TRURO — A 70-foot groundfishing vessel, the F/V Guardian out of New Bedford, ran aground on the back shore here on Jan. 3, about a mile north of Wellfleet’s Newcomb […]
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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Zigging and Zagging Through History
You know already that this is an odd and special place. It’s one reason we — and others before us — figured Outer Cape Cod needed its own newspaper. All […]
PARENTING
Piecing Together Postpartum Care on the Outer Cape
Nurses, doulas, and support groups provide reassurance and company
TRURO — On a Thursday morning in early December, Rana O’Laughlin arrives at Jelena Duarte’s house, greeted by Pickle the cat and Duarte’s 18-month-old daughter, Vera. The atmosphere is subdued, […]
TIMELESS TOYS
Tiny Trains Traverse Miniature Worlds in Orleans
Imaginations chug along at the Nauset Model Railroad Club’s open house
ORLEANS — The grand plans of home-based hobbyists who tinker with model trains and the tiny landscapes they chug through are sometimes hindered by space limitations. But that’s not a […]
DERELICT
Condemned House Could Go Into Receivership Next Week
At Dec. 17 hearing, owner Robert Bonds is to show his progress on repairs
WELLFLEET — The owner of a sprawling house at 177 Peace Valley Road that has been abandoned for years and condemned since 2018 has been given a final chance to […]
ON POINTE
A Sweet Taste of Ballet at Town Hall
Excerpts from The Nutcracker performed by talented students, directed by one ‘nutty lady’
The bunheads took the elevator in shifts, one giggling gaggle at a time, bound for the second-floor auditorium of Provincetown Town Hall. It was Saturday, Nov. 16, and the HeartStrings […]
WAMPANOAG RECLAMATION
Budget Shortfall Looms at School Where Children Learn Wôpanâak
Federal funds support language immersion, but that’s not easy to do here
MASHPEE — Nitana Greendeer of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe knows that children are the key to preserving the Wôpanâak language. “When you haven’t got 20, 30, 40 years of English […]
WILDLIFE
Go Slow on the Straightaways – It’s Deer Crossing Season
A review of police dept. data show collision hotspots on Route 6 in all four Outer Cape towns
November is a risky time to be a deer on the Outer Cape. Besides that it’s bow-and-arrow hunting season, collisions between deer and cars are most frequent in this month.
WARRIORS WATCH
Nauset Football, at 6-3, Looks Ahead to Thanksgiving Classic
Soccer teams both knocked out in 2nd round of state tournament
EASTHAM — Diman Regional Vocational Technical High School’s football team arrived at the Nauset High turf about an hour before the home team showed up last Thursday. By the time […]
ELECTION
Outer Cape Votes Harris for President
Results are nearly identical to 2020 Biden-Trump contest
This article was updated on Nov. 7 to include preliminary election results from Truro. PROVINCETOWN — An anxiety-provoking presidential election contest came to an anxious end on the Outer Cape […]
ANIMALIA
After-Dinner Research on the Outer Cape’s 81 Coywolves
Scat reveals they eschew shorebirds, hunt deer, and also eat our garbage and pet food
Fewer than 50 years ago, there were no coyotes on Cape Cod. Now, they seem to be everywhere.
SHUCKER’S HOLIDAY
Fried Dough and Fast Shucking Take Over Wellfleet’s Main Street
A first-timer from Toronto wins the shuck off; Eastham’s Ben Morgan is third
WELLFLEET — Last Saturday dawned sunny and mild — rare weather for the first day of the annual OysterFest.
DEMOLITION IN TRURO
Builder Hired to Restore Cottage Tears It Down
Cottages remaining on Walsh property can go, says commission
TRURO — Cape Cod Builders Inc., the Bourne company hired by the town to renovate a cottage for employee housing, instead demolished it sometime over the weekend of Oct. 5-6 […]
SEASON’S GREETINGS
Working the Winter Shift
Three year-rounders find new routines come fall
The door is quietly closing on the season. Rowdy townie weddings replace stressed-out summer talk of divorce lawyers. The pier parking lot goes from $4 an hour to free.
THE BREACH
More Studies Planned for Breakwater Gap
Officials warn that opening might not stop invasive marsh crabs
PROVINCETOWN — An on-again, off-again effort to install a gap in the Long Point Dike, more commonly called the West End breakwater, took a small step forward last week at […]
