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 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. […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, February 15, 2024
From Kate Sinding Daly, Austin Miller, Bill Hardy, Phil Greene, Dan Katz, Mort Inger, and Donna Cooper
The Death of a Whale To the editor: Kudos to the Provincetown Independent and reporter William von Herff for digging into the facts surrounding the death of a right whale off Martha’s […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, February 8, 2024
From John C. Marksbury, Farrukh Najmi, Tom Mueller, and Ronald A. Gabel, M.D.
Receivership: An Important Tool To the editor: The Independent’s Jan. 25 edition spoke volumes about the ironies of our Outer Cape housing crisis. A once grand, historic house rots in […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, February 1, 2024
From Bob Jones, Lisbeth Wiley Chapman, Myra Slotnick, Mitchell Baker, Mary Moniz, and Eric Winslow
Peace Valley Memories To the editor: The report by Christine Legere on the old house at 177 Peace Valley Road in Wellfleet [“A Once Grand Property, Now Condemned, May Finally […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, January 25, 2024
From Richard Spada
A Smell in Truro To the editor: As a founding member of a community church in Berkeley, Calif. in the year 2000 and a leader on the board of directors […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, January 18, 2024
From Mark Brennan, David Ricketts, and Barbara Leedom
Denotation vs. Connotation To the editor: As we celebrated Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday this week, I was reminded that we are approaching Black History Month. I imagine that the […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, January 11, 2024
From Kathleen E. Bacon, Edward S. Ebert, Rachel White, Paul Greenspan, and Lyle Timpson
Wellfleet’s Turmoil To the editor: I read last week’s front-page article about Richard Waldo’s resignation as Wellfleet town administrator with sadness. Once again, the town’s municipal affairs are in turmoil. What do we […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, January 4, 2024
From Mike Sarcione, Matt Hogan, Zyg Plater, and Bruce Mason
Due Diligence on Solar To the editor: Re “In Solar Market, Be Picky About Your Installer” [Dec. 21, front page]: I agree that Cape residents should be hiring and vetting […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, December 21, 2023
From Stan Bratskeir, Mike Rice, and Marian Roth
Turning the Clock Back To the editor: The Truro Part-Time Resident Taxpayers’ Association is trying to turn the clock back 200 years, to a time when owning property automatically conferred […]
