There’s a gift in this Thanksgiving issue of the Independent. It’s a special section called Young Voices, a collection of articles from past issues of the newspaper written by next-generation […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Get Up, Stand Up
Billy Hough has been a Provincetown original for a long time, as fans of the singer and songwriter’s stage show “Scream Along With Billy” will readily confirm. Hough and bassist […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Hope Here at Home
In the week since the election, I have read more than my fill of hand-wringing analyses, chilling predictions, and assignments of blame. I’m not going to add to that bleak […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
The Bubble Bursts
As this most anxiety-provoking presidential election campaign comes to a climax, we are here at our desks with our heads down, working against the weekly deadline on stories about affordable […]
OBITUARY
Brent Harold, Wellfleet Writer and Sensualist, Dies at 86
Brent Harold, a teacher, builder, and prolific writer with an indomitable and independent spirit, died at his home in Wellfleet on Oct. 29, 2024, attended by family and close friends. […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Harris for President
“Why We Don’t Endorse” was the title of a column I wrote in April 2023 explaining why the Independent was not endorsing any candidates in town elections that year. “We […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Misinformation for Voters
I like a good argument. That’s been true ever since I was a member of the debating club at Teaneck High School. We faced off against teams from other schools […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Stormy Weather
“You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows,” sang Bob Dylan in 1965. Now, the weathermen are warning us about winds that would have been unimaginable […]
OBITUARY
Robert Finch, Acclaimed Cape Chronicler, Dies at 81
Robert Finch of Wellfleet, whose distinctive observations about life on Cape Cod and its nature and history drew comparisons to Thoreau, died on Sept. 30, 2024 at Liberty Commons in […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Special Delivery
This week’s issue of the Independent includes our annual statement of ownership, management, and circulation (see page A19), which the U.S. Postal Service requires of all periodicals that are delivered […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Unsponsored Content
Scroll down the Boston Globe’s homepage and you’ll come to a lineup of stories under the heading “From Our Partners.” They have headlines like “You can afford that big European […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
A Prize in Providence
With this issue of the Independent, we complete Volume 5, our fifth full year of weekly publication — 261 issues in all. All those deadlines have kept us tightly bound […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Honor at the End
A couple of weeks ago a reader wrote to say that he was “uplifted” by an obituary we had published. He said he would like to read more about the […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Diagraming for Democracy
The statements coming from the Republican candidate for president are setting many people’s nerves on edge. Our correspondent Mike Rice gives one example this week of an absurd accusation, repeated […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
An Endangered Landscape
I hope that readers have been noticing the collection of 34 essays by columnist Kai Potter that we published last month. His book is called Noticing, something that Kai does […]