The Eastham Hiking Club’s schedule has announced its schedule through the end of April. Below is the essential information for the group,...

Many of you may be aware that, over the last couple of years, I’ve been dealing with some health issues that I wouldn’t wish on anyone....

By now, many of us are sadly aware that Mary Oliver, Provincetown’s Pulitzer-winning poet, passed way earlier today at home in Home...

With an Arctic blast of air set to take over the Cape over the next few days, it seems appropriate to dig out a few of the finer literary...

Newspapers and other media outlets typically use the final week of a calendar year to review the news highlights of the previous 12...

A tsunami claimed over 200 more lives in Indonesia this weekend, following an eruption on Anak Krakatau, one of the world’s most infamous...

There’s always been a tradition of raising a glass (or two, or three, or …) of holiday cheer on Christmas, yet that wasn’t always easy...

Don’t look for much in the way of sunlight on Friday. A warm and windy rainstorm is on tap, but it’s also the shortest day of the year....

The Eastham Hiking Club’s schedule is set though the first two months of 2019. Below is the essential information for the group, which...

During the era of Prohibition, many Cape Codders turned to rum running as a way to make a quick buck. Many fishermen and farmers, in...

On Dec. 12, 1901, Guglielmo Marconi, determined to prove that wireless waves were not affected by the curvature of the Earth, used his...

For the last couple of years, I’ve been presenting a local lecture program, Rum Running on Cape Cod, about the days of the Prohibition...

At this time of year, it’s hard to escape the music of Bing Crosby. A mainstay in TV Christmas specials and classic films such as Holiday...

It might be a little hard to believe that taking the train from the Outer Cape to do your Christmas shopping in Boston was once a free...

It was 85 years ago this week that the era of Prohibition, referred to by President Herbert Hoover as “the Noble Experiment,” came to an...

One of the most tragic shipwrecks in Outer Cape Cod maritime history occurred on this date 125 years ago, when the British ship Jason ran...

This Saturday marks the 398th anniversary of the “First Encounter” — that is, the first meeting between the settlers from the English...

You know it’s the holiday season on the Outer Cape when the David M. Gray Christmas Wreath adorns Nauset Light in North Eastham. The...

It’s that time of year again, when the days get shorter, the temperatures drop and snow starts to fall. No, not the holiday season, but...

Earlier today, WPRI-TV in Providence, R.I., posted a story about how 130 ticks were found in a wooded area on a cold November day. Seven...