The first weekend in June is traditionally when our local public high schools — Nauset Regional High in Eastham and Cape Cod Regional Technical High in Harwich — hold graduation […]
Editorials
REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK
Weekly News Is Different
People often ask us why the Independent doesn’t always cover certain stories that fill the daily papers and TV news — stories that punctuate everyday life and can be exciting. […]
REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK
Where We Get Our Stories
The most surprising thing about this newspaper, for someone outside it, is probably how we pick what to write. The process shocked me when I first saw it, and I continue […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
The Real Killers
If you want to know what’s really killing America’s newspapers, read the May 7 report in the New York Times titled “Push for Profits Left Nursing Homes Struggling to Provide […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
The News Is Not Good
The response of the federal government and of our local institutions to the greatest health and economic crisis of our lives has revealed many fascinating stories. One is the government’s […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Where Does the Outer Cape Begin?
A few months ago, I wrote in this space about why we put “Provincetown” in the title of our new publication rather than call it the “Outer Cape” Independent. That […]
REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK
Missing the Real Face Time
Before there was Zoom and FaceTime, there was real life. A place where we talked. And as we did, we communicated so much more than our words alone. In conversation […]
REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK
The Only Thing to Fear Is Fear Itself
One of the best reasons to be a journalist is to be forced to remain calm in the midst of crisis in order to do your job. It doesn’t always […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Year of the Plague
I’m writing this on the eve of the one holiday that has inspired us to sustain a kind of religious ritual at our house: Passover. The seder, which was a […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
On Welcoming Visitors
On March 19, the Truro Select Board signed a formal proclamation declaring a state of emergency. The 10 “whereas” clauses of this proclamation noted, among other things, that the governor […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Casualties of War
Amy Whorf McGuiggan’s marvelous story in last week’s Independent about the young man from Provincetown for whom V.F.W. Post No. 3152 was named — Lewis Armstrong Young — noted that […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Looking for Helpers
At the beginning of this surreal week, as the chilling news reports piled one upon another, I read an unusually comforting email from Brian and Monila Junkins, the owners of […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
A Culture of Secrecy and the Public’s Right to Know
This is not the easiest time to be in the newspaper business, as most people know by now. The consolidation of ownership of local papers into giant groups like Digital […]
REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK
Truth in the Crosshairs
The “story” broke on capecodtoday.com: a man rolled into Provincetown in a military truck adorned with Trump campaign signs, thin blue line flags, and the driver’s own campaign banners. The […]
EDITORIAL
Making Your Vote Count in Tuesday’s Primary
An aura of futility surrounds the presidential primary in Massachusetts this Tuesday, March 3. On the Democratic side, there’s a feeling that no matter who ultimately wins the primary, this […]
