Glowing in the afternoon sun at Nauset Marsh like Chihuly art, Salicornia ambigua, the perennial glasswort, unambiguously lives up to its name. Evolved to survive the salt water as a […]
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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. 1 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Airport Commission
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
Farm to School
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, Oct. […]
WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Septic Regulations
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Wellfleet are remote only, but some are held in person. Go to www.wellfleet-ma.gov/calendar and click on the meeting you want to watch, then follow the […]
EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
New Deputy Fire Chief
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 […]
‘NAPIVILLE’
Current Tenants Can Stay, Say New Owners
They’re still unnamed, but lawyer spoke to officials about their plans
PROVINCETOWN — The 12 apartments at 25-27A Bradford St. known as “Napiville” after their former owner, Anton “Napi” Van Dereck Haunstrup, were sold for half their assessed value last month […]
EMPLOYEE HOUSING
22 Sheraton Workers Lived in 2 Rooms This Summer
The J-1 student visa holders get an American cultural experience
EASTHAM — The 22 seasonal workers who spent the summer employed at the Four Points Sheraton in Eastham as part of the J-1 visa program have now returned home. It’s […]
INTERGOVERNMENTAL
Peake Resigns as State Rep. to Advise Gov. Healey
Her staff will continue to serve constituents through the end of the year
PROVINCETOWN — Sarah Peake is one week away from turning 67, but it turns out she’s not retiring after all. After announcing in January that her current, ninth term representing […]
REGIONAL STRATEGIES
Commission Aims to Create Community Land Trust
Nonprofit land trusts can sell homes to working people at steep discounts
HARWICH — An effort to secure more housing for working people on Cape Cod took a step forward last week when the Cape Cod Commission announced it would hold a […]
GULLY-WASHER
Downpours Cause Flooding, Beach Stair Collapse, and Shellfishing Closures
Eastham got 6.6 inches over the weekend; Provincetown got 3.2
After three sunny, dry weeks, parts of the Outer Cape got over half a foot of rain between Sept. 19 and 22. The National Weather Service reported that Eastham recorded […]
BACKLOG DEPT.
Delays in Issuing Permits Afflict Builders in Wellfleet
OpenGov technology hinders progress in a staffing-beleaguered office
WELLFLEET — It is common knowledge among local contractors here that getting work done in Wellfleet takes longer than it does in other towns. The difference has to do with […]
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
Northeast Winds Bring a Chill to Fishing
Antiquated septic systems and cesspools affect the bay, not just ponds
Just when we start enjoying epic weather and think we have a fall bass run commencing, here comes Mother Nature to slap us in the face with reality. In the […]
MORNING FLIGHT
Turn Your Ear Skyward for Bobolinks
The birds that helped reveal migration’s secrets are overhead now
Bink! The sound pinged overhead as I walked along High Toss Road in Wellfleet. It was a crisp early autumn morning, and the north winds overnight had dropped a smattering […]
OFF THE SHELF
Fungi Are Our Friends
The spooky season has a way of arriving overnight: one day candy corn suddenly appears on the grocery shelf, the next day shelves of candy corn pop up along the […]
