Last Friday night I joined a crowd in Provincetown’s beautiful town hall to celebrate the life and career of Charles “Stormy” Mayo III. With all those who were there, I […]
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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Ghost Newsroom Busters
We started this newspaper in 2019 because we saw journalism dying here. The Provincetown Banner and the Cape Codder, once robust, were struggling. Word was readers and advertisers didn’t care […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, May 16, 2024
From Annie Ditacchio, Steve Gersten, Mark Gabriele, John Dundas, and Ann Courtney and Richard Courtney
A Graceful Moderator To the editor: A big thank you to Truro’s new town moderator, Paul Wisotzky, for handling a very contentious town meeting with grace and good humor. After […]
VIGNETTE
Mother’s Day
STEAMERS
Free Stuff Season
LOCAL HISTORY
When Horses Roamed on Main Street
And all the Wellfleet kids had their own
The articles about keeping horses by Jack Styler and Katherine Rossmoore in the May 2 edition of the Independent brought back so many pleasant memories of a simpler time in […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Fifty-Five Horses
Jack Styler is a young writer who will be joining our newsroom as a staff reporter next month. He’s a Midwesterner; he graduated from the University of Wisconsin two years […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, May 9, 2024
From Karen Friedman, Pat Miller, Steven Fossella, and Lisa Thimas
Time Travel With Dad To the editor: So it goes, indeed. Thanks to Robert Kuttner for his essay “Time Travel With Kurt Vonnegut and My Dad” [May 2, page C3]. […]
VIGNETTE
Hide and Seek
STEAMERS
House of Cards
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Unthinkable Thoughts
Facing our own finitude takes courage
Some things are difficult to think about. The difficulty could lie in their complexity. I can’t wrap my brain around quantum mechanics, black holes, or the Electoral College. But other […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Scare Tactics
In a front-page story in last week’s Independent, Paul Benson took a look at some of the supposed facts that have surfaced in talk about affordable housing on the Outer […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, May 2, 2024
From Cass Johnson, Kathe Izzo, Ronald A. Gabel, Donna Cooper, and Bruce Mason
‘A Sustainable Truro’ To the editor: I moved to Truro in 2021, and I have been shocked by the housing affordability crisis on the Outer Cape. In the three years […]
