PROVINCETOWN — An air of excitement hovered over the West End last Friday afternoon. Herring Cove beachgoers cycled past black SUVs and suited men with earpieces and sunglasses. Further down […]
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HOUSING
Provincetown Takes Two Steps Toward Building More Housing
Select board endorses 40 units on Shank Painter and a land purchase on Nelson Ave.
PROVINCETOWN — The select board took two votes on July 24 that put the town on course to create up to 100 new apartments at two locations — one on […]
OCEAN SANCTUARY
State Agency Denies Holtec’s Permit Change
DEP’s draft decision blocks path to nuclear wastewater release for now
PLYMOUTH — The state Dept. of Environmental Protection issued a draft determination on July 24 denying a permit modification that would have allowed Holtec, the company decommissioning the shuttered Pilgrim […]
BEACH MONITORING
Cooks Brook Beach Reopens After a Two-Week Closure
Bacterial growth could have been encouraged by beach erosion
EASTHAM — The closure of Cooks Brook Beach on the Cape Cod Bay side of Eastham from July 8 to 21 seems to have been caused by natural bacterial flourishing […]
LOCAL ECONOMY
Fox & Crow Café Gets an Eviction Order
Landlords and tenant spar over unpaid bills and ‘uninhabitable’ staff quarters
WELLFLEET — Trudy Vermehren, the owner of the popular Fox & Crow Café on Main Street, is facing a threat of eviction at the height of the tourist season following […]
EARLY CHILDHOOD
Funds but No Staff to Grow Infant-Toddler Program
Without two new employees, school can’t add third child-care room
PROVINCETOWN — With a mix of federal and municipal funds already secured, a third infant-toddler room at the Provincetown Schools is ready to open its doors. There’s just one thing […]
CIVICS
Kathleen Bacon Announces Resignation From Select Board
She will step down after a special election in September
WELLFLEET — Kathleen Bacon submitted her resignation from the Wellfleet Select Board on Wednesday, July 19, citing “irreconcilable differences with the board, lack of leadership, and undue stress” in a […]
UNSHELTERED
Sleeping in the Elements in Provincetown
The nearest homeless shelter is St. Joseph House in Hyannis, more than an hour away
PROVINCETOWN — Mackenzie Perry, the Provincetown community support liaison for the Homeless Prevention Council (HPC), says that she works with 35 to 40 clients per month who are actively struggling […]
TAKE TWO
Eastham Gets to Yes on Two New Bus Stop Shelters
‘Not a problem,’ says CCRTA, to a rarely heard request
EASTHAM — The select board voted on July 10 to send a letter to the Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority (CCRTA) asking that shelters be added to two bus stops: […]
SEEING SPOTS
Clarice, the Calico Lobster
Lobster with mottled shell is a one-in-30-million rarity
WELLFLEET — In his 15 years of commercial lobster fishing, David Stamatis says he’s never seen a lobster like the one he pulled out of his trap in Cape Cod […]
ON THE BEACH
Move, Talk, and Follow the Bluefish
Three tips for catching bass from the beach on a summer day
On most summer days, even when there are no fishermen casting at the water’s edge, fishing rods stick up out of the sand on the back shore like so many […]
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
Smaller Bass, Bigger Blues
It’s still quiet on the big tuna front
Water temperatures have moderated from the unusually high numbers we were seeing the week before last. The harbor cooled down from readings as high as 78 degrees to a more […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, July 25 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
DIVERSIONARY TACTICS
‘Pee-Cycling’: One Way of Thinking Outside the Bowl
Cape towns consider the practical and the possible to reduce nitrogen
WELLFLEET — Kim Comart of the Falmouth Pond Coalition stood in front of 40 people at the Wellfleet Adult Community Center on July 6 and told them about a potential […]
JOURNALISM
Indie Fellow Wins National Award
Emma Madgic, a 2022 summer journalism fellow at the Provincetown Independent, has won the 2023 Excellence in Feature Writing (Non-Daily) Award of the national Association of LGBTQ Journalists, the organization […]
