Opinion
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URGENT CARE
Provincetown’s Moors Are Dying
Action is needed as purple crabs make the West End marsh disappear
As a longtime visitor to Provincetown, I have been nourished in many ways by its natural and cultural beauty, but nothing here has touched me as deeply as the salt […]
REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK
Center of Attention
When Thoreau walked the shores of Cape Cod, he felt he could stand on the beach and “put all America behind him.” The edge-ness of this place is part of […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, Sept. 22, 2022
From Ellyn Weiss, Bonnie Nuendel, Joanna Stevens, and David Agger
Marketing Truro To the editor: The Sept. 8 issue of the Independent included the news that Truro has created a new position for a “communications and marketing coordinator” [“A New […]
VIGNETTE
Book Signing
SKETCHBOOK
September
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Living in Play Land
The importance of time spent with no purpose
A couple of weeks ago, I stood on an East End beach looking out at the harbor and the bay beyond. I saw, all at the same time, the Dolphin […]
COUNTY LINE
An Ominous Drought
We may need to rethink our expectations of annual rainfall
This was written in a dune shack in the Province Lands, where, on the day we arrived, the well was not pumping any water. We rationed our limited supply. Until […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
No Place Like Homeland
Congressman Jamie Raskin, the Maryland Democrat and Constitutional scholar, spoke at Wellfleet Preservation Hall this summer about the state of the world and the coming elections. “All over the world,” […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, Sept. 15, 2022
From Stephen Greenberg and Thomas Schwarz
‘A Serious Disconnect’ To the editor: At the last two Wellfleet town meetings, voters overwhelmingly approved measures to resolve the town’s financial problems and alleviate the crisis in affordable housing, […]
STEAMERS
Future Cape Cod Cookout
VIGNETTE
Pot Luck
Inspired by reports received by the Indie’s editors of items left behind by summer visitors, ranging from an Italian vermouth to a half-empty bag of marshmallows, a tin of caviar, […]
OP-ED
Save the Endangered Cottage Colonies
Small, simple houses represent a viable housing option for the Outer Cape
For the past few months, I’ve read with consternation about plans for 17 Coast Guard Road in Truro, which is currently home to the late-1950s Hi-Land View cottage colony. The […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
A Bad Report Card
“The Pandemic Erased Two Decades of Progress in Math and Reading” was the headline in the New York Times about the latest results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress, […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, Sept. 8, 2022
From Joan Zukas, Mike Rice, Carl Sussman, Brendan Noonan, and Walt Winnowski
A Vision of Wellfleet To the editor: I encourage Wellfleet voters to take a few moments before town meeting (this Saturday, Sept. 10 at 10 a.m. at the elementary school […]
