PROVINCETOWN — Last February, a 30-member SWAT team responded in full protective gear when a Provincetown man expressed suicidal intentions and barricaded himself and his roommate inside their home with […]
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MILLION-YEAR PICNIC
Andromeda Gets Her Due
Seeing the spiral, glowing with billions of stars, of the galaxy closest to our own
As you learn the night sky, you tend to associate the seasons with the stars or constellations they reveal. Winter is Orion, the season for observing both the striking constellation […]
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
Humpback Whales at Stellwagen, Giant Tuna in the Harbor
The blues and stripers are still here, and there’s good albacore fishing up Cape
We dodged yet another tropical storm, as Ophelia veered to the west and made landfall in North Carolina instead of staying offshore and heading to our neck of the woods. I’ve […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Sept. 26 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
DEVELOPMENT
Walsh Property Plan Cut From 252 to 160 Units
Select board approves 18 recommendations, including phased development
TRURO — The proposed number of housing units at the 70-acre Walsh property dropped from 252 units to 160 after a 9-to-2 vote of the Walsh Property Community Planning Committee […]
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Raising Houses
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Provincetown are held in person, typically with an online-attendance option for both committee members and residents. Click on the meeting you want to attend on […]
TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Eversource Committee
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Truro are remote. Go to truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch. The agenda includes instructions on how to join. Thursday, Sept. 28 Climate […]
WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
RTE Bumped to 30 Percent
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Wellfleet are remote only, but some are held in person. Go to www.wellfleet-ma.gov/calendar and click on the meeting you want to watch, then follow the […]
EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Intersection Corrections
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Eastham are in-person, typically with an online-attendance option. Go to eastham-ma.gov and click on the meeting you are interested in for details. All meetings are […]
STORM CHASERS
Storm Offers Rare Encounters
Birders gather to see species blown ashore by Hurricane Lee
The night before Hurricane Lee tore through the coastal waters of Massachusetts, most Cape Codders were stocking up on food and hoping the storm wouldn’t hit too hard. Birders, meanwhile, […]
TOWN MEETING
Wellfleet OKs Wastewater Treatment, Town Planner
Inclusionary zoning is approved; only the nips ban gets nixed
WELLFLEET — The Sept. 18 special town meeting was a bylaw bonanza. Voters approved 10 bylaw amendments as well as an inclusionary zoning bylaw that drew lengthy debate but then […]
LITIGIOUSNESS
Former Principal Clerk Maclauchlan Sues Wellfleet
She accuses the town administrator of age and disability discrimination
WELLFLEET — Former Principal Clerk and select board candidate Jeanne Maclauchlan is suing the town and Town Administrator Rich Waldo for employment discrimination. The lawsuit, filed in Barnstable Superior Court […]
HOUSING
First $25K ADU Incentive Goes to Eastham Family
CDP program sees year-round rentals as key to keeping young professionals here
EASTHAM — Katie Castagno and Natalia Redyk call it the “Cape Cod shuffle.” They’ve been doing it since landing jobs here nearly three years ago. “We moved here to start […]
HEALTH CARE
40 Days of Anti-Abortion Protests Planned at Health Clinic
Cape chapter of a Texas group says it will hold prayer vigils
HYANNIS — For 15 years, people seeking abortions had to leave Cape Cod for care; the nearest clinic was over 100 miles away. But in July, Health Imperatives opened in […]
HEALTH CARE
Outer Cape Health to Have a Doctor as Its New CEO
Damian Archer has been OCHS’s chief equity officer since April
WELLFLEET — Outer Cape Health Services announced on Aug. 26 that Dr. Damian Archer will replace Patricia Nadle as CEO on Dec. 1. Since April, Archer has been the chief […]
