PROVINCETOWN — Someone in the Facebook group “Provincetown: Housing for Rent” called finding housing here “an impossible dream.” The page is a trove of tales of housing plans that have […]
SOCIAL MEDIA
Are We Having Fun Yet? Not in Some Facebook Spaces
Moderators say the political climate and Covid are to blame for rising vitriol
Five years ago, Andrea Sawyer was asked to be a moderator of the Provincetown Community Space (PCS) Facebook page by a friend who was giving up the position. Sawyer thought […]
CIVICS
Moderator Defends FinCom Pick and Facebook Rants
Says FinCom’s Mark Hatch has a right to offend
PROVINCETOWN — David Panagore, the former town manager, has been appointed as an alternate on the finance committee, raising the ire of part-time resident taxpayers once again. Panagore, the town […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Writing Thursday
It’s “Giving Tuesday” as I write this, and I can see from looking at the online posts of local nonprofits that people really are giving. We know firsthand about this […]
letter from the editor
Moderators, Editors, and Free Speech
Pushing back against the forces that pull us apart
More than one reader of the brand-new Provincetown Independent has asked us about our “politics” as a newspaper. What is our position on property taxes, or the Mass. Shellfish Initiative, […]
