WELLFLEET — When Dave Seitler got up at 5 a.m. on Sunday, the first thing he checked was the temperature. Through nearly all of February, low temperatures had stymied his attempts […]
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VIGNETTE
Fishland
STEAMERS
Bivalve Love Triangle
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Just Saying
We don’t need Google to tell us what to celebrate. And the only King we answer to is the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
I Walk Alone
Living with loss and holding fast to grief
The trouble with Life is that it is a one-way affair: there is no turning back, no opportunity to rewind the tape, revisit a scene, refresh an event. There is […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Messing With the Mail
The U.S. Postal Service was in the news again this week, thanks to a head-spinning series of flipflops by the administration about its plans for the mail. The president, who […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, February 27, 2025
From Jay Gurewitsch, Judith S. Hadley, Lisa King, & Jamie Demetri
Living With HIV To the editor: I read with concern the potential national impact of Becerra v. Braidwood, the case now awaiting a decision by the Supreme Court and, like […]
VIGNETTE
Fresh Eggs
STEAMERS
Blech House
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Snow Day
Taking courage from a song sparrow on a wintry walk
These are trying times indeed, but the world persists in sending us gifts on a daily basis, if only we would notice and accept them. Yesterday, the gift was snow: […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Don’t Stop Talking
“Media mistrust has been growing for decades — does it matter?” asked a recent report from the Pew Charitable Trusts. “Midway through the 20th century, the news media was among […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, February 20, 2025
From Thomas Thompsen, Jeff Kemprecos, John B. Livingstone, Dick Mains, Paul Krueger, Bill Beckett, & Bob Rice
Only 80 Years Ago To the editor: On the 27th of January, 1945, my father and 11,000 other prisoners of war began evacuating Stalag Luft III near the town of […]
TURNOVER
After 4 Years, Truro’s Town Manager Is Out
Kelly Clark takes on Darrin Tangeman’s duties at town hall
TRURO — Town Manager Darrin Tangeman has resigned effective April 8 after four years on the job and with two years remaining on his three-year contract. Assistant Town Manager Kelly […]
