PROVINCETOWN — As eighth-grader CJ Reid marched down Commercial Street through the West End of Provincetown, he explained his view of the root cause of homelessness on the Cape: housing […]
Visual Stories
KITCHEN TABLE
Day Boat Scallop Ceviche for Summer
Sweet sea scallops shine with the bright flavors of lime and cilantro
Chris Merl’s life on the water started over 30 years ago, first diving for oysters, then farming them. Along the way, after learning the ropes from others, he segued into […]
CROSSWORD #22
Happy Father’s Day
Give up? Here’s the solution to the crossword puzzle, “Happy Father’s Day,” by Sophia Maymudes:
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
The Trouble With the Bass Rules: Throwbacks Don’t Survive
Mackerel and squid are here, and bluefish are close behind
Bass fishing exploded in our area this week. And the big fish have arrived. Capt. Nico Pace of the Cape Tip’n, Capt. Russ Zawaduk of the Lisa Z, Capt. Rich […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Thomas Pitches Shutout in Warriors’ Playoff Win
Christopher sets two school track records
EASTHAM — Senior Kurt Thomas has been pitching gems all season long for the undefeated Nauset High School baseball team. Monday’s playoff game against the Somerset-Berkley Raiders was no different. […]
NAVIGATING BY THE STARS
Jupiter Is Retrograde in Mystical Pisces
The planet of luck and expansion says look back … and forward
As you were dancing around a sacred solstice bonfire with far-out friends and midnight familiars, Jupiter stalled momentarily in the sky. Then, it went retrograde in Pisces, where it has […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, June 22 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
BABYCAKES
Welcome, Oso
Oso Nikomo Portnoy-Kim was born on April 25, 2021 at the BirthPlace at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Plymouth to Eben Portnoy of Wellfleet and Shirley Kim-Ryu of Seoul and […]
Scenes From Graduation 2021
IN THE STUDIO
A Time for Portraits of Togetherness
Seeing and being seen again, graduates know ‘it is going to be okay’
Amy Kandall teaches ceramics and painting at Nauset Regional High School. Last year, during the first months of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Provincetown Independent asked her to create an illustration […]
DOVETAIL JOINT
Step Inside Alex Brewer’s Magical ‘Dunegrass Tavern’
A timeless space for music and friends, built from generations of salvaged wood
The musician and carpenter Alex Brewer has deep family roots in Wellfleet. His great-great-grandmother was Ada Freeman, daughter of Capt. Richard Rich Freeman, the first president of Wellfleet’s Mercantile Wharf. […]
ON THE LANDSCAPE
Lilacs Tell a Story
A lonesome plant, found in the woods, might have marked an entryway — or an outhouse
In a recent conversation with a friend, the subject of lilacs growing in the wild came up. My friend had been on a walk in the woods of Wellfleet when […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, June 15 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
WATERWORLD
Sailboat Race Series Begins June 26
Calling all dinghies and keel boats to an ‘even playing field’
PROVINCETOWN — There may be some tacking duels in Provincetown Harbor this summer. That’s when two or more sailboats are moving side to side, jostling for position toward the end […]
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
Bluefish, Bass, and Flounder Fishing Improves in the Bay
But whales have been mostly absent
Fishing is heating up, with bluefish showing up in the bay and keeper-size striped bass being caught more and more. In the last week, striped bass keepers were taken off […]
