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, July 26 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
The Stripers Are Slippery, and So Is the Breakwater
Warm waters bring plenty of bluefish into the bay
We finally got our first legitimate heat wave this week and, true to form, the striped bass reacted the way striped bass do when that occurs. They hunker down close […]
CRIME
Former Provincetown DPW Employee Convicted of Rape
Walker is sentenced to 10 to 12 years in state prison
BARNSTABLE — A Barnstable Superior Court jury on July 14 found Truro resident Ronnie Walker, 57, guilty of aggravated rape of a child. He was sentenced to 10 to 12 […]
