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EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Animal Ed.
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 […]
ANIMALIA
After-Dinner Research on the Outer Cape’s 81 Coywolves
Scat reveals they eschew shorebirds, hunt deer, and also eat our garbage and pet food
Fewer than 50 years ago, there were no coyotes on Cape Cod. Now, they seem to be everywhere.
NAUSET SCHOOLS
Clenchy’s Successor Will Have Some Tough Tests
New superintendent will face shrinking enrollments and rising budgets
ORLEANS — Nauset Public Schools Supt. Brooke Clenchy has confirmed that her retirement at the end of the current school year, first announced last month in an email to parents […]
DEMO DESK
Contractor Says Demolition Did Truro ‘a Favor’
Cape Cod Builders has a history of suing municipalities
TRURO — Cape Cod Builders, without the town’s permission, demolished a cottage in early October instead of renovating it for use as employee housing as the firm’s contract required. Thomas […]
ON THE BALLOT
Question 5 Would Increase Wages but Allow Larger ‘Tip Pools’
Many restaurant workers fear new rules would erase wage gains
It makes sense that a ballot measure that would more than double the wages that must be paid to tipped employees would be popular with at least one large block […]
ON THE BALLOT
‘Dark Money,’ Wind Power, and Question No. 7
A Hingham man’s solo campaign is behind a nonbinding referendum
ORLEANS — Until they saw the roadside signs urging them to “Vote NO Question 7,” most Outer Cape voters had no idea there was a seventh question on the Nov. […]
ON THE BALLOT
Question 6 Asks Voters to Decide County Budgeting Process
The answer depends on whether you think the Assembly of Delegates is ‘advisory’ or ‘co-equal’
After marking their choices for president, Congress, the state legislature, the county commission, and five statewide ballot questions, voters here will be presented with a sixth question that doesn’t appear […]
ON THE BALLOT
Question 4 Would Legalize ‘Psychedelics Centers’ and Personal Use
PROVINCETOWN — Among the many choices that Massachusetts voters face on Election Day is ballot Question 4, which would legalize and regulate several psychedelic substances. A “yes” vote would OK […]
LITTLE HOUSES
An ADU Project in the Seashore Becomes a Snafu
Conflicting laws could put Seashore homeowners’ certificates at risk, Supt. Flynn said
WELLFLEET — The owners of a two-acre property at 19 School House Hill Road are overseeing the finishing touches on an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) built under the town’s still-new […]
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
Chesapeake Bay Results Are In, and They’re Not Good
Striper spawning success is low for sixth year in a row
The results are in from the annual seine in the Chesapeake Bay to determine the status of the juvenile striped bass population, and the news isn’t good. Samples of fish […]
ON THE BEACH
The Emotional Comfort of a Go-To Lure
Even scruffy and worn, favorite lures create the confidence necessary for fishing success
Halfway through the upswing of my cast, I heard a snap and watched my silvery popper fly lazily overhead and plop in the fast-moving water a few dozen yards in […]
HOCUS POCUS
The Witch of the Wood
When certain shrubs are in the vicinity of fir trees, they can become infected with Pucciniastrum goeppertianum, a rust fungus that needs two different species to complete its life cycle. On […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Oct. 29 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
MORNING FLIGHT
Bird-Watching From a Different Cape
Huge numbers of birds fly by Cape May on their fall migrations
By late October, migration is winding down on Cape Cod. Many of our summer visitors are gone, our warblers are filing out to be replaced by sparrows, and our winter […]
