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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, March 30, 2023
From Stephen Greenberg, Buddy Perkel, Bruce Monteith, and Michael Fee
Wellfleet’s Troubles To the editor: Having read in the Independent about Wellfleet’s 2021 audit, Buddy Perkel’s March 9 op-ed column, and Selectman John Wolf’s response, I have three comments about […]
VIGNETTE
Spring
STEAMERS
Weed Whacked
KEEPING WATCH
Either Way: Taking a Broader View of Human Variation
Reflections of a retired English teacher
In 1969, when I was 19 and rode a motorcycle, there was a highway sign on Route 6 in North Truro alerting drivers that they could get to Provincetown by […]
OP-ED
Giving Before We Take
A prescription: notice what the trees and terns seem to know
I found myself skipping out to the mailbox on a recent bright day. Skipping is not as easy as it used to be, but the drive is long, and I […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Rude Awakening
Town meetings are coming, and we are wondering how local citizens and governments will navigate hot-button issues this year. At last spring’s town meeting in Truro, a proposed change in […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, March 23, 2023
From John A. Wolf, Austin Miller, Heather Korostoff Murray, and Alice Brock
Suing the Auditors To the editor: Buddy Perkel’s March 9 op-ed, “What Wellfleet Deserved,” contains several inaccurate assertions. The select board has not filed a malpractice claim against the town’s […]
VIGNETTE
Daylight Savings Time
STEAMERS
Happy Spring!
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Away With Me
A meditation on ‘advance planning’
I knew there were not enough dead people in Provincetown to make their disposal profitable. I discovered recently that the same is true for Wellfleet. (Forget Truro — it’s a […]
WINTER DREAMS
Marching On
Waking up is an experience to be treasured
I had a performer’s dream the other night. I was in a play, nodding off in my dressing room during a long offstage hiatus. I heard lines on the performance […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
A Test for the Schools
Words matter. They can be used to hide the truth or to reveal it. The Provincetown Select Board gave us a fine example of the latter this week. One month […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, March 16, 2023
From Morton Inger, Carey Morning, and R.J. Bardsley
‘It’s Hatred’ To the editor: Re “School Committee Did Not Know About Bullying Scandal,” March 9, page A8: A student is bullied and harassed because of her religion, and the […]
