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A Builder Says $1.5 Million. Chillingsworth Hasn't Said May.

A Builder Says $1.5 Million. Chillingsworth Hasn't Said May.

Its 2026 season ends Nov. 28. Nitzi Rabin relayed a builder's estimate to the Select Board and made no commitment about reopening in May.

Arthur Radtke
HousingHousing
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Mac's Isn't Closing. Nobody Has Named Its 2028 Address.

Mac's Isn't Closing. Nobody Has Named Its 2028 Address.

Mac Hay plans to move within Provincetown in 2028. Local permitting on the 52-home plan at his address is on hold.

Arthur Radtke
SpotlightSpotlight
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$90 Opens a 300-Wine Tasting. The Gallery Pours Are Free.

$90 Opens a 300-Wine Tasting. The Gallery Pours Are Free.

Free gallery pours Friday, a $90 Grand Tasting Saturday, pie judging Sunday, and the Lobster Pot's last day of 2026 in the middle of it.

Arthur Radtke
The DriftThe Drift
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🐚 don’t put it back in the water

🐚 don’t put it back in the water

The first rule for this season’s beach find is the one that feels wrong.

Arthur Radtke
ChathamChatham
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The Prize-Winning Chowder Has Flour. The Oldest One Had Wine.

The Prize-Winning Chowder Has Flour. The Oldest One Had Wine.

Mac's menu says no flour. The Lobster Pot's prize bowl has a little. A 1751 recipe used claret and no milk. Pick your side.

Arthur Radtke
ChathamChatham
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The Famous Wellfleet Oyster Started Out as an Import

The Famous Wellfleet Oyster Started Out as an Import

OysterFest fills Main Street this weekend. The shell from your first dozen has a year at the transfer station ahead of it, and the town's founding oyster story has a neighbor's name penciled in the margin.

Arthur Radtke
SpotlightSpotlight
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He Washed Dishes at Pate's in 1984. Now Rock Harbor Grill Is His.

He Washed Dishes at Pate's in 1984. Now Rock Harbor Grill Is His.

In 1984 Tommy "Chooch" LeBlanc was washing dishes at Pate's. Now he and Amy run Rock Harbor Grill in Orleans, and their first big decision came from the people already waiting at the door.

Arthur Radtke
SpotlightSpotlight
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$1,499,000 Buys the Shack. Cobie's Isn't Included.

$1,499,000 Buys the Shack. Cobie's Isn't Included.

The Route 6A clam shack closed Sept. 6 after what it calls its 78th season. The building, the cottage behind it and 1.7 acres are now on the market. The name, the recipes and the business are not.

Arthur Radtke
WellfleetWellfleet
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The Listing Prices Everything at Van Rensselaer's Except the Name

The Listing Prices Everything at Van Rensselaer's Except the Name

The South Wellfleet restaurant across from the Marconi Beach road is listed at $2.95 million, and the seven rooms of staff housing out back may be worth more to a buyer than the raw bar. The name on the sign, it turns out, came out of the family.

Arthur Radtke
ChathamChatham
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Same Word on the Board. $18 Apart.

Same Word on the Board. $18 Apart.

Mac's prints both on one board in Chatham. One came out of the tidal mud in 1916, the other out of Ipswich because it could survive a freezer, and one of the windows closes Monday.

Arthur Radtke
SpotlightSpotlight
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Before the Beer License, Brewster Asked About the Onion Rings

Before the Beer License, Brewster Asked About the Onion Rings

One question was asked at a Brewster hearing. One line went into a Provincetown lease. Both were about what the new owners can't touch.

Arthur Radtke
SpotlightSpotlight
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He Wanted to Sell Cape Cod Air in a Can

He Wanted to Sell Cape Cod Air in a Can

He never found a can for it. He found uses for a fruit stand, a doomed house and a chicken coop, and one still opens at 9.

Arthur Radtke