Dissolving the Pier Corp. To the editor: Article 15 on Provincetown’s town meeting warrant is a request from the administration to dissolve the Provincetown Public Pier Corp. [“Select Board Is […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, March 14, 2024
From Marian Roth, Necee Regis, Joe Cavicchi, John Portnoy, and Sharon Dunn
Provincetown Developments To the editor: Last week I read an article in the New York Times about a couple who buy rundown houses, fix them up, and then rent to […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, March 7, 2024
From Mia Saunders and Jeannette de Beauvoir
Sending a Message To the editor: The death of Aaron Bushnell, a local boy who was raised in the Community of Jesus in Orleans and was a student in the […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, February 29, 2024
From Vallorie Oliver, Rebecca Gmucs, Lisa Larsen, and Mike Rice
ACK for Whales Responds To the editor: The Independent’s Feb. 8 article “Entanglement Leads to Death of Young Right Whale” [front page] falsely stated that our group, ACK for Whales, is […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, February 22, 2024
From Jeff Tash and Bob Stewart
‘The Madness Must End’ To the editor: Wellfleet has a citizen disengagement problem. Many Wellfleet residents have simply stopped showing up. Vacancies exist across almost all town boards and committees. […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, February 15, 2024
From Kate Sinding Daly, Austin Miller, Bill Hardy, Phil Greene, Dan Katz, Mort Inger, and Donna Cooper
The Death of a Whale To the editor: Kudos to the Provincetown Independent and reporter William von Herff for digging into the facts surrounding the death of a right whale off Martha’s […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, February 8, 2024
From John C. Marksbury, Farrukh Najmi, Tom Mueller, and Ronald A. Gabel, M.D.
Receivership: An Important Tool To the editor: The Independent’s Jan. 25 edition spoke volumes about the ironies of our Outer Cape housing crisis. A once grand, historic house rots in […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, February 1, 2024
From Bob Jones, Lisbeth Wiley Chapman, Myra Slotnick, Mitchell Baker, Mary Moniz, and Eric Winslow
Peace Valley Memories To the editor: The report by Christine Legere on the old house at 177 Peace Valley Road in Wellfleet [“A Once Grand Property, Now Condemned, May Finally […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, January 25, 2024
From Richard Spada
A Smell in Truro To the editor: As a founding member of a community church in Berkeley, Calif. in the year 2000 and a leader on the board of directors […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, January 18, 2024
From Mark Brennan, David Ricketts, and Barbara Leedom
Denotation vs. Connotation To the editor: As we celebrated Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday this week, I was reminded that we are approaching Black History Month. I imagine that the […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, January 11, 2024
From Kathleen E. Bacon, Edward S. Ebert, Rachel White, Paul Greenspan, and Lyle Timpson
Wellfleet’s Turmoil To the editor: I read last week’s front-page article about Richard Waldo’s resignation as Wellfleet town administrator with sadness. Once again, the town’s municipal affairs are in turmoil. What do we […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, January 4, 2024
From Mike Sarcione, Matt Hogan, Zyg Plater, and Bruce Mason
Due Diligence on Solar To the editor: Re “In Solar Market, Be Picky About Your Installer” [Dec. 21, front page]: I agree that Cape residents should be hiring and vetting […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, December 21, 2023
From Stan Bratskeir, Mike Rice, and Marian Roth
Turning the Clock Back To the editor: The Truro Part-Time Resident Taxpayers’ Association is trying to turn the clock back 200 years, to a time when owning property automatically conferred […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, December 14, 2023
From Diane Turco, Barbara Woodward, Brad Reichard, and Jack Austin
Holtec’s Vapors To the editor: Re “Nearly 200,000 Gallons of Nuclear Waste Vaporized” [Nov. 30, front page]: At the Pilgrim nuclear power station decommissioning site in Plymouth, owner Holtec appears […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, December 7, 2023
From Nancy Medoff, John A. Wolf, Mike Shannon, and Anne Freyss
The Truro Conversation To the editor: It’s time to change the conversation in Truro. With the special town meeting now several months away, we have the opportunity to let out […]
