EASTHAM — A record 42 students participated in the Miles Tibbetts Chess Tournament that got underway at Nauset Regional High School on Nov. 23 — so many that the final […]
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LOVING HANDS
Holidays Gifts That Reveal Hidden Talents
Looking for local crafts, you may learn your favorite bartender also knits
Maybe you’ve sworn off that day-after-Thanksgiving rush. Or was it that second round of pie that kept you from transitioning into the shopping season last weekend? Whatever the cause of […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Winter Sports Begin
A weekly preview of Nauset High sports
EASTHAM — The Nauset Warriors football team lost 14-0 to Dennis-Yarmouth in its final game of the season on Thanksgiving. It had been two years since the traditional rivals played […]
HANGOUTS
At the Eastham Elks Lodge, Community and Charity Meat
Fish fries, bingo, and raffles that raise thousands for local organizations
EASTHAM –– Last Friday evening a dozen Elks galloped in and out of the kitchen of Lodge #2572 as they prepared the weekly fish fry. On the other side of […]
GRACE
A Cook Learns One More Way to Do Thanksgiving
Finding joy in a gathering of close strangers
When I arrived at my mother’s with my cooler full of turkey stock, homemade cranberry relish, and cubed bread for stuffing, the food was not my worry. For a while […]
WINTER GAMES
Girls Hockey and Basketball Teams Are Set to Grow
Former NHL player Connor Brickley takes the reins as Furies’ coach
EASTHAM — The Nauset athletics program had a big announcement as the high school sports season turned from fall to winter. The Cape Cod Furies girls ice hockey team, which […]
PHOTOGRAPHY
In View This Week
PLAYOFFS
Boys’ Soccer Season Ends With a Heartbreaker
Warriors push Longmeadow ‘to the brink,’ but penalty kicks seal the game
EAST LONGMEADOW — One of the most thrilling high school soccer matches this season took place on Nov. 14 as the eighth-seeded Nauset boys played the top-seeded East Longmeadow Spartans […]
HANDSOME ROOTS
When Turnips Were King in Eastham
How Art Nickerson saved the town’s tasty tuber
EASTHAM –– One hundred eleven years ago, the sandy fields of Eastham yielded 10,710 bushels of turnips, more than every other town from Provincetown to Yarmouth combined. When local farmers […]
PHOTO FEATURE
Eleventh Hour: Veterans Day 2021 in Provincetown
A solemn gathering on the pier honors all those who served
Provincetown marked Veterans Day this year with a solemn gathering on MacMillan Pier, with Jim Keefe serving as master of ceremonies. It was the 103rd anniversary of the signing of […]
BABYCAKES
Welcome, Geo
George Avery Downing, who is called “Geo,” was born on Oct. 26, 2021 at Cape Cod Hospital to elated parents Catherine Graciano and Vanessa Downing. The family lives in Brewster, […]
GRAVEYARD SHIFT
Amazing Grace: A Mother’s Legacy
The deathbed testament of Grace Smith in 1710 offers a timeless creed
A bronze tablet attached to a boulder in Eastham’s Cove Burial Ground is one of the few tangible reminders of the Ralph Smith (or Smythe) family, who arrived in Eastham […]
VETERANS DAY
A Son of Provincetown Looks Back on His Service
The challenge now is to ‘stay true to the idealism that inspired us in the first place’
Michael Cabral retired as a sergeant in the United States Army in 2013 with a chest full of medals. He also had PTSD. Cabral fractured his back twice in training […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Boys Soccer Survives First Tourney Round
A weekly roundup of Nauset High sports
EASTHAM — It was a tough season for the Nauset Warriors football team. Like other teams, Nauset struggled to field enough players this fall. But on Friday, Nov. 5 it […]
RISKY BUSINESS
A Would-Be Bull Fighter Has His First Rodeo
Two schools, 5 classes, 12 days in the hospital
EASTHAM — Donald Sack, 69, remembers staring a rodeo bull in the face while standing just a few feet from the animal in an arena in Rome, Ga. in August […]
