PROVINCETOWN — The Summer of Sass program brings vulnerable LGBTQ young people who are living in hostile environments to Provincetown, sets them up with secure housing and a job, and […]
Provincetown
ELECTION
Peake Defeats Stanton in Democratic State Rep Primary
Lauzon will be Republican candidate for Cyr's state Senate seat
This story was updated on Thursday, Sept. 8. PROVINCETOWN — By a margin of eight to one, eight-term incumbent state Rep. Sarah Peake defeated Jack Stanton, her first challenger for […]
RUNOFF
Season for Harbor Testing Ends With a Fail
PROVINCETOWN — The town landing at Breakwater Beach was “posted” on Sept. 1 and 2 —closed to swimming due to the presence of bacteria. Such closures happen each summer, but […]
OUTER CAPE PORTRAIT
‘Feeling the Whole Being of the Bay’
LIBBY CLARK / OPEN WATER SWIMMER / PROVINCETOWN
Libby Clark lives by the bay in Provincetown’s West End. Most days, if the tide allows and it isn’t the dead of winter, she goes for a long swim to […]
DOUBLES
Tennis Club Champs
IMMERSION
The Swim Is This Saturday
PROVINCETOWN — The 35th Swim for Life & Paddler Flotilla is this Saturday, Sept. 10. You can still sign up to swim at swim4life.org (procrastinators may join the morning of, […]
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Sept. 11 Remembrance
Meetings Ahead Some meetings in Provincetown are in person, some are online, and some are both. Click on the meeting you want to attend on the calendar at provincetown-ma.gov for a link to […]
UNDER THE INFLUENCE
Diana Horowitz Paints Big Places on a Small Scale
The artist explores her long connection to the Outer Cape in a new show
Diana Horowitz’s landscape paintings are notable not only for her mastery of technique but also for their size. None of her works has a dimension larger than seven inches; all […]
Provincetown Legal Notices
Town of Provincetown Public Hearing Historic District Commission September 21, 2022 The Provincetown Historic District Commission will hold a Public Hearing at 3:30 P.M. on Wednesday, September 21, 2022, in […]
HOUSING CRISIS
Condo Conversion Law Could Protect Some Tenants
But proving ‘intent to convert’ rentals is hard without official oversight
PROVINCETOWN — Nearly every job on Outer Cape Cod, from lifeguard to psychiatrist, is difficult to fill because housing is so scarce. Businesses, nonprofits, and town governments are staggering as […]
WATERFRONT
Old Reliable Project May Soon Move Beyond Appeal
But a court decision calls waterfront plans into question
PROVINCETOWN — The plan for a luxury harborfront development where the derelict Old Reliable Fish House unsteadily stands is finally poised to move beyond an appeal that’s tied it up […]
PUBLIC HEALTH
Monkeypox Testing Data: Slow and Incomplete
Progress of outbreak is hard to judge because state won't release the numbers
PROVINCETOWN — For more than two years now, the state Dept. of Public Health (DPH) has been publishing highly detailed information on Covid, including key indicators that help to assess […]
OUTER CAPE PORTRAIT
Rebuilding Thalassa
NAT BULL / BUILDER & SHACK WIZARD / THE PROVINCE LANDS
Nat Bull is a master carpenter who learned the trades building custom houses in Chatham and then worked as the shop teacher in Provincetown until the high school graduated its […]
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
About That Sewer
Meetings Ahead Some meetings in Provincetown are in person, some are online, and some are both. Click on the meeting you want to attend on the calendar at provincetown-ma.gov for a link to […]
POETRY
Looking Back at a Provincetown That Was
Gabrielle Rilleau layers family, place, and memory in a new collection of poems
Fishing villages know the sea will take what it wants. Storms roll in, boats sink, and accidents happen. In her new book of poems, No Room for Slippage, Gabrielle Rilleau […]
