The things we celebrate reveal a great deal about us: who we are or who we would like to be. This weekend is the Portuguese Festival and the Blessing of […]
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OP-ED
Alloparenting and Survival
An evolutionary perspective on cooperative caregiving
Surrounded by juveniles, that’s what we are. Whether it’s the ruffled chickadee balancing on the railing or the catbird that can’t stop singing. One of the thrilling things at this […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Drama on the School Field
We have not one but two of our annual town meetings happening this Saturday, in Wellfleet and Truro, so fans of pure democracy will have to choose which one to […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, June 24, 2021
From John Cumbler, Dennis Clark, and Steven Thomas Oney
Don’t ‘Go Paperless’ To the editor: In the midst of the confusion caused by the Covid virus and Wellfleet’s financial muddle, someone in town government forgot to notice that the […]
STEAMERS
Lobsterman Roll
Juneteenth: A True Story
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Grave Thoughts
A composition on the inevitability of decomposition
The weather was strange that March day I first visited my future grave. The morning was clear and balmy, but by afternoon the sky had turned steel gray, and, as […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Joy Riding Into the Future
I was a little taken aback this week when I read Dennis Minsky’s column about picking a grave site. He’s right, of course, about taking care of these things ourselves […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, June 17, 2021
From Kevin Kuechler and Jay Gurewitsch
The Facts on Pond Village Water To the editor: Since 2019, the Provincetown Independent has repeatedly misrepresented the facts on water quality in Truro’s Pond Village. In December 2019, it […]
SKETCHBOOK
The Weedy Garden
VIGNETTE
Hope
STEAMERS
Turn Off
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
The CDC’s Garbage Data
An Independent reader who has been closely following news of the Covid-19 pandemic pointed out a strange fact some weeks ago: the federal Centers for Disease Control’s Covid Data Tracker […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, June 10, 2021
From Karen Strauss, Tim Trott, Alexandra Marshall, Francie Williamson, Sheree Brekke, Sally Digges, and Rachel Brown
Buying the Plaza Is Smart To the editor: The Eastham T-Time Committee unanimously supports the purchase of 4550 State Highway, the Town Center Plaza, and urges Eastham residents to vote in […]
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
A Day on the Wharf
Seeing wonders through little girls’ eyes
Sometimes a day is more than a day. Sometimes the events and experiences of a single day transform it into something larger. I had such a day last week. First […]
