Provincetown News

Provincetown History Snippet: World War I

January 24, 2020

History

A contingent of anti-submarine boats was stationed at the Provincetown Naval Base for the duration of the First World War—to the very vocal distress of townspeople, who complained that the submarine activity was interfering with the weir fishing going on in...

Provincetown History Snippet: Gosnold and Cape Cod

January 17, 2020

History

On May 15, 1602, English explorer Bartholomew Gosnold dropped anchor in a broad harbor he called “Shoal Hope,” meaning “shallow harbor”; we call it Provincetown. (Ironically, it’s one of the world’s deepest natural harbors; what did Gosnold know?)...

Provincetown History Snippet: The Maine Sea Captain’s Artist Son

January 10, 2020

History

Charles W. Hawthorne was the son of a Maine sea captain who arrived in Provincetown in 1899 after studying painting in New York; he was attracted to the light. Living here was cheaper than New York: fishermen’s wives and widows were renting rooms and sheds...

1st Retail Weed Shop to Open on Cape Cod in Provincetown

December 20, 2019

“Provincetown is poised to become the first town on Cape Cod to have a retail marijuana store. On Thursday, the company Curaleaf, of Wakefield, Massachusetts, announced it had received final approval for a storefront on Commercial Street. Massachusetts...

Provincetown History Snippet: The Mackerel Fleet

December 20, 2019

History

Provincetown’s fishing fleet has traditionally gone after tuna, cod, haddock, and striped bass, but for many years it’s mackerel—a migratory fish arriving off the Cape in summer—that was one of the area’s primary catches. The mackerel...

Weed Update for Provincetown. Light at the End of the Tunnel….or Pipe?

December 19, 2019

Yes folks, we think there is light at the end of the tunnel…..or pipe. Curaleaf just received their State approval yesterday, so they now plan to submit to Licensing for a hearing at the end of January. Here is the reason for a hold up. The local...

Provincetown History Snippet: How Did Harry Kemp Die?

December 13, 2019

History

He had lived alone for years in one of the dune shacks on Provincetown’s back shore, but poet Harry Kemp spent his last days in a cottage on Howland Street built by his friend Sunny Tasha especially for him. He died on August 8, 1960, of a cerebral...

Provincetown History Snippet: Old Reliable Fish House

November 29, 2019

History

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

Weed

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

History

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...