PROVINCETOWN — The unnamed winter storm that dumped heavy rain on the East Coast on Monday, killing two people in Massachusetts and one each in New York, Pennsylvania, and South […]
Provincetown
MORNING FLIGHT
Counting Alcids at Race Point
A sunrise-to-sunset day at the best seabird-watching spot on the East Coast
PROVINCETOWN — If you ask out-of-town birders what they know about Cape Cod, they’re likely to name Race Point. That’s because there’s a whole group of pelagic birds — those […]
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Opiate Settlement Spending Plan
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Provincetown are held in person, typically with an online-attendance option for both committee members and residents. Click on the meeting you want to attend on […]
REMINISCENCE
Seeing Past the New Sidewalk
Our Writers Group recreates the old Provincetown every Tuesday
PROVINCETOWN — Dogs named Riches and Poverty. Ice houses. The time the harbor almost froze over. Kids sliding at night in midwinter. Dune skiing with cheap skis. Fires on the […]
TIDE CHART
Provincetown and Wellfleet Harbors
Thursday, December 21, - Thursday, December 28, 2023
Know when to hit the flats.
Provincetown Legal Notices
Town of Provincetown Historic District Commission Public Hearing January 3, 2024 The Provincetown Historic District Commission will hold a Public Hearing at 3:30 P.M. on Wednesday, January 3, 2024, in […]
AMPLIFICATION
Brewing Co. Gets Permit for Outdoor Entertainment
New speakers at lower volumes, limited hours, and one year to see how it goes
PROVINCETOWN — The owners of the Provincetown Brewing Company apologized to neighbors for past nuisances related to entertainment at the popular Bradford Street gathering place at a Dec. 7 hearing […]
STATE GOVERNMENT
Housing Bill Is Still on Track, Say Cape Legislators
The ‘most significant housing legislation since 40B’ will go to hearings in January
PROVINCETOWN — The state legislature has been roasted by the Boston Globe and WBUR for its slow pace of lawmaking this year — the first in which Democrats have held […]
MAKERS’ MARKET
A Visit to a Village Populated by Quirky Craftsfolk
String lights and spruce boughs, fiber art and Barbie heads
PROVINCETOWN — Celeste Hanlon’s Barbie-head ornaments are hard to miss at Canteen’s annual holiday market. She started making them before Barbie became a movie star. Years ago, Hanlon started buying […]
SNAPSHOT
Norm Torvill Is Bound for Iowa
Provincetown, Dec. 4, 1:41 p.m.: Norm Torvill is restoring benches on MacMillan Pier. He’s also getting ready to move to Iowa, where an old Army buddy tells him life is […]
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Psilocybin in the Legislature
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Provincetown are held in person, typically with an online-attendance option for both committee members and residents. Click on the meeting you want to attend on […]
TIDE CHART
Provincetown and Wellfleet Harbors
Thursday, December 14, - Thursday, December 21, 2023
Know when to hit the flats.
Provincetown Legal Notices
Town of Provincetown Position Opening Assistant Town Treasurer & Collector The Town of Provincetown is now accepting applications for the full-time position of Assistant Town Treasurer & Collector. This candidate […]
ACTION
Anti-Drag Rally Becomes ‘Queer Joy Block Party’
A vigil and a counterprotest join forces on World AIDS Day
PROVINCETOWN — Townspeople were alarmed last week by a flyer advertising a protest against drag to be held on Commercial Street on Friday, Dec. 1. The American Society for the […]
HOUSING
Workshop Offers a Preview of Town Meeting Agenda
Zoning changes and a ‘Lease to Locals’ program are on the docket
PROVINCETOWN — The town’s “housing workshops” — periodic joint meetings of four committees plus town staff that began in 2021 — have become a kind of drafting room for town […]
