Wellfleet’s Gaza Resolution To the editor: The Gaza war resolution adopted at the Wellfleet town meeting on May 20 is both ill-advised and blatantly one-sided. It is purely a political […]
Letters to the Editor
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, May 23, 2024
From Martha Magane, John Marksbury and Chuck Steinman, Joellen Farley, Kathy Anderson, and Mike Rice
Managing the Library To the editor: Last year at the Truro annual town meeting, voters strongly supported a petitioned change in the town charter that would restore the involvement of […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, May 16, 2024
From Annie Ditacchio, Steve Gersten, Mark Gabriele, John Dundas, and Ann Courtney and Richard Courtney
A Graceful Moderator To the editor: A big thank you to Truro’s new town moderator, Paul Wisotzky, for handling a very contentious town meeting with grace and good humor. After […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, May 9, 2024
From Karen Friedman, Pat Miller, Steven Fossella, and Lisa Thimas
Time Travel With Dad To the editor: So it goes, indeed. Thanks to Robert Kuttner for his essay “Time Travel With Kurt Vonnegut and My Dad” [May 2, page C3]. […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, May 2, 2024
From Cass Johnson, Kathe Izzo, Ronald A. Gabel, Donna Cooper, and Bruce Mason
‘A Sustainable Truro’ To the editor: I moved to Truro in 2021, and I have been shocked by the housing affordability crisis on the Outer Cape. In the three years […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, April 25, 2024
From Jane Lea, Jim Vogel, Sean Ganas, Gretchen Von Grossmann, and Khristine Hopkins
Paying for Housing To the editor: I am writing in response to the excellent letters in recent issues of the Independent about housing in Truro. It is refreshing to hear […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, April 18, 2024
From Alec Marshall, Kolby Blehm, Jean Horner, and Mike Rice
‘A House Divided’ To the editor: My wife, Anne, and I, a schoolteacher, bought land in Truro 52 years ago and with the help of family, friends, and local subcontractors […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, April 11, 2024
From Lisbeth Wiley Chapman, Beth O'Rourke, and Ardis Markarian
‘An Elderly Town’ To the editor: You recently reported on the isolation felt by the parent of a newborn [“New Moms Find Company and Comfort in Eastham,” March 28, front […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, April 4, 2024
From Betty Gallo
On Development of the Walsh Property To the editor: I read with interest the front-page article in the March 28 Independent on the two additional candidates for the Truro Select […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, March 28, 2024
From Wendy Walsh, Barbara Kennedy, and David Freeman
Walkers and Bikers To the editor: I am both an avid walker and bike rider and sympathize with the concern for walkers on the proposed multi-use path in Provincetown expressed […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, March 21, 2024
From Cheryl L. Andrews, Clinton Kershaw, Kathleen E. Bacon, Don Eunson, Brian Carney, Ronald A. Gabel, M.D., and John Marksbury
Dissolving the Pier Corp. To the editor: Article 15 on Provincetown’s town meeting warrant is a request from the administration to dissolve the Provincetown Public Pier Corp. [“Select Board Is […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, March 14, 2024
From Marian Roth, Necee Regis, Joe Cavicchi, John Portnoy, and Sharon Dunn
Provincetown Developments To the editor: Last week I read an article in the New York Times about a couple who buy rundown houses, fix them up, and then rent to […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, March 7, 2024
From Mia Saunders and Jeannette de Beauvoir
Sending a Message To the editor: The death of Aaron Bushnell, a local boy who was raised in the Community of Jesus in Orleans and was a student in the […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, February 29, 2024
From Vallorie Oliver, Rebecca Gmucs, Lisa Larsen, and Mike Rice
ACK for Whales Responds To the editor: The Independent’s Feb. 8 article “Entanglement Leads to Death of Young Right Whale” [front page] falsely stated that our group, ACK for Whales, is […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, February 22, 2024
From Jeff Tash and Bob Stewart
‘The Madness Must End’ To the editor: Wellfleet has a citizen disengagement problem. Many Wellfleet residents have simply stopped showing up. Vacancies exist across almost all town boards and committees. […]
