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Archives for 2024
INCIDENTALLY
Hidden Harvests
On a crisp autumn morning, I set out on a hike through the rolling sand dunes of Provincetown. I was on a quest to peek at the legendary dune shacks. […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Hope Here at Home
In the week since the election, I have read more than my fill of hand-wringing analyses, chilling predictions, and assignments of blame. I’m not going to add to that bleak […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, November 14, 2024
From Jay Critchley, Zygmunt J.B. Plater, Heidi Jon Schmidt, Chuck Leigh, Stephen Aiken, and Beverly Hobbs
‘The World Is Stunned’ To the editor: A bird flew into my house on the morning of Nov. 6, a little chickadee. The windows had been opened to the fall […]
OBITUARY
Fudge Factory Founder John Maguire Jr. Dies at 73
John Francis Maguire Jr., who founded the Provincetown Fudge Factory on Commercial Street in 1984, died at his Eastham home on Nov. 2, 2024. The cause was brain cancer. He […]
OBITUARY
Conservationist and Road Racer Peter Buffington Dies at 89
Peter Buffington, who was devoted to the annual Wellfleet and Truro road races, died on Oct. 17, 2024 at the Terraces skilled nursing center in Orleans following a steady decline […]
OBITUARY
Ann Curby, Computer Systems Pioneer and Sailor, Dies at 97
Ann Ward Curby, a pioneer in the field of computer systems analysis, died in her sleep at her home in East Cambridge on Oct. 27, 2024. She was 97. The […]
TIDE CHART
Provincetown and Wellfleet Harbors
Thursday, Nov. 14 - Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024
Know when to hit the flats.
Real Estate Transactions
for the week of Nov. 4, 2024
Recorded at the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds from Nov. 4 to Nov. 8, 2024. PROVINCETOWN Nov. 4. Barbara L. Jacobs to Joseph Peppe and Ulises Rosa. 156 Bradford St., […]
CLASSIFIEDS
Classifieds Nov. 14, 2024 – Nov. 21, 2024
Tap Your Feet With and Love Thy Neighbor
SERVICES Wellfleet Chair Caning offers traditional hand and French caning, splint and reed weaving for porch chairs, Danish cord weaving, and Shaker tape weaving. Pickup and delivery available. Please call […]
Indie’s Choice
Indie's Choice from Thursday, November 14, 2024 through Thursday, November 21, 2024
Wrap It Up! (Thursday, Nov. 14) The annual Members’ Small Works Holiday Show & Sale opens at Cape Cod Museum of Art (60 Hope Lane, Dennis) on Thursday, Nov. 14, […]
Provincetown Legal Notices
Town of Provincetown New Sewer Design-Build-Operate (DBO) Contract The Town of Provincetown (Awarding Authority), acting through the Department of Public Works (DPW), is seeking technical and price proposals for the […]
ELECTION
Outer Cape Votes Harris for President
Results are nearly identical to 2020 Biden-Trump contest
This article was updated on Nov. 7 to include preliminary election results from Truro. PROVINCETOWN — An anxiety-provoking presidential election contest came to an anxious end on the Outer Cape […]
FAITH PREVAILS
Truro Conservation Trust Buys Chapel for $1.5 Million
Pastor David Brown’s congregation will return to worship in North Truro
TRURO — The Chapel on the Pond, a historic building that hosted a mostly Jamaican congregation until its owners said in January that they were “prayerfully repurposing” the building by […]
ENERGY
4 Offshore Wind Leases Are Sold
Low sale price affects initial fisheries compensation
This article was updated on Nov. 8. Two companies have won leases for four of the eight available wind energy areas that were selected by the Interior Dept.’s Bureau of […]