Lately I have been trying to imagine what it’s like to live in Truro. Really, I have no idea. Although I have been next door, in Provincetown, going on 60 […]
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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Elections Under Threat
I received my official 2024 vote by mail application today from the Mass. Elections Division, and it reminded me of the systems, checks, and balances that make sure our elections […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, July 18, 2024
From Michael Gaucher, Joanna Buffington, M.D., M.P.H., and Eliza Miller, M.D.
Alternates Voting To the editor: Thank you for your coverage of the recent Provincetown Planning Board elections [“Mulliken Quits After Failed Bid to Become Chair,” July 11, front page]. I […]
VIGNETTE
Bug Beat
STEAMERS
The Elephant Men
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Writers’ Block
We started this newspaper with plans focused on the future — one where small-town newspapers thrived again. But some of the things we hoped for were old-fashioned. We wanted people […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, July 11, 2024
From Mike Shannon, Michelle Haynes, and Dotti Freitas
‘Put Your Money Where Your Mud Is’ To the editor: In his July 4 letter, Joe Aberdale, chair of the Wellfleet Marina Advisory Committee, says that Wellfleet Harbor could accommodate […]
VIGNETTE
Air Fryer
STEAMERS
Gobbless
CIVICS
Ten Nauset Students Try Out Practical Politics
After Girls and Boys State, bringing collaboration into the real world
EASTHAM — Ten Nauset Regional High School juniors spent the last week of school building a whole new government from the ground up. We were among a few hundred students […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
A Crime Compounded
It’s hard for me to understand those people who believe there is a “deep state” of corrupt government officials determined to take away our rights. The fabrications and fantasies of […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, July 4, 2024
From Diane Turco and Joe Aberdale
Holtec and the Whistleblower To the editor: Christine Legere’s report on the Holtec whistleblower letter [“Holtec Confirms Pilgrim Worker Was Contaminated,” June 20, front page] highlights the fact that the […]
VIGNETTE
Vacationers
STEAMERS
Guilty Good
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Lawrence of the Dunes
Remembering a man who lived life on his own terms
I imagine Lawrence Schuster as a child in 1950s Pennsylvania being asked “What do you want to be when you grow up?” and answering, with steely blue eyes and a […]
