PROVINCETOWN — Shawn Fiedler and Joshua Butts hopped on the morning ferry from Provincetown to Boston last weekend to elope. They were married at Old South Church next to Copley […]
Visual Stories
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
Cool and Windy for Fishing, Hot and Bothered About the Rules
Skinny stripers and fat flounder define the week’s catch
Striped bass fishing was a bit spotty last week. They seem to be cruising north to south in the bay. From the Pamet to south of Billingsgate Shoals are where […]
CROSSWORD #42
Beachgrass
WARRIORS WATCH
Boys Track Team Wins Cape & Islands Title
A weekly wrap-up of Nauset Regional High School sports
EASTHAM — The Nauset boys track team won the Cape and Islands Championship at Monomoy on Monday with a team score of 106. Dennis-Yarmouth was second with 93, and Falmouth […]
ON THE BEACH
Looking Back to Plan Ahead for the Future of Striped Bass
The catch has improved — but not because there are more fish
New England groundfishermen complained loudly two decades ago about increasing regulation of various fisheries, notably our region’s cod and haddock, which were easily its most lucrative species. Why cut the […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, May 23 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
ASTRAL PROJECTIONS
Season’s Greetings. Now Seek to Accept Them.
The stars align for a high-energy start to summer
Prepare to share this space again, townies and washashores: It’s that time again. We’ll all have a little help from the Sun’s sextile with Mars. That should spark a lively […]
THE COMMUNICATOR
Smoochie Takes a Bullet
If the cat knows who pulled the trigger, he’s not saying
PROVINCETOWN — Not long after Smoochie Chute set out on his morning walk April 13 around his East End neighborhood with his brother, Love Bug, he returned, screaming in pain. […]
THE SCHOOL MUSICAL
Provincetown Packs the House for Once Upon This Island, Jr.
Students chose this year’s show, a Caribbean coming-of-age story
Students at the Provincetown Schools wrapped up their theater season last weekend with sold-out performances of Once Upon This Island, Jr. The musical is an adaptation of the show that […]
ON THE LANDSCAPE
The Leafhopper’s Leap of Faith
A bug provides perspective on a world of possible soft landings
It was a lie-in-the-grass type of day, so I listened and lay in the grass. If a day has this feeling, and you have a moment, it’s a good thing […]
GARDENER’S NOTEBOOK
Playing in the Garden
For Fiona Mulligan, travel and experimentation yield a multitude of crops
Text and Drawings by Abraham Storer Although it’s still early in the season, Fiona Mulligan’s Eastham garden is full of green, and her small hillside orchard is dotted with flowering […]
MILLION-YEAR PICNIC
Venus, the Great Star
The story of a bright planet where the greenhouse effect got out of hand
Have you noticed the very bright star in the west these past few months? That’s the planet Venus. Among the denizens of the night sky, its brilliant blue-white light is […]
FROM THE LARDER
A Walk in the Woods for Nettle Soup
Foraging gives a cook a break from all that produce-aisle plastic
Once again, I sigh as I browse the produce aisle at the grocery store. There, standing between me and the blueberries or kale or lettuce, is so much plastic. Those […]
M.I.B.
On the Unknowable Path of a Message in a Bottle
A beachcomber’s find in Truro provides a lesson in how ocean currents work
TRURO — Fred Marshall was out hunting for sea glass on Cobb Hill Beach on April 16 when he thought he spotted treasure: a glint of cobalt blue — the […]
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
The Stripers Are Here, and the Bay Is Hot
Right whales have moved on; mackerel are many; flounder fishing picks up
The 2023 striped bass season has officially begun on the Outer Cape. It may seem like we’ve been waiting a long time, but the truth is they are way ahead […]
