Robert Matthew Collis, a lifelong visitor to Provincetown who found acceptance and a spiritual home here, died on June 28, 2024 of lung cancer. He died in hospice care at […]
Archives for 2024
OBITUARY
Insurance Administrator Elinor Reardon Was 74
Elinor Joyce Reardon of Eastham died on July 23, 2024 at Cape Cod Hospital. The cause was metastatic breast cancer. She was 74. Elin was born in New Haven, Conn. […]
OBITUARY
Richard Higgins of Provincetown Dies at 91
Richard Bernard Higgins, a longtime Provincetown resident, died peacefully at home in hospice care on July 31, 2024. He was 91. The son of Patrick Higgins and Helen (Foss) Higgins, […]
TIDE CHART
Provincetown and Wellfleet Harbors
Thursday, August 15- Thursday, August 22, 2024
Know when to hit the flats.
Real Estate Transactions
for the week of August 5, 2024
Recorded at the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds from Aug. 5 to Aug. 9, 2024. PROVINCETOWN Aug. 5. Robert F. Cameron and Jennifer Elizabeth Muldowney to Edward J. Agolia and […]
CLASSIFIEDS
Classifieds August 15, 2024 – August 22, 2024
Competitively Outbid , Give Your Filing Cabinet t o, Hire, and Love Thy Neighbor
Competitively Outbid, Give Your Filing Cabinet to, Hire, and Love Thy Neighbor EVENTS Art and Spirit Online Auction. A charitable event featuring local artists. Open for bidding Friday, Aug. 30 […]
Indie’s Choice
Indie's Choice from Thursday, August 15, 2024 through Thursday, August 22, 2024
All That Jazz (Thursday, Aug. 15) The U.S. Air Force Jazz Ensemble performs on Eastham Windmill Green (2505 Route 6) as part of the Windmill Green Concert Series on Thursday, […]
Provincetown Legal Notices
Town of Provincetown Select Board Public Hearing FY2025 Property Tax Rate Classification August 26, 2024 The Provincetown Select Board will hold a public hearing on Monday, August 26, 2024, at […]
ROOTS
Farmers Market Week Kicks Off With Song and Dance
Community, local food, and indigenous culture cycle through the Truro market
TRURO — The Wampanoag Nation Singers and Dancers performed here on Aug. 5 in front of a crowd that included the market’s usual Monday shoppers along with Mass. Dept. of […]
HEALTH CARE
Nursing Home Reform Languishes on Beacon Hill
Despite latest failure, 3 lawmakers say long-term care legislation is not dead
PROVINCETOWN — Massachusetts politicians at both the state and federal level have made recent moves toward tightening regulation of the long-term care industry, especially as private-equity firms continue to buy […]
BAD BUSINESS
Historic Wellfleet Inn, After Fire, Is up for Auction
The Copper Swan owners declare bankruptcy and blame the bank
This article was updated on Aug. 7. WELLFLEET — The historic property at 70 Main St., not far from Wellfleet’s center, has seen more than its share of woes over […]
IMPASSE
State Passes Housing and Veterans Bills, Protections for LGBTQ Parents
Cyr blasts legislative breakdown that killed 9 other major bills
The state legislature failed to act on final versions of nine major pieces of legislation last week, including bills about hospital oversight, clean energy, economic development, maternal health care, prescription […]
CLIMATE CHANGE
A Test of Ocean De-Acidification Begins Next Month
Alkaline compounds could increase the ocean’s capacity to store carbon
A group of scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) is planning to release 6,600 gallons of sodium hydroxide into the waters south of Martha’s Vineyard in September to […]
BIVALVES
Interested in Aquaculture? Ask a Clambassador.
On the Provincetown oyster flats, keeping visitors from disrupting farmers
PROVINCETOWN — A squad of marine educators has been deployed on the oyster flats of Provincetown in an attempt to teach the curious while protecting the livelihoods of those who […]
HOUSING
An Initial ‘Community Conversation’ About Maurice’s
Wellfleet awaits a 2028 start date for converting its campground into housing
WELLFLEET — The excitement was palpable at the Adult Community Center as roughly 60 people filed in to discuss the future of Maurice’s Campground, the 22-acre parcel that the town […]
