Via The Provincetown Banner By Lee Roscoe Can you imagine what it was like to live in the wilderness, freely following game and fish from season to season? The Wampanoag people did that for thousands of years before the arrival of the Mayflower. How would you feel, then, if people from across the ocean came and […]
Read MorePilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum Presents “A Wampanoag Welcome”
Provided by Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum Provincetown, MA – Clam fritters, smoked salmon, fresh oysters, and other Native American specialties are on the menu for the first ever reception with members of the Wampanoag Tribe at the Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum (PMPM) on Thursday May 28 from 5 to 7 pm. The celebration […]
Read MoreReimagining Plymouth’s waterfront
PLYMOUTH — They call it “America’s Hometown,’’ and as it approaches its 400th birthday, it is clearly showing its age. Take the area most familiar to tourists, a million of whom flock to it every year: the waterfront near Plymouth Rock and the Mayflower II. The sidewalks on Water Street along the harbor are riddled with […]
Read MoreGREAT WHITES: Listening for sharks off Plymouth
By Frank Mandfmand@wickedlocal.com Posted May. 11, 2015 at 10:00 AM PLYMOUTH – When it comes to protecting swimmers and boaters, Plymouth businessman Josh Bows, the town’s Department of Marine and Environmental Affairs (DMEA), the state’s Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) and the White Shark Conservancy (WSC) have put their money where the shark bites. Jointly, these […]
Read MorePlymouth 400 Bass and Blue Committee in Partnership with Merrill Engineers and Land Surveyors Donating Shark Beacon to Town of Plymouth
PLYMOUTH, MA— Plymouth 400, Inc., the organization planning the events and programs commemorating the 400th anniversary of the 1620 Mayflower voyage and the founding of Plymouth Colony, supports the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy’s (AWSC) initiative in taking a proactive approach in researching and protecting the public from sharks and will donate a shark beacon, which […]
Read MorePLYMOUTH 400: Plates ordered, partners sought, budgets requested, events expanded
PLYMOUTH – Phase one of the Plymouth 400 commemorative license plate initiative is complete. The plate applications, all 1,544 of them, were delivered to the Registry of Motor Vehicles Wednesday, and the RMV will now be able to process those applications and move forward to produce and distribute the first 1,500 Plymouth 400 plates. The […]
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