ORLEANS — A Boston firm is working on a plan to redevelop the former Bayside Plaza — widely known as the “Underground Mall” — a project that would add 42 […]
ECONOMY
Eastham to Offer Spruce-Up Grants
EASTHAM — The town plans to spend $125,000 to help selected local businesses improve their appearance. The plan is funded by the town’s allocation under the American Rescue Plan Act […]
EARTH DAY
I Sing the Auto Electric
The fossil-fuel era is ending not with a bang but a whimper
There is an electric car in your future, and you’re going to buy it sooner than you may realize. How do I know this? I just bought one, after saying […]
ECONOMY
A Tough Time for Local Businesses
Uncertainty prevails at planning time
WELLFLEET — The “Coming Attractions” marquee at the Wellfleet Cinemas is empty, an indication that nobody knows what’s coming next. Spring is a time for preparation and planning for the […]
OP-ED
Time to Reverse Citizens United
Ten years later it’s clear that the Supreme Court decision was a bad one
Corporations may be run by people, and employ people, and be answerable to shareholders, but corporations are not people. For one thing, they command masses of cash and other assets […]
KITCHEN TABLE
Sushi at Home Should Be a Cape Cod Staple
Fresh and simple, for after the feasting
We lived in Japan for 10 years, and that is where we whetted our taste for sushi. For 20 years now we have lived on Cape Cod, and making sushi […]
ECONOMY
The Counterintuitive Possibility of Becoming a Cape Cod Fisherman
Alliance offers class on everything from knot-tying to networking
CHATHAM — The Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen’s Alliance (CCCFA) plans to offer a six-day course to teach people the basic skills needed to work on a commercial fishing boat. That […]
SCREENINGS
How the Wampanoags Brought Their Language Back to Life
The film 'We Still Live Here' documents the effort
The story of the Wampanoag nation, the confederation of Native American tribes who lived in what is now Cape Cod and the Islands, southeastern Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, is a […]
sports
Bringing an Arctic Tradition to Nauset Marsh
A wooden kayak, inspired by an Aleutian design, is like a living thing
EASTHAM — From the seat of my kayak I have come to see Nauset Marsh, part of the Cape Cod National Seashore in Eastham, as the Everglades of New England: […]
THEATER
Tennessee Williams Festival to Spotlight Mishima and Japan
Exploring how two writers’ queerness led to “a truly generative exchange”
PROVINCETOWN — Everybody knows the name Tennessee Williams, the two-time Pulitzer-Prize-winning playwright who gave us The Glass Menagerie, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and A Streetcar Named Desire. Not […]
economy
Wellfleet Shellfishermen Organize to Defeat Cutler Bill
Peake says ‘disastrous’ proposal would spark industry consolidation
WELLFLEET — Shellfishermen here are mobilizing to oppose state legislation that they say threatens their way of making a living from the sea. The Outer Cape’s state legislators and the […]
economy
The Eastham Oyster Demands Attention
Production is growing, but this business is no picnic
EASTHAM — Wellfleet is world-famous for oysters. Neighboring Eastham is not. But there are folks in town who are trying to change that. One is 31-year-old Jared Collins, whose family […]
