It’s 5 p.m. on a Friday, and I’m exhausted after a long work week. I spend all day motivating other people to move, but right now I feel like lounging […]
Visual Stories
LOVE, ACTUALLY
A Wedding on the Beach
Andrea Sawyer and Brian O’Malley
Andrea McCatherin Sawyer and Dr. Brian O’Malley, both of Provincetown, were married on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021 on the beach at the Beachcombers Club on Commercial Street. Guests from California, […]
ON THE LANDSCAPE
Walled Gardens Can Put Us at Ease
More than a collection of plants, a garden is a place that speaks to body and mind
On a recent trip to Philadelphia to visit friends, I had an opportunity to sit and think about space. My friends’ house is in a tightly packed neighborhood with narrow […]
SUMMER SPORTS
Provincetown Tennis Club and Yacht Club Wrap Up Season
PROVINCETOWN — The Provincetown Tennis Club finished the season last month with its annual members tournament. Last year, the club had to rearrange the tournament to comply with Covid protocols, […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Girls Soccer Bounces Back After Tough Loss
A weekly roundup of Nauset High School sports
EASTHAM — The girls soccer team lost for the first time this season in a tough match against Bridgewater-Raynham last Thursday. The Warriors controlled possession for most of the game […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Oct. 5 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
SOCCER
Nauset Girls Are Ready for Recognition
The team looks to avenge last season’s league championship loss
EASTHAM — The Nauset Regional High School boys soccer program has been stellar for years. The team goes through undefeated streaks, accumulates league and state titles, and has pumped out […]
SCIENCE
National Seashore Showcases Its Research Efforts
Scientists share their findings — and, of course, discuss climate change
WELLFLEET — Attaching heart monitors to bay scallops, examining the fuzzy organisms on blades of seagrass, and counting sea stars. These are the kinds of things scientists from across the […]
MEET THE MAKER
Paul Townsend’s After-School Sewing Success Story
Making key fobs takes an eye for detail and skill at the machine
WELLFLEET — Sewing spans the generations in Paul Townsend’s family. His grandmother, Theresa Townsend, remembers how, as a toddler, he would sit on her lap while she sewed quilts, fascinated […]
KITCHEN TABLE
An Italian Apple Cake That Doesn’t Have to Wait for Dessert
Torte di Mele to serve with coffee and gossip
Dessert as a last after-dinner thing has never made a lot of sense to me. Pie for breakfast was something condoned by my grandmother — and she gardened and cooked […]
TRANSITION
Center for Coastal Studies Chooses a New Leader
President Richard Delaney will remain as senior adviser
PROVINCETOWN — Unlike the stereotypical introverted scientist, Sarah Oktay, the new executive director of the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS), puts herself out there. “It has always been my M.O. […]
BASEBALL
A Day to Remember at Fenway
A reporter returns to professional sports
BOSTON — For better or worse, sports venues across the country have welcomed back fans in full attendance in the last year or so. NBA fans were able to attend […]
NAVIGATING BY THE STARS
Take It Slow: Mercury Is Retrograde in Libra
There will be glitches, or are they chances to recalibrate?
Despite the crossed wires and mysterious technological mishaps that are the hallmarks of a Mercury retrograde, there is more than mere mayhem to the planetary position affecting us right now. […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Sept. 28 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
GRAVEYARD SHIFT
Isaiah Hatch and the Wreck of the Franklin
On his first excursion to Cape Cod in October 1849, Henry David Thoreau stopped in Cohasset to view the gut-wrenching aftermath of the wreck of the brig St. John, carrying […]
