EASTHAM — A local resident’s attempt to overturn the special permits awarded to two marijuana businesses was dismissed by Barnstable Superior Court Judge Thomas Perrino on Dec. 23. Eastham’s Steve […]
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UPDATE
Mass Appeal Still Looking for New Home
Landlord MacGregor remains elusive
WELLFLEET — Mass Appeal, a nonprofit that has given away donated clothing at Cove Corner for the last 23 years, still has no place to go following a Nov. 1 […]
ENVIRONMENT
Wellfleet Resident Challenges Shark Mitigation Study
Says visual detection technology was improperly evaluated
WELLFLEET — Kristian Sexton, who says he is developing an aerial imaging system using drones to detect sharks, claims that there are “a number of serious problems” with the Woods […]
UNLIT LIGHTHOUSE
Alterations Are Coming to Main Street
Longtime fixture will be replaced by clothing store
WELLFLEET — The Lighthouse Restaurant, a bright spot for 40 years on this town’s dimming Main Street, is gone. What was a restaurant is now being renovated to become a […]
BUDGETING
DPW Proposal Causes ‘Sticker Shock’
The price per square foot is well above average
TRURO — The select board went into “sticker shock” at the price of a proposed dept. of public works facility next to the police and fire station: $20 million. While […]
Tide Charts
Know when to hit the flats
PUBLIC SAFETY
Chief Wants Just One Town Rescue Squad
The question is why
PROVINCETOWN — Fire Chief Michael Trovato says this town needs its own emergency medical service to replace the Lower Cape Ambulance (LCA) Association, the nonprofit that has provided backup service […]
LEARNING
A Tour Explores the NRHS Renovation Landscape
Safety, systems, and space are top needs
EASTHAM — Nauset Regional High School (NRHS) opened its doors in 1972, and few alterations have since been made to its ahead-of-its-time open-campus design. Now the district is planning a […]
PUBLIC SAFETY
Gun License Info Is Exempt From Records Law
Police chiefs have discretion in deciding who can have firearms
TRURO — Police Chief Jamie Calise has denied a request from the Independent for more information about the number, types, and present whereabouts of the firearms and ammunition that were […]
LEARNING
Race vs. Cultural Differences at Nauset High
Lisa Brown teaches kids the path to a common denominator
Lisa Brown, a veteran teacher at Nauset Regional High School in Eastham, has a popular class with a curriculum of her own making called Exploring and Respecting Differences (EARD). Brown […]
ELECTIONS
Stephanie Rein to Run for Select Board
A local farmer hopes to help the working class
TRURO — If voters don’t know Stephanie Rein, a candidate for select board in the Feb. 18 special election, chances are all the kids in town do. Rein, 49, has […]
TECHNOLOGY
Kids’ Anxiety and Smartphone Use Are ‘Skyrocketing’
Screen time rules are needed for children (and adults, too)
Sixty-nine percent of kids have their own smartphones by age 12, up from 41 percent in 2015. And on average, 8-to-12-year-olds in the U.S. consume just under five hours’ worth […]
DEPT. OF COMMERCE
CDP Increases Small Business Loan Limit
The Community Development Partnership (CDP) has increased the maximum amount that can be borrowed through its small business loan program from $40,000 to $50,000. Loans are available to both startup […]
DEPT. OF COMMERCE
First Cape Pot Retailer to Open in Provincetown
The first retail marijuana store on the Cape was cleared to open in Provincetown after receiving final approval from the Mass. Cannabis Control Commission on Dec. 19. Curaleaf will […]
NATIONAL SEASHORE
Truro Ghost Town Still Inspires
From the Cold War to the Highlands Center to now
NORTH TRURO — In the Outer Cape’s collective memory, the fear associated with living and working at an Air Force station built to listen for incoming Soviet atomic bombs has […]
