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 […]
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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 […]
VIGNETTE
They’re Here
STEAMERS
Herring Trawler Cove
KEEPING WATCH
Joy at Day’s End
A swimmer’s thoughts on the importance of ritual
From early June to mid-September, rain or shine, I go for a swim at each day’s end. At some point, my late afternoon swims became more ritual than routine, without […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Small Towns, Big Ideas
There is so much to fear. Hard-won progress in civil rights, reproductive rights, and gender equality has rapidly eroded; we are beyond the overture of a climate catastrophe; war and […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, May 23, 2024
From Martha Magane, John Marksbury and Chuck Steinman, Joellen Farley, Kathy Anderson, and Mike Rice
Managing the Library To the editor: Last year at the Truro annual town meeting, voters strongly supported a petitioned change in the town charter that would restore the involvement of […]
