PROVINCETOWN —Jay Critchley invited members of the community — artists, writers, veterans — to join him on Wednesday, March 11 for a walk-through of the Veterans of Foreign Wars building […]
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BLADE RUNNERS
Nauset Skaters Place First Overall in New England
Local club triumphs in its first season
EASTHAM — In just its first year of competition, the Nauset Figure Skating Club came in first overall in the New England series of U.S. Figure Skating high school competitions. […]
CHEER PEERS
Nauset Cheerleading Finishes Fifth, Wins for Sportsmanship
Nauset Cheerleading finished fifth of 13 teams that competed at the Game Day State Championship on March 8 at Shephard Hill Regional High School in Dudley and received a plaque […]
SURFING
After the Shipwrecks, Joy
Is it right to feel so happy in the very place where sadness dwelled?
Often, when I am sitting out in the ocean, snug in my thick wetsuit, warm against the ripping wind and salt spray, I think about all the souls that have […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Basketball, Hockey, Track Teams in Playoff Action
A weekly wrap-up and preview of Nauset High sports
The winter sports season at Nauset Regional High has come to an end. Here are some end-of-season highlights. Boys basketball: After finishing the regular season with a record of 11 […]
PUBLIC ART
Compact to Turn P’town VFW Into Art Installation
Jay Critchley invites veterans and members of the community to participate
PROVINCETOWN — It’s a project Jay Critchley had been contemplating for a while: he knew that the town had bought the Veterans of Foreign Wars building at 3 Jerome Smith […]
MILITARY HONORS
Harold Hall Awaits His Purple Heart
The Navy frogman’s WWII brain injury has gone unrecognized
EASTHAM — Harold Hall Jr., a 95-year-old World War II veteran and Eastham resident, feels he should receive a Purple Heart for the severe concussion he suffered in a reconnaissance […]
TRACK
Nauset Girls Win First Ever Division Title
Monique Malcolm and Isabelle Nobili break school records
EASTHAM — The Nauset Regional High School girls indoor track team ran right through its regular season this winter, going 4-0 in league meets and then taking home the Cape […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Cheerleaders Take 2nd at Game Day
Thursday, Feb. 27 Co-ed cheerleading: The Warriors will compete in the Blackhawk Invitational at Bellingham High School at 5:30 p.m. The team placed second at the Game Day Cheer at […]
65-AND-OVER TENNIS
Outer Cape Stripers Bring Home National Championship
Weinman and Small go undefeated; Bernstein and Haigh win critical tie-break
EASTHAM — The Outer Cape Stripers, the men’s tennis team normally based at Willy’s Gym in Eastham, won the United States Tennis Association 65-and-over national invitational tournament over the Feb. […]
BARDS
Much Ado About Molly
Nauset High senior is headed to nationals — in Shakespeare
EASTHAM — When to the sessions of sweet silent thought she summons up remembrance of things past, Molly Shafnacker may well be thinking about the last two summers that she […]
HISTORY
Mary Heaton Vorse on the Marriage of Thought and Action
A Provincetown social critic who turned her eye on the world
In Time and the Town, her 1942 chronicle about Provincetown, Mary Heaton Vorse lovingly recounts her experience with this changeable “end of land” surrounded by sea. Far from quaint, this […]
GRAVEYARD SHIFT
Take a Walk on the Other Side of Town
Provincetown’s cemeteries are an en plein air art gallery
Until summer returns, the art galleries in Provincetown are mostly quiet, though surely planning for next season’s traditional Friday evening strolls. That’s when everyone takes to the streets, zigging and […]
BABYCAKES
Harper Rose Is Welcomed
Harper Rose Richter was born on Nov. 25, 2019 to parents Vida and Raphael Richter and big brother Mica of Truro. She is the fourth generation of women in the […]
early learning
Truro’s Free Preschool Will Not Expand for Now
Eastham voters may be asked to provide preschool vouchers
TRURO — The school committee, which agreed last spring to completely eliminate tuition for preschool at the Truro Central School, decided on Feb. 13 not to enlarge the program to […]