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VIGNETTE
Pot Luck
Inspired by reports received by the Indie’s editors of items left behind by summer visitors, ranging from an Italian vermouth to a half-empty bag of marshmallows, a tin of caviar, […]
OP-ED
Save the Endangered Cottage Colonies
Small, simple houses represent a viable housing option for the Outer Cape
For the past few months, I’ve read with consternation about plans for 17 Coast Guard Road in Truro, which is currently home to the late-1950s Hi-Land View cottage colony. The […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
A Bad Report Card
“The Pandemic Erased Two Decades of Progress in Math and Reading” was the headline in the New York Times about the latest results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress, […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, Sept. 8, 2022
From Joan Zukas, Mike Rice, Carl Sussman, Brendan Noonan, and Walt Winnowski
A Vision of Wellfleet To the editor: I encourage Wellfleet voters to take a few moments before town meeting (this Saturday, Sept. 10 at 10 a.m. at the elementary school […]
QUEER ‘I’
Ta-Ta for Now to All That
A writer reflects on returning to Provincetown after a year away
It is a showy move to begin a personal essay with a Virginia Woolf quote, but I am a showy person. So, here is Woolf: “What does it mean, then? […]
VIGNETTE
Pied-à-terre
STEAMERS
Happy Labor Day
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Reflections on Carnival 2022
Provincetown witnesses the exuberance of emancipation
One day a few years ago, I sat in the office of Provincetown’s director of public works. I saw on the wall what can only be termed a flow chart: […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Wellfleet’s Moment Arrives
Wellfleet will have a chance on Sept. 10 to make a real difference in the housing crisis. Articles 6, 7, and 8 on the special town meeting warrant are about […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, Sept. 1, 2022
From Brian Morris, M.D, Max Lewis, Myra Slotnick, and Steve Roderick
A Carnival Thief To the editor: For decades, I visited Provincetown as a tourist. I felt that P’town was a very special place, almost magical. Everybody seemed nice. People from […]
VIGNETTE
Summer Love
OP-ED
Stop the Weapons, End the War
Now is the right time to pursue peace in Ukraine through diplomacy
Set aside for a moment your worries about inflation, Covid variants, mass shootings, climate change, and Supreme Court decisions, and consider instead the ongoing war in Ukraine. Now in its […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
This Is on the Record
In his “Year-Rounder” column last week, Dennis Minsky wrote that disputes between neighbors are sometimes “the most bitter fights of all.” He might be right, judging from the emails and […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, August 25, 2022
From Eric Chivian, M.D., Dorothy M. Smith, Stephen Kinzer, James E. King, and Sarah Hill
Glyphosate and Cancer To the editor: Re “Killing Weeds With Herbicides Is ‘Last Resort’ ” [Aug. 18, front page]: There is no question that the reed grass Phragmites australis is […]
