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Opinion
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, Oct. 17, 2019
From Malcolm Pollack, Gail Ferguson, Katharine Baker, and L. Michael Hager
Beware the ‘Appeal to Nature’ To the editor: The front-page article in the Sept. 6 issue titled “Culling Seals Is Wrong Answer to Shark Threat, Scientists Say”) is a fine […]
OP-ED
A Failure in Our Local Health System
Don’t give up on providing prenatal care
Susannah Fulcher’s Aug. 9 article about childbirth on the Outer Cape in this newspaper exposed serious weaknesses in our existing medical system here. It also made me want to share […]
METAPHYSICS
Persephone on the Sagamore Bridge
The sadness of leaving one set of pleasures for another
Driving west over the Sagamore Bridge in early October, heading back to Chicago, I sighed as I realized I was once again doing my biannual Persephone act. Ah, but which […]
letter from the editor
Action, Cameras, Light
Wellfleet is the only town on Cape Cod whose planning board meetings are not recorded
Some people love performing and being on camera. Others cringe at the thought, especially in this age of surveillance capitalism, when we can’t even go to the supermarket without getting […]
letter from the editor
Moderators, Editors, and Free Speech
Pushing back against the forces that pull us apart
More than one reader of the brand-new Provincetown Independent has asked us about our “politics” as a newspaper. What is our position on property taxes, or the Mass. Shellfish Initiative, […]
letters to the editor
Letters, Oct. 10, 2019: Reproductive Health, Shellfish Rules, Nudes
Reproductive Health Overlooked To the editor: I was pleased to see your front-page article on childbirth on Outer Cape Cod [“Childbirth on the Edge,” Sept. 6, 2019], a topic that […]
the year-rounder
Fishing Is Our Essence
Has Provincetown learned Mary Heaton Vorse’s lesson?
PROVINCETOWN — My late father-in-law was a wonderful man, with a simple palate, a real meat-and-potatoes kind of guy. Whenever any of his three daughters (each an accomplished and inventive […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Big Story in a Small Town
What 'everyone knows' is rarely the whole truth
On Friday, Sept. 6 the first edition of the Independent on paper rolled off the press at Graphic Developments Inc. in Hanover, Mass. It’s always a thrill to see the […]
island notebook
Cock Soup From Scratch
Memories of my Jamaican grandparents come back to life
WELLFLEET — I grew up in the agricultural community of Black River, Jamaica, where my grandfather, Elmas Gustauvas Bowlin, was a prominent butcher at the local farmers’ market. The pride […]
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Provincetown’s Fake Economy
Income inequality is all around us
PROVINCETOWN — I live in an unusual Provincetown neighborhood. There are 11 nearby dwellings, and eight of them are occupied year-round. (That’s 73 percent.) Two of my year-round neighbors own […]
VIEW FROM THE HIVE
In September, Honey Bees Turn Conservative
To survive the cold, colonies produce a crop of “winter bees”
Honey bees, like all social insects, are inherently aware of the late summer’s waning day length, low sun angle, and chilly nighttime temperatures. With the end of the sweet pepperbush […]
MOVEMENT
Balancing Act
Try this at home: Simple exercises for a steadier future
We all strive to find balance in life. In a physical sense, it’s central to everything that we do from walking to surfing and from gardening to high-intensity sports. The […]
Letters To the Editor
Letters, Aug. 29, 2019: On Dysfunction, Oysters, and Ponds
The Provincetown Independent welcomes letters from readers. No fancy form for now; just send us an email. Please include your phone number, for verification, not publication. Only in Wellfleet To […]
million-year picnic
Celestial Navigation
Finding Jupiter and Saturn at the end of your arm
The planets Jupiter and Saturn returned to the evening sky last month and will be with us through autumn. Jupiter looks like a brilliant white-gold star, and Saturn is a […]
