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10/05/2023

Foggy morning in Provincetown…

05/24/2023

Grab 'N Go Health Bar is my absolute favorite spot for a morning or afternoon smoothie! And today there's no line!

Today is opening day of the season! 10-5
Looking forward to seeing everyone!

04/11/2023

Looks like a great lineup for Twenty Summers season 10!

04/10/2023

Whale watching returns on April 15!

It’s whale season once again! 🐋

Our first trip of 2023 is this Saturday, April 15th. We’re excited to bring you offshore to explore for our 48th season. Come join us!

Reserve tickets online at whalewatch.com or call 800-826-9300.

Any guesses who the first humpback we’ll see will be?

11/04/2022

There’s no in-person event this year, but mark your calendar for the lighting of the Monument! It’s a welcome sight in town when the the sun sets earlier in the day.

We’re in the final countdown with one week left before the Annual Lighting!

Are you ready to get ?

Your support is greatly appreciated: https://pilgrim-monument.my.salesforce-sites.com/donate/?dfId=a0n3l00001E9rZfAAJ&

09/10/2022

The Provincetown Harbor Swim for Life + Paddler Flotilla starts today at 11 am from the Harbor Hotel. The finish is at the tent in Cannery Wharf Park. Get out there and cheer on the swimmers! 👏🏊🏊‍♂️🏊‍♀️

More details: https://www.swim4life.org/schedule

We invite you to join us and the community to celebrate our resilience and good fortune! . For this year’s scheduled harbor event on September 10, swimmers will swim along the East End shoreline from Harbor and Breakwater Hotels at Snail Road to Cannery Wharf Park (formerly East End Waterfront Par...

09/08/2022

Good morning from Provincetown… 🌄🚲

08/31/2022

Another beautiful day in Provincetown 🏳️‍🌈❤️

08/13/2022

Loved seeing the Farmers Market take place at the Bas Relief today! Such a nice venue for this kind of weekend activity.

08/13/2022

Did you know it’s tax-free weekend in Massachusetts? Purchases up to $2,500 are exempt from sales tax so it’s a great time to support local artists, bike shops, and retail businesses!

It’s tax-free weekend in Massachusetts! What a great opportunity to buy a signature piece of art for your home!

For Carnival Week, we're excited to highlight new and recent work by our represented artists, including Helen Grimm, Mary Giammarino, Naya Bricher, Paul Rizzo, Liz Carney, Julie Smith, Matthew Bielen, Janine Evers, Jenny Humphreys, Tjasa Owen, Christopher Patterson, David Foley, Tessera Knowles-Thompson, Caroline Carney, and Pete Hocking. Echoing the spirit of Carnival, the show is eclectic and full of color!

Four Eleven Gallery is open seven days a week at 11 AM. Open evenings on Friday & Saturday. We’re also available by chance or appointment. Our website is always open — fourelevengallery.com

08/13/2022

The sewer emergency has been lifted and you can expect to see restaurants reopening today in the center of town. Happy Carnival!

08/11/2022

Restaurants & public restrooms in the center of town will be closed for the next 48 hours due to a sewer emergency caused by this week’s storm. More details about this emergency declaration from the town manager:

IMPORTANT UPDATE:

We are declaring a sewer emergency for properties on the vacuum sewer system. This includes properties on Commercial Street from Snow Street to Point Street, and properties on the sewer system on Bradford Street between Conwell Street and Prince Street. Please refer to map below - the brown shaded area is the vacuum system. This does not apply to sewer customers that are on our gravity system, nor does it apply to properties with on-site septic systems.

Any restaurant or food service business in this service area will need to cease operations immediately. This is necessary to prevent a further public health emergency caused by sewer overflows, and we need to drastically reduce flow to allow the critical repair work in order to get the town back to full capacity.

Any residential property on this system must reduce water use, including dishwashing, laundry, showering, and only flush when absolutely necessary.

We are estimating that we need up to 48 hours to make the repairs and get the system back to normal.
For a detailed map of service areas, please visit www.provincetown-ma.gov

All public restrooms are closed today and tomorrow. We have 18 porta potties arriving in Town at 11:00am and they will be on Ryder Street next to Town Hall.

Our team will continue to provide updates throughout the next 48 hours. We want to thank everyone for their continued patience and cooperation. If you have any questions you can call DPW Deputy Director Sherry Prada during business hours at 508-487-7060. If you are having a sewer emergency, you need to call the answering service at 508-487-5474 and leave a message. We will get back to you as soon as we can.

07/05/2022

There are lots of bikes in Provincetown…

07/04/2022

Be sure to keep an ear out for Cape Harmony on the street this afternoon!

06/21/2022

ranks #1 in the PeopleForBikes for its second year! https://cityratings.peopleforbikes.org/cities/provincetown-ma

06/21/2022

Provincetown ranks #1 again in the People for Bikes City Ratings. Have you booked your bike rental for your visit?

