Wicked Local
PROVINCETOWN – Memorial Day Weekend marks the start of the town’s summer season. It also is the end of year-long COVID-19 restrictions.
In pre-pandemic times, this meant hundreds of young women grouped together on boats and in nightclubs with six-packs on each shoulder in what has been dubbed as “baby dyke weekend.”
Last year the streets were quiet, as many retail businesses and restaurants were closed.
“The big word last year was ‘pivot.’ The big word this year is ‘reimagine,’” said the town’s director of tourism, Anthony Fuccillo.
Gov. Charlie Baker announced Monday, May 17, that the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend May 29 is the new target date for the end of nearly all remaining COVID-19 restrictions in the state. The town will continue to follow state guidelines, said Board of Health Director Morgan Clark during a remote meeting May 20.
Alex Darus, Banner Correspondent
PROVINCETOWN The health department has proposed a five-year mental health plan for townspeople in need, including more support groups and funding a clinician to see patients for free on a short-term basis.
The plan, presented by town Health Director Morgan Clark during the Jan. 25 Select Board meeting, aims to not only expand the mental health resources in town but through grants and other implementations help reduce the barriers that prevent individuals from using that help. The planning comes at a time when pressure with the COVID-19 threat have been building, Clark said.
“I just want to commend you for creative problem-solving here,” Select Board member Lise King said at the meeting. “This is clearly an attempt to make an intervention in a situation where some creative problem-solving is needed.”