I’m writing this on the eve of the one holiday that has inspired us to sustain a kind of religious ritual at our house: Passover. The seder, which was a […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
On Welcoming Visitors
On March 19, the Truro Select Board signed a formal proclamation declaring a state of emergency. The 10 “whereas” clauses of this proclamation noted, among other things, that the governor […]
RESILIENCE
A Powerful Distillation for Community Health
South Hollow offers gifts of homemade hand sanitizer
TRURO — Townspeople were lined up outside the gift shop at Truro Vineyards and South Hollow Spirits on Shore Road on Saturday, respecting the social distance and patiently waiting their […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Casualties of War
Amy Whorf McGuiggan’s marvelous story in last week’s Independent about the young man from Provincetown for whom V.F.W. Post No. 3152 was named — Lewis Armstrong Young — noted that […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Looking for Helpers
At the beginning of this surreal week, as the chilling news reports piled one upon another, I read an unusually comforting email from Brian and Monila Junkins, the owners of […]
CIVICS
Select Board Says No to Video Policy
Divided vote leads to argument about transparency
WELLFLEET — The select board voted 3-2 on Feb. 28 not to adopt a policy requiring the videotaping of all regulatory town board meetings. The vote perpetuated Wellfleet’s status as […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
A Culture of Secrecy and the Public’s Right to Know
This is not the easiest time to be in the newspaper business, as most people know by now. The consolidation of ownership of local papers into giant groups like Digital […]
CIVICS
Conservation Work Lags With Volunteer Shortage
Travel, conflicts, and controversy combine to make recruiting difficult
WELLFLEET — The conservation commission has struggled in recent months to do its work with fewer than a full complement of seven members. According to interviews with several current commissioners, […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
It Ain’t Broke
There’s a lot of irony in the news these days. On Jan. 28 the Truro Select Board voted to replace the town’s 56-year-old hand-crank ballot boxes with the ImageCast electronic […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Like Yesterday
In September 1973 Kathleen Cushman and I launched the Harvard Post, a weekly newspaper for the town of Harvard, Mass., population circa 3,000. I was 24. Kathleen was 23. We […]
currents
This Week in Wellfleet
Meetings Ahead Thursday, Jan. 16 Herring River Executive Council, 3 p.m., Council on Aging Monday, Jan. 20 Town Hall closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day Tuesday, Jan. 21 Community-wide […]
HOUSING
Task Force Envisions Up to 46 New Rental Units
Apartments near school would be in two clusters
WELLFLEET — The 11-member task force that has been planning for affordable rental housing across from the Wellfleet Elementary School presented its work so far to a receptive audience of […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Massacre of the Drones
The news lately, both locally and at a distance, has been filled with drones. Kristian Sexton of Wellfleet says that he is developing the technology to spot great white sharks […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
To Eccentric Friends
We collected a lot of advice while researching the possibility of a new newspaper here. What we heard inspired us to go ahead and dive in, but every now and […]
KITCHEN TABLE
A Theory of Latkes
In which crispiness is prized above all
Latkes, which of course are potato pancakes, are right up there with horseradish-on-homemade-matzo sandwiches among my favorite Jewish holiday foods. There are at least as many theories about how to […]