For the second year, the Town of Provincetown takes the #1 spot overall in the US and the #1 in the small city category in the PeopleForBikes.org City Ratings!

Details here: https://cityratings.peopleforbikes.org/cities/provincetown-ma

06/01/2022

“In each house, the largest room was the children's, and
the children spent all their time there, never going to school.
The windows of the children's rooms never overlooked the sea,
because the sea was slightly frightening.
That sea attracted only madmen, who went on to become
sailors. Sailors, once they had departed, never returned to the
town. They sent letters home in bottles to inform their relatives
that they were doing well, but they never came back.
The town struggled with the sea and the wind. Its citizens
were, in a way, proud of their struggle. But often they lost track of
their thoughts, because the wind blew the thoughts away.”

05/31/2022

Looking for something to do tomorrow morning? RSVP for the grand opening of the new incline elevator at the Momunent!

RSVP to the inclined elevator ribbon cutting ceremony!

05/31/2022

Here’s the latest COVID update for Provincetown:

⚠️The current COVID-19 Community Level in is HIGH. The Department of Health and Environment is now recommending that masks be worn indoors in public spaces in accordance with CDC guidelines.
➡️ To learn more about CDC's COVID-19 Community Levels, visit: https://loom.ly/peMS_dw
➡️ To learn more about how to protect yourself and others from COVID-19, visit: https://loom.ly/fHx8iKA
➡️ To view COVID-19 case data specific to Barnstable County, visit: https://loom.ly/BxaIHqU

05/14/2022

This is a must-do if you’re here on a Wednesday this summer! Check the dates & mark your calendar so you don’t miss out:

Sunset Music Nights are back!!
After a two year hiatus, Far Land on the Beach is very happy to announce the return of Sunset Music on the Beach for the 2022 summer season at the Herring Cove concession. Live local music will once again return center stage on Wednesdays only beginning June 29th and running through August 31st.
So…bring your beach chairs and a hearty appetite for food, drinks, music and dancing!
The concession itself will open Memorial Day Weekend for our 10th season. We will be open weekends only until June 20th when we open daily for the 2022 season,
See you on the beach!

05/08/2022

I’ll be out exploring Provincetown’s harbor beaches today starting at 11 am EDT. https://www.heygo.com/tours/explore-provincetowns-harbor-beaches

It’s a lovely sunny day. Join me for some history and to see if anything unusual has washed up along the shore!

04/20/2022

Earth Day 🌎 is coming up on Friday! Here are my top picks for things to do: https://bit.ly/3uYQG5e

04/15/2022

After today’s Commercial St Stroll tour I couldn’t resist - I went back to the Fudge Factory to splurge on some Easter candy 🐰🍫🐣

04/14/2022

I hope we’ll get to see the Mayflower II in Provincetown Harbor again some day… until then, I may have to do a road trip to see the ship and that little rock they have have :)

Mayflower II has returned to her home berth at the State Pier in Plymouth, MA. Thank you to our friends at Mystic Seaport Museum , where she underwent routine maintenance and painting this past winter, as well as the wonderful crew of Tugboat Jaguar, operated by Mitchell Towing in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, for their support on this journey.

2022 marks the 65th anniversary of Mayflower II’s transatlantic journey from Plymouth, UK to Plymouth, MA. Will you be planning a visit to Mayflower II this year? Tell us in the comments!

04/13/2022

04/10/2022

I’ll be exploring Provincetown’s harbor beaches on the Heygo app at 1 PM EDT today if you’d like to join in: https://www.heygo.com/tours/explore-provincetowns-harbor-beaches?utm_source=tour_share_link&utm_content=8850

04/02/2022

What's happening in Provincetown in April? Here are my top picks for things to do this month in Ptown!

03/29/2022

It's Art Trek time! Can you find one of the 22 bottles hidden in Ptown & Truro? More from the Provincetown Art Association and Museum:

03/22/2022

Join me on a live tour over on the Heygo platform! My first tour is on April 1 & I'll be talking about the Mayflower Pilgrims & climbing the Pilgrim Monument! https://bit.ly/350aKdc

03/18/2022

You really can carry just about anything on a cargo bike!

03/14/2022

It’s Pi Day at ! Just picked up my vegan cherry dessert pies 😋

03/03/2022

Have you seen the mural next to Marine Specialties? It’s featured in my Instagram Tour.

03/02/2022

Birds aren’t real?

03/02/2022

02/09/2022

Sunny, blue sky day in Ptown…

01/31/2022

Live Provincetown Nor’easter Blizzard Update

Live from Provincetown

01/29/2022

Greetings from Provincetown

01/10/2022

Look who’s just popped up at the Squealing Pig!

01/07/2022

LIVE: 39th Annual Rerooters Ceremony

Live from Provincetown