British composer and self-styled “nonmusician” Brian Eno has recorded several albums of “ambient music.” In the liner notes for his Ambient 1: Music for Airports (1978), he wrote that ambient […]
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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Local News, Local Economy
Last week a group of 22 prominent funders, led by the MacArthur Foundation, announced “a national initiative to strengthen communities and democracy by supporting local news” with grants totaling more […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, September 14, 2023
From Tom Ryan, Josiah Cole, and David Rowell
Correcting a Correction To the editor: I take exception to Art Autorino’s Sept. 7 letter in which he “corrects” my comments that were accurately quoted in “A Holdout Survives on […]
VIGNETTE
Clearing Out
STEAMERS
Crud is in the Air
RAISING THE RTE
A Deeply Flawed Process
Next time, it could be your concerns that are dismissed
The Provincetown Select Board at its last meeting on Aug. 28 dramatically increased the residential tax exemption (RTE) from 25 percent (where it had held steady for several years) to […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Undoing the Damage
A press release from the Cape Cod National Seashore appeared in my inbox the other day promoting the value of the Park to the local economy. A new report from […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, September 7, 2023
From Art Autorino, Tara Chhabra, Andy Morris-Friedman, Mike Rice, and Ernest Jacob
On Shurtleff Road… To the editor: I would be remiss not to correct a couple of the comments in “A Holdout Survives on Eastham’s Shurtleff Road” in the Aug. 31 […]
VIGNETTE
Tickets
STEAMERS
Boss Fight
LOCAL COLOR
Augustitis
WATERCOLOR
Mugshot
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Being With Whales
Why are people so drawn to these wild creatures?
You know what you’re doing, but do you know why you’re doing it? How often do we really think about our actions? How conscious are we of our motivation? We […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
The Kansas Raids, Redux
Two weeks ago, I wrote about police raids at the weekly Marion County Record in Kansas and the home of its editor. Since then, those events have generated a remarkable […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, August 31, 2023
From Robert Panessiti, Roz Diamond, Ronald A. Gabel, Chuck Steinman, and Chuck Leigh
Truro DPW Questions To the editor: Something called the “DPW Study Group” has been circulating a proposal for an “alternative” to Truro’s proposed DPW facility. It is described as “a […]
