A federal judge ruled in favor of the Wampanoag Tribe of Mashpee on June 5 in a suit the tribe filed against the Dept. of the Interior, which had attempted […]
Visual Stories
HOME IMPROVEMENT
Home Repair Aid for the Asking
No one in P’town has applied this year
Laurence Young of Provincetown had windows in his condominium dating back to the early 1980s, and electric heat upstairs that was expensive no matter how sparingly used. That changed in […]
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
While Waiting for Fish, We Count Sharks, Deer, and Coyotes
Not many stripers or blues, but the flounder are fat and fine
The Provincetown waterfront remains quiet, as commercial fishing boats go about their business of lobstering and scalloping, but the rest of the fleet is essentially tied to the dock waiting for […]
STILL CELEBRATING
More Grads From the Class of 2020
Editor’s note: The profiles of some of this year’s Outer Cape high school graduates were missing from our June 4 special section. Here are a few of them. Anna Rogers […]
DOVETAIL JOINT
Designing a Driveway to Enhance Curb Appeal
Clamshells to cobblestones, choose materials that won’t clash with your setting
The question: We’ve been living with a dirt driveway for a while now. We like the natural look of it, but it requires a lot of maintenance. It’s time to […]
GALLERY
The Backyard Bar of Dad’s Dreams
Everybody loves a limin’ shack
Fathers Day marks a migration from the man cave into the great outdoors. The traditional time to set up a gathering space around the grill, this year it’s more about […]
RECREATION
Rec Sails Away This Summer
Eastham, Wellfleet, and Truro cancel programs, but Provincetown has a plan
Summer recreation programs are fun for local kids, but also important because they provide jobs for teenagers and child care that helps working parents get through the summer months. But […]
LOCAL JOURNALISM PROJECT
An Introduction to a Summer of Reporting
This week the Independent welcomes five young journalists from across the country to its first summer fellowship program, made possible by donations and grants to its nonprofit Local Journalism Project. […]
FATHERS DAY
Lessons in Foraging for a Father’s Love
Michael Holt finds daisy leaves with his dad in Truro
TRURO — When Michael Holt was growing up in New York City, his summer weeks in Truro were “like a trip to the Garden of Eden.” It was here that […]
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 16, included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
NAVIGATING BY THE STARS
The Sun Crosses Into Cancer: Feel It
Solstice light ripens the chance for fresh starts
The Sun crosses into Cancer, heralding the start of summer with an abundance of solstice light. It’s a time of rooting, nurturing, and feeling … quite a change from Gemini’s […]
KITCHEN TABLE
Spinning Carrot Tops Into Supper
With garlic, almonds, and olive oil, they’ll work while you wait for the basil to grow
If you don’t get out to the garden to thin your row of carrots right now you will end up with runty twisted results, carrots unsuitable for prizes at the […]
VIRTUAL ARTS
Charting Courses on the Outer Cape
Brush up your skills during a time of crisis
It wouldn’t be summer on the Outer Cape without courses. And, fortunately, though indoor courses in art and writing are not in the offing at this stage of the coronavirus […]
MEMORIES
A Visit to Peter Watts
Unlocking the Outer Cape’s light in a Wellfleet studio
WELLFLEET — “A Norse god,” his wife, Gloria, said of him — sometimes with a wry smile. With a tall, straight physique and a leonine head, handsome at 88 years, […]
YOUTH PRIDE
Covid-19 Takes a Toll on LGBTQ Youth
Facing cancellation, Camp Lightbulb goes virtual
For many in the LGBTQ community, annual pride events commemorating the Stonewall uprising of June 28, 1969, have constituted their first euphoric moments of connection, of celebration, of feeling recognized […]
