TRURO — As the Outer Cape braces for its seasonal population swell, businesses are unlatching their doors for the surge. In Truro, several of them are also in transition — […]
Community
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STYLE NOTEBOOK
A Summer Cuppa
In Provincetown, a shop where teas set the tone for the season of escape
Walking through Dani Niedzielski and Meghan O’Connor’s Provincetown shop, the Captain’s Daughters, is a lesson in personal style. The shelves are loaded with temptations from one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces to cheeky […]
ODD JOBS
The Rigger’s Life Is a Curious One
In Provincetown Harbor, a man with a head for mechanics and knots
On a calm and sunny Monday morning in May, Samuel Rouse hops into his small skiff to make an easy commute, zipping across Provincetown Harbor toward a 37-foot sailboat that […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Track and Field Gears Up for Championships
A weekly round-up of Nauset Regional High School sports
EASTHAM — The Nauset boys and girls track teams placed second and third, respectively, at the Cape and Islands League Championship at Barnstable High School on Monday. Barnstable won the […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Girls Golf, Baseball Lock Up Postseason Berths
A weekly round-up of Nauset Regional High School sports
EASTHAM — Nauset High’s baseball team (13-4) won three straight games over Dennis-Yarmouth, Martha’s Vineyard, and Wareham in the last week. Sophomore Jake Doherty had another solid outing, throwing a […]
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Amateur Radio Enthusiasts Talk to the World From Wellfleet
Celebrating the inventor of wireless radio transmitters
WELLFLEET — About a dozen ham radio operators were here on April 27 to mark the 150th birthday of Guglielmo Marconi. It wasn’t really the inventor’s birthday — that’s April 25 […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Roche Stars at Jim Hoar Invitational
A weekly round-up of Nauset Regional High School sports
EASTHAM — Nauset sophomore Violet Roche took home the MSTCA Outstanding Field Event Athlete from Saturday’s Jim Hoar Freshman Sophomore Invitational at Weymouth. Roche won the high jump with a […]
HORSES
Roaming Trails and Beaches and Finding Freedom on Horseback
A few in Wellfleet, mostly women, keep an Outer Cape equestrian tradition
WELLFLEET — Barbara Austin got her first horse, Duchess, when she was 10. The two went everywhere together, and their trust in each other was absolute. At Wellfleet’s kettle ponds, […]
EARLY SHIFT
One Last Wait for a Provincetown Kayak Permit
A springtime tradition will end, with slots to be issued online next year
PROVINCETOWN — I’ll admit it: the first thing I did when I arrived at the harbormaster’s office on MacMillan Pier at 4:44 a.m. on April 16 was lie down on […]
STARTING EARLY
The ‘Barn Rat’ Beginnings of Two Outer Cape Horsewomen
Trading chores for riding time leads to an equestrian life
When I was a teenager at Provincetown High School in the 1970s, I knew many girls who hung around the horse stables so they could ride horses. Back then, we […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Warrior Boys Shine at MSTCA Relays
A weekly round-up of Nauset Regional High School sports
EASTHAM — The Nauset High boys track team finished fourth overall at the MSTCA Division 4 Relays hosted by Dracut High School on Saturday. Wakefield Memorial was first, followed by […]
PERSONAL HISTORY
Time Travel With Kurt Vonnegut and My Dad
Two prisoners of war and their linked stories
My father, PFC Arthur Kuttner, was in the Normandy invasion of June 1944. His unit, the 28th Infantry Division, was not in the first wave, so he survived that ordeal. […]
LEADERSHIP
Wellfleet Offers Guerino Regular Town Administrator Job
A three-year contract is in the works with the select board
WELLFLEET — Two months into his tenure as Wellfleet’s interim town administrator, Tom Guerino has reached a tentative agreement to take the helm as the town’s permanent administrator. At an […]
BUSINESS
New Owners Plan to Make Wicked Oyster Year-Round
The ‘winter scene’ can support a restaurant off-season, says Alex Hay
WELLFLEET — On the night after Alex Hay, Garrett Smythe, and Sebastien Taffara closed on a deal to buy the Wicked Oyster, the trio brought their families to the restaurant […]
LITERARY LIFE
Seniors and Fifth-Graders Team Up in Spelling Bee
Friendly competition brings old and young together in Eastham
EASTHAM — In this town where the elderly population is growing and enrollment at the elementary school is steadily falling, young and old join forces every spring in a spelling […]
