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VIGNETTE
Nuts and Bulbs
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, December 3, 2020
From Barbara Kennedy, Susan Hale, Bob Rice, and Margot Hammer
From a Mayflower Descendant To the editor: In regard to your Nov. 12 front-page article on Mayflower history, yes, the Wampanoag tribe did help the Pilgrims with hunting, fishing, and […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Monetizing the Dead
Here at the Independent, we are diverse, age-wise. But we have some old-fashioned ideas. We’re serious about proofreading and fact-checking. We think classified ads are fun. We want our website […]
VIGNETTE
The Only Show in Town
OP-ED
Wamsutta Frank James Made Good Trouble
The music teacher who awakened us to real history
One story surfacing this Thanksgiving tells of a search party from the Mayflower, anchored in Provincetown Harbor, raiding a gravesite near Corn Hill in Truro. About 10 bushels of corn […]
TEACAKE’S TAKE
Thanksgiving 2020
STEAMERS
‘More Gravy Please’
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, November 26, 2020
From Joni Kosmach, Jeanne Washington, Mike Rice, Joan Fitzgerald, and Rosemary Parrett
On Town Managers’ Leaving To the editor: I have thoroughly enjoyed my subscription to the Independent and look forward to all the interesting subjects and news that it covers. The […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Thanksgiving Song
Everyone must be thinking about the things they will miss this year on Thanksgiving. At our house, it’s a weekend-long gathering of old friends who come here from the city […]
VIGNETTE
More Year-Rounders
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Clamming: Opening Day
Our collective tension vaporizes on the flats
PROVINCETOWN — Friday morning, Nov. 6, 2020. Under a serene and cloudless wide blue sky, with a temperature in the high 50s, a scene reminiscent of the work of Breughel: […]
STEAMERS
Xtreme Dining
UP A CREEK
Alternative Transitions
Outermost options for picking the next president
As Jan. 20, 2021, creeps closer, and with experts describing the atmosphere at the White House as “tense,” it is looking like it may be time to get beyond alternative […]
EDITORIAL
A Thick Skin Isn’t Enough
What are the most important attributes to look for in a potential town manager or administrator? Judging from the comments (and reluctance to comment) of recent occupants of those positions […]
