Publication: The Boston Globe
Author: Peter Schworm
Date: October 1, 2009
Article Excerpt:
With its majestic dunes and shimmering sunsets, Provincetown is a ceaseless draw for vacationers and summertime residents. So it may be little surprise that the outer-Cape retreat also ranks as a coveted final resting place, where retirees have snatched up plots at the town cemetery like summer cottages with ocean views.
But, like all real estate in the lovely seaside town, space in the town’s only active cemetery is getting hard to come by.
The historic 20-acre cemetery is now all but full, with only the flat of a gentle northward hill unclaimed, forcing the town to halt advance sales while workers hasten to clear land for new graves.