Wellfleet’s New Year’s baby is Charles Dylan Emmons, who was born on Jan. 10 at Cape Cod Hospital at 10:51 a.m. to parents Nina Picariello and Alexander Emmons. Nina teaches […]
Visual Stories
THEATER
The Curtain Rises on Provincetown Theater’s 2020 Season
A look at the year ahead with Artistic Director David Drake
“It was deliberate,” David Drake, the artistic director of the Provincetown Theater, says of his schedule of new productions for 2020, his third year at the company. “Doing this season […]
GRAVEYARD SHIFT
Three Pastors on a Hill of Storms
From 1711 to 1828, Truro was served by three notable ministers
TRURO — Everyone who drives to Provincetown along Route 6 in North Truro travels across one of the town’s highest elevations, called in the old custom the “Hill of Storms.” […]
STEAMERS
Bong Appetit!
“Bong Appetit” by A. Crock
KITCHEN TABLE
Unforgettable Bar Nuts
With barely enough rosemary, brown sugar, and cayenne
We didn’t start drinking Manhattans at our house until after the election of 2016. After that, for a while, anyway, we’d mix up one cocktail, late at night, pour it […]
COCKTAIL HOUR
The Manhattan
A winter drink with an amber glow
As winter settles in for the long haul, thoughts turn to the warming properties of brown liquors. Such tipples include Scotch whisky (blended or single-malt); Irish whiskey (on a tear […]
VIGNETTE
Drones
“Drones” by Daniel Dejean
MLK WEEKEND
Martin Luther King Jr. Day Highlights
Though the great civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was born on Jan. 15, 1929, his birthday is memorialized on a federal holiday on the third Monday in […]
MILLION-YEAR PICNIC
Gems of the Night Sky
A beginner’s guide to the rainbow of star colors
Stargazing in winter is not for the faint of heart. Who would choose to stand out in the freezing cold for hours, staring up at the sky for a glimpse […]
Cafe
Are you sure…?
“Cafe” by Mary DeAngelis
BABYCAKES
Mila Fae Is Outer Cape New Year’s Baby
Mila Fae Davies became the first Outer Cape baby of the new decade on Jan. 8, 2020. Mila’s parents, Justine Ives and Edward Davies, braved snowy conditions on Route 6 […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Rare Bird Sightings
Confirmed rare bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the seven days preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Jan. 14 included the following, recorded on the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s […]
VIGNETTE
Warm Suit
“Warm Suit” by Daniel Dejean
CEPHALOPODS
The Long and Shortfin Year in Squid
With scientific squidbits from the decade that was
“They showed up early and left quickly,” said a Provincetown harbormaster. “Shortfin squid are everywhere,” said Owen Nichols of the Center for Coastal Studies. “For longfin, the Nantucket Sound fishery […]
STEAMERS
‘The Outermost Unaffordable House’
“The Outermost Unaffordable House” by A. Crock
