The Quarrel: Maggie and Nora are currently single-ish former college roommates. In May 2019, the roommates had a Category Five argument over the Game of Thrones finale. They haven’t texted […]
Visual Stories
HOOPS
Nick Minnerath’s Unlikely Path From Truro to Seoul
How the ‘Cape Cod Kid’ turned his life around to become a professional athlete
TRURO — Nick Minnerath was almost two years beyond high school when he and his dad, Michael Minnerath, drove from Truro to Nebraska to help his sister move in late […]
BEHIND THE WHEEL
The Long and Winding Road to Restoring a Classic
Notes on bringing back one of the last of the muscle cars
For those of us who are pretty much swamped during the summer season, but not the kind to close up shop in the winter, this is no time to kick […]
PIZZAZZ
Dougie Freeman Takes a Bow
He’s selling, but with no plans to stop finding beauty in everyone
PROVINCETOWN — Long story short: Dougie Freeman, who since 1982 has cut, colored, and charmed the Outer Cape, who was, he says, once young and gorgeous and 127 pounds and […]
NAUSET ROUND-UP
Fall II Season Set to Begin Feb. 22
Football, volleyball, indoor track, cheerleading are on
EASTHAM — High school football will be played in Massachusetts this year. The Mass. Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) voted on Jan. 29 to adopt sport-specific modifications to the “Fall II” […]
GREAT OUTDOORS
The Accoutrements of a Cold-Weather Cookout
Set up strategically, build a big fire, and tell your pod it’s b.y.o. blanket
The drifts of snow last week confirmed the reality that is winter. And if there ever were a winter to dive under the covers and not come out until mid-May, […]
FROM THE SNACKBOOK
Twice Baked, the Humble Hero of a Winter Picnic
The good life is a potato, warmed in the coals, and carried in a pocket
Since nearly a year ago, I’ve been cultivating a small, dedicated, cautious band of creative weirdos. We are, as they say, a “pod.” Keeping each other safe, (reasonably) calm, fed, […]
CAITLIN AND MOBY
Walking the Walk
Truro maritime student follows in Thoreau's footsteps
Caitlin Townsend of Truro, a senior in the Marine Science, Safety, and Environmental Protection Program at Mass Maritime Academy, has been walking the back shore as part of her research […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Feb. 2 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
MOVEMENT
Yoga for Better Bones
Exercise is part of the treatment for osteoporosis
We tend to think of the skeleton as an inert frame, but it is actually dynamic, living tissue. Bone cells are constantly breaking down the old and building up the […]
LIVELIHOODS
If Young Fishermen Learn Their Way In, Then What?
New federal program aims to rejuvenate a ‘graying’ fleet
Along the American coastline, historic fishing communities — from the tip of Cape Cod to Alaska’s Bristol Bay — are plagued with a problem. This time, it’s not overfishing, complex […]
ENVIRONMENT
Wellfleet Solar Array Gets Closer to Going Live
Clean energy boon is still stuck in Land Court
WELLFLEET — The array of 2,400 solar panels on Wellfleet’s capped landfill, which was installed by the renewable energy company Ameresco more than a year ago in December 2019, is […]
DEMOGRAPHICS
Mapping the Trump Vote on Cape Cod
The further down Cape the town, the more down on the former president it was
The editor of the Independent noted in his Jan. 14 editorial page column “that 2,144 citizens of Eastham, Wellfleet, Truro, and Provincetown voted for Trump on Nov. 3.” He didn’t […]
HOMESTEADING
Be Prepared for Predators
Don’t let the foxes, hawks, or fishers savage your henhouse
Every backyard chicken farmer must face the fact that some animals around us see those friendly hens as prey. On the Outer Cape, our flocks are up against a long […]
PODWORLD
Give Sports a Listen
An Indie Playlist of sports podcasts
Sports radio has gotten boring. But sports podcasts have taken its place, offering refreshing, serious, and educational listening. Here are some favorites: The Dan Le Batard Show With Stugotz Dan […]
