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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A town of southeast Massachusetts on the tip of Cape Cod. Pilgrims first landed on the site in 1620 before sailing on to Plymouth. The town is a popular resort famed for the Provincetown Players (1915–1929), a theater group that presented many new works by Eugene O'Neill.

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  • PROVINCETOWN - A shapely, double-helix-style wind turbine installed as a pilot project in June on MacMillan Wharf in Provincetown was removed in late January based on agreements between pier managers and the installer, reports the

    Home - BostonHerald.com 2010

  • PROVINCETOWN - A shapely, double-helix-style wind turbine installed as a pilot project in June on MacMillan Wharf in Provincetown was removed in late January based on agreements between pier managers and the installer, reports the

    Home - BostonHerald.com Mary Ann Bragg 2010

  • PROVINCETOWN - A shapely, double-helix-style wind turbine installed as a pilot project in June on MacMillan Wharf in Provincetown was removed in late January based on agreements between pier managers and the installer, reports the

    Home - BostonHerald.com Mary Ann Bragg 2010

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  • PROVINCETOWN - A shapely, double-helix-style wind turbine installed as a pilot project in June on MacMillan Wharf in Provincetown was removed in late January based on agreements between pier managers and the installer, reports the

    Home - BostonHerald.com Mary Ann Bragg 2010

  • With our best girls Charlene and Lori at Lorraine's in Provincetown last night.

    Archive 2009-01-01 Roger Sutton 2009

  • Maybe because she has lived in Provincetown, MA, for so long.

    For Poetry & Nature Admirers: Mary Oliver's "Evidence" 2009

  • Partially set in Provincetown, MA, the happiest gay place that ever gayed happily.

    if you come softly - Jacqueline Woodson karenhealey 2010

  • Kushner and Cunningham belong to this generation, to a stratum of accomplished, middle-aged gay artists who summer in Provincetown, Mass., a creative haven that is both deeply engaged with the world and insulated from its problems.

    Michael Cunningham and a new generation of writers transcend 'gay literature' Dan Zak 2010

  • With our best girls Charlene and Lori at Lorraine's in Provincetown last night.

    Happy New Year Roger Sutton 2009

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