In January 2004 “Heir to an Execution,” Ivy Meeropol’s documentary about her grandparents, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were executed in 1953 as Communist spies after what can only be […]
Provincetown
Women’s Week 2019
‘A Very British Lesbian’ Comes to Provincetown
Fiona Goodwin, at home on a distant shore
Growing up in the bucolic countryside of Hertfordshire and Cambridge, England, Fiona Goodwin began to suspect that she was different when she developed unusually strong emotional attachments to other girls. […]
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 […]
PEOPLE
Jose DeBarros Retires After 19 Years at Seashore Point
His story of immigration is old-school Provincetown
PROVINCETOWN — In the Portugal Jose DeBarros grew up in, it wasn’t uncommon for young people to leave high school and set out in search of work. The country was […]
in and out
‘Gene’ or ‘Jean’?
Observations of humans as they come and go from our town
HEALTH
Finding Low-Cost Help for Dementia
This Sunday's Alzheimer’s Walk in Provincetown last year raised $100,000 and attracted 400 participants
PROVINCETOWN — Knowledge equals power when it comes to navigating a health crisis. Sometimes it even means financial power. No one knows this better than Molly Perdue, co-founder of the […]
WOMEN WITHOUT LIMITS
At Work in Provincetown, 30 Years Ago and Now
Photographs by Marian Roth
By the time I arrived in Provincetown in 1982 to find myself there was already a vibrant community of young women washashores here, nourished by a long and deep tradition […]
PROVINCETOWN WOMEN'S WEEK 2019
A Filmmaker Captures the Power of Lesbian History
Megan Rossman’s ‘The Archivettes’ screens at Waters Edge Cinema
The 35th annual Provincetown Women’s Week, which officially runs from Oct. 14 to 20, celebrates, among many things, lesbian visibility. It’s fitting, then, that one of the most popular events […]
THE PITCH
Diversity Is Provincetown Soccer Team’s Strength
The Fishermen’s coaches emphasize commitment and good sportsmanship
PROVINCETOWN — At the top of the hill on Winslow Street sits Motta Field, home of the Provincetown Fishermen soccer team. It’s an energetic mix of sixth-, seventh-, and eighth-graders, […]
PROVINCETOWN WOMEN’S WEEK 2019
Women’s Week Highlights: Part 1
It’s Friday, Oct. 11 to Sunday, Oct. 20 this year
It officially starts on Columbus Day, doesn’t it? Women’s Week may have aged a bit over its 35 years, and there seem to be fewer lesbian inns and hangouts these […]
civics
Provincetown’s Planner Heads to Truro for New Job
Ribeiro sees opportunities in Truro to address problems both towns share
PROVINCETOWN — Town Planner Jeffrey Ribeiro is resigning from his job this week to become the Truro town planner next week. The Truro position offers slightly more money, but according […]
OBITUARIES
Mary Dorothy Mulcahy, 70, Was Principled and Unconventional
Founding member of HOW and Women Innkeepers of Provincetown
PROVINCETOWN — Mary Dorothy “Dotty” Mulcahy, a free-spirited child of the 1960s whose mischievous smile and sparkling blue eyes live in the hearts of all who knew and loved her, […]
civics
McKinsey Will Return to Work, Perhaps With New Title
Suspended harbormaster may now become ‘marine coordinator’
PROVINCETOWN — Former harbormaster Rex McKinsey, who has been on administrative leave since August, will return to work on Oct. 15. But he may have a new title, marine coordinator, […]
the observer
A Model for Bridging Our Divides
Maine’s Island Institute is helping coastal communities adapt
PROVINCETOWN — Tell me if you have heard this one: A coastal community, remote, popular, seasonal, with a shrinking population because the year-round jobs are disappearing while housing costs climb, […]
Health
Rats Don’t Deserve Their Bad Rap
Experts say humans are to blame for rising rodent population
PROVINCETOWN — Concerned residents have been calling the health dept. to report rat sightings in recent weeks, according to a public notice posted on the town website. The notice urges townspeople […]
