Spring has been a very confused season so far. As I write this, snow is falling in the western hills of Massachusetts as well as my winter home in the […]
Visual Stories
AT THE VET
During Crisis, Fewer Options for Animal Care
No hugs for the humans
People with pets that need veterinary care will find limited services and new protocols in place at Outer Cape clinics during the Covid-19 crisis. Most of what’s new will feel […]
ECONOMY
Creative Business Ideas for Summer Survival
Dining tables on Commercial Street, a lottery for rooms, beer trailers
PROVINCETOWN — Business owners are getting creative with plans for surviving what has been a devastating spring and will be a slow summer.
CIVIL WAR
The Right Place, the Right Time
Remembering Provincetown’s role in the Trent Affair
Newspaperman Roger Hawthorne presented a letter to the Provincetown Board of Selectmen in November 1961, urging the board to recognize the 100th anniversary of the “Trent Affair” with a proclamation […]
GALLERY
A Banana Baron’s Summer Home
Belvernon holds the history of local enterprise and summer fun
We wonder about the season ahead and what we’ll find at the other side. There are surely lessons to be learned from the historic houses around us and the people […]
THE VETERAN
Walter Bingham Was Born to Run, and to Write
The ‘Truro boy’ who became a writer and editor at Sports Illustrated
It’s Monday, Oct. 8, 1956, and New York Yankees pitcher Don Larsen is throwing a perfect game against the Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 5 of the World Series. A 26-year-old […]
VIEW FROM THE HIVE
Apitherapy for Anxiety
Honey bees head out for pollen, offering humans a chance for contemplation
Connecting with nature is one benign, widely practiced, and evidently very effective way of coping with anxiety. In Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick, Ishmael, instead of “stepping into the street, and methodically […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, April 21, included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
ON THE LANDSCAPE
Beyond the Lawn
Rethinking America’s most wonderful, ridiculous monoculture
The lawn. A tightly cropped, cleanly edged area of neat green. An outdoor carpet for lying on and looking at. A lawn is deeply ingrained in our culture as an […]
DOING GOOD
Nesting
Wild Care, the wildlife rescue center in Eastham, is open, but due to the Covid-19 crisis, staff are working remotely and the organization’s capacity is limited, according to a press […]
DIY
Happy Globes for Fun and Focus
Add a little glitter to your world
There’s something magical about watching the slow-motion world inside a snow globe. Ready to put winter behind us, we decided on glitter as a good ingredient for a springtime version. […]
STEAMERS
Illiberated
Illiberated by A. Crock
GALLERY
Outer Cape Households Make It Work
Carving out space for the new work/life balance
Working from home. Like it or not, it’s a new reality for many of us. And while some may be lucky enough to have a dedicated space with an actual […]
STEAMERS
Off the Wall
Off the Wall by A. Crock
BABYCAKES
Welcome, Greyson
Greyson Ethan Estey was born on Feb. 19, 2020, to Ethan Estey and Keri Stebenne of Wellfleet. His maternal grandparents are Roger and Shirley Stebenne of North Attleboro and his […]
