Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, April 8 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
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PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Coastal Resilience Investments
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 link to […]
TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Incumbents, Challengers, and Newbies
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. […]
WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Watershed Plan Amendments
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Wellfleet are in person, typically with an online-attendance option. Click on the meeting that interests you on the calendar at wellfleet-ma.gov for details. All meetings […]
EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Pre-Town Meeting
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 […]
ENVIRONMENT
Adding Sand Could Help Salt Marshes Recover
Loose sand lessened crab burrowing and facilitated regrowth within a year
PROVINCETOWN — Across the Outer Cape, an ever-growing explosion in the Sesarma crab population is causing salt marshes to rapidly retreat — but a new study suggests that adding sand […]
TOWN MEETING
‘Seasonal Communities’ Goes to Voters in 4 Towns
Designation gives towns new options to encourage year-round housing
PROVINCETOWN — All four Outer Cape towns have at least one item in common on their town meeting warrants this spring: a vote on whether to accept the state’s new […]
STATE HOUSE
Luddy Says High Costs and Housing Are Still the Main Issues
Newly minted rep is holding ‘office hours’ around the district
WELLFLEET — First-term state Rep. Hadley Luddy spent two hours at the Wellfleet Public Library on March 3 as part of a series of biweekly “office hours” in the seven […]
TOWN MEETING PREVIEW
Fire, Housing, and Zoning Top Provincetown’s Agenda
Petitioned articles on inclusive bathrooms and short-term rentals round out the warrant
PROVINCETOWN — Reading the warrant for the April 7 annual town meeting feels a bit like perusing a buffet in Las Vegas: there’s a huge variety, and you must try […]
COMMERCE DEPT.
Coffee’s Coming Back to Commercial Street
A post-Covid law gives owners an extension on an old permit
WELLFLEET — After three decaffeinated years and three rocky rounds of zoning board hearings, it looks like it will once again be possible to get a cup of coffee on […]
ENVIRONMENT
The State of the Birds on Cape Cod
Shorebirds and saltmarsh sparrows are among those at a tipping point
WELLFLEET — A new report on research by leading bird conservation scientists, published by Cornell University, confirms that North American bird populations are continuing a steep decline. The North American […]
JOURNALISM
The Indie Wins 13 New England Press Awards
First-place honors for reporting on a Jamaican church, Truro’s part-time resident voters, and an entangled whale’s death
PORTLAND, MAINE — The Provincetown Independent won 13 awards at the New England Newspaper and Press Association’s annual convention on March 29, including five first-place prizes. Reporter Sophie Mann-Shafir won […]
ARGUMENTS
Nauset’s Mock Trial Team Finishes in State’s ‘Elite Eight’
Three seniors get perfect scores in championship match against Sharon
BOSTON — Nauset High senior Thomas White isn’t a lawyer, but he certainly sounds like one. He’s honed a presentation style that’s both eloquent and concise during his three years […]
THIS WILD CAPE
Respect for the Gulls
Learning to look for yellow legs and other distinguishing features that make a bird not just a bird
[Here we are, anywhere on Cape Cod. We look up and see a gull. There’s a flock in a parking lot, or bobbing on a freshwater pond. Fifty miles out […]
NATURAL SELECTION
Good for a Pain in the Apse
The smooth red-brown buds opening like hatches across from the Methodist Church in Provincetown may belong to Salix discolor, the native pussy willow, or they could belong to an introduced […]
