Mooned and Distraught To the editor: I have always been proud of being a Provincetown native as well as an employee of the Cape Cod National Seashore and of the […]
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VIGNETTE
Run Local
STEAMERS
Pumpkin Spice Drag
KEEPING WATCH
We Are Not the Apex of Creation
Reflections of a retired English teacher
Ponder the improbability of it all. Instead of barren rock, lifeless water, and gaping nothingness, there is a planetary ecosystem teeming with a nearly incomprehensible number of protean life forms, […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
The Island of Truro
Five years ago, Walter Rowell, who was then 21, ran for Wellfleet Select Board. His campaign featured some unusual proposals, including his idea that Wellfleet and Provincetown should “annex” Truro, […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, September 28, 2023
From Joanna Buffington, Carol Nelson, Anne Irwin, David A. Mangs, and Carol Jules
Eastham and the RTE To the editor: Josiah Cole writes that Eastham Select Board members who voted not to implement a residential tax exemption should be voted out [Letters, Sept. […]
VIGNETTE
Just Visiting
STEAMERS
Baggage
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Waiting for the Storm
Imagining what will happen when our turn comes
Do you remember that scene from Hitchcock’s The Birds when a flock of crows silently swoops into a deserted playground — first one, then a few more, and then many […]
HISTORY
Remembering the Hurricane of 1938
85 years ago, an unprecedented disaster hit New England
Sept. 21 is the 85th anniversary of the great Hurricane of 1938, considered the most destructive storm in the recorded history of New England. It followed a path that hurricanes […]
REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK
Everyday Gay Stories
Two weeks ago, a contingent from the Independent made our first visit to the National Gay and Lesbian Journalists Association’s annual conference, which was held in Philadelphia the weekend after […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, September 21, 2023
From Pat Miller, John W. Tyler, Tony Schoener, and Madeleine Entel
‘Ignoring’ the Part-Timers To the editor: Last week’s front-page article “Town Meeting to Consider New Rental Measures” reported a Provincetown Select Board member’s concern over what was characterized as “misinformation” […]
VIGNETTE
Collector’s Item
STEAMERS
The Wind Procrastinator
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Hometown: An Ineffable Connection
Trying to put the inexpressible into words
We each tumble into birth somewhere on this planet, and many of us just stay put. In fact, for most of human history the vast majority of people lived and […]
