In a May 30, 2021 email to Marlene Newman, a Key West neighbor, the celebrated novelist Marie-Claire Blais alluded affectionately to the Wellfleet house she occupied in the 1960s: “Weeks […]
OBITUARY
Allen Gallant, Founder of Safe Harbor House, Dies at 74
Allen Gallant was a well-loved member of the recovery community in Provincetown. “He was the go-to guy who sponsored so many people over the years,” said his niece, Pamela Sidmore. […]
GOOD FIGHT
In Provincetown, the Patriotism of Monuments and Freedom
How the virus of extremism denies the everyday truth of what we share
It’s not unusual, on a walk in Provincetown, to be reminded of townspeople’s military service. There’s the Civil War Monument in the cemetery, the World War I Doughboy statue in […]
OBITUARY
JoAnn DeSouza of Truro and Hyannis Dies at 72
When Jojo DeSouza’s husband, John, came home from work on July 25, she said she wasn’t feeling well. They had spent the previous week camping at the Bourne Scenic Park […]
OBITUARY
Artist and Teacher Joseph Connolly III Was 77
Joseph A. Connolly III died unexpectedly on Aug. 15, 2022 at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis. He had had a stroke at home four days earlier; his husband, Bob; sister […]
REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK
The Singularity of Lives
One of the most important tasks of an obituary writer is to discover the qualities that illuminated the life of an individual in relation to society and the relationships that […]
OBITUARY
Claes Oldenburg, Whose Art was Transformed by Provincetown, Dies at 93
In 1960, Claes Oldenburg left New York City to spend the summer in Provincetown, where, according to his own testimony, he washed dishes. He also constructed 70 flags out of […]
OBITUARY
Navy Veteran and Eastham Summer Resident Daniel Meffen Dies at 71
Daniel Arthur Meffen died at his home in Orlando, Fla. where he was found at noon during a wellness check on April 25, 2022. Although he had not been seen […]
OBITUARY
Gary Coxe, an Extraordinary Ordinary Guy, Dies at 66
Gary Coxe died peacefully at his home in Provincetown on July 13, 2022. The cause of death, confirmed by his husband, Len Bowen, was late-stage kidney cancer. He was 66. […]
OBITUARY
Sebastian W. Davis, World War II Vet, Dies at 97
Sebastian William Davis of Truro, known as Sibby, died on June 29, 2022 at the Regal Care Center in Harwich with his son Brian by his side. He was 97. […]
OBITUARY
Provincetown’s Donald V. Edwards, ‘The Gov,’ Dies at 99
Donald V. Edwards, the longtime owner of the Governor Bradford restaurant who was lovingly referred to as “The Gov,” died on June 26, 2022, at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis. […]
IN THE RING
Punching Their Weight
Mixed martial arts attract a varied crowd, in it for the workout, for fun, and for the fight
EASTHAM — When Ernie Waterman retired in 2020 after a 30-year career as a construction engineer working on Defense Dept. contracts in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iraq, he found life in […]
OBITUARY
Photographer Cam Sanders Dies at 56
Portrait photographer Cam Sanders, long an Outer Cape part-time resident, died peacefully on May 6, 2022 at his home in Los Angeles after several years living with cancer. He was […]
OBITUARY
Laura DePalo, ‘Best Mom on the Planet,’ 71
After a nearly 20-year battle with heart disease, Laura D. DePalo of Provincetown died on June 21, 2022 at the McCarthy Care Center in Sandwich. The cause of death, confirmed […]
OBITUARY
Master Carpenter Brian Cavanaugh Dies at 78
After a long series of illnesses, Brian Robert Cavanaugh died on May 30, 2022 at his home in Wellfleet. His death, caused by acute respiratory failure, was confirmed by his […]
