Holtec and the Whistleblower To the editor: Christine Legere’s report on the Holtec whistleblower letter [“Holtec Confirms Pilgrim Worker Was Contaminated,” June 20, front page] highlights the fact that the […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, June 27, 2024
From Bob Wagner, Phineas Baxandall, Mike Rice, and Robert Sabbag
Tall Structures and Energy To the editor: William von Herff’s Reporter’s Notebook “Lighthouses and Windmills” [June 20, page A2] made me think about other tall structures, like power-plant smokestacks in […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, June 20, 2024
From Jane Paradise, Sarah Peake, John Marksbury, and Christopher English Walling
The Importance of Community To the editor: Re “Van Dereck Estate Remains a Tangle of Secrets” [June 13, front page]: Community is important. Familiarity is important. It is especially important […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, June 13, 2024
From Jeremy Callahan and Kathleen Bacon
The Formula Business Bylaw To the editor: Re “Luke’s Lobster Is Exempted From Formula Business Bylaw” [June 6, page A6]: I take exception to the word “exempted” in your headline […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, June 6, 2024
From Heidi Jon Schmidt, Niev Witnauer, Ronald A. Gabel, M.D., and R.S. Steinberg (Usage Scold)
Truro: A Role Model To the editor: I was sorry to read that employees of the town of Truro have been facing harassment and intimidation [“Truro Stops Enforcing Bylaw on […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, May 30, 2024
From Stephen Greenberg, Jeremy Callahan, Debbie Canyock, and Lee Bartell
Wellfleet’s Gaza Resolution To the editor: The Gaza war resolution adopted at the Wellfleet town meeting on May 20 is both ill-advised and blatantly one-sided. It is purely a political […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, May 23, 2024
From Martha Magane, John Marksbury and Chuck Steinman, Joellen Farley, Kathy Anderson, and Mike Rice
Managing the Library To the editor: Last year at the Truro annual town meeting, voters strongly supported a petitioned change in the town charter that would restore the involvement of […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, May 16, 2024
From Annie Ditacchio, Steve Gersten, Mark Gabriele, John Dundas, and Ann Courtney and Richard Courtney
A Graceful Moderator To the editor: A big thank you to Truro’s new town moderator, Paul Wisotzky, for handling a very contentious town meeting with grace and good humor. After […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, May 9, 2024
From Karen Friedman, Pat Miller, Steven Fossella, and Lisa Thimas
Time Travel With Dad To the editor: So it goes, indeed. Thanks to Robert Kuttner for his essay “Time Travel With Kurt Vonnegut and My Dad” [May 2, page C3]. […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, May 2, 2024
From Cass Johnson, Kathe Izzo, Ronald A. Gabel, Donna Cooper, and Bruce Mason
‘A Sustainable Truro’ To the editor: I moved to Truro in 2021, and I have been shocked by the housing affordability crisis on the Outer Cape. In the three years […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, April 25, 2024
From Jane Lea, Jim Vogel, Sean Ganas, Gretchen Von Grossmann, and Khristine Hopkins
Paying for Housing To the editor: I am writing in response to the excellent letters in recent issues of the Independent about housing in Truro. It is refreshing to hear […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, April 18, 2024
From Alec Marshall, Kolby Blehm, Jean Horner, and Mike Rice
‘A House Divided’ To the editor: My wife, Anne, and I, a schoolteacher, bought land in Truro 52 years ago and with the help of family, friends, and local subcontractors […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, April 11, 2024
From Lisbeth Wiley Chapman, Beth O'Rourke, and Ardis Markarian
‘An Elderly Town’ To the editor: You recently reported on the isolation felt by the parent of a newborn [“New Moms Find Company and Comfort in Eastham,” March 28, front […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, April 4, 2024
From Betty Gallo
On Development of the Walsh Property To the editor: I read with interest the front-page article in the March 28 Independent on the two additional candidates for the Truro Select […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, March 28, 2024
From Wendy Walsh, Barbara Kennedy, and David Freeman
Walkers and Bikers To the editor: I am both an avid walker and bike rider and sympathize with the concern for walkers on the proposed multi-use path in Provincetown expressed […]
