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Happenings / Festivals

    GARDEN TOUR

    Roses to Redbuds, and a Few Hydrangeas, Too

    Five Eastham gardeners show off their artful outdoor spaces

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    Artist and gardener Alex Tureaud never wants to mow the lawn again. “Having a lawn is a very demanding chore to have to do at a beach house,” he says. […]

    PORTUGUESE FESTIVAL

    A Bright Blessing of the Fleet

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    PROVINCETOWN — The Sun came out for Provincetown’s 78th annual Blessing of the Fleet on June 29. Boats of all sizes mustered in the harbor, decked in festival flags, as […]

    PROVINCETOWN, JUNE 19

    ‘Challenging Times, Baby,’ but a Positive Vibe

    Juneteenth is celebrated at the Unitarian Universalist Meeting House

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    PROVINCETOWN — More than 100 people gathered under clear skies at the Unitarian Universalist Meeting House for the annual Juneteenth cookout on Thursday — an afternoon that served up burgers […]

    WELLFLEET, JUNE 19

    Art, Storytime, and a Bouncy House for Juneteenth

    Wellfleet has its first celebration of the national holiday of Black liberation

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    WELLFLEET — When the First Congregational Church and a local group, ArtPeaceMakers, hosted the town’s first public Juneteenth celebration last Thursday, they wanted it to be fun. That meant “bouncy […]

    REVELRY

    Celebrating ‘As Loudly As We Can’

    Views from Pride parades in Provincetown and Washington, D.C.

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    Provincetown personalities Austin Tyler and Mackenzie hosted the town’s Pride celebration over the past weekend. On June 7, after a rally on the steps of town hall, revelers made the […]

    THE DRAG BUG

    If You’ve Got It, Flaunt It

    Mackenzie takes her act to Lower Cape Pride

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    Mackenzie Miller, Provincetown’s self-declared “neon hype girl,” was born in the great state of Alaska, in Big Lake, an hour north of Anchorage. There, in the “arctic tundra,” she says, […]

    CLASS OF 2025

    Soon-to-Be Graduates Prepare to ‘Fit in the World’

    Nauset High seniors look to the future with excitement and apprehension

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    TRURO — The mood among the members of the Class of 2025 at Nauset Regional High School gathered at Truro Vineyards for the senior banquet on May 30 was, by […]

    CREATIVE COMMONS

    An Art Show That ‘Flips the Script’

    At the COA, people over 60 teach, learn, and play

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    PROVINCETOWN — Maybe it was the Veterans Memorial Community Center’s past life as an elementary school, where kids once put on plays and climbed a rope to the ceiling during […]

    PROVINCETOWN

    Memorial Day 2025

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    Memorial Day, May 26, is an opportunity to remember the service and sacrifice of local veterans at two ceremonies in Provincetown. The first is held at the Civil War Veterans […]

    DRESS REHEARSAL

    Provincetown Puts on Something Rotten

    Students take the stage in middle-school musical about a musical

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    The script might be about the first-ever musical, but this year’s performance of Something Rotten Jr. by Provincetown Schools middle-school students is definitely a story reflecting plenty of experience and […]

    TRURO TOWN MEETING

    Walsh Zoning and Solar Plan Pass in Truro

    Under the town’s white tent, a tug-of-war takes place over housing

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    This article was updated on May 15, 2025. TRURO — Beneath the spring sunshine and the vaguely Cirque du Soleil white tent under which Truro now holds its town meetings, […]

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