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THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Dispatch From Lucca
Impressions of a small walled city in Tuscany
I have lived in Provincetown so long, loved it so much, and traveled so little in recent years that I sometimes forget there are other beautiful places in the world. […]
VIEW FROM THE BALCONY
The Tornado at Town Meeting
The short-term rental clash left a bad taste in many mouths
Last week’s annual town meeting in Provincetown was a doozy — an efficient, productive one-night affair punctuated by a 90-minute tornado that swept over the warrant’s three short-term rental (STR) […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
A Motion to Divide
Is going to town meeting a waste of time? Is our peculiar brand of local government really an exercise in pure democracy, as we are often told, or is the […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, April 13, 2023
From Ann and Richard Courtney, Stuart Winneg, and Jan Kubiac
Who Should Hire? To the editor: We have been watching the progress of town meeting warrant Article 42 to amend the charter by requiring the town manager to consult with […]
VIGNETTE
Traffic Jam
STEAMERS
Coyote O’Clock
LETTER FROM ACROSS THE POND
Restoring the In-Betweens
In defense of the rhythmic realms where opposites meet
So many things to love in the Book of Genesis; so many things to take exception to. Here’s one of each. Love: the image of the world as being made, […]
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
The Whales and the Wind Farms
The arguments over strandings are weakened by lack of evidence
The development of offshore wind farms as a solution to our desperate need for renewable energy has become a hot topic, and endangered whales have gotten caught up in it. […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Facing Our History
Our friend and mentor Robert Kuttner wrote this week in the American Prospect about the death on March 28 of Margot Stern Strom, the Brookline teacher who in 1975 created […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, April 6, 2023
From Georg Deyab, Eileen Hickey, Liam McElhone, and Tom Burns
‘We Are All in Trouble’ To the editor: Re “Provincetown Fights Back Against Anti-Drag Laws” [March 30, front page]: Whether it is bingo, karaoke, a fundraiser, or a regular show, […]
VIGNETTE
Quick Change Artist
STEAMERS
A Better Lobster Trap
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Tide Line Mystery
On being confronted with a simple, inexplicable occurrence.
We all live our lives where the sea meets the land, and it does so every day, twice a day. This meeting is foreordained — it is an encroachment really […]
