WELLFLEET — Of the past 100 years, Grace Ebert remembers only the exceedingly good and exceedingly bad days. “If I have to think hard to remember a day, it could […]
Milestones
PROMOTED
Provincetown Schools Celebrate 8th-Grade Graduation
With wisdom, determination, and smiles, 14 students are heading to high school in Eastham and Harwich
PROVINCETOWN — Fourteen eighth-graders graduated from the Provincetown International Baccalaureate Schools at its annual promotion ceremony on June 21. Three of the newly minted middle-school graduates will attend Cape Cod […]
LOVE, ACTUALLY
For Family and Peonies
Morgan Wolfe and Michael Toomey
Morgan Wolfe and Michael Toomey were married in Wellesley on June 25, 2023 at the Gardens at Elm Bank, which are part of the state’s Elm Bank Reservation and tended […]
CENTENARIANS
On July 4, Joseph Pellegrino Turns 100
A World War II veteran and Wellfleet legend reflects on a life well lived
WELLFLEET — Joseph Pellegrino, the World War II veteran, former selectman, and builder who turned 100 on July 4, can recall the milestones of his life with striking accuracy. Aug. […]
COVER ARTIST
Vayda Smith on the Beauty of Everyday Life
Wearing handmade model magic earrings, Vayda Smith appeared in my painting class at Nauset High for the first time this past September. Often, they were first to arrive, carting a […]
THE CLASS OF 2023
Nauset and Cape Tech Cheer Their Graduating Seniors
Photos by Allen Gunn
EXTRACURRICULARS
Nauset Students Sparkle Plenty at the Prom
Photos by Allen Gunn
WE THE PEOPLE
New Citizens Say Naturalization Is About Community
Passing the test and putting down roots on the Outer Cape
“I had never pictured myself living in the U.S.,” said Sandra Paredes, who grew up in Colombia. But then she fell in love with an American man, and it made […]
BUFFETED BY HISTORY
The Class of 1965 Looks Back on 56 Years
13 classmates gather at the Provincetown Inn to reminisce
PROVINCETOWN — Stephen DeRiggs, a Provincetown High School junior, was getting off the ferry the day before the annual Nantucket-Provincetown football game when he heard the news. The president had […]
GREENING
Four Nauset Grads Win SEA Prizes
The award honors action for the environment
The Swapshop Ecology Action (SEA) Prize, awarded by the Wellfleet-based nonprofit Cape Cool, goes to graduating Cape Cod seniors who have demonstrated dedication to environmentalism both inside and outside the […]
STILL CELEBRATING
More Grads From the Class of 2020
Editor’s note: The profiles of some of this year’s Outer Cape high school graduates were missing from our June 4 special section. Here are a few of them. Anna Rogers […]
DRIVE-IN DIPLOMAS
NRHS Graduates Take to the Big Screen
Photos by Nancy Bloom Teacher Alexis Mathison takes a picture of a picture. That’s graduate Kara Moore on the outdoor screen at the Wellfleet Drive-In. Friends found each other for […]
GRADUATION
Nauset High’s Class of 2020 Celebrates With a Motorcade
Students, families, and teachers paraded around the school last Friday in what might become a tradition, even after Covid-19 recedes
2020 class advisers Jennifer Stevens, Kate Blascio, and Jessica Reeves hand out caps and gowns, supervised by Savannah Stevens, age five. (Photos Nancy Bloom) Libby Chase arrived by […]
CLASS OF 2020
The Outer Cape’s Class of 2020
Editor’s Note: For the beautiful cover illustration to this section of the paper, by NRHS art teacher Amy Kandall, and an introduction to this collection of pictures and words collected […]
VALEDICTORY
A Graduation in Quarantine
What I learned by making portraits of this year’s seniors
I am the ceramics and painting teacher at Nauset Regional High School. Normally, each day, 125 students come to my classroom studio, where I try to create a […]
