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Commercial Street Under Water? Harvard Architects look at what future Provincetown might look like.
Cohen started thinking about how the town could fall victim to a catastrophic weather event and, in a misguided attempt to fortify itself physically or hastily rebuild damaged structures with only functionality as a guide, could lose the unique architectural,...
Movie to Film in Provincetown
"Producers of a Starz television series set around the opioid crisis on Cape Cod are negotiating with Provincetown officials about filming around town for seven days in late May and early June, including staging a fake Carnival parade. "At issue is whether Commercial...
David Panagore to Become MBTA’s Chief Executive Officer
Town Manager David Panagore is wrapping up his last day on the job and moving on to a $230,000 post with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Panagore has accepted the job as the MBTA’s chief administrative officer, according to an official with the public...
Provincetown History Snippet: The Portuguese
While there was some immigration from Portugal in pre-Colonial and Colonial times, it was when whaling took off that it became significant. The Azores were known to captains as the “Western Islands whaling grounds” and the ships hunted, re-provisioned, and took on...
What’s Lea Delaria Doing at the Pied? (We Have the Answer!)
The Pied Bar is no more. The space is morphing into a classy, comfortable, supper-type jazz club that has been Lea Delaria’s dream since she first came to Ptown in 1984. “I always wanted to retire and get a little club,” she says. “Turns out, you’re a performer, you...
Week of April 17th. The ptownie dispatch!
Dolphin Fleet Whale Watch Daily at MacMillan Pier The whales are here, and spring is the best time to see them! Join the Dolphin Fleet of Provincetown for daily whale watch trips. WOMR’s Joe Gouveia Outermost Poetry Reading April 18, 2019 at 7:30 pm at Wellfleet...
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