Trash Cans Were Missed To the editor: Kudos to the town of Truro, which, on second thought, has put back the trash cans at Coast Guard and presumably other town […]
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JACK CHEESE
Mosquito Autumn
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Laughing Matters
A well-told joke is a lot like poetry
The old woman brought her toddler grandson to the beach and watched placidly as he played in the sand at the water’s edge. Suddenly, a huge wave washed the child […]
VIGNETTE
The One Percent
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, December 2, 2021
From Gerard J. Kinahan, Michael Fee, Bill “Birdie” Edwards, Alex Brewer, Madeleine Entel and Bruce Hurter
‘Let the Cloverleaf Proceed’ To the editor: In response to last week’s letter from Dan Katz [“Aggrieved by the Cloverleaf,” page A2]: Ted Malone does not build “monstrosities.” He builds […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Schoolyard Fantasy
The Wellfleet Elementary School has not had a playground since March 2020, as staff reporter Jasmine Lu wrote in the Oct. 7 issue of the Independent. First, it was off-limits […]
VIGNETTE
Turkey Dinner
STEAMERS
Starving for Art
ZONATIONS
More Perfect Unions
Workers’ associations can be a democratic force for good
In Michigan, the United Auto Workers was the quintessential labor union. We breathed cars and trucks, and our economy rose and fell in direct correlation to auto sales. Every family […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
A Local Newspaper With Benefits
Seven weeks ago, as we passed the two-year mark and began Volume 3 of the Independent, I wrote about our finances and where we stood in relation to our projections. […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, November 25, 2021
From David Holmstrom, Dan Katz, Jo Citron, Jay Vivian, and Brent Harold
There Is No Alternative Bike Route To the editor: The Independent reports that the Dept. of Conservation and Recreation “continues to believe that the safest and best approach for users […]
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Over the Bridge
Two weekend trips to a foreign country
I believe I have mentioned my fierce love of Provincetown. I believe, too, that I am not unique in this respect. Indeed, one of the defining attributes of people on […]
VIGNETTE
Orange Season
STEAMERS
Silence of the Clams
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Paradise Dangled
As a boy growing up in the 1950s, paradise was a pine-paneled cottage in the Surfside Colony at Lecount Hollow Beach. A few of you cringed as you read that […]
