Sept. 21 is the 85th anniversary of the great Hurricane of 1938, considered the most destructive storm in the recorded history of New England. It followed a path that hurricanes […]
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REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK
Everyday Gay Stories
Two weeks ago, a contingent from the Independent made our first visit to the National Gay and Lesbian Journalists Association’s annual conference, which was held in Philadelphia the weekend after […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, September 21, 2023
From Pat Miller, John W. Tyler, Tony Schoener, and Madeleine Entel
‘Ignoring’ the Part-Timers To the editor: Last week’s front-page article “Town Meeting to Consider New Rental Measures” reported a Provincetown Select Board member’s concern over what was characterized as “misinformation” […]
VIGNETTE
Collector’s Item
STEAMERS
The Wind Procrastinator
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Hometown: An Ineffable Connection
Trying to put the inexpressible into words
We each tumble into birth somewhere on this planet, and many of us just stay put. In fact, for most of human history the vast majority of people lived and […]
NO-COMPLAINT DEPT.
The Ambient Music of Provincetown
From daybreak to late at night, the mixed-up sounds of a neighborhood
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 […]
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 […]
