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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, Nov. 10, 2022
From Ben Williams, Frank Barringer, and Dick Elkin
More Buried Lines To the editor: I read “Homeowners Learn They Must Maintain Buried Power Lines” [Nov. 3, page A9] with sadness, as I lived this myself. I’m a first-time […]
STEAMERS
Totes Destruction
CUP OF SUGAR
Why I Love Provincetown
POETRY
Provincetown Pantoum
Inspired by Maria Nazos
This poem was inspired by Elizabeth Bradfield’s article on Maria Nazos’s “Cape Cod Pantoum” [“Afloat at Land’s End,” Oct. 6, page C8]. There is so much right about using this […]
REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK
The Personal Is Political
Katie Couric and I have two things in common: our breasts. We both have dense breast tissue. If you have no idea what I am talking about, consider yourself lucky. […]
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 […]
