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MAIN STREETS
North Eastham Master Plan Is in Its Final Draft
A proposal for 69 new housing units, mixed-use retail, and open space
EASTHAM — If the North Eastham Village Center Master Plan is carried out in its current form, the town will gain 69 new housing units at the Town Center Plaza, […]
ENVIRONMENT
Standstill on the Breakwater as West End Moors Decline
Army Corps has been waiting for a year for go-ahead on new study
PROVINCETOWN — Science and government tend to be slow-moving, but the purple marsh crab moves fast, gobbling up the spartina grass of the West End Moors. Spartina grass holds the […]
ECONOMY
The Provincetown Bookshop Finds a New Home in Town
Barbara Clarke will be both tenant and investor in Christine Barker’s Commercial St. projects
PROVINCETOWN — The new owner of the Provincetown Bookshop has found a home for her store, just a block or so from its former Commercial Street location. The building it […]
JUSTICE
District Attorney Candidates Debate Racial Disparities and Public Safety
Rob Galibois and Dan Higgins compete in a ‘generational election’
WEST BARNSTABLE — After the Nov. 8 election, the Cape & Islands will have a new district attorney for the first time in two decades. Defense attorney Rob Galibois, the […]
Planning Board Rethinks Employee Housing Article
Article 8 will be amended or withdrawn on town meeting floor
PROVINCETOWN — Only a week after the Nov. 9 special town meeting warrant was finalized, the planning board decided that Article 8, which would add employee housing to the town’s […]
NEIGHBORHOODS
Moving Back From the Edge and Into a Neighbor’s View
Wellfleet ZBA considers a ‘proactive’ move, but with conditions
WELLFLEET — Requests to move shoreline houses back from coastal banks to protect them a little longer from erosion have become commonplace here. They can cause controversy with neighbors who […]
TRANSPORTATION
Traffic Hearing Will Include Bicycle Safety Requests
Deadline for citizen proposals is Oct. 28
PROVINCETOWN — Town meeting may be the textbook example of New England democracy — but that’s only because the textbook writers haven’t been to the annual traffic hearing here. Once […]
MILION-YEAR PICNIC
Learning to See the Seasons in the Night Sky
As Jupiter and Saturn take center stage, you know it’s autumn
A range of signals alert you to each season’s arrival. The changing light, the landscape, the weather, and the amount of traffic on Route 6 all tell the time of […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Oct. 18 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
ALWAYS READY
Down at the Station
WELLFLEET — Children lined up to learn about all things firefighting at the Wellfleet Fire Dept.’s open house on Oct. 8. Lieutenant Shaw Clark worked with fellow firefighters to give […]
HALLOWEEN
Nauset High Schoolers Haunt the Crosby Mansion
BREWSTER — The Nauset Players have created a first-ever haunted house at the Crosby Mansion at 163 Crosby Lane, Brewster. The carefully restored historic house, built in 1888 by Albert […]
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
That Depends on the Question
Meetings Ahead Some meetings in Provincetown are in person, some are online, and some are both. Click on the meeting you want to attend on the calendar at provincetown-ma.gov for […]
TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
North Truro Post Office Gets Art
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, Oct. 20 Charter […]
WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Oysters Are for More Than Eating
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Wellfleet are remote only, but some are being held in person. Go to www.wellfleet-ma.gov/calendar and click on the meeting you want to watch, then follow the instructions […]
