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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
ChathamChatham
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Tip O'Neill Said They Hung Him in Effigy in Truro

Tip O'Neill Said They Hung Him in Effigy in Truro

Sixty-five years ago, much of the Lower and Outer Cape fought like hell over the park it now can't imagine living without.

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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Say Hopper and People Nod. Say Hofmann and They Pause.

Say Hopper and People Nod. Say Hofmann and They Pause.

The Outer Cape didn't make one famous painter. It made a century of them — and mostly went quiet about it.

Arthur Radtke
SpotlightSpotlight
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The Town Fed the Navy That Was Starving It

The Town Fed the Navy That Was Starving It

One bad night in 1778, hundreds of shipwrecked enemy sailors washed up cold on Truro's shore. Here's what the town did.

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Truro Skips the Spectacle: A Library Lawn, a Lighthouse, and the Blues

Truro Skips the Spectacle: A Library Lawn, a Lighthouse, and the Blues

No parade, no fireworks, no crowds to speak of — Truro spends the Fourth the way Truro spends everything: outdoors, unhurried, and a little contrarian.

Your inside access to the Lower Cape — Brewster to Provincetown.

Celebrate Lower Cape

Your inside access to the Lower Cape — Brewster to Provincetown.

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