It would be unthinkable today for the community to cheer on the chasing, corralling, and driving of frightened blackfish to their slaughter. But a little over a century ago, people […]
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WARRIORS WATCH
Boys Knock Off Fitchburg to Advance in State Tourney
A weekly wrap-up of Nauset Regional High School sports
EASTHAM — The Nauset boys basketball team secured a dramatic 59-58 comeback win over Fitchburg High School on Monday night in the MIAA Division 2 State Tournament to advance to […]
MIND AND BODY
Moving Past the Edge
A winter ritual enables a cold but joyous plunge
It isn’t always easy for me to jump in. At the edge there are those few difficult steps into the cold water before I am in deep enough to fully […]
READING ROOM
Big Feelings Find Their Way Out of a Jar
Readers choose the Outer Cape Mock Caldecott winner
Beau Silva, age four, listened with interest as his father, Ross Silva, read to him from Out of a Jar during a recent Friday’s “Read & Play,” a weekly gathering […]
FINAL WHISTLE
Jody Quill Remembers 50 Years of Games
At home at the Nauset gym as a student, a coach, and a scorekeeper
EASTHAM — Jody Quill was there when Nauset Regional High School’s gym opened in December 1971. And she was there when the final game was played in the gym on […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Runners Mahoney, Brown, Bebber, and Roche Qualify for Meet of Champions
A weekly wrap-up of Nauset Regional High School sports
EASTHAM — Nauset’s indoor track and swim teams found success at their respective State Championships while the boys basketball team added a Cape and Islands Atlantic Division championship to their […]
ROUNDBALL STRATEGY
Provincetown Boys Lose Every Game but Win Every Heart
A team of six players takes on teams with three times as many
PROVINCETOWN — If sports were all about numbers, the Provincetown boys basketball season would not have been much fun.
THE COMMUNICATOR
Neptune Abelew Sees You
When warm summer sunshine wears a golden coat
I met up with Bonnie and Beth Abelew and their 14-month-old golden retriever, Neptune, at the benches outside Provincetown Town Hall. The sisters, who’d come in from North Truro, showed […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Goalie Figueiredo Posts First Shutout Against Vineyarders
A weekly wrap-up of Nauset Regional High School sports
EASTHAM — Nauset High teams are rapidly approaching postseason play as boys and girls hockey, boys basketball, and swimming are all jockeying for position in their respective leagues. The boys […]
BASKETBALL
A New Head Coach Builds on John McCarthy’s Foundation
Kevin Harrigan says he wants to create a culture of good habits
EASTHAM — The Nauset High boys basketball program moved into a new era following the departure of longtime Head Coach John McCarthy before the 2022-23 season. A familiar face and […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Girls Track 2nd in League Tourney
A weekly wrap-up of Nauset Regional High School sports
EASTHAM — The Nauset High boys basketball team continued its quest to make the playoffs last week while the track teams had success at the Cape and Islands League Championships […]
FIELD STUDIES
In an Art Class, Lessons in Fearlessness
Provincetown Schools 8th-graders and friends draw with Mark Adams
PROVINCETOWN — Eighth-graders and their families and friends came together in the school cafeteria on Saturday, Jan. 28 for a drawing workshop with artist Mark Adams. The class will travel […]
DIY
Lily House Adopts a Barn Raising Approach
Community workdays make it ‘a home that belongs to all of us’
Dawn Walsh and Paula Erickson are standing in an unfinished space with no interior walls aside from studs that frame the two bedrooms at the Lily House on Wellfleet’s bay […]
GRAVEYARD SHIFT
The Wreck of the Ardent
Though news reports were made, a Provincetown survivor never told his story
When Philip Smith Rich died in Provincetown in 1879, he took details of surviving a harrowing shipwreck to his grave. Writer Herman Jennings, in his classic Provincetown Or, Odds and […]
POP-UPS
At The Painted Lady, Don’t Hold the Onions
The couple behind Local 186 get to do their own happy off-season thing
Heather Edwards and Todd Jansen are general manager and chef, respectively, at The Painted Lady — a pop-up making its debut in the space that otherwise belongs to Local 186 […]
