Renters: Another View To the editor: I sympathize with last week’s correspondent with an absentee landlord as a next-door neighbor [“Short-Term Rental Costs,” page A2], and I recognize that the […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, September 2, 2021
From Clyde Rousseau, Pat Miller, and Ellen Anthony and Marty Hassell
Short-Term Rental Costs To the editor: In response to your article on the impact of short-term rentals on property prices [“Surprises in Short-Term Rental Data,” Aug. 26, front page], there […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, August 26, 2021
From Michael Spielman, Ashley Fawkes Rogers and Charles Rogers, Mary Stackhouse, and Jim Chmura
A Shocking Story To the editor: As a long-time vacationer on the Cape and, in recent years, as a summer home owner in Wellfleet, I have considered Napi’s one of […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, August 19, 2021
From Bob Seay, Dan Katz, and Barbara Ravage
A Call From Carol Green To the editor: When I read of Carol Green’s passing [Aug. 12, page A21] I was saddened, but also appreciative of knowing this extraordinarily intelligent and caring […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, August 12, 2021
From Carol Jules, Wendy Walsh, Peter Rothstein, Judy Parmelee, Frank Lee Barringer, Marianne Boswell, and Mike Rice
Killing the Pollinators To the editor: Re “Mosquito Population Stays High Despite Treatment,” Aug. 5, page A7: Your informative article confirmed my suspicion that mosquito spray with permethrin is toxic […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, August 5, 2021
From Laura Fitzgerald, Laura Logue Rood, and Jennifer Benson
Turning Against Ourselves To the editor: Edward Boches’s July 8 op-ed essay, “What We See in the Flag,” was thought-provoking. I am saddened by disparagement of the American flag. People […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, July 29, 2021
From Michael Meeropol, Natalie Ross Miller, Alexander Brewer, and Deborah Grabler
Being Nice Isn’t Enough To the editor: I am pleased that the Independent published Ellen G. Smith’s letter [July 22, page A2] proclaiming her support for Trump and insisting she’s […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, July 22, 2021
From Ellen G. Smith, Ronald A. Gabel, Channing Wilroy, and Lew Schwartz
Who Is to Blame? To the editor: On Saturday, July 3, I took a drive to Provincetown to get malassadas at the Portuguese Bakery. I parked at the pier for less than […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, July 15, 2021
From Dana Franchitto, Chris Hottle, and Len Bowen
America Is Not a Brand To the editor: As one who has never embraced what I call “flag idolatry,” I was taken aback by Edward Boches’s piece on the significance of […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, July 8, 2021
From Robert S. Gebelein, Nicky Moore, and Robert S Johnson
A Unique Kind of Boat To the editor: Your reporter did a nice job on the obituary for my sister, June Finch [July 1, page A21], but I want to […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, June 17, 2021
From Kevin Kuechler and Jay Gurewitsch
The Facts on Pond Village Water To the editor: Since 2019, the Provincetown Independent has repeatedly misrepresented the facts on water quality in Truro’s Pond Village. In December 2019, it […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, June 10, 2021
From Karen Strauss, Tim Trott, Alexandra Marshall, Francie Williamson, Sheree Brekke, Sally Digges, and Rachel Brown
Buying the Plaza Is Smart To the editor: The Eastham T-Time Committee unanimously supports the purchase of 4550 State Highway, the Town Center Plaza, and urges Eastham residents to vote in […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, June 3, 2021
From Myra Slotnick, Stephen L. Wasby, Jay Vivian, and Jim Cornell
High-Priced Movies To the editor: I was elated to see the recent email from the Provincetown Film Society with the roster of some of the most delightful movies of our time […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, May 27, 2021
From Judy Wood, Laura Gazzano, and David Agger
Something Missing To the editor: In the May 13 issue, on page A1, is an article about local fishermen who can’t afford housing in Wellfleet, thereby possibly imperiling their livelihood [“Select […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, May 20, 2021
From Dan Katz, Lise King, Mike Rice, and Brian Michaelan
A Democracy Under Threat To the editor: Barbara Kennedy allowed, in her letter last week, that (1) “America is not a democracy but a republic,” and (2) that, whether you […]