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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, Nov. 3, 2022
From Kevin Kuechler, Clinton C. Kershaw, Gael Poltrack, and Cynthia Cole
The Way the Water Flows To the editor: Last week’s article about the recent joint meeting of two select boards regarding the Walsh property in Truro [“Provincetown and Truro Discuss […]
VIGNETTE
Leaf Peepers
STEAMERS
The Uncanny DALL-E
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
The Voice of Old Provincetown
Listening to six writers of a town’s living history
Last night I heard the voice of Provincetown. Old Provincetown. It was not one voice but six, each unique, yet they blended into a song of remembrance and regret. I […]
LETTER FROM ACROSS THE POND
Animal Magic in the Marsh
A shamanic excursion to land’s end
Because she possesses a kind of shamanic animal magic, when Rina said she wanted to go for a bike ride with me, I let her lead the way. At the […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Questions From the Campaign
Law enforcement and mental health have been in the news a lot recently. We know that a large percentage of the calls that our local police must respond to are […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, Oct. 27, 2022
From Mary Moniz and L. Michael Hager
About the Obituaries To the editor: I love reading the obituaries in the Provincetown Independent. Does that make me a voyeur? Is it wrong that I come away from reading […]
VIGNETTE
Time to Move Out
STEAMERS
Pilloried
MASTER PLANNING
Build a Food Forest Garden, Not a New Pool
North Eastham’s town center should be focused on giving back to the Earth
On Wednesday night last week, I attended the final North Eastham Village Center Master Plan meeting at the Eastham Public Library. The design group has done a great job so […]
COUNTY LINE
Equity Must Be Our Goal
Poverty and homelessness are here among us on Cape Cod
On WOMR’s Alternative Radio the other night, I listened to a compilation of talks by Barbara Ehrenreich, who died on Sept. 1 and is best known for her groundbreaking undercover […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
The Buzz Is Back
A lot of people were happy last weekend because the Wellfleet OysterFest was back after two festless pandemic years — and I was one of them. It meant that I […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, Oct. 20, 2022
From Marianna Koval, Sheila McIntyre, David Moulton, Constance Kremer, Marcia Dalbey, Kalliope Chute, Patty Donohoe, Christopher J. Snow, and Fred Kavalier
An Alternative Water Source To the editor: I’ve just read the lead article in the Independent regarding the Walsh property in Truro [“Water Quality at Center Stage on Walsh Property,” […]
