There’s a lot of irony in the news these days. On Jan. 28 the Truro Select Board voted to replace the town’s 56-year-old hand-crank ballot boxes with the ImageCast electronic […]
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, February 13, 2020
From L. Michael Hager and Bob Higgins-Steele
What Kind of Nation? To the editor: With national politics dominating both print and electronic media these days, three important issues have generally escaped popular scrutiny: Guantanamo. The prison’s annual cost […]
STEAMERS
“Gumshoe Crab”
Gumshoe Crab by A. Crock
SKETCHBOOK
East Harbor, North Truro
East Harbor, North Truro by Mark Adams
UNIMPEACHABLE
What Free Speech Looks Like
Photography by Jamie Demetriou
YES WE CANNABIS
Not Your Mama’s Marijuana
An avid pothead finds what she wants on Commercial Street
After months of riveting social media debates about oligarchs and the forthcoming invasion of “dumb stoners,” legal weed has arrived on Cape Cod. Curaleaf, Provincetown’s first recreational marijuana dispensary, opened at […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Like Yesterday
In September 1973 Kathleen Cushman and I launched the Harvard Post, a weekly newspaper for the town of Harvard, Mass., population circa 3,000. I was 24. Kathleen was 23. We […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, February 6, 2020
From Laura Logue Rood, Tom Parker, and Mike Rice
Harbor Hill: A ‘Failed Project’ To the editor: I read with interest Paul Benson’s article on Harbor Hill [Jan. 30, page 8], which was purchased with great fanfare in 2017. I’m […]
VIGNETTE
“I’m Flying”
“I’m Flying” by Daniel Dejean
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
The Provincetown Identity
It’s about beauty, differentness, and openness — but mainly it’s the people
I have always loved Provincetown. From my very first day here, well over 50 years ago, I knew I belonged. I remember a long-ago conversation with the (late) cartoonist Howie […]
SUGGESTION BOX
Things You Can Do in February
“Things You Can do in February” by Mary DeAngelis
teacake's take
Groundhog Day
EDITORIAL
Questions for the Truro Select Board Candidates
Before a rare midwinter election, on Feb. 18, voters in Truro will get to hear from two select board candidates this Tuesday, Feb. 4, at 6 p.m. at town hall. […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, January 30, 2020
From Jonathan Sperber, Chris Affleck, and Mary DeAngelis
‘Needlessly Humiliated’ To the editor: I was disappointed to read your hastily written and poorly researched article “Does OCHS Have a Problem With M.D. Turnover?” (Nov. 28, page 1), in […]
SKETCHBOOK
Storm Wave
“Storm Wave” by Mark Adams
