ZBW CTLR EXPRESSED CONCERN REGARDING THE PVD ARPT INFO PROVIDED AT THE SECTOR WHEN ZBW ASSUMES THE AIRSPACE.

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ZBW ASSUMES CTL OF PVD APCH CTL AIRSPACE AT THE END OF THEIR OPERATING HRS. PVD APCH CTL FAXES A COPY OF LCL NOTAMS TO ZBW PRIOR TO CLOSURE. NOTAMS FOR THE NIGHT SHOWED A CLOSURE OF RWY 5/23. WINDS AT PVD WERE APPROX 210 DEGS 20 KTS GUSTING 40 KTS. IF THE NOTAMS WERE CORRECT; ACFT WOULD BE LNDG ON RWY 34 WITH A SIGNIFICANT XWIND. THE FIRST ARR TO PVD AFTER THE CLOSURE QUESTIONED THE RWY CLOSURE. THE PLT INDICATED THAT THEY HAD SPOKEN TO THE 'TWR CAB' AND THAT THE RWY WAS IN FACT OPEN. ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO SPEAK WITH OPS PERSONNEL AT PVD TO CONFIRM THIS INFO. CONFIRMATION WAS RECEIVED THAT RWY 5/23 WOULD REMAIN OPEN UNTIL THE 'ARRS' WERE IN. THE COMS CHAIN WAS NOT PROPERLY FOLLOWED DURING THIS EVOLUTION. FURTHER; A CANCELLATION OF THE RWY CLOSURE NOTAM WOULD HAVE ELIMINATED CONFUSION. THE SITUATION WAS MADE MORE WORKLOAD INTENSIVE BY THE FACT THAT FACILITY SUPVRS AT ZBW MISREAD PREDICTED TFC FOR THE PERIOD OF TIME IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE CLOSURE OF PVD APCH. A DEFINED COM PROTOCOL SHOULD BE DEVELOPED AND ADHERED TO; SO THAT AFTER HRS OPS AT PVD MAY BE SAFELY CONDUCTED.