This is the season of winnowing. The wind-scoured streets and what stubbornly remains remind us that we are all just — yes — hanging on. Winter is a test for […]
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REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK
Into the Vortex
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A polar vortex swooped down from the Arctic on Monday, fueled by climate change-driven instability in the jet stream, forcing Donald Trump’s inauguration indoors. But nobody in […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, January 23, 2025
From Tom McNamara, Brendan Noonan, Tim Olsen, Judy Wood, & Fred Long
The RTE’s ‘False Promise’ To the editor: Re: “Eckman Has a Change of Heart on Tax Policy,” (Jan. 16, front page): I respect Aimee Eckman’s thoughtful reasoning and acknowledge her […]
VIGNETTE
Winter Wave
STEAMERS
Ahoy Oligarchy
WATERCOLOR
The Palace Becomes a Circus
RECKONINGS
The Unfinished Work
Dr. King’s last question remains: ‘Where do we go from here?’
The unfinished work that Abraham Lincoln referred to in the Gettysburg Address has been on my mind lately, as have the words of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. […]
LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER AND EDITOR
The Year-Round Bonus
Last week we reported that the Eastham Select Board had voted again, three to two, not to adopt the residential tax exemption (RTE), the option that enables a town to […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, January 16, 2025
From Parker A. Small Jr., M.D. & Roz Diamond
Hiebert and Mailer To the editor: I thoroughly enjoyed Dorothea Samaha’s article about Daniel Hiebert [“The Good Doctor of Provincetown,” Jan. 2, page A11]. It gave a good review of […]
VIGNETTE
Oh Deer!
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Charmed by the Wild World
A glimpse beyond our tame lives
It is the darkness itself that is so humbling, so profound — pitch black and dark as death. Driving through Truro on a January night, there is an otherwise lunar […]
LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER AND EDITOR
A New Year’s Progress Report
After three years of dreaming, planning, and raising start-up funds, plus a month or so of online posts, the first regular weekly edition of the Independent was published on Oct. […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, January 9, 2025
From Bill Cadogan, David Ricketts, Dan Katz, Chris Brown, Tim Richards, Peter Cutting, Carol Magenau and Marjorie Yater
Condos Versus Rentals To the editor: Re “Developers Propose 40 Condos, 30 Below Market” [Dec. 26, front page]: Conversion to condo is a terrible idea, particularly with regard to the […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Zigging and Zagging Through History
You know already that this is an odd and special place. It’s one reason we — and others before us — figured Outer Cape Cod needed its own newspaper. All […]
