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UNSETTLED
After a Cease-and-Desist Order, a Legal Battle Ensues
Truro’s effort to stop Martin’s use of Seashore site is going to court
TRURO — The town’s building commissioner and zoning board of appeals have been consistent over the last year in their position that Robert Martin’s bulk sale of landscaping material from […]
HOCKEY HOPES
Nauset Boys Head to TD Garden for State Finals
Warriors top Somerset Berkley 6-0 in Final Four game
BOURNE — When the top-ranked Nauset Regional High School boys hockey team takes to the ice against no. 6 Marblehead High School in the MIAA Division 3 State Finals this […]
COMMUNITY
Chapel Fundraising Campaign Has All Hands on Deck
A concerted effort includes songs at the Commons and tours of the church building
TRURO — Since the mostly Jamaican congregation that meets at the Chapel on the Pond in North Truro received news of a substantial anonymous donation toward a possible purchase of […]
ACCOUNTING
NRC Cites Holtec for Improper Use of Funds
The company’s gifts in four different communities came out of taxpayer trusts
PLYMOUTH — Holtec Decommissioning International has misspent money from the decommissioning trust funds at all four nuclear plants it owns, using it to pay for activities like parades and softball […]
ANIMAL INSTINCTS
Observers Document Humpback Sex for the First Time
A same-sex moment provides limited insight into behavior of the species
PROVINCETOWN — The news that the first-known human observation of copulation in humpback whales documented sex between two males of the species has captured imaginations across the globe and perhaps […]
CIVICS
Kopits Declares for a Seat on Wellfleet Select Board
With a consulting background, he says he can analyze Wellfleet’s woes away
WELLFLEET — Steven Kopits turned in select board nomination papers on Monday, along with challenger Sheila Lyons and incumbents John Wolf and Tim Sayre. The four will vie for two […]
FIRST 100 DAYS
New Waves at Wellfleet Elementary
Adam O’Shea is the 91-student school’s new principal
WELLFLEET — A few things have changed at Wellfleet Elementary School since Principal Mary Beth Rodman retired last year and Adam O’Shea took the helm. For one, the signs look […]
MORNING FLIGHT
When Birding Opens Up ‘a Whole Huge World’
After getting a birding camp scholarship, Megan Morey explores next steps in environmental science
Some people think birding is something only older people do — people who have time on their hands and an ability to focus that supposedly comes only with age. But […]
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
A Gray Whale’s New England Visit
Signs of serious warming but also of animals’ adaptability
Greetings from my winter off-Cape worlds of northern Connecticut and New Hampshire. I’m beginning to get excited about returning to Provincetown Harbor for our soon-to-start fishing season. While I sharpen […]
COREMA, COREMA
At First Blush
Of all the native plants, Corema conradii, the broom crowberry, has one of the earliest spring blooms on the Outer Cape if not the very first. It’s a rare plant, common […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, March 12 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
ROTATION
Seashore Park Inn Is Set to Be Auctioned
The 3.2-acre property was purchased less than two years ago
ORLEANS — The Seashore Park Inn, a 62-room motel located just west of the Orleans-Eastham Route 6 rotary, is scheduled to go on the foreclosure auction block on March 21. […]
ON THE WATERFRONT
Old Reliable Plan Now Has Longer Pier and Marina
Conservation commission will review Barker’s expanded idea for blighted property
PROVINCETOWN — Developer Christine Barker’s vision for a blighted waterfront property has evolved dramatically since her initial proposal to redevelop the Old Reliable Fish House was unveiled in 2019. The […]
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Duelling Forums
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 […]
