That House at Ballston To the editor: In the first week of February, the building that was the former Pamet River Life Saving Station was moved back under emergency order […]
Letters to the Editor
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, March 3, 2022
From John R. and Cynthia C. Ward, Mary Shanley-Koeber, and Kalliope Chute
‘The RTE Is Unfair’ To the editor: Re “Select Board Tables RTE Until 2023” [Feb. 3, page A9]: In 1982, we built our house in North Eastham. For 40 years, we […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, February 24, 2022
From Michael Janoplis, Paul de Ruyter, John Lamb, and Emily Greenspan
Truro’s DPW Dilemma To the editor: Your Feb. 17 article [page A8] on the Truro DPW facility discussion is slightly misleading. First, while Mr. Alberti of Weston & Sampson did […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, February 10, 2022
From Edward Ebert, Sheila Garry, and James Williams
Financial Stability in Wellfleet To the editor: From what I’ve read in the Independent, we are likely going to be asked at Wellfleet’s town meeting this April to approve a […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, February 3, 2022
From Stephen Greenberg, Betsy Smith, and Michael Hager
Robbing Peter to Pay Paul To the editor: I commend the Independent for the excellent coverage of the accounting mess in Wellfleet. As a lawyer who spent many years in […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, January 27, 2022
From Amy Whorf McGuiggan, Mike Rice, Harriet Korim, Deborah Ullman, Douglas I. Sheer, and Heather Blume
‘Get in the Water,’ said Harry To the editor: Having read the recent reminiscences of the Poet of the Dunes, Harry Kemp, and now having read about the gentleman who […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, January 20, 2022
From Louise Venden and David Wright
Paying for Power To the editor: Gas leaks from faulty lines not only cause explosions like the one in the Merrimack Valley a few years ago but also contribute to […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, January 13, 2022
From Elaine J. Baskin, Laurie Veninger, Patrick Nolan, Jay Gurewitsch, Rachel Brown, and Larry Quain
Use ARPA Funds for Test Kits To the editor: Neither President Biden’s 500 million home test kits nor Gov. Baker’s gift of test kits to four Cape Cod towns (Barnstable, […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, January 6, 2022
From Ted Thomas, Judith B. Saffron, Elon Bezos Zuckerberg the 15th (Robert Johnson), and Anne Freyss
Pilgrim’s Progress To the editor: For decades, individuals and groups of concerned scientists and environmental and civic activists have been ringing the alarm about the use and promotion of nuclear […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, December 30, 2021
From Harrison Swift, Jim Kendall, Joan Holt, Marian Roth, Becky Adams, and Paul Kopicki
Dredging the Estuary To the editor: Congratulations to the Eastham Select Board for having the courage, leadership, and vision to finally stop the folly of dredging the estuary [“Eastham Pulls […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, December 23, 2021
From Ronald A. Gabel, M.D. and Stephen Greenberg
HIPAA Replacement? To the editor: The senior communications officer of Outer Cape Health Services, Gerry Desautels, cited no state or federal statute or regulation to justify his organization’s lack of […]
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Letters, December 16, 2021
From Mike Rice
Accounting Down To the editor: Regarding Wellfleet’s seemingly abysmal fiscal situation: if a new town administrator is hired before the town’s accounting mayhem is straightened out and before a competent […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, December 9, 2021
From Nancy Kete, Stephen J. Greenberg, Lyle Timpson, and Renee Leck
Trash Cans Were Missed To the editor: Kudos to the town of Truro, which, on second thought, has put back the trash cans at Coast Guard and presumably other town […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, December 2, 2021
From Gerard J. Kinahan, Michael Fee, Bill “Birdie” Edwards, Alex Brewer, Madeleine Entel and Bruce Hurter
‘Let the Cloverleaf Proceed’ To the editor: In response to last week’s letter from Dan Katz [“Aggrieved by the Cloverleaf,” page A2]: Ted Malone does not build “monstrosities.” He builds […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, November 25, 2021
From David Holmstrom, Dan Katz, Jo Citron, Jay Vivian, and Brent Harold
There Is No Alternative Bike Route To the editor: The Independent reports that the Dept. of Conservation and Recreation “continues to believe that the safest and best approach for users […]
