There is a sliver of good news this week in the child-care department: a rental subsidy program administered by the Housing Assistance Corp. will begin next month, offering $450 per […]

The Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization came on June 24, eliminating the federal guarantee of abortion rights established in 1973 by Roe v. Wade. Since […]

Regular readers of the Independent may wonder why we make certain language choices in editing the paper — for example, why we won’t permit the word “informational” to be used, […]

Heather Cox Richardson teaches history at Boston College and writes a blog called “Letters From an American” that has become one of the most widely read newsletters in the U.S. […]

People often send us unsigned letters and emails, wanting us to investigate transgressions they think the community should know about. When these writers go to great lengths to conceal their […]

The hearings now being held in Washington by the committee investigating the riot that took place on Jan. 6, 2021 remind us of the danger we faced as a nation […]

The next chapter in the saga of Wellfleet’s financial misadventures will be written this Saturday at the annual town meeting. I live in Wellfleet, so I will be there, and […]

When I was little, my father would tease me for asking outlandish questions. “In baseball,” I once asked, “if a batter hits a home run so powerful it flies all […]

 It was exactly one year ago that we first reported the alarming condition of Wellfleet’s finances, after interim Town Administrator Charles Sumner revealed that the town did not have a […]

As I prepare to leave the Independent for a new journalism job in the city, I think back over more than two years at this newspaper, amazed at the variety of subjects […]

People send us lots of press releases, often with a kindly cover note saying something like “Please publish this in the next issue of your newspaper.” We’re happy to get […]

April is coming to an end, and that means the fellows of Provincetown’s Fine Arts Work Center will soon be leaving us. But Provincetown, we have come to learn, will […]

Weeks ago, I wrote about the lack of progress in bringing better internet service to the Outer Cape. One question that has been raised but never answered in these discussions […]

This issue of the Independent includes reflections on death and rebirth, street photos and interviews with people about faith and hope, and a holiday table reverie of spring vegetables — […]