Context Is Important To the editor: I found the headline “Day-trippers Uninvited to Wellfleet Beaches” in your May 7 edition [page 5] misleading and hyperbolic. I think context is important. […]
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THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Devastation Must Inform Action
What have we learned from the coronavirus?
The howling wind against my window reminds me of the coronavirus. Ruthless and breathtaking, neither storm nor plague has a master. Mindless and amoral, they go about their business with […]
FROM THE HELM
Caught in the Eye of the Storm
‘Steer into the waves,’ said the captain, but that was nearly impossible
It was the 2 a.m. deck watch change. I looked up to see a 40-foot wall of water just before it came crashing over us. In that instant, I knew […]
DUNE TOWN
Newshounds Gotta Eat Too
Dune Town by JAK
UNMASKED
The Real You
The Real You by Ellen LeBow
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 […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, May 7, 2020
From Thomas Thompsen and Wil Sullivan
Alone No Longer To the editor: When I read K.C. Myers’s story about domestic violence [April 30, page 4], I thought to send mine to you. I was sexually and […]
VIGNETTE
Hairdresser
Hairdresser by Daniel Dejean
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 […]
STEAMERS
Illiberated
Illiberated by A. Crock
NOISEMAKERS
Joining the Wolf Pack
A journalist learns how to howl
WELLFLEET — When I first heard about the howling in Wellfleet, I was skeptical. I had seen a post on Facebook’s Wellfleet Community Space asking people to “share the love” […]
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
We Need a New Compact
The Pilgrims had the right idea; it’s time to update it
Exactly 400 years ago this coming November, the good ship Mayflower sailed into Provincetown Harbor and anchored (a fact infuriatingly underreported in our national media). There were 102 souls on […]
SKETCHBOOK
Last Year’s Truro Honey
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 […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, April 23, 2020
From Stephen Greenberg, Butch Mullaney, and Page Kidder
Trump and the Coming Election To the editor: I am a retired lawyer who spent 49 years with two large firms. Real estate lawyers in both firms used to regale […]
