School talks & market turnovers among top Provincetown stories in 2009
PROVINCETOWN – The top stories of 2009 in this town are easy to identify: the July 4th sewer failure, mass resignations at Outer Cape Health Services, the town’s first hate crime in seven years, the deaths of several well-known and beloved residents.
But there were dozens of other events both big and small that helped weave the local fabric of 2009. Gov. Deval Patrick spent a day here visiting with business, government and arts representatives. The Provincetown Cemetery filled up, leading to a discussion on how to expand the burial grounds. A new ladder truck was delivered, replacing the one destroyed in an accident last year. The Bradford pear trees that line the sidewalk to Town Hall were saved. And off-leash beach rights were restored to dog owners. Read more…
