In a one-hour conversation on Tuesday, Bogdan Kelichavyi had to relocate four times. He began our video call in his town hall office in Kopychyntsi, Ukraine but was interrupted almost […]
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RADIOACTIVITY
EPA: Holtec Sows ‘Public Confusion’
Agency chastises Pilgrim’s owner for statements on dumping water into Cape Cod Bay
PLYMOUTH — An Environmental Protection Agency official criticized Holtec International last week for misleading the public about its proposed dumping of radioactive water from the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station into […]
METAPHYSICS
Winter Sunsets
In the evening light reflected by sky and water, a glimpse of the universe, and of ourselves
Every evening, just before dark, a miracle occurs. You can go see it, and each time you do, it will be infinitely different from the last time you watched it. […]
STREET VIEW
Thoughts on Love
‘It’s not what’s on TV or in books’
On a series of walks with my camera in the weeks before Valentine’s Day, I stopped the people I saw on our winter-quiet streets and beaches to ask them about […]
SNOW DAY
Storm Stories
Blizzard reports from the Outer Cape towns
In Provincetown, Drifting Snow Trapped Many Indoors PROVINCETOWN — On narrow, tightly packed side streets, the winds whipped into curls and eddies and piled snow to the tops of some […]
RACE POINT
The Old Harbor Life-Saving Station
The Old Harbor Life-Saving Station was built in Chatham in 1897, one of a string of life-saving stations that dotted our coast before the Coast Guard took over maritime rescue. […]
BALLSTON BEACH EROSION
Falling Sands of Time
TRURO — Storm waters breached what’s left of the dune at Ballston Beach during this week’s nor’easter. Compare this picture, taken on Jan. 17, with one taken a year ago, […]
Clam Dinner at Pamet Harbor
Mom Zella Swain and two-year-old Ceiba Chavez Swain of Truro, clamming at Pamet Harbor on Jan. 9. (Photo by Nancy Bloom)
NEW YEAR
Goodbye 2021
Provincetown sent off the old year with a bang in rainbow colors as fireworks soared over the harbor last Friday evening. (Photo by Jamie Demetriou)
Art and Photography for a New Year
The theme of this end-of-year art and photography edition is “The Divine Comedy,” after Dante Alighieri’s epic poem written in the first years of the 14th century. Its three sections […]
DECKED OUT
Christmas Boats
Christmas comes to Provincetown Harbor, where boats are bedecked with trees. This week’s stories include how, for the Outer Cape’s immigrants, holiday traditions evolve, what it’s like to live with […]
STICKY WICKET
‘Keep Truro Rural,’ Says Someone
Motives behind the stickers are hazy, as no one will take credit
When questioned by photographer Nancy Bloom, this calf at the Mooney Farm on South Pamet Road denied posting “Keep Truro Rural” stickers around town. (Photo Nancy Bloom)
The Off Season Is On
Shawn Quinlan of Maynard stands in the early morning light at Pilgrims’ First Landing Park in Provincetown with his catch of quahogs and oysters. (Photo Elizabeth G. Brooke)
STUFF HAPPENS
New Bedford Vessel Runs Aground on Longnook Beach
Mishap involving Carlos Rafael’s former boat is under investigation
TRURO — Part-time Truro resident Lynda West went with her father-in-law, Jock West, to Longnook Beach on Tuesday to take photos of the calm waters with his drone at low […]
ON THE LANDSCAPE
A Eulogy for 2 Truro Trees Felled by Nor’easter
The Siberian elm and silver maple were neighbors on Shore Road
TRURO — In the early morning hours of Oct. 27, the night of the recent nor’easter, a tremendous gust of wind came swooping down over the ocean, across the tops […]
