EASTHAM — For the Wellfleet Breakers Soccer Club, the playing field is reshaped every summer. Each year, the team welcomes local players new and old, be they college athletes or […]
Next Generation
LONGING
A Journey Back to Portugal With Sonia Bettencourt
The award-winning fadista channels heartbreak, joy, and her home country in song
PROVINCETOWN — At the start of each performance, Sonia Bettencourt, dressed to the nines, takes center stage with a warm smile. But as soon as she opens her mouth, she […]
JUNETEENTH
For Queer Men of Color, a Homecoming in Provincetown
Lamb Rahming has designed a weekend of coming together
PROVINCETOWN — “Queer people of color deserve nice things,” says Lamb Rahming, the man behind Men of Color Weekend, which happens this year from June 16 to 20. It coincides […]
ROUND TRIP
Who’s Driving This Bus?
A shortage of school bus drivers reflects the Cape’s changing demographics
TRURO — Perched on the driver’s seat of a 2009 Blue Bird front-engine school bus, Julie Packard checks the lights, dials, and gauges of her rig. Packard, who has been […]
MORE THAN A GAME
Wellfleet Residents Play Ball Again
WELLFLEET — Fans of civic life here paraded, sun hats in hand, onto the baseball field across from the elementary school for their annual (or semi-annual, in this case) town […]
FISCAL CRISIS
Free Cash Won’t Be Certified by Town Meeting
Finance review shows chronic depletion of reserve funds
WELLFLEET — The town’s free cash account won’t be certified by the state in time for Saturday’s annual town meeting because the books for fiscal 2020 and 2021 are still […]
CO-OP KITCHEN
At Home With the Vegans
Salty, smoky, subtly sweet tempeh ‘bacon’ makes a meatless brunch less naked
The first time I ever cooked, I cooked for 25 people. I made a borscht that stained my hands purple for a week. During the school year, I live with […]
VOICES BIG AND LITTLE
The Sweet, Absurd, Yet Serious World of Jenny Slate
A Next Wave Award winner at this year’s film festival
After a wedding one night over a decade ago, Jenny Slate, the actress, comedian, and writer, packed into a hotel room with a bunch of friends and her now ex-husband […]
HOUSING
Slow Process Means Some Affordable Units Sit Empty
Lack of staff is creating further delays
PROVINCETOWN — On the Outer Cape, it’s not uncommon for people to be on affordable housing lists for years, waiting and hoping for a unit to call home. So, when […]
STITCHES
The Surprising Feminism of Men Who Knit
A show at Bowersock invites a look back at knitting’s nuanced history
John Crane answered the phone to find a friend in crisis — before you get too alarmed, it was a knitting crisis. Beth Brown-Reinsel, a celebrity within the insular world […]
WASTEWATER
A Dive Into Cesspools on the Outer Cape
All four towns have them, but removal strategies vary
TRURO — All four Outer Cape towns are focused on wastewater management, and for good reason: our drinking water comes from the same narrow sandbar that we live on, and […]
MAYDAY
Fishing Vessel Capsized off Race Point; Four Crew Members Rescued
The Angela & Mary III is sidelined two days into lobster season
PROVINCETOWN — Noah Santos and Malcolm Hunter were working on the docks at Flyer’s Boat Rentals on Tuesday, May 17 when the mayday call dropped around 10:10 a.m. A lobster boat […]
DEVELOPMENT
Group Sets to Work on Details of Campground Purchase
Committee members consider cesspools, infrastructure, and campground finances
WELLFLEET — The select board signed a purchase and sale agreement for the 21.25 acres at Maurice’s Campground last month, but town officials say there’s a lot to figure out […]
ELECTIONS
Cyr Faces Two Republican Challengers for State Senate
Lauzon and Heywood will give voters a choice in November
PROVINCETOWN — Two Republican candidates want to flip the Cape and Islands Senate seat and add to the three Republican-held seats — out of 40 — in the upper house […]
TICK TALK
Larry Dapsis: Full-Time Entomologist, Part-Time ‘Evangelist’
How to ward off tick bites, from Barnstable’s tick program coordinator
TRURO — Early in his career as an entomologist with the Cape Cod Cooperative Extension, Larry Dapsis received a “dad talk” from Bill Clark, his director. Clark peered over his […]
