When local libraries began to introduce computers with searchable databases, most patrons thought they’d seen the last of the old card catalogs — those imposing wooden drawers filled with index […]
LEARNING
Draft Regional School Plan Calls for ‘Learning Culture’
EASTHAM — A proposed revision of the strategic plan for the Nauset Regional School District emphasizes social and emotional learning, global citizenship, and partnerships between the schools and the community […]
EASTHAM CURRENTS
‘First Encounter’ Events Start With Lecture
Bragdon will speak on early visitors to the Outer Cape
EASTHAM — The 400 Commemoration Committee isn’t waiting until 2020 to start the celebrations; the first of its events, in partnership with the Eastham Public Library, takes place this Sunday, […]
HOUSING
263 Apply for Affordable Units in Eastham
Lottery sets order in which Nauset Green applicants will be considered
EASTHAM — Some 200 local residents filled the Orleans-Eastham Elks Lodge on Sept. 5, waiting anxiously for their numbers to be called by representatives of Pennrose, the developer of the […]
THEATER
A Tale of Two ‘Rhinoceros’es
WHAT celebrates 35 years with the play that started it all
WELLFLEET — Spoiler alert: Eugene Ionesco’s Rhinoceros, which opens this weekend at the Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater, ends with a defiant declaration. “I’m not capitulating!” shouts the last man on earth. It’s […]
EASTHAM CURRENTS
Windmill Weekend Continues With Sunday Parade
Craft and vendor fair on Windmill Green, and 30 floats
EASTHAM — It’s been called “the party the town throws itself when the tourists go home.” Eastham’s Windmill Weekend celebrations extend far past the edges of the triangular swath on […]
wellfleet
PorchFest 2019 Draws a Crowd
Hundreds enjoy fifth annual downtown music festival
Photographs by Jacob Greenberg, taken on Saturday, August 24 The acoustic duo Cumberland, Jim Rohrer and Lynda Shuster, played bluegrass and traditional Appalachian tunes. Blue Dog brought jazz to […]
eastham currents
Two Ponds Remain Closed for Algal Bloom Danger
Schoolhouse and Minister’s ponds to be tested again this week
EASTHAM — Two weeks after showing high concentrations of a green filamentous algal bloom, a pair of Eastham ponds remain closed by order of the town’s health dept. Recreational activities […]
eastham currents
Commemorating the ‘first encounter’
EASTHAM — Some 16 months before the 400th anniversary, plans are well under way to commemorate the Dec. 8, 1620 “first encounter” between Native Americans and European pilgrims. Perhaps the […]
economy
OpenCape Network Still a Long Way From Home
Residential pilot planned for Outer Cape is now on hold
PROVINCETOWN — The OpenCape fiber optic cable network went live in January 2013, having secured $40 million in grants and offering the promise of high-speed internet connections to Cape Cod […]
