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HEALTH CARE
BCBS Drops OCHS From Its Medicare Plans
Blue Cross move may be a strategy to increase profits
WELLFLEET — On the first day of open enrollment for Medicare recipients to choose a health-care plan, Catherine Hess received a notice that her current insurer, Blue Cross Blue Shield, […]
HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Wellfleet Commission Delays Demise of Rare 1780s House
Owners get more time to find a solution that could save the building
WELLFLEET — The town’s historical commission has imposed an 18-month delay on the proposed demolition of the Capt. Joseph Hatch house. After a Nov. 6 hearing, the commission determined that […]
STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
An Old Easement Leads to New Stairs in Seashore
Owner atop bluff at Head of the Meadow gets a private leg up on public land
TRURO — A 10-foot-wide easement deeded nearly 50 years ago to the owners of a house at 63 Head of the Meadow Road in Truro paved the way for the […]
IMMIGRATION
Interfaith Panel Asks How to Create a ‘Culture of Welcome’
Cyr asks leaders to push back against rise in anti-immigrant talk
EASTHAM — Katia DaCunha arrived in the U.S. with her two children in 2003 with five dollars to her name. She recalls meeting a police officer at the Miami airport […]
TOWN HALL
Select Board Adopts Remote Work Policy for Town Manager
Tangeman asks to turn down the heat after settling a question that’s simmered since summer
TRURO — The select board worked through the Truro Motor Inn quandary, approved a seasonal condominium conversion for Anchorage on the Bay, and allocated $50,000 from the affordable housing trust […]
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
A Look at a New Kind of Ark
Maybe floating open-water fish farming will take the pressure off wild stocks
It’s hard for me to wrap my head around fish farming. I grew up commercial fishing the old-fashioned way, for one thing. Besides, it seems to me fish farming produces […]
MILLION-YEAR PICNIC
Scoping Out Holiday Gifts
Heavenly ideas for the astronomical enthusiast in your life
My first telescope was a surprise Christmas gift. I’ll never forget my delight and also my frustration with early attempts to use it. It took time to acquire the knowledge […]
DITCH DEFYING
Studying the Witch Hazel’s Survival Manual
Should you find that the ground beneath you is no longer sure, that the once stable path you were halfway down is now eroding before your eyes, or that you’re […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Nov. 12 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Shank Painter Planning
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
‘Yellow Tide’
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, Nov. […]
WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Outdoor Burning Ban
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Wellfleet are held online and in person. Go to www.wellfleet-ma.gov/calendar and click on the meeting you want to watch, then follow the instructions on the […]
EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Expanding? No, Rebuilding
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 […]
ELECTION
Outer Cape Votes Harris for President
Results are nearly identical to 2020 Biden-Trump contest
This article was updated on Nov. 7 to include preliminary election results from Truro. PROVINCETOWN — An anxiety-provoking presidential election contest came to an anxious end on the Outer Cape […]
