PROVINCETOWN — Time is running out for Borislav Ivanov and his family. On May 15, the lease expires on the Commercial Street apartment where he, his wife, Iliana, and their three-year-old son have lived since October. … ▶
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VOTING IN TRURO
Final Challenges End in Three Upheld Voter Registrations
Two challenges filed by Slater were against town committee chairs
TRURO — The board of registrars heard a final set of challenges to voter registrations on Tuesday, April 16 and upheld all three. Truro voter Jon Slater had … ▶
FACT CHECK
As Voting Time Nears, Housing Is a Hot Topic
The Independent turns to experts for answers to common questions
Spring has arrived on Outer Cape Cod, and along with the robins and pollen, another seasonal visitor is making the rounds: electioneering letters. Town meetings … ▶
BUGS
Southern Pine Beetles Arrive on the Outer Cape
Warmer winters bring bark eaters to devour — or maybe just thin — our woods
The forests of the Outer Cape have undergone major changes throughout their history, affected by big forces, from fires to farming to 20th-century development. The … ▶
LEADERSHIP
Wellfleet Offers Guerino Regular Town Administrator Job
A three-year contract is in the works with the select board
WELLFLEET — Two months into his tenure as Wellfleet’s interim town administrator, Tom Guerino has reached a tentative agreement to take the helm as the town’s … ▶
BUSINESS
New Owners Plan to Make Wicked Oyster Year-Round
The ‘winter scene’ can support a restaurant off-season, says Alex Hay
WELLFLEET — On the night after Alex Hay, Garrett Smythe, and Sebastien Taffara closed on a deal to buy the Wicked Oyster, the trio brought their families to the … ▶
FLOW STATE
Gardens That Make Runoff a Resource
How fanya chini and Hügelkultur inform Peter Jensen’s Cape Cod permagardens
ORLEANS — Agroecologist Peter Jensen placed a hose along the road above the Church of the Holy Spirit and turned it on. The water flowed into a dirty channel between … ▶
THIS WEEK ON THE OUTER CAPE
LITERARY LIFE
Seniors and Fifth-Graders Team Up in Spelling Bee
Friendly competition brings old and young together in Eastham
ON STAGE
Students Take the Stage at WHAT to Sing and Dance ‘The Jungle Book’
A collaboration among grown-ups who know ‘theater skills are life skills’
DESIGN
The Objects of Modernism
Furnishings at the Breuer house reveal the architect’s ideas about everyday design
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
The Spring Show Begins
Watching Provincetown Harbor in wonder as right whales come in close
COOK’S KITCHEN
The Sweet Return of the Hummingbird Cake
Never let the truth get in the way of a good dessert
MORNING FLIGHT
Hang a Feeder for an Extraordinary Bird
Helicoptering, speed sipping, cold sleeping, and other evolutionary marvels of the hummingbird
FAKE FRUIT
Rogues Callery
GIRLS LACROSSE
Coral Punch Eyes Life After High School Lacrosse
After building character and building up a team, a Nauset senior is ready to focus on college
WARRIORS WATCH
Baseball Team Extends Winning Streak to 6
A weekly round-up of Nauset Regional High School sports
ON THE BEACH
A New Old Favorite Fishing Spot
A tiny fly pattern reveals the bounty in a Wellfleet kettle pond
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
ASTRAL PROJECTIONS
Cold Comfort Greets the Season of the Bull
This Taurus season, there’s no rest for the wicked
CURRENTS
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Pier Commission
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Provincetown are held in person, typically with an online-attendance option. Click on the meeting you want to attend on the … ▶
TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
ZBA Applicants Wanted
Meetings Ahead Meetings in Truro are often held remotely. Go to Truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you are interested in for an agenda and details on how to … ▶
WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Backshore Watch
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 … ▶
EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Budget Q&A
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Eastham are in person, typically with an online-attendance option. Click on the meeting you want to attend on the calendar at … ▶
BEACH/HOUSE 2024
ARCHITECTURE
The Nature of the Beach House
Seaside getaways where sun and wind inform the design
Beach houses have evolved since the modernists built their getaways on Outer Cape Cod starting in the late 1930s. But their work is still present in the minds of … ▶
LITTLE PLEASANT BAY
At Home on Pochet Island
A true rarity — a privately-owned, but publicly-accessible island in the Cape Cod National Seashore
Nancy Barrington can’t remember the first time she visited Pochet Island. “I’m sure Mom and Dad brought me when I was just a few weeks old,” she says, “and it’s been … ▶
ARTISANS
From the Earth We’re Standing On
Three local ceramicists forge their Outer Cape styles
The Outer Cape has provided the bedrock of inspiration for ceramicists Michael Ceraldi, Paul Wisotzky, and Isabel Souza. Ceraldi takes creative nourishment from this … ▶
WHARF GARDEN
The Art of Blanche Lazzell’s Flowers
One of Provincetown’s founding art colony painters fed her spirit growing things
“The gaiety and brilliancy of the flowers surrounding the studio of Blanche Lazzell attract and hold our attention whether we glimpse it from the waterside or … ▶
AT HOME WITH ARTISTS
Interior Landscapes in Dialogue With Light
For a few Cape Cod painters, domestic landscapes inspire
Bob Henry paints all sorts of things but periodically he sets up his easel and paints the rooms he lives in. In these paintings, a few of which can be seen at … ▶
SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL
Bringing Light to a Basement Makeover
A space for guests will get everyone through their vacation peaceably
When it comes to home renovation projects, sprucing up a basement falls low on most people’s priority lists. To some degree this makes sense: What could be more … ▶
ON THE LANDSCAPE
The Bee and the Beach Plum
For each, in a funny trick of nature, the other is all that matters right now
The dunes of the Province Lands were in full bloom. It was May, and the tops of the sandy hills were crested pink with Rosa rugosa. Beach plum, covered in fluffy … ▶
FOR THE BEES AND THE BUTTERFLIES
Five Perennials for Your Outer Cape Cod Pollinator Garden
Anise Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum) has flower spikes that look like fuzzy upright caterpillars the color of lavender. It blooms at intervals throughout the summer. … ▶