WELLFLEET — A few things have changed at Wellfleet Elementary School since Principal Mary Beth Rodman retired last year and Adam O’Shea took the helm. For one, the signs look […]
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PERFORMANCE ART
A Fairy Tale at Land’s End
In True Love’s Kiss, Miguel Braceli will create the queer procession he never had
For Miguel Braceli, Provincetown is at once extraordinarily real and as fantastic as a fairy tale. His studio space at the Fine Arts Work Center is more “gathering place” than […]
TALES AND TAILS
In Eastham, They Read Aloud to Dogs
On the first Saturday of every month, a chance to share devotion to literature and fur
EASTHAM — Dogs are not known for their literary prowess, their exceptional reading comprehension skills, nor for staying put for extended periods of time. Yet on the morning of March […]
VOTING
Super Tuesday Comes to the Outer Cape
Joe Biden prevailed in presidential primary balloting
PROVINCETOWN — From 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on March 5, Provincetown voters ascended the stairs in town hall and entered the grand auditorium, where they were greeted by a […]
QUEER ‘I’
The Shameless Plan for a ‘New Fire Island’
An idea for a ‘gay paradise’ provokes ire — and unflattering reflections
If you’ve heard of it, then you probably already hate it. You’ve groaned and eye-rolled about it. So has the Provincetown Business Guild: in an Instagram post, the Guild wrote, […]
EVICTION
Tenants Told to Leave ‘Napiville’ by April 1
The 14-unit property is for sale, say managers McEneaney and Meads
PROVINCETOWN — Tenants of the multi-building property at 25-27 Bradford St. known as “Napiville” after its late owner, Anton “Napi” Van Dereck Haunstrup, have been ordered to move out of […]
ENVIRONMENT
Cleanup Underway After Oil Leak at the Mid-Cape
So far, no evidence of the plume reaching Duck Creek has been reported
WELLFLEET — Cleanup is underway for an estimated 250 gallons of heating oil that was discovered to have leaked into the ground at Mid-Cape Home Centers on Commercial Street on […]
SEEING DOUBLE
Zeinab Shahidi Marnani’s Tricks of the Light
At FAWC, art that makes us question what we see
Zeinab Shahidi Marnani’s studio on Pearl Street in Provincetown is dimly lit. In one corner sits a lounge chair with yellow pillows on it. A desk in the middle of […]
PUMPING IT UP
A Shout-Out for the Provincetown Cheer Team
Students defeat faculty at basketball to chants from a first-rate fifth-grade squad
PROVINCETOWN — It’s T-minus-one day until the first-ever halftime show for seven cheerleaders at practice on Feb. 15. Fifth-grade energy abounds, and arms punch high. Then the cardboard parcel of […]
PRESERVATION
Jamaican Congregation Hopes to Stay in Its Truro Chapel
But property owners Bob and Kathy Valleau have rebuffed early offers
TRURO — Alarm over the impending eviction of the mostly Jamaican congregation that meets at Truro’s Chapel on the Pond coalesced into a community meeting last weekend, as neighbors, preservationists, […]
SUNNY SIDE UP
Of Avian SAD Lamps and the Hunt for Winter Eggs
As the days grow longer, local hens are laying again
Like rosebuds, like leaves, like most living things, in the absence of sunlight, hens’ eggs do not bloom. In the depths of winter, a farm-fresh egg seems like the perfect […]
MEANWHILE, IN UKRAINE
How a Whale Biologist Became a War Volunteer
Olga Shpak, who studied whales here, is now defending her home country
PROVINCETOWN — Olga Shpak is as surprised as anyone that she became a war volunteer. Growing up in Soviet Ukraine, Shpak had a hard time collaborating with other kids. She […]
SHIFTING SANDS
Cape Cod’s Beach Grass Is Farm Grown
Among the turnips and pigs, Tim Friary cultivates an erosion-stopping crop
As climate change causes more frequent, more intense, and slower-moving storms, people on Outer Cape Cod are having to adjust their ideas about how quickly its beaches are eroding. A […]
TOOLING AROUND
What’s Old Becomes New-ish at the Wellfleet Fix-It Clinic
Sewing machines, rotary phones, and other ways to turn back time
Lydia Vivante’s trusty 1964 Singer Featherweight sewing machine is acting up. “You can see the stitches are a little loose, a little bumpy,” says Vivante, holding a piece of cloth […]
WHALE WATCH
Entanglement Leads to Death of Young Right Whale
Scientists offer facts, but misinformation grows with help from climate deniers
This article was updated on Feb. 28, 2024. PROVINCETOWN — A North Atlantic right whale was found dead near Edgartown on Martha’s Vineyard on Jan. 28. The death represents a […]
