EASTHAM — Hot weather disrupted the Nauset sports schedule last week with boys and girls soccer games postponed. The boys golf team split a pair of matches and stands at […]
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INCIDENTALLY
Traffic Delay
Driving down Depot Road in Truro, I saw ahead a small boxlike shape in the road. Slowly pulling closer, I saw that it was a box turtle crossing the road. […]
FANNY PACK
Chef’s Whites
Provincetown goes to its 35th annual White Party
The 35th White Party in Provincetown, which raises funds for Outer Cape Health Services, brought out an array of dazzling white costumes on Sept. 2, along with one group in […]
DIVE IN
The Undersea World on the Eastham Green
Road race, sand art, music, and food at Windmill Weekend
Eastham kicks off its 46th annual Windmill Weekend on Friday, Sept. 8 with a fish and chicken fry followed by a talent show at the Elks Lodge. The three-day celebration […]
TOWNIE SUMMER
Full Moon(s) on Commercial Street
Riders join a jockstrap jaunt for whimsy’s sake
PROVINCETOWN — It’s the Friday before Labor Day, and there’s a cavalcade of dudes riding bikes down Commercial Street wearing nothing but jockstraps. They smirk, shimmy, and toss playful winks. […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Nauset’s Fall Sports Season Is Officially Under Way
A weekly wrap-up of Nauset Regional High School sports
EASTHAM — Nauset High School fall sports officially got under way this week with volleyball, boys and girls soccer, golf, field hockey, and boys and girls cross country all in […]
ONE MAN’S TREASURE
A Holdout Survives on Eastham’s Shurtleff Road
There’s more to the Beyle house than the signs and the swine out front
EASTHAM — On Shurtleff Road, a roughly half-mile residential stretch that curves along Cape Cod Bay in North Eastham, immaculate lawns adorn large new houses. There’s not a pebble out […]
STREET VIEW
Buskers Have Their Golden Hour in Provincetown
On summer nights, jazz accompanies the Commercial Street parade
Photos by Marnie Crawford Samuelson PROVINCETOWN — All summer long at about 7 p.m., a group gathers in the alley by the shuttered Old Reliable Fish House. They hang out, […]
THE STORYTELLERS
An East End Summer Camp for Grown-Ups
A search for neighborliness transcends the need to sage
“Hey, come over for lunch!” “Normie’s is open!” “Let’s go out on the boat.” “The side of the house would make a great projection surface for movies.” “What are you […]
ON COURSE
Nauset Golf Team Looks to Rebound
A team that loves the game starts the season with swagger
BREWSTER — There were jokes and laughter at Nauset High School’s golf team practice at The Captains Golf Course here on Monday. The easygoing mood is not what you’d expect […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Fall Sports Season Coming Up
EASTHAM — Nauset Regional High School’s volleyball, soccer, golf, cross country, and field hockey teams will be in action this coming week, and the football team has been preparing for […]
WORDS
Tyne and the Town
Emmy and Tony-winning actress Tyne Daly in three evenings of benefit readings
Tyne Daly might be best known to a certain generation of audiences for her costarring role as down-to-earth cop and working mom Mary Beth Lacey in the mid-1980s television show […]
INCIDENTALLY
Emotional Minimalism
When my now-35-year-old son, Jesse, was 18 months old I carried him out onto the flats at the Audubon Sanctuary. It was a warm September day, gray sky, gray sand, […]
REPORT FROM TOYLAND
Provincetown Celebrates Its 45th Carnival
PROVINCETOWN — A fledgling nonprofit put on a one-day celebration back in 1978 and called it Carnival. The idea was to drum up gay and lesbian tourism during August’s sleepy […]
