EASTHAM — At Nauset Light Beach, surfers show up in the early morning, chatting with each other as they paddle out into the surf. Riding the crests of the waves […]
Community
Stories that need telling, about the people—past and present—of this place.
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BABYCAKES
Welcome, Henry
Henry Frederick Waldo was born at 7:28 a.m. on May 1, 2021 at Cape Cod Hospital, weighing in at 5 pounds, 10 ounces and measuring 19 inches tall. His parents […]
OUTERMOST COLORS
Flag Day Is June 14
Gray Brown, left, and Jim Vesper prepare to raise the American flag in their Provincetown yard on June 8. When they do, it will fly above their Canadian and Pride […]
MULLIGANS
The One Day a Year When Golf Is Only a Game
Peter Hall plots the return of his topsy-turvy tourney
WELLFLEET — Imagine playing a golf course backwards. Or using a putter to drive the ball off the tee. How about using a driver to putt the ball into the […]
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
The Bass Get a Bit Bigger
With the temperature, hopes are rising among fishermen
What a difference a week makes. We went from a November-like Memorial Day weekend storm to a blistering July-like heat wave. Fishing has improved somewhat. Striped bass are filtering in […]
GRAVEYARD SHIFT
The Fates of Families
Truro’s cemeteries tell a series of heartbreaking stories
TRURO — The fog was thick on Monday night, April 19, 1852 — what sailors call “pea soup.” Gale winds blew from the east. At midnight, after making Cape Ann […]
STICKBALL
Former Nauset Soccer Player Gets Hooked on a New Old Game
Lacrosse is still under the radar on the Outer Cape
WELLFLEET — When she was at Nauset Regional High School, Allie Bezio didn’t pay much attention to lacrosse. Soccer was her game. Now finishing her sophomore year at Dean College […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Girls Golf Team, 5-1, Gets Ready for League Tourney
A weekly preview of Nauset High sports
Thursday, June 3 Coed sailing: The Nauset sailing team takes on Sandwich at Oakcrest Cove at 4 p.m. Friday, June 4 Softball: The Warriors host the Falmouth Clippers at 4 […]
APPRECIATION
Joe Bones, Who Had a Million Stories, Is Gone
The legendary captain and musician was irresistible and esteemed
PROVINCETOWN — So, this is back in the early ’60s, down in Connecticut, in some kind of factory. A bunch of guys eat lunch every day at the same table. […]
CHOP TALK
Chopper Young Can Take Care of Himself
Wellfleet’s champion shucker on selectmen, self-sufficiency, and what winning the lottery can’t change
WELLFLEET — Chopper Young is waiting on a fish. He’s knee-deep in Sally’s Bottom (from him, this guarantees a smirk), two poles planted, a headwind niggling his lines. Six feet […]
OUTER CAPE PORTRAIT
New Chapter in an Old Book
JODY MELANDER / EXPLORER & MAKER / TRURO In the ’80s, when Jody Melander arrived in Provincetown, it was love at first sight. But over the decades, P’town has changed. […]
DIAMONDS
Practice and Patience Pay Off for Nauset Baseball
The team sets its sights on winning the Cape and Islands crown
EASTHAM — The Nauset High baseball team’s first game this season was on May 12, nearly two years since it last took the field in June 2019. “The kids are […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Girls Track Is Unbeaten as Christopher Breaks 3 Records
A preview of this week’s Nauset High sports
Thursday, May 27 Girls golf: The Warriors take to the course against the Barnstable Red Hawks at the Hyannis Golf Club at 3:30 p.m. The team is 3-1 this season. […]
GRAVEYARD SHIFT
A Life-Saving Beacon in the Fog of Politics
Nauset Light Society honors the memory of its keepers
EASTHAM — The offshore waters of Outer Cape Cod, with their hidden sand bars, took so many vessels and lives that the stretch from Chatham to Provincetown came to be […]
ON THE LINKS
155 Hours of Golf. 9,845 to Go.
Practice might not make perfect, but maybe it’s what makes the game
There’s a so-called rule, popularized by Malcom Gladwell in his bestseller Outliers: The Story of Success, that it takes 10,000 hours of practice to become an expert at something. The […]
