ORLEANS — Eight students filed into the bright yellow Nauset Room at the middle school here during the May 22 meeting of the Nauset Regional School Committee. Three more appeared […]
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VIGNETTE
Conclave
STEAMERS
Rabbit Season
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
A History Lesson
Reflections on a new book about what happened in Nazi Germany
As I have noted in this space in the past, World War II ended the year I was born, and I grew up Jewish in Harrisburg, Pa. with a continual […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Economics 101
When we were researching the idea of launching the Independent, one big question was whether the Outer Cape economy was strong enough to support a newspaper. We had looked across […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, May 29, 2025
From Toby Simon, Lauren Nocera, Donna Cooper, & Charlie and Joanna Morrison
Immigrants’ Rights To the editor: Re “As Immigration Raids Rise, Truro’s Leaders Look for Guidance” [May 22, page A7]: It is time for all Outer Cape towns and businesses to […]
VIGNETTE
Just Married
STEAMERS
Jackson Pollen
OP-ART
Not Suckers
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Walking the Dogs
The ‘movie stars’ of Provincetown and their fun uncle
The world is in disorder, our rights and freedoms are under threat, but some things remain unchanged: for one, dogs still need to be walked. Our dogs depend on us […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Outrageous News
“Please cancel my subscription,” a reader wrote to us the other day. “We subscribed to your paper to get the local news from the Outer Cape, but lately it seems […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, May 22, 2025
From Kelly Clark, Ennie McDonald & Nancy L. Rosenblum
Weinstein: ‘A Fierce Protector’ To the editor: Congratulations to Susan Areson and John Dundas on their election to the Truro Select Board, and thanks to Bob Weinstein for his service […]
VIGNETTE
Off to Nova Scotia
STEAMERS
Taking Out the Trash
ADAPTATION
Resilience Is About More Than Technical Skill
Bridging policy and neighborly presence in Provincetown
In conversations about coastal resilience, we often hear about engineering, infrastructure, and timelines. We rarely hear about the relationships that everything else depends on — the ones between people, between […]
