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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Who’s in the ‘Workforce’?
I’ve noticed that, as the Outer Cape’s quest for housing alternatives intensifies, the term “affordable housing” seems to be muted. Insofar as it indicates that we have people in need […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, September 30, 2021
From Sarah Hill, Karen Friedman, Donna Cooper, and Jim Campen
What Would Mr. Rogers Say? To the editor: I appreciate Christine Legere’s “One Word Might Change Beach Rights Debate” [Sept. 23, front page] and applaud Sen. Cyr and Rep. Fernandes […]
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
The Music in Us
What is left behind after the instruments have been packed away?
A wedding party celebrated on a large East End deck on a sunny Sunday afternoon and on into a moonlit evening, with a live local band — Steve Morgan and […]
The Catch
UP A CREEK
Dear Friend
An easy-to-use fill-in-the-blanks end-of-summer form letter
Dear ________ (friend / family member’s name), So sorry to have missed you in ________ (July, August)! Option A: I understand you were very disappointed that we couldn’t get together. […]
VIGNETTE
The Last One
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Radically Rural
As I write this week’s column, two of the Independent’s staff members are on their way to Keene, N.H. to take part in the fourth annual Radically Rural Summit. Paul […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, September 23, 2021
From Bonnie Nuendel and Brian Dupré
What Eastham Has Lost To the editor: I hope Eastham’s T-Time Development Committee acknowledges what anyone who reads the local news knows: Cape Cod has an overwhelming housing shortage. It’s never […]
VIGNETTE
Back Home
THE ICE MEN
And Then There Was One
Plymouth sheriff’s exit leaves Cummings as the last man standing
Plymouth County Sheriff Joseph McDonald announced last Friday that he was ending his 287(g) agreement with ICE — the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. This marked the second 287(g) […]
TEACAKE’S TAKE
Tastes Like
URINATION
Yes Wee Can: Aim for Trees, Not Toilets
‘Every man wants to piss outdoors,’ says one psychologist
I’m having dinner with a group of friends in a dark, woodsy back yard in Wellfleet. After a few glasses of wine, I feel the urge to pee. Should I […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Bad at Math
Ambrose Bierce’s 1911 Devil’s Dictionary defines a lottery as “a tax on people who are bad at math.” That still sounds right. The chances of winning the Mega Millions jackpot, […]
VIGNETTE
For Rent
