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    Provincetown History Snippet: Old Reliable Fish House
    November 29, 2019
    Fish House Provincetown
    Between Lancy’s Wharf and the engine house of the Colonial Cold Storage plant is a three-story building that once housed the Old Reliable Fish House restaurant and pier, now a forlornly abandoned near-ruin. The structure was a prominent pier from the...
    Five Ways to Make Cannabis Part of Your Fitness Routine
    November 27, 2019
    Cannabis and Fitness
    Your fitness routine could include one or more physical activities like running, swimming, cycling, walking, and working out at the gym, among others. Incorporating cannabis into your fitness routine can absolutely give a new dimension to your life. It will...
    Provincetown History Snippet: The KKK in Provincetown
    November 22, 2019
    Ku Klux Klan Provincetown
    The first Catholics in Provincetown were Irish, and had come here to work in fish-related industries such as salt works and flake yards. There were only 70 of them in 1851, but with the influx of Portuguese families, by 1887 there were 1,730 Catholics in...
    Provincetown History Snippet: The Lost Tea Party Ship
    November 15, 2019
    Boston Tea Party
    In December of 1773 the Boston Sons of Liberty destroyed three shiploads of tea in Boston Harbor, setting the fuse for the American Revolution. But did you know there were supposed to be four ships there? The William was wrecked off Provincetown on its way to...
    Provincetown History Snippet: Early Provincetown Whalers
    November 8, 2019
    Whaling Provincetown
    The Pilgrims were landlubbers. When they arrived in Provincetown and then in Plymouth, whales were still plentiful and close to shore; native tribes hunted the whales in canoes, forcing them to beach themselves. The white settlers soon followed their example,...
    8 Tips Every Home Marijuana Chef Needs to Know
    November 4, 2019
    Cooking with Marijuana
    Baking, cooking and mixing food and drink with cannabis extracts and concentrates is a fine art that can take a really long time to perfect. It’s science, after all. With the right techniques, you can skate by even as a beginner. Use this list to make sure...
    Want to tune in to WOMR?
    October 28, 2019
    Listen to WOMR Provincetown
    WOMR/WFMR is your community radio station, the only one on Cape Cod, and is part of Radio Free America. Want to listen? Here’s how… WOMR is now streaming worldwide thanks to Shoutcast. You can listen on your FM radio by tuning your channel to FM 92.1 or...
    Provincetown History Snippet: Holy Mackerel!
    October 24, 2019
    Provincetown History Mackerel
    In 1851, there were 60 Provincetown-owned vessels weighing a total of 4,332 tons pursuing mackerel; the fishery employed 688 men and boys. In 1864 the catch was so great, the year was referred to as the Boon Island Year.   It didn’t last. By 1871, the...
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