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Wellfleet
CANDY
The Chocolate Sparrow Flies Away
A beloved store is now a sweet memory
WELLFLEET –– On Main Street, there isn’t much to do if you’re under 10 years old. Sure, there are art galleries, coffee shops, and clothing stores, but those are pretty […]
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This Week in Wellfleet
Meetings Ahead From wellfleet-ma.gov, hover your mouse over a date on the calendar on the right of the screen, and click on the meeting you’re interested in to open its […]
HELP LINES
Wellfleet, Taking Cue from Provincetown, Dials In on Mental Health
Community members are on call, so no one has to go it alone
Editor’s note: In the Aug. 6 print edition of the Independent the Well Line’s phone number was incorrect. The correct number has been substituted below. WELLFLEET — “We all have to go […]
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This Week in Wellfleet
Meetings Ahead From wellfleet-ma.gov, hover your mouse over a date on the calendar on the right of the screen, and click on the meeting you’re interested in to open its […]
LEARNING
No Word Yet on How School Will Work
Alongside fear, there’s also ‘a strong desire to get back to the classroom’
A group of anonymous women have sewn two masks for every Provincetown student for their return to school in September. But whether students will actually come back to wear them […]
GALLERY
The Making of Two New Habitat Houses in Wellfleet
Handmade quilts, granite counters, neighbor-friendly porches, and teamwork make houses into homes for two families
The July 21 dedication ceremony for two new Cape Cod Habitat for Humanity homes in Wellfleet was virtual, but still celebratory, marking the culmination of a construction effort that started […]
BUDGET CHECK
Outer Cape Town Budget Stories Begin to Emerge
Eastham Eastham Is ‘Well Positioned Going Into This’ By Ryan Fitzgerald EASTHAM — The town’s finance director, Rich Bienvenue, presented a revised fiscal year 2021 budget proposal to the select […]
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This Week in Wellfleet
Meetings Ahead From wellfleet-ma.gov, hover your mouse over a date on the calendar on the right of the screen, and click on the meeting you’re interested in to open its […]
CORONAVIRUS
With Few Positives, Gaps in Reporting Remain
Visitors’ Covid test results are unavailable
WELLFLEET — There were no positive Covid-19 tests among the 987 people tested in Provincetown and Wellfleet during a two-day period in June, the Independent has learned. The tests, administered […]
Mass Appeal Is Open Again
WELLFLEET — The local source of free clothes is available again. Mass Appeal reopened on July 14 after months of being closed because of the coronavirus. Mass Appeal’s hours are […]
CIVICS
Wellfleet Town Meeting Moved Up to Sept. 12
Task force comes up with a plan to accommodate 350 people outdoors
WELLFLEET — Plans for the 2020 annual town meeting are at last set. Almost five months after the meeting was originally to have taken place, it will be convened at […]
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This Week in Wellfleet
Meetings Ahead Meetings are held remotely. Go to wellfleet-ma.gov and click on the meeting you are interested in for instructions on how to participate. Thursday, July 23 Natural Resources Advisory […]
HISTORY UNMUDDLED
Before 1620: Who Was Here?
Wellfleet Historical Society will reopen with new Wampanoag exhibit
WELLFLEET — On the official seal of the town of Wellfleet, a party of pilgrims rows ashore in a dinghy as a crowd of indigenous people wait on the beach. […]
SCIENCE AT RISK: PART 3
Shaping Local Knowledge and Activism
Collaboration is the key to conducting and applying research in the Seashore
This is the third and final article in a series on the Cape Cod National Seashore’s science program. It explores why science matters at the Seashore and why it’s at […]
