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Summer 2026

Spotlight

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Forty-Eight Years of Carnival Themes

Aug 20, 2026

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9 min read

Forty-Eight Years of Carnival Themes

From a one-night party in 1978 to a disco under the sea this afternoon — including the eleven straight years Provincetown didn't bother naming one at all.

Arthur Radtke
Arthur Radtke

Wellfleet

+6

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

Aug 20, 2026

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10 min read

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
Arthur Radtke

Spotlight

+4

A Ton of Onion Rings a Week

Aug 20, 2026

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8 min read

A Ton of Onion Rings a Week

Arnold's is in its fiftieth season. The line out the door is not the problem — it's the whole business model. And there are maybe three weeks left to stand in it.

Arthur Radtke
Arthur Radtke

Chatham

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Santa Comes In by Coast Guard Boat. Hallmark Noticed.

Aug 20, 2026

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3 min read

Santa Comes In by Coast Guard Boat. Hallmark Noticed.

Chatham is on Hallmark's list of twenty-five Christmas towns — the only one in Massachusetts. Voting closes September 4, and there are two things about how it works you should know before you click.

Arthur Radtke
Arthur Radtke

Wellfleet

+4

I Never Saw Them Open a Book

Aug 13, 2026

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3 min read

I Never Saw Them Open a Book

Sixteen years, five hundred people a day, and a traffic light at the door. This is the first August without it.

Arthur Radtke
Arthur Radtke

Wellfleet

+6

Two Dollars and One Cent

Aug 13, 2026

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4 min read

Two Dollars and One Cent

What a small ice-cream order costs at six stops from Orleans to Wellfleet. Same Cape, $2.01 apart.

Arthur Radtke
Arthur Radtke

Spotlight

+4

Watergate, Explained in a One-Room Schoolhouse

Jul 31, 2026

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3 min read

Watergate, Explained in a One-Room Schoolhouse

August 20, seven o'clock, Schoolhouse Road. Eastham apparently had a connection.

Arthur Radtke
Arthur Radtke

Wellfleet

+4

The Gates Under Chequessett Neck Are Not Open Yet

Jul 30, 2026

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2 min read

The Gates Under Chequessett Neck Are Not Open Yet

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

Spotlight

+4

The Shoreline Doesn't Care About Town Lines

Jul 30, 2026

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3 min read

The Shoreline Doesn't Care About Town Lines

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

Arthur Radtke
Arthur Radtke

Spotlight

+1

The Quiet Art of the Cape Cod Picnic

Jul 9, 2026

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9 min read

The Quiet Art of the Cape Cod Picnic

Good spots, honest logistics, and where to grab food on the way — Brewster to Provincetown

Arthur Radtke
Arthur Radtke

Spotlight

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Everyone Else Already Has a Boat Plan

Jul 9, 2026

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6 min read

Everyone Else Already Has a Boat Plan

At six a.m. at Rock Harbor, it shows. Here's how to get one.

Arthur Radtke
Arthur Radtke

Spotlight

+1

Where to Bring the Blanket This Week

Jul 9, 2026

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8 min read

Where to Bring the Blanket This Week

Verified bandstands, honest schedules, and the layer you'll wish you'd packed.

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