PROVINCETOWN — After two weekends of dangerously high winds, the forecast for July 7 predicted winds of seven to nine knots — “perfect conditions” for the Provincetown Yacht Club’s first […]
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PORTUGÁLIA
In Provincetown, a Celebration With History
PROVINCETOWN — The reds and greens of flags and scarves and the percussive sounds of drums and ratchets that accompanied the Provincetown Portuguese Festival all weekend brightened a foggy, windy […]
PUBLIC ART
Provincetown’s Matriarchs Are Due for a Reprint
The portraits ‘will always have a home there,’ says marina owner Ann Lagasse
PROVINCETOWN — Almeda Segura, Eva Silva, Mary Jason, Bea Cabral, and Frances Raymond. Since 2003, these five women have kept an eye on Provincetown Harbor — or rather, their portraits […]
NECESSARY WORK
Marsha Sirota Is Provincetown’s Senior of the Year
Eleven years into retirement, Sirota says volunteering is ‘just another step in what you should be doing in life’
PROVINCETOWN — Marsha Sirota and her wife, Carol MacDonald, arrive at the Carrie A. Seaman Animal Shelter (CASAS) in Provincetown around 8 a.m. every Sunday. They spend about an hour […]
LEAPS AND BOUNDS
Young People Revel in the Blessings of the Day
PROVINCETOWN — MacMillan Pier was busy on the misty morning of the Blessing of the Fleet on Sunday as our family rushed past the twirling skirts of dancers in Lopes […]
FESTIVAL COLORS
At Play Among the Hydrangeas
Jenny Faw combines technique and experimentation in her watercolor workshops
Jenny Faw steps lightly up the wooden front steps of what she calls her “princess shed” — a small, sturdy outpost built for her by her husband, the architect Peter […]
CHARACTER STUDIES
The East End Is Perfect for Billy From Bradford
Billy Jarecki’s floral design fame was transitory, but first it was fabulous
I called ahead and ordered an Italian from Angel Foods. I’m eating it as I walk down Commercial Street to the far East End, chomping as a tomato slips out […]
INCIDENTALLY
Flava in Ya Ear
While enjoying my cup of chocolate chip on the porch outside Wellfleet’s Gelato Joy, I watched a woman approach the counter. She scanned the list of flavors, then turned to […]
GARDENER’S NOTEBOOK
Structure and Color for Every Season of the Year
In Eastham, a collection of maples and conifers grows little by little
Story and drawings by Abraham Storer Keri Thomas and David Smile’s garden comes as a surprise to a visitor arriving on Oak Ridge Road in Eastham, not far from Cooks […]
LIBERATION
On Juneteenth, Speakers Take Up the Question of Belonging
‘We have come a mighty long way, but there’s a mile and a half to go’
PROVINCETOWN — As drummers walked through the crowd to energize a Wednesday afternoon gathering, some 150 people converged on the Unitarian Universalist Meeting House to hear James Jackson Jr., Jordan […]
BLESSING OF THE FLEET
Lifting Up the Patron Saint of Netmakers, Shipbuilders, and Fishermen
Alex Brown and Nancy Silva talk about St. Peter and processions past and present
PROVINCETOWN — The 28th Provincetown Portuguese Festival begins Friday, June 28 with live music and dancing in Portuguese Square on Ryder Street. During the three-day-long celebration, there will be a […]
CENTENARIANS
Wellfleet’s Grace Ebert Finds a Happy Moment in Every Day
After 55 years here, a New Yorker at heart says, ‘You can tell I’m from the Bronx’
WELLFLEET — Of the past 100 years, Grace Ebert remembers only the exceedingly good and exceedingly bad days. “If I have to think hard to remember a day, it could […]
PROMOTED
Provincetown Schools Celebrate 8th-Grade Graduation
With wisdom, determination, and smiles, 14 students are heading to high school in Eastham and Harwich
PROVINCETOWN — Fourteen eighth-graders graduated from the Provincetown International Baccalaureate Schools at its annual promotion ceremony on June 21. Three of the newly minted middle-school graduates will attend Cape Cod […]
CAPE COD BASEBALL LEAGUE
Temporary Players, Shuffling Rosters Mark Early Summer Ball
Temporary Players, Shuffling Rosters Mark Early Summer Ball
ORLEANS — Each year, while the best collegiate players are occupied in Omaha at the NCAA Division I College World Series in June, coaches across the Cape Cod Baseball League […]
TRANSPORTATION
Proposed ‘Walk Zone’ Revives a Rider’s Conundrum: Commercial or Bradford?
Both streets present hazards, but Bradford has alarmed riders for decades
PROVINCETOWN — Standing at the crosswalk on top of the hill where Bradford Street meets Prince Street, Michael Hart observes the flow of car traffic. “I’m never going down that […]
