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STEAMERS
Respect of the Dead
INKLINGS
Downtown, Family Week
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
You Are What You Eat
The challenge, as Thoreau said, is to ‘live deliberately’
On a warm, cloudless morning, I am crouched in the underbrush, the only sounds in the woods the song of a pine warbler, the whine of a mosquito, and the […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
We Get Letters
The letters to the editor are one of my favorite things about running a newspaper even though they sometimes give me a giant headache. We are lucky to hear so […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, July 27, 2023
From Stephen J. Greenberg, Noelle Rilleau, Eliza Miller, and Frank Gallant
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 […]
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 […]
