About Those CDC Data To the editor: Your June 10 Letter from the Editor [“The CDC’s Garbage Data”] could have benefited from more far-reaching explanatory and investigative journalism. Like all […]
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QUEER ‘I’
My Own Private Stonewall
52 years later, the spirit of rebellion lives on
I’ve always best expressed my personal take on life through the movies I’ve watched — a quirk of memory rooted in my media-obsessed consciousness. For example, there’s a scene in […]
SKETCHBOOK
Juneteenth in Provincetown
VIGNETTE
Going Out Again
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Blessing the Fleet
A tradition that still has meaning in this town
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 […]
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
