Forty years ago, artist Karen LaFleur realized that she could make designs using a dot matrix printer. She painstakingly typed alternating Xs, Os, symbols, and blank spaces on her computer […]
Archives for 2024
MEMOIR
Sebastian Junger Considers the Inevitable Precipice
In My Time of Dying is an aneurysm-spurred trip through the cosmos
In My Time of Dying is like Schrödinger’s cat. Until you open the book, author Sebastian Junger is both alive and dead. But in the famous quantum theory thought experiment, […]
MEMOIR
Cher Tells Her Remarkable, Resilient Truth
Part one of the star’s story reveals the grit behind her reinventions
My mother was from Las Vegas. On one summer visit when I was 12, she took me to Ceasars Palace to see Cher in concert. During the encore, Cher ran […]
Arts Briefs Dec. 12 – 19, 2024
Catie Flynn Does What She Loves Catie Flynn makes her living “the Cape Cod way” — that is, she says, doing “whatever works.” Originally from Harwich, she now lives in […]
VIGNETTE
Beware of Dog
STEAMERS
Never Pick Up Strange Animals
OP-ED
Six Hours of Suspense
Taking heart in South Korea’s resistance to martial law
I have gotten a dose of much-needed inspiration from what just happened in South Korea. In case you missed it, the political opposition there joined with members of President Yoon […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Nuclear Reactions
Nuclear power appears to be making a comeback. After years of decline in the number of operating U.S. reactors, there are signs that new ones may be on the way. […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, December 12, 2024
From David Hay, Joe Aberdale, Ken Nelson, Dan Katz, Mike Rice, & Joan Lockhart
The Big Yellow Cadillac To the editor: Thanks to Tom Recchio for another insightful obituary of a storied Provincetown resident, Alice Brock [“Artist and Cook Alice Brock, Made Famous by […]
OBITUARY
Cynthia Doherty, Who Tended Bar at the VFW, Dies at 74
Cynthia Louise Doherty died at her Eastham home on Nov. 26, 2024 after a long struggle with heart disease. She was 74. The oldest of four children, Cindy was born […]
OBITUARY
Financial Analyst Elizabeth Jennings Dies at 79
Elizabeth Dater Jennings, who was one of the first women to work as a media analyst on Wall Street, died on Nov. 27, 2024 at Yale New Haven Hospital in […]
OBITUARY
Eastham’s Gail Nickerson, Who Loved Horses, Was 75
Gail D. Nickerson died at her home in Buena Vista, Va. on Oct. 19, 2024. The cause was complications of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. She was 75. The daughter of […]
TIDE CHART
Provincetown and Wellfleet Harbors
Thursday, Dec. 12 - Thursday, Dec. 17, 2024
Know when to hit the flats.
Real Estate Transactions
for the week of Dec 2, 2024
Real Estate Transactions Recorded at the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds from Dec. 2 to Dec. 6, 2024. PROVINCETOWN Dec. 2. Michael S. Lynch and Ross A. Dube to Charles […]
CLASSIFIEDS
Classifieds Dec. 12 2024 – Dec. 17, 2024
Shelter, Clothe, and Love Thy Neighbor
EVENTS Crone’s Team Trivia is back at Bay Cafe every Tuesday at 7 p.m. throughout the winter. Prizes, fun, food and drinks. All welcome. Join us at 177 Commercial St., […]
