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April Fools Edition
22+ hour, 15+ min ago (1025+ words) By The Independent Staff and contributors Apr 1, 2026 TRURO " Finding herself in a creative rut, a local artist looking for a fresh medium told the Independent that she might start working on a "totally novel" piece " one that will use Cape…...
Afterlives of Hawthorne and Dickinson
22+ hour, 31+ min ago (426+ words) By Abraham Storer Apr 1, 2026 The students in the Jerusalem Studio School's master class watched as their instructor Yedidya Hershberg demonstrated how to make a premier coup painting. It was February and their first foray as a class into painting; until…...
Real Estate Transactions
17+ hour, 15+ min ago (322+ words) Recorded at the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds from March 23 to March 27, 2026." March 23. 296 P & J LLC [Paolo G. Martini and Jonathan S. Hawkins, managers] to Crown & Anchor Holdings LLC [Tristan Schukraft, manager]. 296A Commercial St. $1,500,000. March 23. Victoria Standish LLC [Paolo G. Martini and Jonathan…...
A Devotee Recreates Nirvana in Eastham
21+ hour, 12+ min ago (760+ words) By Parker Mumford Apr 1, 2026 When Dave Poitras switches on the power in the arcade at Poit's Lighthouse Mini Golf on Route 6 in Eastham, he fires up what might be the largest collection of pinball games on Cape Cod. Metallophone chimes…...
Provincetown and Wellfleet Harbors
22+ hour, 57+ min ago (71+ words) Know when to hit the flats. Tagged With: tide charts Filed Under: Provincetown, Tide Charts, Wellfleet By Abraham Storer Apr 1, 2026 By Juliet Leary Apr 1, 2026 By Lydia Horne Apr 1, 2026 By Emma Fiona Jones Apr 1, 2026 By Antonia DaSilva Apr 1, 2026 By The Independent…...
Scallop Season
22+ hour, 30+ min ago (262+ words) Most meetings in Wellfleet are in person, typically with an online-attendance option. Click on the meeting that interests you on the calendar at wellfleet-ma.gov for details. All meetings are at Town Hall unless otherwise indicated. The select board voted…...
A Visit to the Inky
22+ hour, 48+ min ago (395+ words) By Edward Miller Apr 1, 2026 A year ago, I wrote that "the local newsrooms we admire are still committed to writing the story of this country, town by town. That story is the antidote to dictatorship." The president had just issued…...
Scrambled Symphony
22+ hour, 18+ min ago (97+ words) Tagged With: crossword Filed Under: Crossword, Visual Stories Sophia Maymudes is a Seattle-based software engineer. Her puzzles have been published in the New York Times and the Inkubator. She has spent a part of every summer of her life in…...
Ariel Miller’s Fish Tales
22+ hour, 33+ min ago (541+ words) By Lydia Horne Apr 1, 2026 "In my mind, there's a circle around fishkeeping, conspicuous consumption, masculinity, ferality, illegality, fear, and desire," says Miller. "I'm not actually a fish person myself, but I think that fear or repulsion was why I got…...
Making Unlikely Images From Bits of the Ordinary
22+ hour, 37+ min ago (380+ words) By Emma Fiona Jones Apr 1, 2026 Calhan Hale's studio exudes the same gentle ease and summery daze as her oil paintings. The space is strewn with snippets of images " flower fragments, exit signs, particle board, a broom, a fire hydrant, a…...