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THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Charmed by the Wild World
A glimpse beyond our tame lives
It is the darkness itself that is so humbling, so profound — pitch black and dark as death. Driving through Truro on a January night, there is an otherwise lunar […]
LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER AND EDITOR
A New Year’s Progress Report
After three years of dreaming, planning, and raising start-up funds, plus a month or so of online posts, the first regular weekly edition of the Independent was published on Oct. […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, January 9, 2025
From Bill Cadogan, David Ricketts, Dan Katz, Chris Brown, Tim Richards, Peter Cutting, Carol Magenau and Marjorie Yater
Condos Versus Rentals To the editor: Re “Developers Propose 40 Condos, 30 Below Market” [Dec. 26, front page]: Conversion to condo is a terrible idea, particularly with regard to the […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Zigging and Zagging Through History
You know already that this is an odd and special place. It’s one reason we — and others before us — figured Outer Cape Cod needed its own newspaper. All […]
VIGNETTE
Unexpedited
STEAMERS
Wishless
FIRST SNOW
A Child’s Christmas in Wellfleet
Hand-me-down boots, peppermint sticks, and a rose-scented kiss
Working at Wellfleet Town Hall, I find that memories of growing up here come back easily to me. All it takes is a slight change in the light, a sound, […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Cultch Clash
There’s a kerfuffle going on in Wellfleet over clamshells. The town shellfish department uses cultch — recycled clam and oyster shells that form a bed for oyster larvae to grow […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, December 26, 2024
From Stan Bratskeir and David Holmstrom
A Firing Squad in Truro To the editor: Your story about the Truro Select Board’s goals for the town manager’s performance (Dec. 19, page A5) reads more like the assemblage […]
VIGNETTE
Walking in a Winter Wonderland
STEAMERS
The Clam on the Lam
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
The Lesson of the Weeds
We are in a cold time. Everything is brittle and liable to breakage. Despair comes so easily. A few days ago, it was warmer, but still we were pummeled. The […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Cyberattack Upside
Santa’s got me thinking: What is it that we most want the kids in our own and our friends’ families to have this year? Recent news reports suggest that it’s […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, December 19, 2024
From Louise Venden, Ross Sormani, Alexandra Grabbe, & Gail R. Kulp
The ‘Right Call’ on Visitor Center To the editor: Re “$15M U.S. Grant for Stellwagen Center Is Gone” (Dec. 12, front page): Concerns over the cost, size, and location of […]
