At Wellfleet’s recent town meeting, a voter asked why we had to spend $350,000 to upgrade the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system for a fire station that’s only […]
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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Something From Nothing
Sometimes it feels as if being a journalist consists mostly of waiting for return phone calls from people who are never going to call you back. The other day I […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, June 13, 2024
From Jeremy Callahan and Kathleen Bacon
The Formula Business Bylaw To the editor: Re “Luke’s Lobster Is Exempted From Formula Business Bylaw” [June 6, page A6]: I take exception to the word “exempted” in your headline […]
VIGNETTE
Happy Spring
STEAMERS
Mild Max: Scooter Road
HEALTH CARE
Leadership Transitions Take Time
Putting concerns about Outer Cape Health Services in context
A letter to the editor in the May 23 edition of the Independent expressed concern about “the high turnover at Outer Cape Health Services” and vacancies in key positions there. […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Pride and Fear
When I heard that Provincetown was hosting an “active shooter attack prevention and preparedness” training session, my initial reaction was skepticism. The town’s press release said, “This crucial training event […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, June 6, 2024
From Heidi Jon Schmidt, Niev Witnauer, Ronald A. Gabel, M.D., and R.S. Steinberg (Usage Scold)
Truro: A Role Model To the editor: I was sorry to read that employees of the town of Truro have been facing harassment and intimidation [“Truro Stops Enforcing Bylaw on […]
VIGNETTE
Lawn Mowers
STEAMERS
Swimming Up Street
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Living in Three Dimensions
We drive cars, fly in planes, and mostly live indoors
On the way to the beach, I passed a trellis festooned — indeed, overpowered — by English Ivy. Let’s call it a hedge. I had to stop, because emanating from […]
HEALTH CARE
The Shameful Disregard of Medicare for All
A single-payer system would save towns millions
The Independent’s otherwise comprehensive coverage of Wellfleet’s May 20 town meeting (“Wellfleet OKs Gaza Ceasefire and Pesticide Petitions,” May 23) failed to mention the nearly unanimous vote to approve a […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
A Litany of Errors
I taught writing to college freshmen back in the 1980s, when the internet was young. As a tool for doing research, the new technology seemed almost magically powerful and seductive. […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, May 30, 2024
From Stephen Greenberg, Jeremy Callahan, Debbie Canyock, and Lee Bartell
Wellfleet’s Gaza Resolution To the editor: The Gaza war resolution adopted at the Wellfleet town meeting on May 20 is both ill-advised and blatantly one-sided. It is purely a political […]
