Many questions remain about what happened on June 18 at the East End basketball court in Provincetown, when three police officers responded to a report of a kid with a […]
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, July 6, 2023
From Thom Schwarz, Brent Harold, Peg Ryan, Betsy Higgins-Steele, and Marcy Feller
‘Isn’t America Great?’ To the editor: Bravo to Paul Benson for his clear, concise, and readable reports on the dune shacks. And a hearty round of applause for U.S. senators […]
VIGNETTE
Seasonal Wildlife 101
STEAMERS
Cultural Currency
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Painting on the Seawall
The beauty of an act of public artmaking
Beauty follows us everywhere. The color of the harbor today is blue, the color of the sky above it, blue, too, but paler. Of course, they are just reflections of […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Our Cultural Diplomat
In the past week, the wider world has noticed that the Park Service is evicting Sal Del Deo from the dune shack that has been his refuge for 77 years. […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, June 29, 2023
From Brenda J. Boleyn, Ronald A. Gabel, Chuck Leigh, Elspeth Slayter, Christopher J. Snow, and Jeannette Belben
Reviving the Seashore Advisory Commission To the editor: Re “Amid Protests, Dune Shacks Eyed by Bidders,” June 22, front page: The maelstrom swirling around the new dune-shack leasing program bespeaks […]
PORTRAIT
Truth Speaks
VIGNETTE
Midsummer
KEEPING WATCH
Holtec Threatens a Common, Open-Access Resource
Reflections of a retired English teacher
We Americans, whether as individual consumers, small-business owners, or CEOs of large corporations, are locked in a free market system that rewards the exploitation of a wide swath of open-access […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
A Hero of the Papers
Daniel Ellsberg died last Friday at age 92 after having been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in February. His extraordinary life had a lasting influence on many people, including me. When […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, June 22, 2023
From Liam McElhone, Al Gentle, Ken Field, Joan Holt, Robert Panessiti, Kim Kettler, and Barbara Hill
‘Find the Right Target’ To the editor: Thanks to the Provincetown Independent for covering recent efforts to terminate the contract of Truro Town Manager Darrin Tangeman [“A Campaign Is Waged […]
VIGNETTE
Out of Shape
STEAMERS
Par-King
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
To Choose to Tattoo
Discovering the reasons why people decide to decorate their skin
The ungainly spider crab out on our tidal flats decorates its carapace with bits of seaweed, the better to camouflage itself and enhance its role as an ambush predator. Several […]
