WELLFLEET — “I love sitting with people of all ages and folding paper,” said Sheryl Jaffee, the Wellfleet Historical Society’s museum coordinator. The assembled — more people than would fit […]
People
THE COMMUNICATOR
Marcel, a Hamster Without Borders, Dreams Big
When your world is spinning, look forward, never up
“Tell me, good sir, have you ever seen a hawk?” Marcel asked. I’m the one who’s supposed to be asking questions as part of my ongoing investigation into the minds […]
HOCKEY
Sophomore Phenom Logan Poulin Paces Warriors’ Offense
Coach Connor Brickley says he’s ‘electric and fun to watch’
ORLEANS — Nauset Regional High School sophomore Logan Poulin has made a fast start in the current hockey season on a team he didn’t expect to be part of at […]
MEET THE MAKER
Building Around Constraints Is a Crossword Constructor’s Pleasure
Sophia Maymudes enters the debates on grids, clues, themes, and symmetry
Sophia Maymudes has always had her own, perhaps odd, way with words. She remembers defining the word ungulate for her parents when it appeared in a clue of a crossword […]
READING ROOM
Llamas Playing Dreidel
A picture book in rhyme about Hanukkah traditions
TRURO — Four-year-old Zella Beatrice Althaus, who is in the preschool class at the Truro Central School, was at the town library with her Bubbe, Fran Adams, on Friday. She […]
READING ROOM
Perfectly Pointy or Not, a Tree’s Best When It’s Surrounded by Friends
At the Wellfleet Public Library, a picture book about the search for perfection
Wellfleet resident Corinne Demas wrote The Perfect Tree for her two-year-old granddaughter Morgan. The book, with illustrations by Penelope Dullaghan, came out this year. Morgan is 14 now, but at […]
WE THE PEOPLE
New Citizens Say Naturalization Is About Community
Passing the test and putting down roots on the Outer Cape
“I had never pictured myself living in the U.S.,” said Sandra Paredes, who grew up in Colombia. But then she fell in love with an American man, and it made […]
STREET VIEW
What We Are Thankful For
The chance to fly, plant a garden, and have people who know you
Photos by Agata Storer Community. I grew up in South Yarmouth, and I was living in Boston, but I have some friends who own a shop in town and really […]
THE COMMUNICATOR
Grayson Bolton, Cool Cat
On Roomba rides, imaginary hunting, and owning it all
“Explain it to me again,” said Richard Bolton, allowing his cat, Grayson, to climb from his lap onto the beach next to the West End parking lot. “I will interview […]
LEADERSHIP
Four With Local Ties Are Among the 2022 ‘Out’ Magazine 100
Working to ‘steer the ship through the storm’
PROVINCETOWN — In a year with a record number of anti-equality bills proposed by elected officials across the country, state Sen. Julian Cyr introduced legislation to create statutory protections for […]
VETERANS DAY
Nearing 100, Army Nurse Dana Manoogian Remembers World War II
‘You didn’t have time to think about it being hard’
EASTHAM — The 48th Field Hospital Second Medical Unit of the U.S. Army landed on Utah Beach in Normandy on June 15, 1944, nine days after D-Day. Shadowing the Second […]
LOVE, ACTUALLY
A Celebration of Minor Miracles
Laurie Frottier and Edgar Miranda
PROVINCETOWN — Laurie and Edgar Miranda were married on Oct. 8, 2022 at the Provincetown United Methodist Church, where Edgar serves as pastor. Their good friend Clarence Stukes of Arlington, […]
CELEBRATIONS
Leading With Warmth
Janet Lesniak, Wellfleet Preservation Hall’s first executive director, retires
WELLFLEET — Even before this town’s Preservation Hall officially opened its carved and painted doors in 2011, its mission was to be, above all, a welcoming place. And when its […]
IN VIEW THIS WEEK
Picture Perfect
Fifth-grade students at Truro Central School created a mural to cover a boarded-up broken window while the North Truro Post Office awaits a replacement. Left to right: Elle Stanley, Rylee […]
HOBGOBLINS
On Commercial Street in a Sweetly Mischievous Mood
Halloween brings out a friendly mix of fantasies
Photos by Nancy Bloom Nurses to remind you to get that booster, bumpkins with pumpkins for heads, groovy paisley-wearers, and plenty of folks who slipped into sequins strolled Commercial Street […]
