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Steamers
Unassisted
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Sunshine Week for the Press
Two months ago, I wrote about a flap we had with the new Wellfleet town administrator, Maria Broadbent. She had given one of our reporters a hard time about releasing […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, March 18, 2021
From Bob Nee, Raife Menold, Sharon Blair, and Laura Gazzano
‘L.A. Would Be Amazed’ To the editor: The tone of last week’s Letter From the Arts Editor about the recent American Horror Story filming in Provincetown was unnecessarily dismissive. I’ll […]
VIGNETTE
Noise Complaint
THE PLAGUE YEAR
A Covid Anniversary Gift
After a year of distancing, what did I have to offer friends?
We’re coming up on a year, now — a year of confusion, isolation, sadness, and readjustment. Anniversaries are a time of reflection. What does this one mean? There has been […]
Let’s Face It
COUNTY LINE
Common Hopes Lead to Consensus on Climate Action
A local example of how government ought to work
With strident voices and violent clashes in the news at the highest levels of government, recent weeks brought a welcome dose of collaborative and functional governance on Cape Cod. The […]
LETTER FROM THE ARTS EDITOR
The Horror! The Horror!
Perhaps the biggest illusion perpetuated by the movie business is that film shoots — the nuts and bolts of producing movies and television — are glamorous and fascinating. In fact, […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, March 11, 2021
From Paul de Ruyter and Kristin Hatch
Obstructed View of Harbor Hill To the editor: Thank you for Paul Benson’s piece on “The View From Harbor Hill” [March 4, front page]. It was wonderful to read the […]
VIGNETTE
Winter Wrap
SKETCHBOOK
Waiting
STEAMERS
Un-Real Estate
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Across the Digital Divide
A fuddy-duddy’s view of sexting
The saddest story to appear in these pages in many weeks was Jan. 28th’s “A ‘Sextortion’ Case Reveals Silent Crisis for Teens.” If you missed it, here is a brief […]
LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
Good Business, Bad Faith
The Independent’s mission is to produce truth-seeking reporting on the Outer Cape. But we have another purpose that extends beyond the Orleans rotary: to help change what is happening to […]
