Update: The boys hockey team lost in the Round of 16 to Lynnfield by a score of 7-1 on Wednesday night. EASTHAM — The Nauset boys hockey team showed sheer […]
Visual Stories
IN HARM’S WAY
Radioactive Water From Pilgrim Would Flow to Outer Cape
Mapping of Cape Cod Bay currents shows path of potential contamination
PLYMOUTH — The company decommissioning the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth has not said much about where the radioactive water it proposes to release into Cape Cod Bay would […]
ANIMAL BEHAVIOR
Sharks Patrol Shallow Waters Here
Tagged sharks are common but can’t always be spotted from the air
PROVINCETOWN — The presence of great white sharks on the Outer Cape’s shores may not be the shocking news it used to be, but just how much of the time […]
FROM THE LARDER
Colcannon Made With Kale
A buttery mash of potatoes and greens for St. Patrick’s Day
When my sister-in-law and brother invited Christopher and me to join them on a hiking trip across Ireland’s Dingle Peninsula, you might be surprised to know, I didn’t say yes […]
RESTORATION
A Retreat for Artists Takes Shape at Edgewood Farm
Five years in, Castle Hill’s $1-million renovation spans barn to yurt
TRURO — Turn toward the ocean at the sign for Edgewood Farm on Route 6 and follow the road up a short hill. There you’ll find a striking shingled barn, […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, March 8 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
GRAVEYARD SHIFT
The Lifesaving Legacy of Capt. David H. Atkins
A historian lifts the shadow cast by anonymous critics and unfounded reporting
Edward Rowe Snow, the master chronicler of New England sea stories, wrote a letter to the Provincetown Advocate in February 1964, seeking information about descendants of Capt. David H. Atkins, […]
STREET FASHION
Leopard-Look Double-Take
Sallyanne Austin (left) of Nantucket and Helena Gomes of Stoughton leave brunch on Bradford Street in Provincetown, warmed by their faux leopard-print coats and hats, on a cold late February […]
CO-EXISTENCE
Foxes Are ‘Out and About’ for Mating Season
Wildlife experts urge humans to resist interacting with wild animals
PROVINCETOWN — In winter, it’s not uncommon to see a red fox trotting down Commercial Street at dusk. Foxes here have grown used to living near humans, enticed by our […]
TOWN FINANCE
Eastham Police Budget Hit by Overtime Costs
But trash is the ‘jewel of the town’
EASTHAM — With less than two months to go until the May 2 town meeting, finance committee meetings have become a revolving door of department heads presenting their budgets. The […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Three Nauset Teams Push for Playoff Run
Boys basketball, boys hockey, and girls hockey have deep ambitions
EASTHAM — “They’re confident, determined, and focused.” That’s how Jake Pickard, interim head coach of the Nauset boys ice hockey team, described his skaters as they prepared for a first-round […]
LEARNING TO CURL
Sticks and Stones Make for Good Curling
Two reporters try to ‘figure out the ice’ at the Orleans arena
ORLEANS — Curling always mystified Ron Fancy. And so, he took up the sport. He had watched curling on TV, Fancy said, but “I just couldn’t understand how they did […]
DIY
In a Wellfleet Back Yard, One Family’s Maple Sugaring Tradition
What to do after the thaw, when daffodils push up, crows return, and the sap rises
The Outer Cape is known for many culinary delicacies: Eastham turnips, Wellfleet oysters, and Provincetown’s seafood-laden Portuguese stews. But maple syrup? That’s long been the pride of our neighbors to […]
THE ESSENTIALS
Hugo Rizzoli’s Classic Marinara
An artist rediscovers his grandmother’s elemental tomato sauce
It all started with the savory scent of slowly cooking garlic drifting up the street from Ciro and Sal’s restaurant. Working that summer of 1978 as a painter’s assistant in […]
MILLION-YEAR PICNIC
Looking Back in Time and Space
The Hubble’s successor, the Webb telescope, will probe the limits of the universe
The full moon you see rising in the east now actually rose 1.3 seconds ago. That’s how long it takes sunlight reflecting off the lunar surface to reach Earth. If […]
