The house Marcel Breuer built in Wellfleet in 1949 represents the modernist ideal. It is above all simple. Pilings hold its small and seemingly lightweight box-shaped rooms just above the […]
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GIRLS LACROSSE
Coral Punch Eyes Life After High School Lacrosse
After building character and building up a team, a Nauset senior is ready to focus on college
EASTHAM — Senior Coral Punch is one of the standouts of the Nauset Regional High School girls lacrosse team. She recently eclipsed 100 career points for a team that has […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Baseball Team Extends Winning Streak to 6
A weekly round-up of Nauset Regional High School sports
EASTHAM — Nauset High baseball (7-1) extended its winning streak to 6 games with victories over Bristol Plymouth RVT and Bishop Stang on Friday and Monday. The Warriors swept the […]
VISIBILITY
Creating an Archive of Women’s Stories
Michelle Axelson records a trove of lesbian tales that won’t disappear
Michelle Axelson grew up in Framingham, where her mom’s closest friends were Joyce and Judy. Former nuns, they’d left that life to run a child-care business. They lived together and […]
RUNNING
Girls Are Off to the Races in Truro
A new after-school program unites Provincetown and Truro students
TRURO — The gymnasium at Truro Central School may not be vast, but until spring is in full swing, its perimeter is ample enough for 15 local elementary school girls […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Boys Lacrosse, Baseball Extend Winning Streaks
A weekly round-up of Nauset Regional High School sports
EASTHAM — After dropping its opening game, the boys lacrosse team (5-1) reeled off 5 straight wins with 3 victories last week. The Warriors beat Martha’s Vineyard, Groton-Dunstable, and Central […]
THE HERRING COUNTERS
On a Voyage with Captain Richard Bailey
A Wellfleet sailor travels the world by tall ship and is back in time for the herring count
WELLFLEET — Capt. Richard Bailey was fascinated as a child by two oil paintings that hung side by side in his great-aunt’s cabin on Chequessett Neck Road. On occasion, he […]
ICONS
Looking at Candy Darling
A new biography reveals the loneliness of the Warhol superstar
Candy Darling’s face could not be forgotten. It glued itself to the minds of the auteurs of late ’60s New York, her beauty playing out ad infinitum in their songs, […]
THE HERRING COUNTERS
On a Voyage with Captain Richard Bailey
A Wellfleet sailor travels the world by tall ship and is back in time for the herring count
WELLFLEET — Capt. Richard Bailey was fascinated as a child by two oil paintings that hung side by side in his great-aunt’s cabin on Chequessett Neck Road. On occasion, he […]
ON SERVE
Nauset’s Nicole Boyce Says Tennis Has Made Her Tenacious
A senior finds ‘joy and love for the game’ at school
EASTHAM — Nauset High School senior Nicole Boyce comes from a tennis-mad family. Her dad plays, her mom plays, and her grandparents play. For them, the sport truly is a […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Spring Sports Weather April Storms
A weekly wrap-up of Nauset Regional High School sports
EASTHAM — The weather continued to disrupt early spring sports at Nauset Regional High School. But it didn’t stop boys lacrosse (2-1) from picking up a pair of wins, including […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Girls Lacrosse, Boys and Girls Tennis Start 2-0
A weekly wrap-up of Nauset Regional High School sports
EASTHAM — Last week’s sports schedule was disrupted by wet weather, but that didn’t stop Nauset High’s teams from getting their seasons underway. Girls lacrosse started the year 2-0 for […]
PARENTING
New Moms Find Company and Comfort in Eastham
A program at Cape Cod Children’s Place helps parents connect
EASTHAM — Tucked away in a corner classroom at the Cape Cod Children’s Place, four mothers and their infants sit on the floor in a circle. The babies coo and cry […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Nauset Spring Sports Get Underway
A weekly wrap-up of Nauset Regional High School sports
EASTHAM — Eleven teams in eight varsity sports warm up this week for the Nauset Regional spring sports season. Baseball starts with a new coach for the second time in […]
THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
Warriors Fall 1-0 in State Hockey Finals
The Nauset boys are upset by Marblehead at TD Garden
BOSTON — History will have to wait. The Nauset Regional High School boys hockey team lost to Marblehead at TD Garden on Sunday in the Division 3 finals, ending the […]
