The premier amateur men’s wooden bat baseball tournament, the Cape Cod Classic, hosted by the Boston Metro Baseball League, returned to Cape Cod over Labor Day weekend for its 27th […]
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WARRIORS WATCH
Crowell and Diana Pace Cross Country Teams
A weekly wrap-up of Nauset Regional High School sports
EASTHAM — Eight Nauset High varsity teams were in action over the past week, highlighted by cross country’s sweep of Canton High School on Thursday, Sept. 8, by both the […]
OUTER CAPE PORTRAIT
‘Feeling the Whole Being of the Bay’
LIBBY CLARK / OPEN WATER SWIMMER / PROVINCETOWN
Libby Clark lives by the bay in Provincetown’s West End. Most days, if the tide allows and it isn’t the dead of winter, she goes for a long swim to […]
WARRIORS WATCH
A Full September Calendar
A weekly wrap-up of Nauset Regional High School sports
EASTHAM — The Nauset High Warriors sports calendar will be in full swing this week. Nauset football kicks off its season under new Head Coach Jesse Peno on the road […]
DOUBLES
Tennis Club Champs
IMMERSION
The Swim Is This Saturday
PROVINCETOWN — The 35th Swim for Life & Paddler Flotilla is this Saturday, Sept. 10. You can still sign up to swim at swim4life.org (procrastinators may join the morning of, […]
OUTER CAPE PORTRAIT
Rebuilding Thalassa
NAT BULL / BUILDER & SHACK WIZARD / THE PROVINCE LANDS
Nat Bull is a master carpenter who learned the trades building custom houses in Chatham and then worked as the shop teacher in Provincetown until the high school graduated its […]
GOLF LESSON
Getting More Distance off the Tee
PGA professional Gregg Richbourg says it’s all about ‘mindset’
The likes of PGA Tour professionals Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, and Cameron Champ have amateur golfers wanting to gain distance off the tee. And while these athletes have put in […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Six Nauset High Teams to See Action Next Week
EASTHAM — The Nauset Regional High School varsity fall sports schedule gets underway this coming week with teams in six different sports ready for action. Nauset will field teams in […]
ROADSHOW
Why the Byways Bloom in Eastham
150 gardeners keep EFFI growing
EASTHAM — Vida DeMale and her friend Ann Darsie saw eye to eye on their town’s roadside traffic islands: they were awful and overgrown. The two of them gathered six […]
HIT PARADE
Swamp Things and Satyrs Say Carnival Was Swell
Thirty floats and some 60 groups of costumed friends rolled, marched, twirled, and otherwise made their way down Commercial Street on Thursday, Aug. 18 in the first real live Carnival […]
RAD
Skaters Jam at the Wellfleet SK8 Park
Riders from Boston and beyond compete for new gear and good cheer
WELLFLEET — Though the tricks executed at Wellfleet’s annual Skate Jam & Contest on Aug. 20 were serious, the competition was playful and welcoming. Skaters gathered across from Mayo Beach […]
GRAVEYARD SHIFT
The Freemans of San Francisco and Provincetown
Simple markers belie the dramatic tale of a seafaring family’s adventures, misfortunes, and resilience
The name Freeman looms large in the annals of Cape Cod history. In 1637, Edmund Freeman (1596-1682) was a founder of Sandwich, the Cape’s first town, and later became prominent […]
LEGENDARY
Carnival Brings a Mythic Mood to Provincetown
Local businesses and artists pair up to design floats for Thursday’s parade
PROVINCETOWN — From now through Aug. 20, expect a Commercial Street flooded with Medusas, Bigfoots, and Barbra Streisands. The theme of this year’s Provincetown Carnival, which is organized by the […]
STREET VIEW
Bulgarians Miss Their Cheese
Young Eastern European summer workers adapt to a strange new land
The State Department’s Summer Work Travel program brings tens of thousands of college students to the U.S. every year for a season of work, usually in tourism. The program allows […]
