After three years of dreaming, planning, and raising start-up funds, plus a month or so of online posts, the first regular weekly edition of the Independent was published on Oct. […]

There’s a kerfuffle going on in Wellfleet over clamshells. The town shellfish department uses cultch — recycled clam and oyster shells that form a bed for oyster larvae to grow […]

Santa’s got me thinking: What is it that we most want the kids in our own and our friends’ families to have this year? Recent news reports suggest that it’s […]

Nuclear power appears to be making a comeback. After years of decline in the number of operating U.S. reactors, there are signs that new ones may be on the way. […]

When the big-city press publishes a story about weekly newspapers these days, it’s usually focused on how they’re losing readers and going out of business. But last Sunday’s New York […]

There’s a gift in this Thanksgiving issue of the Independent. It’s a special section called Young Voices, a collection of articles from past issues of the newspaper written by next-generation […]

Billy Hough has been a Provincetown original for a long time, as fans of the singer and songwriter’s stage show “Scream Along With Billy” will readily confirm. Hough and bassist […]

In the week since the election, I have read more than my fill of hand-wringing analyses, chilling predictions, and assignments of blame. I’m not going to add to that bleak […]

As this most anxiety-provoking presidential election campaign comes to a climax, we are here at our desks with our heads down, working against the weekly deadline on stories about affordable […]

“Why We Don’t Endorse” was the title of a column I wrote in April 2023 explaining why the Independent was not endorsing any candidates in town elections that year. “We […]

I like a good argument. That’s been true ever since I was a member of the debating club at Teaneck High School. We faced off against teams from other schools […]

“You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows,” sang Bob Dylan in 1965. Now, the weathermen are warning us about winds that would have been unimaginable […]

This week’s issue of the Independent includes our annual statement of ownership, management, and circulation (see page A19), which the U.S. Postal Service requires of all periodicals that are delivered […]

Scroll down the Boston Globe’s homepage and you’ll come to a lineup of stories under the heading “From Our Partners.” They have headlines like “You can afford that big European […]