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We are building a homegrown news organization for Outer Cape Cod: the people who live and work in Provincetown, Truro, Wellfleet, and Eastham, and those who love this place from afar.

28/02/2025

Feds Terminate Three National Seashore Staff. Archaeologist, ranger, and restoration ecologist were fired on Feb. 14.

WELLFLEET — A nationwide mass firing of federal employees who were in their “probationary” first year on the job included three full-time staff at the Cape Cod National Seashore: archaeologist […]

27/02/2025

Final Chapter Is Written for House on Coastal Bank. Owner will pay for the demolition work after all, his attorney says.

WELLFLEET — Large excavators positioned on either side of the mammoth house built on a narrow strip of coastal bank in the National Seashore between the town’s harbor and Cape […]

24/02/2025

In Eastham, the advocacy group representing part-time residents hears from Aimee Eckman about her decision to support the RTE. Parker Mumford reports on that meeting, where Tom MacNamara, the group's leader, says the tax exemption will encourage members to register to vote in Eastham. And Eckman says she'd welcome having more people come live here year-round.

This article was updated on Feb. 20. EASTHAM — After changing her mind on the residential tax exemption (RTE), select board chair Aimee Eckman defended her decision in front of […]

23/02/2025

The Lagasses really are going to build that walkway they promised on their pier in Provincetown. Paul Benson reports.

PROVINCETOWN — A 1,825-foot-long public walkway that will allow people to walk out to the tip of the Provincetown Marina has taken two steps forward after years of delays. The […]

22/02/2025

Truro's ad-hoc Zoning Task Force is ready with changes to bylaws that could allow the town more flexibility in working with proposals for housing at the Walsh property. Aden Choate reports.

TRURO — The town’s ad hoc Zoning Task Force has drafted a proposal to create a so-called overlay district that would modify current rules for residential zoning within the town’s […]

21/02/2025

Remember those "safe communities" resolutions? Brian Zayatz looks into what they mean today in our towns. Our police say they don't see many ICE "detainer requests," so they rarely interact with ICE (though when they make an arrest, data must be shared with the agency).

PROVINCETOWN — The Trump administration has already begun to implement its plans for large-scale deportations, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids in major cities and legal threats to state […]

20/02/2025

The cold is deep. To resist, you might start with soup. That's chef Liam at Salty's Ramen pop-up. Katie O'Brien put together our annual rundown of where to eat out here at the far end of a long sandbar at the far end of a long winter.

When the season slows, those of us who stay put on the Outer Cape savor our stay-at-home evenings — until we don’t. Some of us have been sneaking out for […]

17/02/2025

Sheriff Donna Buckley tells reporter Tyler Jager that she has no plans to return to the department's 287(g) agreement with the feds, which would allow her to deputize her staff as ICE agents.

PROVINCETOWN — Despite a Jan. 21 memo from the federal Dept. of Justice directing U.S. attorneys to crack down on state and local officials seen as uncooperative with immigration enforcement, […]

16/02/2025

Provincetown is planning a $1.4 million budget override for adding police and fire leadership jobs and for pay raises, Paul Benson reports. $1.1 million of that is for the development of the fire dept., part of what it means to transition away from an all-volunteer firefighting force.

This article was updated on Feb. 16. PROVINCETOWN — At the April 7 town meeting, voters will decide on a proposed $1.4-million operating override that would expand the leadership ranks […]

15/02/2025

Reporter Aden Choate looks into the potential effects of Gov. Healey's cuts to the state's mental health services, including closure of the only state-run inpatient psychiatric facility in the county. A crowd spoke before the Assembly of Delegates, and the Wellfleet Select Board has written a letter asking the governor to rethink the cuts.

Editor’s note: Because of a production error, the last section of this article did not appear in the print version of the Feb. 13 edition. The full text of the […]

14/02/2025

Truro's select board and Town Manager Darrin Tangeman have agreed he is resigning. The details were reached behind closed doors, leaving reporter Aden Choate to put together what can be known based on the contract's wording and the fact that he's getting a full year's salary in severance.

TRURO — Town Manager Darrin Tangeman has resigned effective April 8 after four years on the job and with two years remaining on his three-year contract. Assistant Town Manager Kelly […]

13/02/2025

The statistics on people demanding censorship are alarming, but the Outer Cape's librarians say they have not seen a rush to remove books. They've done some education on their role in protecting people's right to read. Cape Cod's librarians heard from state Sen. Julian Cyr about legislation at the state house that aims to protect that freedom. Parker Mumford was there.

