PROVINCETOWN — The AIDS Memorial Quilt, which now includes 50,000 cloth panels honoring more than 110,000 people who have died of AIDS since 1981, has long been too large to […]
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THE PLAYOFFS
Helen Molesworth Explains the Art of Basketball
The art writer and curator appreciates those at the top of their game
PROVINCETOWN — George’s Pizza is packed on a rainy Friday night for Game 4 of the NBA Finals between the Boston Celtics and the Dallas Mavericks. A man at the […]
SUMMER LEAGUE
Baseball Is Back at Eldredge Park
Firebirds fall 2-0 to Cotuit Kettleers in home opener
ORLEANS — At Eldredge Park the first-base line is blanketed with lawn chairs. Children wearing baseball caps and carrying gloves roam the outer edges of the field in search of […]
FAMILY LEGACY
Van Dereck Estate Remains a Tangle of Secrets
An absent widow and a former financial adviser in sole control raise questions
PROVINCETOWN — In the years since restaurateur, art collector, and landlord Anton “Napi” Van Dereck Haunstrup died and left his estate, estimated at $17 million, to his wife, Helen, a […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Nauset Lacrosse Falls in Its First-Ever Final Four Match
A weekly round-up of Nauset Regional High School sports
EASTHAM — The fifth-ranked Nauset boys lacrosse team fell 19-5 to top-seeded Medfield in the MIAA Division 3 Final Four match on Tuesday. Senior Colby Smith led the way with […]
ERRATICS
Go Ahead, Climb the Rock That Holds a Place in Eastham’s Heart
‘No Climbing’ sign at Doane Rock will be removed by Park Service
EASTHAM — For at least the last couple of hundred years, the boulder near Coast Guard Beach known as Doane Rock has been a popular spot for rock climbers and […]
VOUCHERS AREN’T ENOUGH
Child-Care Providers Navigate a Trying Landscape
Long waitlists and staff shortages plague Outer Cape early education centers
PROVINCETOWN — Outer Cape towns’ efforts to help families afford child care are being stymied by a lack of space and staffing. Some families with young children are unable to […]
LITTLE THINGS
An Artist in the Garden
Tessera C. Knowles plants an invitation to slow down and look closer
In Tessera C. Knowles’s painting Saltine at Egg’s Isle, Provincetown’s drag mistress of political satire sits in a chair on the sand behind the Julie Heller Gallery surrounded by an […]
THE NEXT LEVEL
Nauset Honors This Year’s Senior Athletes
Thirteen members of the class have made commitments to compete in college
EASTHAM – “There’s a whole group that are antsy to take your spots,” Nauset Regional High School Principal Patrick Clark told the school’s seniors who are bound for college competition […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Baseball, Lacrosse Boys Advance; Tennis Teams Ousted
A weekly round-up of Nauset Regional High School sports
EASTHAM — The Nauset High boys and girls lacrosse and baseball teams all advanced in their respective Division 3 state tournaments this week. No. 16 ranked baseball defeated No. 17 […]
Decoration Day
Members of the U.S. Coast Guard and the Provincetown Police Dept. make up the color guard in front of town hall on Memorial Day, May 27. From left, Patrol Officer […]
J-1 FACT CHECK
U.S. State Dept. Still Has a Provincetown Blacklist
The department refuses to explain — but does not deny — Bulgarian embassy’s actions
PROVINCETOWN — When employers here first began hearing from their returning J-1 visa students in Bulgaria that they had received emails in April from the U.S. embassy there telling them […]
CHARACTER STUDIES
Jan Kelly Is Still Following Her Intuition
A writer, romantic, and muse can see from this edge of the ocean all the way to Galway
A yellow sticky note on the door outside Jan Kelly’s third-floor apartment on Alden Street reads, “My horse rides high as the devil rides by.” The sound of someone beating […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Baseball, Lacrosse Bound for State Tournaments
A weekly round-up of Nauset Regional High School sports
EASTHAM — The Nauset High boys track team placed fifth overall at the MIAA Division 4 Track and Field State Championship hosted by Westfield State University last weekend. The girls […]
ODD JOBS
The Rigger’s Life Is a Curious One
In Provincetown Harbor, a man with a head for mechanics and knots
On a calm and sunny Monday morning in May, Samuel Rouse hops into his small skiff to make an easy commute, zipping across Provincetown Harbor toward a 37-foot sailboat that […]
