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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, October 12, 2023
From Robert Panessiti, Brent Harold, and Susan Hanway
The DPW Decision in Truro To the editor: On Oct. 21, the citizens of Truro will be asked at a special town meeting to approve a number of articles that […]
VIGNETTE
Mom, Dad, Please
STEAMERS
The Metamorphosis
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Old News: An Informal Study
The attitudes of the aging, from grumpy to giddy
It is often said that old age is not for sissies. Although I know quite a few old sissies, I generally agree. Old age is no joke. I firmly believe […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Rural Radicals
Several of us at the Independent spent a couple of days last week in Keene, N.H. at the Radically Rural Summit, which I have mentioned in this column before. We […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, October 5, 2023
From Elizabeth (Lema) Perillo, Josiah Cole, Brendan Noonan, Ronald A. Gabel, and Jim King
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 […]
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 […]
