“Let’s skip it this year,” said K.C. Myers, feeling jaded about the ice cream survey. “We’ve tasted it all before.” But that was before summer really heated up, before the […]
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BACK TO THE GARDEN
In the Hidden Gardens of Eastham, Places for Pollinators
Alongside show-stopping hydrangeas, a plant-animal spectacle
Gardens are extensions of their caretakers’ personalities and interests, but often they are mostly hidden from view. Last week, I had the good fortune to attend the Eastham Garden Tour. […]
AVIATION
Tailwind Air Aims for Provincetown Harbor in 2023
Seaplane service is currently landing at Provincetown Airport
PROVINCETOWN — Just before Memorial Day, Tailwind Air added Provincetown to its roster of seaplane destinations. The eight-passenger, two-pilot Cessnas fly from the East 23rd Street seaport on Manhattan’s East […]
FOURTH OF JULY
Wellfleet Shows Its Stripes and Stars
Performers and pirates on parade
Skyler Cole, a performer with Payomet’s Cirque by the Sea troupe, wheels down Wellfleet’s Main Street during Monday’s 4th of July parade. Read more for more Wellfleet Independence Day photographs. […]
INDEPENDENCE DAY
July 4th Events on the Outer Cape
Parades and fireworks
Provincetown Provincetown’s Fourth of July parade begins at 11 a.m. at the Harbor Hotel in the East End and proceeds down Commercial Street to Franklin Street. Floats will be judged […]
SPEAKING OUT
Music and Calls to Action Mingle at This Block Party
Performance, poetry, and food made this year’s Juneteenth a celebration
PROVINCETOWN — “If we can’t undo the mistakes of the past, then we have a responsibility to acknowledge those mistakes,” said Ngina Lythcott of Provincetown, speaking to a crowd of […]
HIDDEN STRENGTHS
At Rehearsal With the Cape Cod Ballet Theatre
Athleticism and joy fuel young dancers’ return to the stage
HARWICH PORT — Kyla Potoczny soars through the air with grace at full stretch during the Cape Cod Ballet Theatre’s rehearsal for “Ballet, Broadway and Beyond,” which opens June 18. […]
EDITOR’S NOTE
Graduation Stories
Celebrating the Outer Cape's Class of 2022
For the third year in a row, the Independent honors our towns’ high school graduates in a special section. Not all responded to our efforts to reach them, but most […]
NEW BUSINESSES
What and Who Are New on the Outer Cape’s Main Streets
Galleries, lamps, bagels, and amps — and Jams changes hands
The lupines are in bloom in the meadow at Fort Hill in Eastham. Also blossoming are new businesses. Here’s what we found on this season’s new ventures from Eastham to […]
REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK
Remember Jesse Silva
Marine Corps Vietnam combat veteran Paul Mendes suggested that we do a Memorial Day story about Staff Sgt. Jesse Arnold Silva. He said that Silva, a paratrooper, was the first […]
THEATER
Behind the Scenes at ‘Beauty and the Beast’
Musical theater brings Provincetown Schools students together again
PROVINCETOWN — Dress rehearsal is about to begin, and students are dancing around stage lights and props with all the giddiness of an ensemble that’s preparing to take the stage […]
DIRT
Vegan Mud Pies in a Hobbit-Inspired Kitchen Near an Edible Forest
Cape Cod Tech and Nauset High students help revamp a library’s gardens
TRURO — This summer, when the “mud kitchen” behind the Truro Public Library is open for business, Leela Okeanos, who just turned six, plans on making vegan mud pies. The […]
HOUSING
ZBA Hears Special Permit Bid for 5,100-SF House
The intent of Truro’s size limit for structures is one of the issues
TRURO — Attorney Ben Zehnder did his best to make his client’s proposal to build a 5,100-square-foot house at 17 Coast Guard Road sound like a good thing for the […]
ENVIRONMENT
Searching for Alternatives to ‘Beach Nourishment’
Oystermen say ‘sacrificial sand’ is burying their shellfish grants
WELLFLEET — To preserve eroding property and maintain beaches, thousands of cubic yards of so-called sacrificial sand is piled on coastal banks and bay shores here. It does not stay […]
EARTH DAY
Great Marsh Cleanup
The volunteers’ haul: 440 pounds of trash, 1,300 pounds of wood, metal, and 28 tires
EASTHAM — The Eastham Conservation Foundation celebrated Earth Day a week early on April 16 with its fourth annual Earth Day Great Marsh Cleanup. And clean up they did, with […]
