Eastham kicks off its 46th annual Windmill Weekend on Friday, Sept. 8 with a fish and chicken fry followed by a talent show at the Elks Lodge. The three-day celebration […]
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TOWNIE SUMMER
Full Moon(s) on Commercial Street
Riders join a jockstrap jaunt for whimsy’s sake
PROVINCETOWN — It’s the Friday before Labor Day, and there’s a cavalcade of dudes riding bikes down Commercial Street wearing nothing but jockstraps. They smirk, shimmy, and toss playful winks. […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Nauset’s Fall Sports Season Is Officially Under Way
A weekly wrap-up of Nauset Regional High School sports
EASTHAM — Nauset High School fall sports officially got under way this week with volleyball, boys and girls soccer, golf, field hockey, and boys and girls cross country all in […]
ONE MAN’S TREASURE
A Holdout Survives on Eastham’s Shurtleff Road
There’s more to the Beyle house than the signs and the swine out front
EASTHAM — On Shurtleff Road, a roughly half-mile residential stretch that curves along Cape Cod Bay in North Eastham, immaculate lawns adorn large new houses. There’s not a pebble out […]
STREET VIEW
Buskers Have Their Golden Hour in Provincetown
On summer nights, jazz accompanies the Commercial Street parade
Photos by Marnie Crawford Samuelson PROVINCETOWN — All summer long at about 7 p.m., a group gathers in the alley by the shuttered Old Reliable Fish House. They hang out, […]
THE STORYTELLERS
An East End Summer Camp for Grown-Ups
A search for neighborliness transcends the need to sage
“Hey, come over for lunch!” “Normie’s is open!” “Let’s go out on the boat.” “The side of the house would make a great projection surface for movies.” “What are you […]
ON COURSE
Nauset Golf Team Looks to Rebound
A team that loves the game starts the season with swagger
BREWSTER — There were jokes and laughter at Nauset High School’s golf team practice at The Captains Golf Course here on Monday. The easygoing mood is not what you’d expect […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Fall Sports Season Coming Up
EASTHAM — Nauset Regional High School’s volleyball, soccer, golf, cross country, and field hockey teams will be in action this coming week, and the football team has been preparing for […]
WORDS
Tyne and the Town
Emmy and Tony-winning actress Tyne Daly in three evenings of benefit readings
Tyne Daly might be best known to a certain generation of audiences for her costarring role as down-to-earth cop and working mom Mary Beth Lacey in the mid-1980s television show […]
INCIDENTALLY
Emotional Minimalism
When my now-35-year-old son, Jesse, was 18 months old I carried him out onto the flats at the Audubon Sanctuary. It was a warm September day, gray sky, gray sand, […]
REPORT FROM TOYLAND
Provincetown Celebrates Its 45th Carnival
PROVINCETOWN — A fledgling nonprofit put on a one-day celebration back in 1978 and called it Carnival. The idea was to drum up gay and lesbian tourism during August’s sleepy […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Nauset Preseason Begins
Soccer, volleyball, and field hockey scrimmages ahead
EASTHAM — Nauset Regional High School sports returned to the court and fields on Monday as the fall sports season officially got underway. Football held a first practice last Friday. […]
INCIDENTALLY
Memories Are Made of Sand
I brought my teenage grandkids to an ocean beach on a hot July afternoon. After we situated our towels, umbrella, and cooler, the kids ran down to the water, and […]
IN THE OUTFIELD
Firebirds Lose Championship But Still Have Crowd’s Hearts
From the hill at Eldredge Park, a view of the Cape Cod League’s 100th season
[ORLEANS — Before Firebirds baseball games at Eldredge Park, empty lawn chairs and picnic blankets crowd the hill down the first-base line. Many of them have been there since the […]
CAPE BASEBALL LEAGUE
Firebirds Fall to Braves in Championship
Orleans takes Bourne to the limit in a hard-fought series
ORLEANS — The Orleans Firebirds’ historic Cape Cod Baseball League season ended with defeat in the playoff championship in front of more than 7,000 people at Eldredge Park on Sunday. […]
