TRURO — Town Manager Darrin Tangeman has resigned effective April 8 after four years on the job and with two years remaining on his three-year contract. Assistant Town Manager Kelly […]
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VIGNETTE
Love Zone
STEAMERS
Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly
DISSENT
Deconstructing The Brutalist
It’s a murky, pretentious film with a tenuous Wellfleet connection
I’ve been mulling why it is that The Brutalist has captivated film critics. At three and a half hours, it’s a weighty film, and much was clearly invested in the […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
No Hands, No Brains
As I read news reports about the team of young engineers and computer scientists deployed by Elon Musk to take over the financial systems of the U.S. Dept. of the […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, February 13, 2025
From Zygmunt J.B. Plater, Stephen Greenberg, John Devendorf, & Paul Murray
Defending the Rule of Law To the editor: For this child of a family that survived the 1930s and ’40s in Central Europe, the new Leader in Washington, D.C. and […]
VIGNETTE
Late Migration
STEAMERS
ICE Storm Warning
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
The Flag Is Yours and Mine
Conflicted feelings after an agitating sight on the highway
January 21 was a brutally cold day. Driving down Route 6, late for an appointment, I noticed not one but two vehicles with giant American flags billowing behind them. Of […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Marching Backward
Following the Jan. 29 collision of a jet and an Army helicopter in Washington, D.C. that killed 67 people, the president blamed hiring practices at the Federal Aviation Administration for […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, February 6, 2025
From Michael DeVasto, Michael Forgione, & Deborah Ullman
‘Premature’ Regulations To the editor: Re “Wellfleet Adopts New Septic Regulations” [Jan. 30, front page]: Your article on Wellfleet’s wastewater planning failed to mention a critical issue: the board of […]
VIGNETTE
Indoor Safari
STEAMERS
Fowl Tidings
OP-ART
Hope
VOICES OF FAITH
‘Be Merciful to the Stranger’
Only as a united front can we realize Dr. King’s dream
Every day since last week’s inauguration, we have heard of the dismantling of another initiative that was put in place decades ago to end institutional racism and hiring practices that […]
