A Nice Guy To the editor: Todd Silva’s letter in last week’s Independent [“Noises of the Waterfront”] was the most restrained, polite, and neighborly reply imaginable to a jerk. Imagine complaining about […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, October 1, 2020
From Todd M. Silva, Anne Greenbaum, Todd Schwebel, Emily Achtenberg, Tricia Aurigemma, and Brent Harold
Noises of the Waterfront To the editor: I am a commercial lobsterman fishing out of Provincetown, as my father and grandfather did before me. After a week of unfishable weather, […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, September 24, 2020
From Rebecca Johnson and Kevin Galligan
Playing With Space and Time To the editor: Marnie Crawford Samuelson’s interview with and portrait of my brother, Miah Nate Johnson, were sensitive and wonderful [“Laugh! Laugh Out Loud,” Sept. […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, September 17, 2020
From Daniel Holt, Anne Stott, John Stossel, and Mac Gatch
Native American Stereotypes To the editor: People in Truro who are unhappy with the Massachusetts seal [“State Flag and Seal Question Is on Wellfleet, Truro Warrants,” Sept. 10, page A8] […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, September 10, 2020
From Laura Logue Rood, Michela Murphy, David A. Colton, and Mike Rice
The Town Manager Shuffle To the editor: Once again, the Outer Cape town manager shuffle occurs, this time in Truro [“Robert Wood and Truro Part Ways,” Sept. 3, page A4]. […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, September 3, 2020
From Alan J. Roth, Sheila McGuinness, and Shawn Nightingale
FinCom Chair’s Conduct To the editor: You were right to question the Outer Cape’s perception of itself as an “enlightened community” [Aug. 27, Letter From the Editor, page A2], and […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, August 27, 2020
From Shirley Spatz, Nancy Kete, Felice Coral, Beth Greenspan, and Ellen Anthony
Don’t Compare Bottles to Bags To the editor: A comparison of plastic bags and plastic bottles, as was suggested by a letter to the editor in the Aug. 20 edition […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, August 20, 2020
From Daniel Holt, Ronald A. Gabel, Jean Horner, and Dan Towler
Cloverleaf and Climate Change To the editor: In “We Must Act Locally on Climate” (Aug. 6, page A3), Dick Elkin clearly explains the reasons why significant building projects must, from […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, August 13, 2020
From Bob Higgins-Steele, Laura Shabott, June Daley, Brendan Galvin, Eliza C. Miller, and Brian Clague
A Net-Zero School To the editor: Re “We Must Act Locally on Climate” [Aug. 6, page A3], the Nauset School Building Committee and the architectural firm for the proposed school […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, August 6, 2020
From Jay Gurewitsch and Jerome Spier
The Virus and FedEx To the editor: In recent weeks, as the temperatures have spiked and the streets have filled to whatever extent they have this year, I have noticed […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, July 30, 2020
From Dan Katz, Edouard Fontenot, and Dan Silverman
Cloverleaf Won’t Help Seasonal Workers To the editor: Re last week’s two op-ed columns [July 23, page A3]: Sen. Julian Cyr, perhaps the best elected official in the state, beats […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, July 23, 2020
From Jane Leavy and Fred Sperounis, Alex Brewer, Dave Bedard, Stephan Cohen, Susan Kadar, Betty Gallo, Kevin Grunwald, and Judith Cumbler
Visiting Truro While Black To the editor: We appreciate the Independent’s attention to race-based discrimination and reports of racial profiling on the Outer Cape [July 2 and July 16]. In […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, July 16, 2020
From Martha Magane, Bill Docker, Deborah Grabler, and Michael Spielman
‘Redeem the Dream’ To the editor: Dennis Minsky’s column in the July 9 Independent [“A Higher-Stakes July 4th, ” page A3] spoke to me. This past July Fourth, being like […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, July 9, 2020
From Michael DeVasto, Meri Hartford, Laurie Veninger, Dianna Morton, Jennifer Weiner, and Jeannette Kinzer
Parking and Elitism in Wellfleet To the editor: Your letter from the editor in the July 2 issue misrepresents the intention and impact of the policy to restrict parking at […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, July 2, 2020
From Barbara Klipper, Robert S Johnson, and Brendan Noonan
For a 24-Hour Mask Rule To the editor: The best defenses we have against the coronavirus are mask wearing, social distancing, and hand washing. Yet as businesses open and more […]
