PROVINCETOWN — A 600-foot floating concrete structure is being installed in Provincetown harbor over the next two weeks. Each 60-foot segment is six feet tall and 15 feet wide, and […]
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ECONOMY
H-2B Visa Conundrum Takes Toll on Employers and Workers
Many workers now stay in country year-round to protect their visas
PROVINCETOWN — Freda Powell has been coming from Jamaica to work at Marine Specialties on Commercial Street every year since 1998. Like many other seasonal workers on the Outer Cape, […]
ECONOMY
With Small Groceries Closing, Outer Cape May Be a Food Desert
Economics drives a stake into independent markets
Five small groceries on or near the Outer Cape have closed in the past few seasons, limiting off-season food access for local residents. Bradford Natural, a Provincetown health food store, […]
OBITUARY
An Actor Who Pushed Boundaries, Gabriel Kuttner Dies at 45
Among his memorable roles was Finbar in last year’s ‘The Weir’ at Wellfleet’s Harbor Stage
Actor, director, producer, and teacher Gabriel Kuttner, a well-known presence on Outer Cape stages for more than a decade, died at his home in Amherst on Oct. 5, 2019 of […]
THEATER REVIEW
In the Company of ‘Wrinkles’
A musical about older women braves the WHAT stage
When a work of theater focuses exclusively on the lives of older women — the things that pain them, humiliate them, terrify them, strengthen them, elate them, or amuse them […]
PROVINCETOWN 400
Select Board Looks for Help With Pilgrims’ Park, Wampanoag Memorial
Architect will make menu of options; indigenous memorial specialist sought
PROVINCETOWN — The select board is looking to break the logjam on two projects related to the Provincetown 400 commemorations. The board voted on Oct. 15 to hire a landscape […]
ECONOMY
Plans for Derelict Pier and Restaurant Include New Hotel
Old Reliable Fish House, in flood zone, may see major development
PROVINCETOWN — A 31-room hotel, restaurant and bar with outdoor dining, and four condominiums are in the plans to redevelop the Old Reliable Fish House property on the waterfront at […]
TURNING THE TABLES
Don’t Be That Guy
A definitive guide for servers and bartenders
PROVINCETOWN — I was having lunch recently with a friend who loves food and restaurants as much as I do. We always have a blast together, laughing pretty much nonstop, […]
ENVIRONMENT
Shark Mitigation Study Offers No Guarantees
Woods Hole Group analyzed 27 alternatives
EASTHAM — “There isn’t a single alternative or suite of alternatives that can 100-percent guarantee the safety of all individuals who choose to enter the water,” coastal scientist Adam Finkle […]
at the library
Finding Fertile Ground in Old Card Catalogs
Repurposing turns out to be the perfect recipe
When local libraries began to introduce computers with searchable databases, most patrons thought they’d seen the last of the old card catalogs — those imposing wooden drawers filled with index […]
oysterfest 2019
OysterFest Goes ‘Plastic Free’
Beer and wine in cans and stainless steel mugs replace plastic cups
WELLFLEET — Organizers of the Wellfeet OysterFest announced last week that this year’s event will be “plastic free” in response to rising concerns about the environmental impact of single-use plastics. […]
environment
Opening the Way for the Herring Run in Eastham
An easier swim for fish on a mission to Deborah's Pond
EASTHAM — The culvert connecting Great Pond and Deborah’s Pond will be replaced to allow significantly increased water flow, the conservation commission decided last week. This is good news for […]
EXECUTIVE SESSION
Purchase of HDYLTA Flats Delayed by Survey Dispute
Town’s surveyor measured 162 acres, not the advertised 254
WELLFLEET — The town’s purchase of 254 acres of shellfish flats for $2 million from the HDYLTA Trust, which was supposed to close by Sept. 20, has been at least […]
CULTURE DESK
Eight of 11 Board Members Quit ‘Provincetown Arts’
Celebrated annual’s founder says he is ‘slightly elated’ by resignations
PROVINCETOWN — Every summer for the last 34 years the fat and glossy Provincetown Arts magazine has hit the newsstands with a proud thump. On its pages — and this […]
sports
Nauset Figure Skating Club Wins Its First-Ever Competition
An audible gasp, and a lot of fun
NRHS — “Shocked” is how the members of the Nauset Figure Skating Club described their first-place finish at the Harvestfest competition in Dover, N.H. on Oct. 6. The club is […]
