I learn a lot by reading the Arts & Minds pages. This week my antennae were activated by Dorothea Samaha’s article about Daniel Waite Penny and his podcast, Non-Toxic (see […]
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NAUSET HOCKEY
Boys Will Return to TD Garden for State Finals
Warriors best Scituate 8-0 in semifinal after stopping last year’s champions
BOURNE — Fans arriving late to the game at the John Gallo Arena on Sunday could hear the cheering from well beyond the hockey rink’s walls. The top-ranked, undefeated Nauset […]
STATE OF THE TOWN
Guerino Says Wellfleet Is Making a Comeback
Town operating budget is up 3.4%, with no Prop 2½ override expected
WELLFLEET — In his “State of the Town” talk on March 6, Town Administrator Tom Guerino said that efforts to right the town’s finances, begun three years before he arrived in […]
VIGNETTE
That’s Entertainment
STEAMERS
Over the Rainbow
OP-ART
When the Sky Is Falling
BEEN THERE, DOGE THAT
Efficiency Without Effectiveness Is a Nightmare
We should be inspiring, not firing, federal workers
I will now sheepishly admit that when it was first announced, I was jealous of the DOGE — President Trump’s so-called Dept. of Government Efficiency. When I worked for the […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Town by Town
“People think news deserts are only in flyover country,” said veteran reporter Samuel Freedman, who was quoted in a 2023 article in The Nation. “Local news, local journalism, is disappearing […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, March 13, 2025
From Michael DeVasto, Paul Murray, & Eliza Miller
Septic Rules in Wellfleet To the editor: I’m writing to clarify statements I made about Wellfleet’s new septic regulations and accessory dwelling units (ADUs), which were described as misleading in […]
VIGNETTE
Daylight Saving Time
STEAMERS
Walking the Plank
OP-ART
Women Rising Up: Truth
WATERCOLOR
See Not, Hear Not, Speak Not
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Women’s Words
This Saturday, March 8, is International Women’s Day, and while we listen to the 19 women DJs on WOMR (see page C9), I’ll be thinking about the women on the […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, March 6, 2025
From Racine Oxtoby, Kathleen E. Bacon, Tom McNamara, Debra Raymond, Andrea Pluhar, Constance Moquist, & Mike Rice
‘A Dangerous Precedent’ To the editor: I am writing as an alumna of Provincetown High School, Class of 2007, in response to the recent firing of employees of the Cape […]