PROVINCETOWN — Eighth-graders and their families and friends came together in the school cafeteria on Saturday, Jan. 28 for a drawing workshop with artist Mark Adams. The class will travel […]
Community
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DIY
Lily House Adopts a Barn Raising Approach
Community workdays make it ‘a home that belongs to all of us’
Dawn Walsh and Paula Erickson are standing in an unfinished space with no interior walls aside from studs that frame the two bedrooms at the Lily House on Wellfleet’s bay […]
GRAVEYARD SHIFT
The Wreck of the Ardent
Though news reports were made, a Provincetown survivor never told his story
When Philip Smith Rich died in Provincetown in 1879, he took details of surviving a harrowing shipwreck to his grave. Writer Herman Jennings, in his classic Provincetown Or, Odds and […]
POP-UPS
At The Painted Lady, Don’t Hold the Onions
The couple behind Local 186 get to do their own happy off-season thing
Heather Edwards and Todd Jansen are general manager and chef, respectively, at The Painted Lady — a pop-up making its debut in the space that otherwise belongs to Local 186 […]
STREET FASHION
High Heeled Coffee Run
Nyx Smith, a senior systems engineer for Deloitte and Truro year-rounder, was on the run — grabbing coffee at Chequessett Chocolate between Zoom meetings. There was no time for chitchat, but […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Swimmers Are League Champions; Another Hat Trick for Poulin
A weekly wrap-up of Nauset Regional High School sports
EASTHAM — The Nauset boys and girls swim teams each locked up Cape and Islands League championships as well as post-season titles during a busy week for Nauset sports. The […]
IN THE POOL
Erin McFarland: Swimming With Passion
The ‘welcoming culture’ of the team is most important, says the Nauset sophomore
EASTHAM — There is a calmness about the way Erin McFarland glides through the water. There is no panic. There is no wasted movement. There is just a desire to […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Swimmers Remain Unbeaten; Basketball Falls at TD Garden
A weekly wrap-up of Nauset Regional High School sports
EASTHAM — The Nauset boys and girls swimming and diving teams remained undefeated last week as they beat St. John Paul II High School at Willy’s Gym on Friday, Jan. […]
NIGHTLIGHTS
Lanterns of Hope
Wellfleet folds together history, public art, and contemplation
WELLFLEET — “I love sitting with people of all ages and folding paper,” said Sheryl Jaffee, the Wellfleet Historical Society’s museum coordinator. The assembled — more people than would fit […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Hockey Teams Sweep Codfish Cup
A weekly wrap-up of Nauset Regional High School sports
EASTHAM — The Nauset Warriors and Cape Cod Furies hockey teams swept the Codfish Cup with wins over Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School on Monday to cap off the week in […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Swimmers Sweep Cape & Islands Classic
A weekly wrap-up of Nauset Regional High School sports
EASTHAM — The Nauset Warriors swim team capped a strong week for the high school’s athletics program by sweeping the Cape and Islands Classic at Sandwich High School last Saturday. […]
GRAVEYARD SHIFT
Sarah Cleverly Atwood, Keeper of the Light
After tragic losses, a Wellfleet family’s new beginnings
With the April 1861 bombardment of Fort Sumter — the Union garrison in Charleston Harbor — civil war became a certainty. Appeals were made in the Northern states for troops, […]
IN VIEW THIS WEEK
THAT’S A WRAP
WARRIORS WATCH
Poulin Has a Third Hat Trick in Newton North Win
A weekly wrap-up of Nauset Regional High School sports
EASTHAM — The boys ice hockey team’s dominant performance against Division 1 Newton North High School last Friday highlighted the winter break for Nauset Regional High School athletics. It was […]
BEHIND THE WHEEL
Is Your Car Blizzard-Ready?
Five things you need for winter car safety
I’ve been late for dinner before, but there are people in Buffalo who left work on Friday afternoon and still hadn’t gotten home by Christmas. The weather this week inspired […]
