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STEAMERS
Bummer Camp
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
A Treasure on the Trolley
Visitors need guidance, and Char Priolo gives it gloriously
The Provincetown Trolley is a curious beast. To be a killjoy stickler for veracity, it is not really a trolley but a replica of one. Real trolleys usually run on […]
NATIONAL SEASHORE
A Short-Sighted View of the Parks
NPS budget cuts threaten our economy, environment, and quality of life
Watching the current administration eviscerate staffing and budgets in the National Park Service has horrified and sickened those of us who have spent years working in our parks. These short-sighted […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
The Worst Idea
Since the beginning of the current administration, reports the National Parks Conservation Association, the Park Service has lost 24 percent of its permanent workforce — and that’s on top of […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, August 21, 2025
From Zygmunt J.B. Plater & John Marksbury
‘Make America America Again’ To the editor: Carnivals around the world like Mardi Gras are community parties designed to give us a joyfully distracting break from the troubling realities of […]
VIGNETTE
Sea Change
STEAMERS
Shiver Me Timbers!
OP-ED
Making Room for Piping Plovers
The quiet work of protecting one small endangered bird
Most of my childhood summers were spent in the sand and salt of the Cape Cod National Seashore. I remember taking my plastic shovel down to the shore, the bucket […]
OP-ART
Wheel of Misfortune
RECKONINGS
Frazzled in August
In heart-wrenching times, visitors are a welcome distraction
It’s a funny thing that the same influx of people that overwhelms so many of us in August is also what we love about living here: everyone comes to visit. […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
The Words Matter
The news gets worse. This week the president announced that he was seizing control of the Washington, D.C. police force “to rescue our nation’s capital from crime, bloodshed, bedlam, and […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, August 14, 2025
From Ted Thomas, Paula Bruns, Christine Nolder, Nicole Barnum, Julie S. Smith, Barbara Leedom, Debra Raymond, and Jim King
What Great Leaders Do To the editor: Re Carl Goveia’s “Stop the Bashing” letter [July 24, page A2]: Donald Trump will not go down as a great president. He is […]
