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

Nov 5, 2026

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5 min read

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
Arthur Radtke

Housing

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

Nov 5, 2026

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5 min read

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
Arthur Radtke

Spotlight

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

Oct 29, 2026

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5 min read

$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
Arthur Radtke

Spotlight

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Her Story Starts Decades Before the House Did

Oct 28, 2026

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5 min read

Her Story Starts Decades Before the House Did

Frommer's put Orleans' 1875 inn on its most-haunted list. Its ghost reportedly worked there in the early 1800s, the list says.

Arthur Radtke
Arthur Radtke

Chatham

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

Oct 22, 2026

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9 min read

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
Arthur Radtke

Spotlight

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

Oct 15, 2026

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3 min read

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
Arthur Radtke

Spotlight

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

Oct 8, 2026

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3 min read

$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
Arthur Radtke

Chatham

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Same Word on the Board. $18 Apart.

Oct 1, 2026

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11 min read

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
Arthur Radtke
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