Inner Voices
ON THE FLATS
Out of the Mud
A Pamet marsh ‘rescue’ leads to memories of fishing and baseball heroics
I was trying to take a nap, but I couldn’t ignore the cursing I heard below our rented cottage on the Pamet River marsh. I got up, looked out the […]
VIGNETTE
Gentrification
STEAMERS
Digital Diet
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Hunger Rules the World
What I learned from a pair of charming Carolina wrens
Our property is just a few thousand square feet, largely occupied by our modest house. But the Carolina wrens I have been watching over the years are orders of magnitude […]
THE NITROGEN THREAT
Wellfleet’s Wastewater Choices
Science tells us the time to act has come
The state’s new requirements for towns like Wellfleet with coastal waters threatened by increased nitrogen pollution involve heavy financial burdens. It is important to understand why these new requirements are […]
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On the Water
TUESDAY SAIL
VIGNETTE
Caricaturist at Work
STEAMERS
Market Rate
SPEECHES
Keeping the Fascists Away
In Wellfleet, Congressman Raskin decries violations of the Constitution and research cuts
Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland’s Eighth Congressional District, the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, told a standing-room-only crowd at Wellfleet Preservation Hall on July 11 not to give […]
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A Shore Thing
FOOTLOOSE
VIGNETTE
Superbird
STEAMERS
Age of the Scooter
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
The Seawall Revisited
Living on borrowed time
It has been two years since I discovered David Read’s painting on a seawall in the East End of town (“Painting on the Seawall,” June 29, 2023). That amounts to […]
INDEPENDENCE DAY
Fourth of July Contradictions
Fearing for the future but loving a big, beautiful parade
On the evening of July 3, I and 69 million other Americans who get Social Security benefits received an email “celebrating the passage of the One Big, Beautiful Bill, a […]
