EASTHAM — Nauset Regional High School’s baseball team suffered losses to Plymouth South on April 21 and Medfield Senior High on April 23, dropping the team’s record to 3-4. But […]
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BASKETBALL
Billingsgate Tourney Returns
Register by May 9
WELLFLEET — The annual Sonny Roderick Billingsgate Basketball Tournament is returning to town this year after a two-year pandemic hiatus. This year’s tournament will be a little different than in […]
DOWNTOWN
Eastham Begins to Map a Village Center Master Plan
A community center, housing, green space, and entrepreneurship
EASTHAM — Back in December, the T-Time Development Committee submitted a lengthy list of recommendations for use of the town-owned parcel at 4790 State Highway, a former driving range. That […]
TOURISM
The Chamber and the Guild: The Way It Was
How Provincetown came to have two business groups
PROVINCETOWN — Eight LGBTQ business owners pooled their money in 1978 and started marketing Provincetown to gay tourists. They spent less than $1,000 on ads in New York theater magazines […]
AT THE PARK
Wellfleet Skaters Savor the Spring
‘Having the place to yourself and your best friends — there’s nothing better’
WELLFEET — Spring brings some privileges to those who’ve waited out winter here. For skaters, these cool preseason days mean the chance to tool around the park until the sun […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Boys Lacrosse Stays Hot
EASTHAM — The Nauset boys lacrosse team cruised through April vacation with two overpowering shutout wins over St. John Paul II and Bristol Plymouth Vocational Technical High School. The scores […]
MAYDAY
The Petterutis Remember Their ‘Nana Noon,’ a Titanic Survivor
April 14 marked the 110th anniversary of the maritime tragedy
PROVINCETOWN — Until her death at age 73, Bertha Mulvihill Noon had nightmares in which she heard the screams of those who went down with the luxury liner Titanic. Mark […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Nauset Baseball Drubs Burlington 14-3
A weekly view of Nauset High sports
EASTHAM — The Nauset High School baseball team enjoyed a 14-3 victory over Burlington High on April 16, as the holiday weekend began. The team improved to 2-1 on the […]
BABYCAKES
Welcome, Piper
Piper Springsong Dinwiddie was born at home in Brewster at 4:53 p.m. on April 1, 2022, just two and a half hours after her parents started timing contractions. She came […]
STREET FASHION
Pineapple Paired With Lace
J. Young mixes tropical print and lace for a walk on Commercial Street. She’s from Washington, D.C., but here in Provincetown on vacation with her family. “My style?” she asks. […]
TEAMS
Nauset Unified Track Is Back
After 2-year break, Special Olympics student athletes and Life Skills participants are working out
EASTHAM — It’s a chilly and windy Thursday afternoon at Nauset Regional High School. Classes have just ended for the day and the track team is warming up in the […]
STREET VIEW
Where Do You Find Hope?
In a creator, in a name, in history and family
The spring season connects us with the light that we were so craving during the dark winter days. So, too, do this April’s holidays — Easter, Passover, and Ramadan — […]
SURFING
The Surfer’s Claim
Cool is cool, but certain celebrations can’t be contained
During a morning surf, a young surfer-girl caught a big set wave. She scrambled to paddle as it reared up and hollowed. She made a late critical drop and disappeared […]
GRAVEYARD SHIFT
Living on the Eminence
By the lighthouse, the Smalls welcomed Henry David Thoreau to Truro
“These are the Highlands of Cape Cod, the most dangerous point on the Cape,” wrote Shebnah Rich in his landmark Truro history. “No place, perhaps, has witnessed more shipwrecks, and […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Nauset Lacrosse Beats Catholic Memorial
A weekly preview of Nauset High sports
EASTHAM — The Nauset boys baseball team got its first win of the season on April 7 after several scrimmages and games were postponed to start the season. The team […]
