EASTHAM — Nauset Regional High School’s baseball team suffered losses to Plymouth South on April 21 and Medfield Senior High on April 23, dropping the team’s record to 3-4. But […]
Visual Stories
BACKYARD FARM
Saying Goodbye to Buttercup
Our beloved doe and her sister find happiness in Brewster
Buttercup was not born in our back yard, but she was the kid that made me a goat mama. She and her sister came to us from another small farm […]
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
Visit to a Small ‘Drowned’ Island
On Anegada, conch fishing recalls a simpler time
The cold spring weather continues to put the fishing season on hold. Flounder are beginning to bite off the Pamet, and a few tautog are being taken around rock piles, […]
TO THE MAT
Yoga Twists: Like Spring Cleaning for Your Body
How to breathe your way gently into a pretzel-shaped pose
It turns out that our bodies need a spring cleaning just like our homes do. Have you noticed feeling sluggish or stiff as spring comes on? In the winter, we […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, May 3 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
DOWNTOWN
Eastham Begins to Map a Village Center Master Plan
A community center, housing, green space, and entrepreneurship
EASTHAM — Back in December, the T-Time Development Committee submitted a lengthy list of recommendations for use of the town-owned parcel at 4790 State Highway, a former driving range. That […]
TOURISM
The Chamber and the Guild: The Way It Was
How Provincetown came to have two business groups
PROVINCETOWN — Eight LGBTQ business owners pooled their money in 1978 and started marketing Provincetown to gay tourists. They spent less than $1,000 on ads in New York theater magazines […]
AT THE PARK
Wellfleet Skaters Savor the Spring
‘Having the place to yourself and your best friends — there’s nothing better’
WELLFEET — Spring brings some privileges to those who’ve waited out winter here. For skaters, these cool preseason days mean the chance to tool around the park until the sun […]
MEET THE MAKER
Building a Better Bat Box
In an Eastham barn and on Etsy, a fan base for a maligned mammal grows
EASTHAM — George FitzGibbons became interested in bat boxes out of frustration. Not with bats, but with bugs. “My wife hates mosquitos,” he says. They would drive her nuts during […]
COCKTAIL HOUR
A Mouthful of Flowers
The drink for when spring inspiration eludes the cook
I’ve had my nose in the books. I spent this winter dragging the first draft of a food memoir out of the dish pits of my mind. As a counterpoint […]
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
Stop and Smell the Plankton
Of cold water, sea lice, early birds, and a few new rules
The weather this past week — the temperatures remained cooler than usual and the winds howled — was not conducive to an improvement in fishing. With the water temperature in […]
ON THE LANDSCAPE
At Dusk With the Peepers
Listening to the sound of spring in a vernal pool come to life
It happens one night in early April. The air is warm, softened, the hard edges of winter worn away by gentle rain. In the woods, a sound that had almost […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, April 26 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
NAVIGATING BY THE STARS
It’s a Zodiacal Full House. What Could Go Right?
Shifts happen with Pluto in retrograde, a black Moon, and a solar eclipse
This week’s planetary whodunit begins with Uranus in Taurus. The planet of change has been drifting idly in the most material of signs for nearly three and a half years. […]
AMBULANCE CALL
EMS Study: It’s Time to Phase Out Lower Cape Ambulance
Consultants recommend municipal EMS systems instead of shared services
TRURO — A regional study of emergency medical services in Truro, Wellfleet, and Provincetown, presented to the select board and finance committee on April 12, points to a phasing out […]
