PROVINCETOWN — Michael Lussier, longtime hair stylist, flower arranger, and former drag queen, is closing up shop. On the morning of Jan. 8, Lussier made his last arrangement — white […]
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REMEMBRANCE
Commanding and Modest, Ike Williams Dies at 86
The attorney, literary agent, and author who seemed to know everyone
John Taylor Williams, known to all as Ike, died on Dec. 26, 2024 at his home in Cambridge, surrounded by family. He was 86. Ike lived much of every year […]
TAKING THE WHEEL
The Arctic Voyages of Miriam Look MacMillan
Provincetown’s ‘Lady Mac’ was crew and documentarian on nine expeditions
A thick mist crawled like hot condensed breath across the surface of the water, blotting out the horizon and merging with soft hills that could have been sand or snow […]
QUIRKS AND CRACKS
That’ll Be ‘Mrs. Jazz Garters’ to You
A collection of nicknames is its own kind of history
Lisa King, a local Provincetown historian who describes herself as a “West-End girl,” grew up hearing stories full of townspeople remembered by their nicknames. Some were straightforward references to people’s […]
1927
The Magic of the Attic
In my genealogical pursuits, countless hours have been spent trying to break down a few “brick walls” — those questions one cannot find definitive answers to — in my great-grandmother […]
CENTENARIANS
A Man of Habit and Adventure
He’s 100, but Frank Koebel has always been on the young side
WELLFLEET — It seemed to Frank Koebel that he was always the youngest in everything. When he started school in Columbus, Ohio at five, he was young for his class. […]
LOVE, ACTUALLY
After 20 Years, Two Best Friends Tie the Knot
PROVINCETOWN — Nicholas Busa and Olushola Reis were married outdoors at the Provincetown Visitors Center in the Cape Cod National Seashore on the afternoon of Nov. 27, 2024. “I didn’t […]
EARTH KEEPERS
Middle Schoolers Study Indigenous Past and Present
Farming, cooking, and time outdoors are part of ‘place-based education’
ORLEANS — A pair of place-based education classes at Nauset Regional Middle School aim to help students gain a deeper understanding of their home by putting Indigenous knowledge at the […]
COMMUNITY
Truro’s New Public Library Director Hopes to Expand Its Reach
Chris Kaufmann says being a librarian isn’t just about helping you find the next book to read
TRURO — When Chris Kaufmann, who grew up in Pelham, N.Y., was eight years old, she saw Rupert Holmes’s The Mystery of Edwin Drood on Broadway. The only thing she […]
CHARACTER STUDIES
Mary Beck Has Seen It All
A lifelong Provincetowner who raised a town at Veterans Memorial Elementary
Mary Beck is sitting on the couch in the living room of her corner house in the West End. She’s a little hidden behind her oversize rectangular sunglasses. Beck is […]
CHARACTER STUDIES
Mary Beck Has Seen It All
A lifelong Provincetowner who raised a town at Veterans Memorial Elementary
Mary Beck is sitting on the couch in the living room of her corner house in the West End. She’s a little hidden behind her oversize rectangular sunglasses. Beck is […]
OYSTERFEST 2024
Women on the Tides
In Wellfleet, women find their dream jobs on the flats
Photos and story by Edward Boches The weather can be harsh, the winds frigid, the low tides so early it’s hard to get out of bed to work them. And […]
BASKETBALL
Open Gyms Mean Hoop Dreams for Everyone
Pickup games show kids ‘how the game should be played’
PROVINCETOWN — Chris McKernan turns the key in the lock at the Veterans Memorial Community Center gym at 5:30 p.m. every Wednesday night for pickup basketball. Open gyms like this […]
REEL MUSIC
If You Give a Violinist a Fiddle
A community of musicians organizes ‘real music from the heart’
The crowd is smaller than usual tonight, I’m told. Most weeks, twice as many people are eating and drinking and talking over the musicians playing in the corner near the […]
SEASON’S GREETINGS
Working the Winter Shift
Three year-rounders find new routines come fall
The door is quietly closing on the season. Rowdy townie weddings replace stressed-out summer talk of divorce lawyers. The pier parking lot goes from $4 an hour to free.
