Due Diligence on Solar To the editor: Re “In Solar Market, Be Picky About Your Installer” [Dec. 21, front page]: I agree that Cape residents should be hiring and vetting […]
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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Here’s Looking at You
“Yesterday,” sang the young Paul McCartney, “all my troubles seemed so far away.” According to most sources, the Beatles’ song is the most covered in history, with more than 2,000 […]
VIGNETTE
Season’s Greetings
STEAMERS
Ho, Ho, No
WATERCOLOR
Stop
FESTED
Reflections on a Crowded Day in Wellfleet
This year’s OysterFest had a feeling of recovery from an illness
In October I experienced my third OysterFest as a Wellfleet resident. I thought I should volunteer, and I worked stamping entrants’ hands (the ink lasts longer on the inside of […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Plum Visions for 2024
The people making predictions about what’s going to happen in 2024 have not exactly been spreading visions of peace, love, and prosperity. Depending on which expert you ask, you’re likely […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, December 21, 2023
From Stan Bratskeir, Mike Rice, and Marian Roth
Turning the Clock Back To the editor: The Truro Part-Time Resident Taxpayers’ Association is trying to turn the clock back 200 years, to a time when owning property automatically conferred […]
VIGNETTE
Letter to Santa
STEAMERS
Outlaws
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Entropy Disrupted
Friends and helpers bring order out of chaos
“It’s always something” is a common phrase loaded with meaning. At my place it is the rule. Why is everything always breaking? And what am I to do about it? […]
PREGNANCY AND PROTEST
Haranguing the Vulnerable Is Not ‘Pro-Life’
The root causes of abortion need to be addressed
A “pro-life” organizer working with the Texas-based group 40 Days for Life recently staged 40 days of prayer vigils outside Health Imperatives, the only reproductive health clinic on Cape Cod. […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Lights in the Darkness
We’re heading into the shortest days of the year — but the darkness has been feeling especially heavy lately. The suffering and ill will in the world press in and […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, December 14, 2023
From Diane Turco, Barbara Woodward, Brad Reichard, and Jack Austin
Holtec’s Vapors To the editor: Re “Nearly 200,000 Gallons of Nuclear Waste Vaporized” [Nov. 30, front page]: At the Pilgrim nuclear power station decommissioning site in Plymouth, owner Holtec appears […]
