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 […]
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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 […]
THE STOMP
Foot Juice
TRURO — The annual Truro Vineyards Grape Stomp celebrates traditional winemaking. And even though that might not figure as a big part of the town’s history, for a lot of […]
ON THE WATERFRONT
Inside a Vestige of Provincetown’s Mercantile Past
The Old Reliable Fish House and Colonial Cold Storage buildings have stories to tell
PROVINCETOWN — The large, decaying buildings that formerly housed fish-processing businesses, an industrial freezer, a pair of restaurants, and several apartments at 227, 227R, and 229 Commercial St. are mostly […]
DIGGING IT
On Windmill Weekend, Dragons Are Farmers, Too
The sand art contest makes a comeback at First Encounter Beach
EASTHAM — It was gray and blustery on First Encounter Beach, but nine teams of artists refused to let the summer end last weekend. The peal of a cowbell signaled […]
THE WHITE PARTY
Provincetown Celebrates Summer’s End With Flair
The benefit for Outer Cape Health Services raised $170,000 this year
PROVINCETOWN — There was no shortage of spectacle at the 36th annual White Party on Aug. 31, where 800 people gathered to admire each other’s white outfits and raise money […]
THEME PARTY
Carnival’s ‘Revolution’ Theme Tests the Edge of Vacation Fantasies
In a liberal town with an economy built on fun, political themes were common
PROVINCETOWN — The town’s 46th annual Carnival parade moved down Commercial Street with its typical buoyance on Aug. 22: painted props and bodies glittered in sunlight, and floats sent out […]
PIER JUMPING
Making the Leap in Provincetown
At MacMillan Pier, a summer tradition that’s ‘an exhilaration thing’
PROVINCETOWN — Pier jumping is a tradition here. On almost any summer day when the tide is high, you’ll see people laughing, holding hands, and then leaping off MacMillan Pier […]
INDEPENDENCE DAY
The Domino Effect
For Jamaicans, the game creates community, preserves culture, and passes the time
PROVINCETOWN — Jamaica’s Independence Day on Aug. 6 was celebrated in fits and starts here, as intermittent rainstorms moved across the sky and work commitments drew people away from the […]
ROOTS
Farmers Market Week Kicks Off With Song and Dance
Community, local food, and indigenous culture cycle through the Truro market
TRURO — The Wampanoag Nation Singers and Dancers performed here on Aug. 5 in front of a crowd that included the market’s usual Monday shoppers along with Mass. Dept. of […]
HOMEGROWN
Aging Gardeners’ New Favorite Crop: Cannabis
Elders find fun, community, and pain relief in growing and smoking weed
WELLFLEET — The Outer Cape is full of children of the ’60s. Some of those who have green thumbs have found in their home gardens a new way of reconnecting […]
