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Q & A with Courtney Hurst
Earlier this year, the Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum (PMPM) announced that its executive director K. David Weidner was stepping down and Board of Trustees former president Courtney Hurst would be taking over the position in an interim role while the venerable Provincetown institution conducts a nationwide search for a new executive director. Hurst’s involvement with PMPM has been long. A native of Provincetown, she also served on the PMPM Board for 12 years, was president for five years, and spearheaded fundraising and development campaigns there. As the 2024 season began a few weeks ago, Hurst took a few moments to chat with us about her hometown, her new role, and indeed, the role of PMPM itself in Provincetown.
Orleans Elementary School Participates In Nationwide Running Program
ORLEANS – Last Thursday at Orleans Elementary School, a group of girls between 8 and 10 years old sat in a circle with criss-crossed legs and deliberated which roles each of them would take on when painting their “kindness rocks.”. “Pencil passers,” “paper passers,” and “rock washers” were...
A Forum of Forty-Niners
Much like the prospectors who traveled to California for the gold rush in 1849, artists, intellectuals, writers, and more came to Provincetown in the summer of 1949 to mine the town for ideas. Ever since Charles Hawthorne founded the Cape Cod School of Art in Provincetown, which would ultimately establish the art colony here, the Outer Cape has become a continual incubator of new ways of thinking and creating. So much happens in a year creatively in Provincetown, year-round, that it can boggle the mind when trying to piece together all that has happened over the decades. Sometimes it’s good to stop and reflect as well as to actively question the past, present, and future. That’s what happened in Provincetown when artist and poet Weldon Kees, painter Fritz Bultman, and poet Cecil Hemley organized Forum 49, a summer-long series of weekly events that explored the issues of the day and their impact on the arts. Forum 49 was a smashing success and once again Provincetown was on the map, garnering significant attention for pushing the boundaries of imagination, creativity, and the avant-garde, also causing a little controversy along way as the town so often does.
Chatham To Celebrate History Weekend June 14-16
CHATHAM – The annual History Weekend will take place June 14 to 16. It’s an opportunity to not only learn more about the history of Chatham, but to also get a glimpse at museums, historic buildings and other aspects of the town’s heritage. Sponsored by Historic Chatham,...
Beach Reads: Little Libraries Dedicated In South Chatham
CHATHAM – Three new Little Libraries, created to resemble the South Chatham Public Library, were dedicated Saturday at three of the village’s beaches. The libraries, made by the woodworking group of the Chatham-Harwich Newcomers Club, stand at public beaches at Cockle Cove, Forest Beach and Pleasant Street. A...
Our View: Take Responsibility
It happens at almost every town meeting. It doesn’t matter when or in what town. At some point, someone stands up and complains that it’s the first time they’ve heard about this-and-such article. The insinuation is that officials are trying to pull a fast one, sneak something past the voters, that they’ve kept information secret for some nefarious purpose.
Pennrose Recommended To Develop Chatham Affordable Housing Projects
CHATHAM – An advisory committee appointed to review proposals for affordable housing developments on two town-owned parcels is recommending that Pennrose LLC be selected as the developer of both projects. Boston-based Pennrose is currently developing housing at the former Cape Cod 5 operations building and is under consideration to...
MassDOT Sets Public Heating For Safe Route To School Project
HARWICH – It has been five years in the works, but the Massachusetts Department of Transportation will be in town on Wednesday, June 12 to hold a public hearing on the proposed Safe Routes To School Project designs for upgrades and improvements to sidewalks and shared-use paths around Harwich Elementary School leading into Harwich Center.
Commision Approves Phase Three For Crowell Barn Landscaping
HARWICH – While improvements are at a standstill at the Brooks Academy building, progress is continuing at the Crowell Barn on the west side of the property along Parallel Street. Paul Doane was before the Brooks Academy Museum Commission on May 29 seeking approval of the third phase of...
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