PROVINCETOWN — Renewal of spirit was on the minds of many of the 230 people who braved the icy waters of Provincetown Harbor for the 7th annual Polar Bear Plunge […]
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LES MUST
What Locals Can’t Live Without: Winter Edition
Maybe we love it here because our must-have lists include library books, candlelight, and eye contact
We’ve all read those lists of things celebrities say they simply can’t live without — organic, small-batch chocolate; eye serum made from nearly extinct flowers; Ugg boots. But what about […]
ICONS
Remembering the Willow on West Main Street
A tree that ‘was bigger than all of us’ was lost in the December storm
WELLFLEET — The weeping willow on the corner of West Main Street, which rose above adjacent white clapboard houses, dangled its green catkins over the road’s sharp turn, and endured […]
THRIFTING
Putting Secondhand First
In Orleans, five stops on a search for sustainable style
The town you probably think of as specializing in staid shops for the Greatest Generation is becoming a thrifting mecca for Gen Z. In a little mustard-colored house on Orleans’s […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Hockey and Basketball Teams Pick Up Wins
A weekly wrap-up of Nauset Regional High School sports.
EASTHAM — The Nauset High boys hockey team defeated Malden Catholic 2-0 on Dec. 23 behind goals from junior Logan Poulin and sophomore Zach Weiner and a shutout performance in […]
2000
From ‘A Walk on Cape Cod’
Around the time of the millennium I lived on Cape Cod in Provincetown, in my girlfriend’s house, and I was glad to be back in my native state after twenty […]
WELLFLEET POLICING
LaRocco Sworn In as Police Chief as Hurley Retires
A new leader hopes to live up to his predecessor’s legacy
WELLFLEET — Kevin LaRocco was sworn in as Wellfleet’s new police chief during the Dec. 19 select board meeting. He is taking the place of Michael Hurley, who has retired […]
MAKER
A Gatherer Finds Her Canvas
Isabelle Quinn’s seaside landscapes go with the grain
On a colder-than-usual December Thursday, Isabelle Quinn roams the dunes of Wellfleet’s Newcomb Hollow Beach in search of driftwood. The wind nips at her, turning her knuckles purple, but Quinn […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Hockey Teams, Girls Hoops Get Bounce-Back Wins
A weekly wrap-up of Nauset Regional High School sports
EASTHAM — The Nauset boys and girls hockey teams and girls basketball team all bounced back from recent losses while junior wrestler Peter Silvernail placed first at his weight at […]
RIGHTS
Ngina Lythcott Is This Year’s Tim McCarthy Human Rights Champion
‘Right now is a time when we have to make some big decisions … we are not going backwards,’ she says
PROVINCETOWN — Ngina Ruth Lythcott has been named the 2023 Tim McCarthy Human Rights Champion. She’ll receive the award at a breakfast hosted by the Barnstable County Human Rights Advisory […]
MAKERS’ MARKET
A Visit to a Village Populated by Quirky Craftsfolk
String lights and spruce boughs, fiber art and Barbie heads
PROVINCETOWN — Celeste Hanlon’s Barbie-head ornaments are hard to miss at Canteen’s annual holiday market. She started making them before Barbie became a movie star. Years ago, Hanlon started buying […]
SNAPSHOT
Norm Torvill Is Bound for Iowa
Provincetown, Dec. 4, 1:41 p.m.: Norm Torvill is restoring benches on MacMillan Pier. He’s also getting ready to move to Iowa, where an old Army buddy tells him life is […]
WARRIORS WATCH
A weekly wrap-up of Nauset Regional High School sports
EASTHAM — The Nauset boys and girls hockey teams picked up wins to start their seasons, while the boys and girls swim teams placed first at the Cape & Islands […]
ACTION
Anti-Drag Rally Becomes ‘Queer Joy Block Party’
A vigil and a counterprotest join forces on World AIDS Day
PROVINCETOWN — Townspeople were alarmed last week by a flyer advertising a protest against drag to be held on Commercial Street on Friday, Dec. 1. The American Society for the […]
EDUCATION
Nauset’s Music Man Is a Master of Ensemble
Daniel Anthony finds ways to blend players at every level
EASTHAM — The Nauset High School pep band stood under the frosty stadium lights on the football field, golden brass clenched in their hands, waiting to welcome the Warriors to […]
