Inner Voices
WINDMILL WORSHIP
Eastham Is Really Good
The underdog town that rarely makes the front page
I was taken aback by the front pages of the last two editions of the Independent because both had pictures of Eastham. The Feb. 8 issue even had a front-page […]
VIGNETTE
Valentine’s Day Do’s
STEAMERS
True Love
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Losing Our Connection
Baby turtles as a remedy for ‘species loneliness’
I am walking with my dog, Dory, along Provincetown’s Old Colony Nature Trail on an unusually mild January day. I pause at a certain spot, as I do every day, […]
VIGNETTE
Underwater Playground
STEAMERS
Co-Hog Day
ELECTION 2024
The Choice Facing Peake’s Successor
Is it better to be represented by an insider in a flawed system?
The retirement of our state representative, Sarah Peake, after nine terms on Beacon Hill marks a generational change that may affect the Outer Cape in unexpected ways. It raises an […]
VIGNETTE
Underdressed
STEAMERS
Contracting Time
IOWA DISPATCH
Face to Face With a Nonvoter
A reporter considers what makes a caucus bystander tick
I’m not sure exactly what I expected from my first time covering the Iowa caucuses. As a nerdy middle-schooler growing up in the D.C. suburbs, I had read some American […]
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
In Pursuit of the Hearty Garlic
The market and the community, with and without pickles
The shelves and coolers at Stop & Shop have a plethora of pickles. There are dill pickles aplenty: hot dill, kosher dill, hamburger dill, and baby dill. There are half […]