That damn yellow-headed blackbird: I just couldn’t find it. As William von Herff reported in last week’s Independent (“Rare Birds in Truro,” page B8), this rare Western bird was first […]
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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Algorithm Blues
Northwestern University’s Penelope Abernathy has come out with another study on the demise of local newspapers — her specialty. More bad news, she says. Papers are disappearing at the rate […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, November 30, 2023
From Barbara Bond, Marsha Rial Davis, and Rochelle Weichman
Fighting Food Insecurity To the editor: I was delighted to see the write-up on the organizations fighting food insecurity on the Outer Cape in your Nov. 23 issue. But I […]
QUEER ‘I’
At My Doorstep
On reconciling fear and pride
I first saw Provincetown when I was 16. I came for a few hours with my parents on my father’s highlighter-yellow boat, a midlife-crisis acquisition we rarely made use of. […]
VIGNETTE
Change of Seasons
STEAMERS
Pilgrim Envy
VOICES OF FAITH
Let Us Put Away Violence
Standing in support of the suffering innocent
Certain dates remain etched in our minds for years because of what happened on those particular days. For many of us, Nov. 22, 1963 and Sept. 11, 2001 are two […]
HORRORS
Thanksgiving, the Slasher Movie
A holiday film in which consumers are terrorized
In the days leading up to Thanksgiving, perhaps your mind strays toward violent-enough thoughts about your own family, and you’re not feeling the need to see a new horror film […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Standing Together
The news from the Middle East has been unbearable, and I have avoided writing about it here. There are days when I cannot bring myself even to read the latest […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, November 23, 2023
From Ronald A. Gabel, M.D., Christian Charette, Mike Rice, Zygmunt J.B. Plater, and R.J. Bardsley
Medicine and Politics To the editor: The well-researched article “For the Young, Gender-Affirming Care Is Scarce” (Nov. 2, front page) raises larger issues regarding health care on Cape Cod. Until […]
VIGNETTE
Plein-Air Minuet
STEAMERS
Future Tourists
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
The Pilgrims Revisited
Current events ask us to explore the motivations of our ancestors
Nov. 11 was the 403rd anniversary of the arrival of the Mayflower in Provincetown Harbor. For at least the last 120 years, the people of Provincetown have worked to correct […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Undesirable Attitudes
The acute labor shortage on the Outer Cape would likely become massively worse under a second Donald Trump presidency — which appears increasingly probable if you believe public opinion polls. […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, November 16, 2023
From Linda Eramian, Bob Higgins-Steele, Christopher Lucy, and Russ Braun
The Need for Housing To the editor: We have a second home in Truro and spend as much time here as possible. My husband’s family has been here since the […]
