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SKETCHBOOK
The Flags of Provincetown
BLACK LIVES MATTER
Racism in My Body
Recognizing and weeding out a dangerous invasive
“Lock your door.” That was the first insidiously racist thing my body remembers hearing. There were other words, heard earlier. Subtle, belittling generalizations. Words that didn’t match up with what I knew […]
If Not Now, When?
OP-ED
Keeping Watch
Reflections of a retired English teacher
In 1872, Congress authorized the reorganization of the U.S. Life-Saving Service and the refurbishing of old and building of new stations along the Atlantic Coast. The waters off Cape Cod […]
QUEER ‘I’
Reflections on Gay Pride
The first march commemorating Stonewall was 50 years ago
Pride, being one of the seven deadly sins, has good and bad sides to it. It’s like patriotism. To the extent that it means self-love and self-respect, it’s essential and […]
REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK
A Tale of Two Fire Departments
I am perplexed that the Lower Cape Ambulance Association (LCAA), a regional nonprofit that has existed since 1937, is losing support and no one seems to be fighting to preserve […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, June 25, 2020
From Ronald A. Gabel and Charlie Nichols
Charting the Epidemic To the editor: Sunday, June 21, marked the 100th day of the Covid-19 epidemic on Cape Cod. The first confirmed case was reported on March 14 and […]
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
A Dead Seal
The evidence of danger just beyond the beach
The immense corpse lay on its back on the upper beach, eyes heavenward, although unseeing. Its full abdomen, up-thrust chin, bristly whiskers, and jowly throat suggested a human quality; if […]
SKETCHBOOK
Gray Seal Pup
Mark Adams Sketchbook
STEAMERS
Table for Phase 2
Table for Phase 2 by A. Crock
VIGNETTE
Metamorphosis
LEZ IS MORE
Confession of a Former Southern Gentleman
Calling on women to check their ‘misses-ogyny’
“Remember, son,” he said with an earnestness that boggled my 10-year-old brain, “girls love it when you open the door for them.” It was my friend’s dad, and he was […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
When Ads and News Collide
This week we were confronted with a tough choice at our less- than-nine-month-old newspaper. We were offered a full-page ad that we decided we had to turn down. Full-page ads, […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, June 18, 2020
From Ngina Lythcott, Tom Lombardo and Tom Ross, and Channing Wilroy
Start the Conversations To the editor: When I was 12 I began to sit in on civil rights protests every Saturday with our local NAACP Youth Council. On Monday evenings […]
