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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, May 28, 2020
From Robert Finch
‘This Planetary Moment’ To the editor: In only a little over six months, the Provincetown Independent has managed to establish itself as an indispensable lifeline and anchor to this extended […]
MEMORIAL DAY
With Poppies, We Remember
How a wildflower came to evoke lives lost in war
Even in our current predicament, there’s no stopping nature. The daffodils have come and gone, and now the beach plum is fully abloom. The lilacs have begun to release their […]
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
What I Will Miss
The pleasures and relentless energy of Commercial Street
I will miss the throngs on Commercial Street in the center of town: the hubbub, the chatter, the flow of people, the animated wave of humanity — young and old, […]
COVID PORTRAIT
Margot, week 9…
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 […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, May 21, 2020
From John Cumbler, Sheree Brekke, and Kathleen Henry
Dealing With Our Own Failures To the editor: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo recently claimed there was “enormous evidence” that Covid-19 originated in a lab in China. Few would dispute […]
VIGNETTE
At the Beach
Vignette by Daniel Dejean
SKETCHBOOK
Clouds
MIDDLE SCHOOL MORNINGS
From the Daily Journals of Provincetown Students
Fears for family, but also gratitude and peace
For the first 10 minutes of each school day, the Provincetown Schools Middle Years students — grades six, seven, and eight —write in their journals about their experiences living through […]
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 […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, May 14, 2020
From David Polando, Channing Wilroy, Fred Schilpp, and Laura Gazzano
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. […]
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
