Opinion
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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 […]
VIGNETTE
The Funnel
STEAMERS
Dance Amnesia
COUNTY LINE
The Machine Guns on the Horizon
Voices opposing the National Guard’s plan were not heard
A well-worn definition of insanity is repeating the same mistake and expecting a different outcome. Seems like our Mass. Army National Guard never heard that one. They have lately resurrected […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
From Crisis to Disaster
“It’s the saddest thing,” said Jennifer Cabral to Paul Sullivan, our reporter working on a story about people looking for reasonably priced places to live. Cabral is the moderator of […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, June 3, 2021
From Myra Slotnick, Stephen L. Wasby, Jay Vivian, and Jim Cornell
High-Priced Movies To the editor: I was elated to see the recent email from the Provincetown Film Society with the roster of some of the most delightful movies of our time […]
SKETCHBOOK
Province Lands Bike Path
VIGNETTE
Point of View
CANCELING EACH OTHER
My Little Sister, the Republican
An estrangement that mirrors a divided nation
My relationship with my sister, my only sibling, may have ended as a result of the Trump presidency. She was always a little strange. My parents thought it was due […]
STEAMERS
Bare Faced
Consensual Errors of Judgement
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
They All Said Yes
A year ago, as we faced the lengthening shutdown and the disappearance of what we had thought would be our first big period of growth as a young newspaper, we […]
