Caring for Elders To the editor: Thank you for the excellent article on the home care crisis on the Cape [July 20, page A7], exemplified by the persistent backlog of […]
Opinion
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VIGNETTE
Stepping Out in Style
STEAMERS
Deadbeat Landlords
AT THE MEAT RACK
Cruising With Family
OP-ED
Trying to Help and Getting It Wrong
What a painted pond turtle on Mill Road taught me
Driving down Mill Road in Eastham a few weeks ago, I spotted a painted pond turtle on the pavement. Being a human who has enjoyed enough success, by my modest […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
The Invisible Evicted
In last week’s Independent, staff reporter Sam Pollak wrote the latest sickening chapter in the story of slumlords David and Carolyn Delgizzi of Weston and their tenants at the Truro […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, July 20, 2023
From Ellyn Weiss, Mike Rice, Jon Slater, Channing Wilroy, and Myra Slotnick
Due Diligence in Truro To the editor: Let me see if I understand this correctly: One of Truro’s selectpersons is being investigated by the rest of them (employing a law […]
VIGNETTE
Catch of the Day
STEAMERS
Bear Week
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
An Entangled Calf
Must baby whales be collateral damage for the tuna fleet?
The young humpback whale swam near his mother out on Stellwagen Bank in the Gulf of Maine. He had had many experiences in his young life, but that day three […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
Investing in Local News
Our vision for the Provincetown Independent when we published our first edition almost four years ago was to create an exceptionally good newspaper. We thought the Outer Cape was ripe […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, July 13, 2023
From Tabitha Vevers, Buddy Perkel, Christine Markowski, Kathleen Cote, and Jim McDermott
The Dune Shack ‘Travesty’ To the editor: I find it both ironic and heartbreaking that the National Seashore is offering leases to the highest bidder for the very dune shacks […]
VIGNETTE
Warming Trend
STEAMERS
The Spirit of Justice
LETTER FROM ACROSS THE POND
The Loss of Enchantment
The pink river dolphins don’t dance anymore
I think I might have been around 16 years old, so my cultural indoctrination was well underway. For years, I had been a devotee of Jacques Cousteau and his beautiful […]
