WELLFLEET — Imagine playing a golf course backwards. Or using a putter to drive the ball off the tee. How about using a driver to putt the ball into the […]
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Community
Stories that need telling, about the people—past and present—of this place.
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THE SCUTTLEBUTT
The Bass Get a Bit Bigger
With the temperature, hopes are rising among fishermen
What a difference a week makes. We went from a November-like Memorial Day weekend storm to a blistering July-like heat wave. Fishing has improved somewhat. Striped bass are filtering in […]
GRAVEYARD SHIFT
The Fates of Families
Truro’s cemeteries tell a series of heartbreaking stories
TRURO — The fog was thick on Monday night, April 19, 1852 — what sailors call “pea soup.” Gale winds blew from the east. At midnight, after making Cape Ann […]
STICKBALL
Former Nauset Soccer Player Gets Hooked on a New Old Game
Lacrosse is still under the radar on the Outer Cape
WELLFLEET — When she was at Nauset Regional High School, Allie Bezio didn’t pay much attention to lacrosse. Soccer was her game. Now finishing her sophomore year at Dean College […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Girls Golf Team, 5-1, Gets Ready for League Tourney
A weekly preview of Nauset High sports
Thursday, June 3 Coed sailing: The Nauset sailing team takes on Sandwich at Oakcrest Cove at 4 p.m. Friday, June 4 Softball: The Warriors host the Falmouth Clippers at 4 […]
APPRECIATION
Joe Bones, Who Had a Million Stories, Is Gone
The legendary captain and musician was irresistible and esteemed
PROVINCETOWN — So, this is back in the early ’60s, down in Connecticut, in some kind of factory. A bunch of guys eat lunch every day at the same table. […]
CHOP TALK
Chopper Young Can Take Care of Himself
Wellfleet’s champion shucker on selectmen, self-sufficiency, and what winning the lottery can’t change
WELLFLEET — Chopper Young is waiting on a fish. He’s knee-deep in Sally’s Bottom (from him, this guarantees a smirk), two poles planted, a headwind niggling his lines. Six feet […]
OUTER CAPE PORTRAIT
New Chapter in an Old Book
JODY MELANDER / EXPLORER & MAKER / TRURO In the ’80s, when Jody Melander arrived in Provincetown, it was love at first sight. But over the decades, P’town has changed. […]
DIAMONDS
Practice and Patience Pay Off for Nauset Baseball
The team sets its sights on winning the Cape and Islands crown
EASTHAM — The Nauset High baseball team’s first game this season was on May 12, nearly two years since it last took the field in June 2019. “The kids are […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Girls Track Is Unbeaten as Christopher Breaks 3 Records
A preview of this week’s Nauset High sports
Thursday, May 27 Girls golf: The Warriors take to the course against the Barnstable Red Hawks at the Hyannis Golf Club at 3:30 p.m. The team is 3-1 this season. […]
GRAVEYARD SHIFT
A Life-Saving Beacon in the Fog of Politics
Nauset Light Society honors the memory of its keepers
EASTHAM — The offshore waters of Outer Cape Cod, with their hidden sand bars, took so many vessels and lives that the stretch from Chatham to Provincetown came to be […]
ON THE LINKS
155 Hours of Golf. 9,845 to Go.
Practice might not make perfect, but maybe it’s what makes the game
There’s a so-called rule, popularized by Malcom Gladwell in his bestseller Outliers: The Story of Success, that it takes 10,000 hours of practice to become an expert at something. The […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Nauset Baseball, Softball, Track Teams Are All Unbeaten
A preview of this week’s Nauset High sports
Thursday, May 20 Girls golf: The Warriors tee off against the Dennis-Yarmouth Dolphins at Blue Rock Golf Course in South Yarmouth at 3:30 p.m. The team is 3-1 so far […]
BEHIND THE WHEEL
Fresh Air for Your Car
That little paper pine tree is not going to cut it
After a long winter, especially this one, it just feels right to air out your car. The weather warms up, you roll down your windows, people can hear you singing […]
THE PICKLEBALL CRAZE
Pickleball Players Bring Their Passion, and Their Nets
An out-of-town trend gains a growing local following
PROVINCETOWN — The Outer Cape community likes its own local vibe. But some out-of-town trends might be healthy ones. Case in point: pickleball. The sport, which is a mix of […]
