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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, June 9, 2022
From Heidi Jon Schmidt and Frank Barringer
In Memory of the Children To the editor: Thank you for the articles on guns [June 2, pages A1 and A10] that put the full ghastly story together and link […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Wellfleet’s Choice
The next chapter in the saga of Wellfleet’s financial misadventures will be written this Saturday at the annual town meeting. I live in Wellfleet, so I will be there, and […]
VIGNETTE
Escapade
OP-ART
Private Beach Quiz
THE PANDEMIC
When Covid Hits Home
As the number of cases surges, so do the unanswered public health questions
The U.S. reached a staggering milestone in early May — more than one million people have died from Covid. And around the same time, I tested positive for the virus. […]
PRIDE
Know Your Queer History
And ‘fly the flag that speaks to your soul’
The LGBTQ community continues to grow, continues to change. This progress happens even though we are living in an era backpedaling into conservatism and sanctioned homophobia. Sadly, states like Florida […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, June 2, 2022
From Gordon Peabody, Jim Bisceglia, Mike Rice, and Dan Katz
Life at the Edge To the editor: Living at the edge of the Earth, we have already lost more than our fair share of fishermen to the sea. The unexpected […]
REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK
On Asking Questions
When I was little, my father would tease me for asking outlandish questions. “In baseball,” I once asked, “if a batter hits a home run so powerful it flies all […]
REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK
Remember Jesse Silva
Marine Corps Vietnam combat veteran Paul Mendes suggested that we do a Memorial Day story about Staff Sgt. Jesse Arnold Silva. He said that Silva, a paratrooper, was the first […]
VIGNETTE
All Organic
STEAMERS
Thelma & Louising It
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Reasons to Be Positive
This is a good time to think deeply about why we are here
By my reckoning, this is my 73rd column for this paper. My first, in the inaugural issue, was printed under the heading “The Year-Rounder,” as has every column since then. […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, May 26, 2022
From Jeff Tash, John A. Wolf, Buddy Perkel, Frank Dunau, and Mike Greer
‘There Was No Fraud’ To the editor: Ed Miller in his May 19 Letter From the Editor says Wellfleet’s books don’t add up. He thinks the town ought to pay […]
