Provincetown News

Provincetown History Snippets: Who is William F. Boogar Jr.?

March 16, 2019

History

He loved birds. He also loved bronze, and the combination made for exceptional art created by William F. Boogar, Jr., a noted sculptor who studied in Provincetown with Charles Hawthorne and settled here permanently in 1933. He worked in the lost-wax method in...

Provincetown History Snippets: Who Was The Nauset?

March 3, 2019

History

When they came ashore at what would become Provincetown, Mayflower passengers first encountered a native tribe called the Nauset. Part of the Algonquin, the Nauset lived on Cape Cod from Bass River east. They were non-nomadic and peaceable; there were no...

Provincetown History Snippets: What was Norman Mailer’s Ptown?

February 23, 2019

History

This week we’re bringing you a different history snippet: Norman Mailer’s own words about the town, taken from Tough Guys Don’t Dance: The northern reach of Cape Cod, however, on which my house sat, the land I inhabited—that long curving...

Who Are the New Faces at Perry’s Wine & Liquors?: Charlie Greener and Billy Marshall!

February 23, 2019

Provincetown News

Charlie Greener and Billy Marshall met rather dramatically—on an around-the-world yacht race in 2004! The race made a stop in Boston coming up from Cape Town, and during this stopover someone recommended that the couple visit Provincetown, “and we never...

Provincetown History Snippets: What is Helltown?

February 16, 2019

History

Helltown was a settlement south of Hatches Harbor, with 33 buildings, a fleet of 30 dories, and a working population of about 125 fishermen. When Mary Heaton Vorse asked a captain why it was called Helltown, he answered, “because of the helling that went on...

Provincetown History Snippets: Library on the Move?

February 8, 2019

History

If you’re looking at the Provincetown Public Library, then you’re looking back in time! It started life as the Center Methodist Episcopal Church and was impressive for its time, with a 162-foot tower housing a bronze bell. The spire was damaged during...

Who Are the New Faces at Provincetown’s Joe coffee?

February 8, 2019

There are some new faces at an established business this spring: joe coffee has been recently purchased by three friends (Mark Shaw, Peter McBrien, and Glenn Siegmund), known collectively as MPG. And for them, it’s literally a dream come true. They...

Provincetown History Snippets: What is the HMS Somerset III?

January 31, 2019

History

The British man-of-war Somerset III terrorized the Cape area for some years up to and during the American Revolution, and was often anchored in Provincetown Harbor, where “boats frequently landed, and the officers helped themselves to water, provisions, and...

Meet WOMR, Your Community Radio Station!

January 27, 2019

Provincetown News

We thought you’d like to learn a little about our partner WOMR/WFMR, Cape Cod’s only community radio station. WOMR’s purpose is to build community through media. Mission statement: To operate a non-profit, non-commercial community radio...

Provincetown History Snippets: Fight Smart, Harm Few

January 25, 2019

History

Last year, the wreck of the pirate ship Whydah gave up part of her captain: a leg bone found in concretion is widely believed by archaeologists to belong to “Black Sam” Bellamy, New England’s most famous pirate, who became wealthy not because of greed...