PROVINCETOWN — Pier jumping is a tradition here. On almost any summer day when the tide is high, you’ll see people laughing, holding hands, and then leaping off MacMillan Pier […]
Provincetown
LIFE SAVERS
3 Young Sailors Come to the Rescue at Town Pier
They were prepared, thanks to Provincetown’s children’s sailing program
PROVINCETOWN — JJ Blake, Andrew Shope, and Kevin Woznac were biking down MacMillan Wharf on Aug. 19 to go pier jumping before their daily lessons at West End Racing Children’s […]
CLIMATE CHANGE
Wildfire Smoke Blankets Outer Cape for Five Days
A red Sun and hazy sky will become more common as forest fires increase
PROVINCETOWN — Residents and visitors to the Outer Cape spent nearly five days last week under a hazy, gray-brown sky that dimmed the Sun and tinted it orange and red. […]
WORKING LIFE
Augustitis Is Provincetown’s Perennial Affliction
The last month of summer means joy and exhaustion, sometimes all at once
PROVINCETOWN — The middle of August is a uniquely busy time on the Outer Cape. Children are a week or two away from going back to school, so families are […]
CEPHALOPODA
The Kids Will Squid
A newcomer joins a summer night’s ritual on MacMillan Pier in Provincetown
PROVINCETOWN — It’s 7:30 p.m. and the sky is changing from navy blue to black. It’s squidding time. Squidding is a tradition passed down through generations, says Maxine Meads-Stojiljkovic, the […]
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Early Voting Off to the Races
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Provincetown are held in person, typically with an online-attendance option. Click on the meeting you want to attend on the calendar at provincetown-ma.gov for a […]
TIDE CHART
Provincetown and Wellfleet Harbors
Thursday, August 22- Thursday, August 29, 2024
Know when to hit the flats.
Provincetown Legal Notices
Town of Provincetown Select Board Public Hearing FY2025 Property Tax Rate Classification August 26, 2024 The Provincetown Select Board will hold a public hearing on Monday, August 26, 2024, at […]
HOUSING
Inventory of Subsidized Units Falls Across Outer Cape
Changes in overall unit count caused the share of affordable units to drop
PROVINCETOWN — All four Outer Cape towns have recently seen a decrease in the state’s subsidized housing inventory, or SHI, which measures how much of a community’s year-round residential housing […]
NAPIVILLE
Napi’s Bradford St. Apartments Sold to Undisclosed Owners
The 12-unit property, complete with cesspool, was headed for receivership
PROVINCETOWN — The 12-unit apartment complex on Bradford Street known as “Napiville” after its late owner, Anton “Napi” Van Dereck Haunstrup, that long provided housing for his restaurant employees and […]
THE SEASON
The Bachelorettes Are Here
How to receive the summer’s glittery, raucous, safety-seeking visitors? It’s complicated.
PROVINCETOWN — Among the glitzy and glamorous denizens of this place in summer, a certain wig-wearing, sequin-bedazzled subset, one often displaying ostentation and flair, tends to be on the receiving […]
CHARACTER STUDIES
Finding Disco, Leather, and Love in 1970s Provincetown
Ardis Markarian has no claim to fame. She just loves it here.
Leading the way to her living room, Ardis Markarian adjusts a visitor’s view of Provincetown. “You don’t have to be a writer or artist to live here,” she says. “You […]
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Moods and Microbiomes
Meetings Ahead Most meetings in Provincetown are held in person, typically with an online-attendance option. Click on the meeting you want to attend on the calendar at provincetown-ma.gov for a […]
TIDE CHART
Provincetown and Wellfleet Harbors
Thursday, August 15- Thursday, August 22, 2024
Know when to hit the flats.
Provincetown Legal Notices
Town of Provincetown Select Board Public Hearing FY2025 Property Tax Rate Classification August 26, 2024 The Provincetown Select Board will hold a public hearing on Monday, August 26, 2024, at […]