CHATHAM — A cloud of worry hung over the group of librarians gathered on Jan. 24 at the Eldredge Public Library for the CLAMS network’s annual legislative luncheon. Staff from […]

09/02/2025

In Wellfleet, a new harbormaster listens and learns the ropes. Tyler Jager reports on progress at the pier.

WELLFLEET — A Jan. 18 notice from the harbormaster raised eyebrows among shellfishermen here. Winter dockage fees for use of the pier, due on Jan. 31, were being increased dramatically […]

08/02/2025

What do we stand to lose here? Take a deep breath and consider the federal government's support of the infrastructure we rely on, the health care we need, the nature that defines our part of the Earth, and the arts that confirm our humanity in this rundown of the numbers by Paul Benson based on interviews with Outer Cape nonprofit leaders.

PROVINCETOWN — In the second week of the new Trump administration, the Office of Management and Budget sent out a memo announcing a “temporary pause” in the “disbursement of all […]

07/02/2025

School officials and shopkeepers and restaurant owners are gathering to educate themselves about their rights and how to safeguard the rights and safety of the immigrants in our lives. Aden Choate reports.

PROVINCETOWN — In response to the Trump administration’s decision on Jan. 21 to lift restrictions barring U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers from making arrests in “sensitive locations” including […]

06/02/2025

Deep in winter, when fear is afoot and isolation looms, the people in Eastham know what to do. Make spanakopita, get a guitarist, and come together, with pride. Reporter Parker Mumford goes to a potluck at the Chapel in the Pines.

EASTHAM — The Chapel in the Pines was a lively scene on the evening of Feb. 1 as seniors arrived from across Cape Cod bringing with them enough walnut and […]

02/02/2025

The middle school girls basketball team at the Provincetown Schools quadrupled its hoped for score at last Thursday's game. Aden Choate and Emily Schiffer were there.

PROVINCETOWN — Before the Provincetown IB Schools girls basketball team’s 31-25 triumph in a home match on Jan. 23 against the Dennis-Yarmouth Dolphins, the players enacted four rituals that set […]

01/02/2025

Eastham wants to be a place with a walkable downtown and lively mix of shops and apartments. Parker Mumford takes a look at the work of the zoning task force that is laying the groundwork for the vision.

EASTHAM — It hardly looks like the Eastham so many of us know. Locals chat on benches edged with flowers, while visitors dine under red umbrellas at the sidewalk’s edge. […]

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Nauset Interfaith's congregations participated in 17 minutes of bell-tolling or silence on Monday, June 1st to pray for strength in these times of Covid, as well as to pray for commitment to ending racism. This video captured by Nancy Bloom shows Rev. Kate Wilkinson at the Unitarian Universalist Meetinghouse in Provincetown.

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The Outer Cape is home to a creative, engaged, complex community, beloved by those who live and work here as well as by many part time residents and visitors. At the same time, environmental, social, and economic forces increasingly threaten the future of this uniquely fragile and beautiful place.

We believe good journalism can help bring us together to understand those challenges better and create a sustainable future here.

The news, after all, is a community’s way of seeking the true stories of itself. It involves us in sharing our lives, our joys, our struggles, our ideas, our generations in a way that keeps us connected and able to find common purpose.

We are inspired by the movement to save local journalism growing across the country. We believe the Outer Cape should be a part of it.

That is why with community support we are bringing together a group of reporters, photographers, artists and other smart people, all working to create a newspaper that is truly local, not “Wicked Local.”

We are dedicated to building a homegrown news business, one that will enliven our democracy and create local jobs. One that is not designed to make anybody rich, but to make our lives richer.

Our purpose is truth-seeking reporting on our towns, community organizations, arts, science and the environment, health and healthcare, education, children, family life, fishing and farming, the local economy. It is also to reflect the sometimes eccentric culture of this place.

Our vision is to find stories that bring us closer to our neighbors and to this Outermost place. We are going to celebrate all that is good here, in a place that’s proud of its tradition of welcoming separatists and strangers. And delve into the challenges we face on the far end of this sandbar.

The Provincetown Independent is for those who want to reckon with real life on Outer Cape Cod, the place we love now and the one we are creating for the future.

Our reporting covers the four towns on this final stretch into the Atlantic—Eastham, Wellfleet, Truro, and Provincetown—as well as the Cape Cod National Seashore.

As we launch, we are led by Edward Miller, editor and Teresa Parker, publisher. More about our backgrounds will be available in just another day or two at www.provincetownindependent.org