EASTHAM — Few onlookers were surprised when Joey Smith and Lucas Wilson-Bevington sat down across from each other at a table in Nauset Regional High School’s new cafeteria for the […]
WAMPANOAG RECLAMATION
Budget Shortfall Looms at School Where Children Learn Wôpanâak
Federal funds support language immersion, but that’s not easy to do here
MASHPEE — Nitana Greendeer of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe knows that children are the key to preserving the Wôpanâak language. “When you haven’t got 20, 30, 40 years of English […]
ESSENTIALS
A Food Pantry That Helps Residents Feel the Love
Donations from residents and local businesses stock the shelves in Eastham
EASTHAM — The food pantry in Eastham has been around for 44 years — longer than any other on the Outer Cape, said Joan Lockhart, who manages it. Nestled behind […]
ROOTING AROUND
A Mage and a Bard Turn Up at a Library
21st annual Eastham Turnip Festival brings visitors from near and far
EASTHAM — Caroline DeBrota and Shawyoun Shaidani’s road to the Turnip Festival began in 2023, when the Medford pair decided to dress up as fish and chips for Halloween. They […]
FIRE SAFETY
Lithium-Ion Batteries Blamed for Bike Shop Fire
Despite safety certifications, ‘thermal runaway’ likely started in e-bikes
ORLEANS — At first, Karen Simpson wondered if the text alert had been a mistake. At 7:17 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 29, the alarm in her hair salon said it […]
AT THE LIBRARY
A Leaky Roof Gets Repaired for a Second Time
Eastham sidesteps a complete redesign by trying a different kind of seal
This article was updated on Nov. 24. EASTHAM — When Library Director Melanie McKenzie came to work on Sept. 23, she found the area around the circulation desk flooded. There […]
SHOCK WAVES
Kiteboarders Mourn After a ‘Heartbreaking’ October
Fatal accident at Bee’s River was highly unusual, say kiters
EASTHAM — If the wind was right, Eli Winslow would be out there. A member of Cape Cod’s small but tight-knit kiteboarding community, he loved nothing more than riding the […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Nauset Football, at 6-3, Looks Ahead to Thanksgiving Classic
Soccer teams both knocked out in 2nd round of state tournament
EASTHAM — Diman Regional Vocational Technical High School’s football team arrived at the Nauset High turf about an hour before the home team showed up last Thursday. By the time […]
IMMIGRATION
Interfaith Panel Asks How to Create a ‘Culture of Welcome’
Cyr asks leaders to push back against rise in anti-immigrant talk
EASTHAM — Katia DaCunha arrived in the U.S. with her two children in 2003 with five dollars to her name. She recalls meeting a police officer at the Miami airport […]
WELLFLEET HOUSING
After 11 Years, Construction Begins on 4 Habitat Homes
Three future homeowners are single mothers; two lived in tents before Habitat’s offer
WELLFLEET — Nash Badams learned to ride a bike in the summer of 2012. He was four years old, living with his recently divorced mother in a tent at Maurice’s […]
HOUSING
Eastham Considers Funding a ‘Lease to Locals’ Program
Unspent community housing funds would pay homeowners to switch to year-round rentals
EASTHAM — This town may follow in the footsteps of Provincetown and Nantucket and use short-term rental tax money to encourage owners to switch their properties to year-round rentals. Eastham […]
HAUNTED HISTORY
Beware the Black Flash!
Remembering the leaping, fire-breathing phantom of Cape Cod
It bounds down the alleyways off Commercial Street, its black cloak trailing in the wind, dark laughter bubbling from behind its horrible metal mask. Children dash home in terror the […]
POLISHING UP
Letting Gravestones Speak
Robert Sweetman teaches the careful cleaning of historic markers
“Her toils are past, her apricots down, her scurvy and her love,” Robert Sweetman reads. “No, that can’t be right.” He kneels before the lichen-covered grave in Provincetown’s Old Alden […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Field Hockey Seniors Prepare to Pass Baton
Warriors finish regular season 7-8-3, qualifying for postseason play
EASTHAM — It was a bittersweet evening for Nauset’s field hockey players when eight seniors bid a tearful goodbye to their teammates before heading home on Thursday, Oct. 24. While […]
CIVICS
Wellfleet Voters Agree to Hold Two Town Meetings Every Year
Special town meeting OKs all articles, including seven from Town Moderator Silverman
This article was updated on Oct. 24, 2024. WELLFLEET — After next year, there may not be anything “special” about a town meeting held in October. That’s because Wellfleet’s voters […]
