WELLFLEET — Though the tricks executed at Wellfleet’s annual Skate Jam & Contest on Aug. 20 were serious, the competition was playful and welcoming. Skaters gathered across from Mayo Beach […]
LEGENDARY
Carnival Brings a Mythic Mood to Provincetown
Local businesses and artists pair up to design floats for Thursday’s parade
PROVINCETOWN — From now through Aug. 20, expect a Commercial Street flooded with Medusas, Bigfoots, and Barbra Streisands. The theme of this year’s Provincetown Carnival, which is organized by the […]
CAMP OUT
Staff Shortage Limits Campground to Three Days a Week
The DCR’s late-June decision left Wellfleet Hollow campers in the lurch
WELLFLEET — A simple, affordable escape to the natural beauty of Outer Cape Cod grows ever more elusive as real estate and rental prices skyrocket. And Wellfleet Hollow State Campground, […]
ANTI-IMPERIALISM
Mali Obomsawin Questions ‘Good Old American Values’
The activist, bassist, and songwriter creates music and community
The systems of the colonized Western world tend to put things in boxes. We categorize and separate music by genre. We separate politics from emotion from community from art. Mali […]
BIKE SAFETY
Charges Follow Route 6 Hit and Run
Driver says he ‘should have stopped’ to check on cyclist
TRURO — Thomas Hurley, 63, of East Falmouth was charged with leaving the scene of an accident and negligent operation of a motor vehicle on July 12 following a collision […]
FORAGING
A Secret Path to the Season’s Sweetness
Picking wild blueberries is a labor of love, with benefits
TRURO — I wasn’t sure what to expect when my boyfriend, Miles, headed down an unfamiliar sandy path lined with scrubby green underbrush. “Follow me,” was all he said. We […]
MUSIC
Dar Williams Comes to Our ‘Little Town’
Singing for the return of a diverse America
In the little town his family has called home for generations, a man holds onto the old ways — including xenophobia. But the fairy-godfather-esque mayor begins to welcome outsiders, and […]
ON THE PATH
Truro Seeks Safer Routes for Cyclists
Survey finds support for a separate bike and walking path along Route 6
TRURO — Nurzhijit Kopzhassar, who lives and works in Provincetown, frequently travels to Wellfleet by bike to see a friend who lives there. He cycles along Shore Road (Route 6A) […]
SUMMER PLANS
Recreation Programs Scramble to Staff Up
Across the Outer Cape, programs for kids make it work as best they can
TRURO — A Cape-wide struggle to recruit staff for summer recreation programs has been most public in Truro. Signs advertising the jobs flanked Route 6, offering $2,500 signing bonuses. The […]
SENIOR OF THE YEAR
Mary Abt Calls the Community to Song
A teacher who shows students ‘a beauty you can’t see or touch’
PROVINCETOWN — Every Thursday afternoon, the hallways of the Council on Aging are filled with song. Follow the sound to its source and you’ll find Mary Abt and a handful […]
THE LOCAL JOURNALISM PROJECT: 2022 SUMMER FELLOW
Creating a Sense of Place
Nora Markey, Springfield, Mass.
Nora Markey Springfield, Mass. Wesleyan University, Class of 2023 English and environmental studies Last week, I floated down the Pamet River, tugged along by the cool current as the tide […]
LONGING
A Journey Back to Portugal With Sonia Bettencourt
The award-winning fadista channels heartbreak, joy, and her home country in song
PROVINCETOWN — At the start of each performance, Sonia Bettencourt, dressed to the nines, takes center stage with a warm smile. But as soon as she opens her mouth, she […]
MORE THAN A GAME
Wellfleet Residents Play Ball Again
WELLFLEET — Fans of civic life here paraded, sun hats in hand, onto the baseball field across from the elementary school for their annual (or semi-annual, in this case) town […]
