“I just had a black hat,” says Beverly Callistini, standing outside the Wired Puppy coffee shop on Commercial Street in Provincetown. “I like to place found objects on it, then […]
Community
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BEHIND THE WHEEL
A Mechanic Takes a Busman’s Holiday
A spring trip to the North Country, where it’s BYOE (bring your own engine)
I know some of you are not going to approve of what I do for my winter vacation. But if I didn’t love driving and engines, would I really be […]
STEPPING UP
Dancing Their Way From Cape Cod to Ireland
Madeline Schnitzer and Annabelle Chown will compete in the Irish Dance World Championship
EASTHAM — When Madeline Schnitzer was six years old, she participated in her first regional Irish step dance competition. “I had no idea what to expect and no idea how […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Nauset Boys Hockey Stays Alive
Double-overtime win keeps the Warriors in the tournament
Update: The boys hockey team lost in the Round of 16 to Lynnfield by a score of 7-1 on Wednesday night. EASTHAM — The Nauset boys hockey team showed sheer […]
GRAVEYARD SHIFT
The Lifesaving Legacy of Capt. David H. Atkins
A historian lifts the shadow cast by anonymous critics and unfounded reporting
Edward Rowe Snow, the master chronicler of New England sea stories, wrote a letter to the Provincetown Advocate in February 1964, seeking information about descendants of Capt. David H. Atkins, […]
STREET FASHION
Leopard-Look Double-Take
Sallyanne Austin (left) of Nantucket and Helena Gomes of Stoughton leave brunch on Bradford Street in Provincetown, warmed by their faux leopard-print coats and hats, on a cold late February […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Three Nauset Teams Push for Playoff Run
Boys basketball, boys hockey, and girls hockey have deep ambitions
EASTHAM — “They’re confident, determined, and focused.” That’s how Jake Pickard, interim head coach of the Nauset boys ice hockey team, described his skaters as they prepared for a first-round […]
LEARNING TO CURL
Sticks and Stones Make for Good Curling
Two reporters try to ‘figure out the ice’ at the Orleans arena
ORLEANS — Curling always mystified Ron Fancy. And so, he took up the sport. He had watched curling on TV, Fancy said, but “I just couldn’t understand how they did […]
LEARNING
Student Journalists Learn to Stay Curious
At Cape Tech’s newspaper, students report on everything from sports to the pandemic
HARWICH — While some students may have landed in Scott Dalton’s journalism class by accident, they don’t regret it. Jacob DeFrancesco, a Cape Cod Regional Technical High School junior studying […]
FLASHING LIGHTS
In a Big Year for Nauset Basketball, a Video Star Emerges
Nauset senior JJ Alger documents a historic season
EASTHAM — The Nauset High boys basketball team is having what could be a historic season, and senior JJ Alger is capturing it all on video. The Warriors are 16-3, […]
BACKYARD FARM
The Free Range Conundrum
Featherfoot Freckles makes a narrow escape from a Cooper’s hawk
When we started keeping chickens, we kept them in a fortress-like coop with a luxuriously large, protected run. I didn’t want our hens to be deprived of space. But I […]
BABYCAKES
Welcome, Cameron
Proud parents Todd Prada and Grace Ryder-O’Malley of Provincetown welcomed son Cameron Thomas Prada to the world on Jan. 30, 2022. The Blizzard of ’22 was beginning as his parents […]
ANIMAL CLINIC
How Not to Poison Your Best Friend
Alternatives to anticoagulant rodenticides are a good idea
Christine Legere’s article in the Dec. 30 edition of the Independent about Provincetown’s approach to rat control triggered many memories for me. Some were traumatic, like the memories of wild […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Winter Playoffs Set to Begin
A weekly preview of Nauset High sports
EASTHAM — The Cape Cod Furies girls ice hockey team finished out its regular season with losses to Pembroke and Falmouth. But not to worry: the Furies’ 13-4-3 record is […]
COMMUNITY
Here Come Provincetown’s Little Artists
Finding beauty in the mess
“What do you see?” teacher Abraham Storer asks 15 eager young artists sitting on the floor, doodling in their sketchbooks. He points to some paintings by abstract expressionist Robert Beauchamp, […]
