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DogsDogs
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The Beaches Go Back to the Dogs, One Line at a Time

The Beaches Go Back to the Dogs, One Line at a Time

Between Labor Day and Nov. 2, the Lower Cape hands its beaches back to dogs town by town, while the National Seashore keeps its own calendar. Here is the order, and the invisible lines where the rules change mid-walk.

Arthur Radtke
WellfleetWellfleet
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$830 a Month for a Seashore Studio. The Repairs Could Run $250,000.

$830 a Month for a Seashore Studio. The Repairs Could Run $250,000.

Three empty historic houses on the National Seashore are up for lease. The government lists every fault. It won't price a single one.

Arthur Radtke
WellfleetWellfleet
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They Hatch, and Then They Run the Wrong Way

They Hatch, and Then They Run the Wrong Way

Terrapin hatchlings turn their backs on the marsh — and the year the clutches got smaller was the best news Wellfleet's volunteers had seen.

Arthur Radtke
WellfleetWellfleet
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There's a Federal No-Go Zone in Cape Cod Bay, and Almost Nobody Out Here Knows It

There's a Federal No-Go Zone in Cape Cod Bay, and Almost Nobody Out Here Knows It

A bomb squad blew something up in Orleans on Tuesday. The reason it was sitting on the beach involves a Liberty ship they shot at for years, an artillery range along the Wellfleet cliffs, and a thousand-yard circle of water you are still not legally allowed to enter.

Arthur Radtke
ChathamChatham
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The Stake They Left Behind

The Stake They Left Behind

Thirty years ago they dragged two lighthouses back from the edge. One of the estimates they made lands right about now.

Arthur Radtke
WellfleetWellfleet
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The Gates Under Chequessett Neck Are Not Open Yet

The Gates Under Chequessett Neck Are Not Open Yet

The valve is installed. Nobody has turned it. Here's what happens when they do.

SpotlightSpotlight
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The Shoreline Doesn't Care About Town Lines

The Shoreline Doesn't Care About Town Lines

Forty-four parcels were studied. Six made the list. All six are in Brewster.

Arthur Radtke
ChathamChatham
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The Sandbar Was Empty When Your Parents Swam Here

The Sandbar Was Empty When Your Parents Swam Here

What came back to it changed the water off Chatham for good — and brought something with it.

Arthur Radtke
SpotlightSpotlight
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The Great Beach Is Still There

The Great Beach Is Still There

Shore fishing the Lower and Outer Cape, from Orleans to Provincetown.

Arthur Radtke