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Mass. State Lottery winner: $100,000 ticket sold at Cape Cod shop
Someone who stopped at a shop on Cape Cod and picked up a lottery ticket came forward to claim a $100,000 prize on Wednesday. The $100,000 prize was from “$15,000,000 Money Maker,” a $30 scratch ticket game released on April 19, 2022. There are just 17 prizes worth...
What's up with Piping Plovers?
Recently there have been some ruffled feathers over the protection of nesting piping plovers as beach goers, dog walkers, and others visiting some of the remotest parts of the Cape Cod National Seashore have face a big 'STOP' sign this year. "They can't go anywhere else. They...
Why a Mass. ice cream shop doubles as a bakery to make the ‘best flavor in America’
Holy Cow Ice Cream Cafe — with locations in Peabody, Salem, Gloucester and Dennis Port — doesn’t offer the same standard flavors as other ice cream shops. So, no, you won’t find your normal chocolate chip or black raspberry ice cream. Instead, you’ll see sweet and wondrous concepts like the Fruity Pebbles-infused “Cereal Milk” or the brown butter ice cream with brownies called “Corner Piece.”
A fig tree grows in Wellfleet
To plant a fig tree in our climate is an act of faith. Most figs are native to the tropics—and in the heat and sweat of this world they do amazing things. They’ve co-evolved with a wasp that crawls into the fruit and pollinates it from the inside out. Birds drop seeds in the canopy of the forest and some fig trees germinate up there, then send roots down to the ground. Some of the world’s 800 plus species of figs can even produce fruit year-round.
Art In The Park Auction Breaks Record, Again
CHATHAM – Once again, totals from the Art in the Park auction blew away the amounts raised in previous years. The auction of 76 whales, sharks and signs, which ended Friday, netted $151,670, a 10 percent increase over last year’s $137,171 total. It also beat out totals from 2022 and 2021.
Cape Symphony Announces Fall Semester Music, Art, Dance, Theater Classes
Cape Symphony announces Fall semester classes for adults, young adults, and children at its West Barnstable and Falmouth campuses. The Fall semester begins September 3, 2024. “Our Fall classes include exciting new offerings and perennial favorites,” said Director of Education Jennifer Rabold. “There is truly something for everyone!”
Words are lenses: Cape Cod Times winning poets are 'Prodding the Seaweed' and more
Editor's note: This story was changed Aug. 23 to correct poet Campion Damiano's name. The words are lenses as winners of this month’s Cape Cod Times Poetry Contest capture images of the world around them. And what a world it is. ...
Orpheum Theater Book Event Celebrates Chatham, WE CAN
The upcoming release of a new book, “Chatham: A Cape Cod Village” by photographer Kim Roderiques, will be celebrated at a special Chatham Orpheum Theater event to benefit WE CAN on Wednesday, Sept. 4 at 7 p.m. The event emcee will be Hank Phillippi Ryan, bestselling author of...
Improvements To Trail Managed By JFK Museum Celebrated
HYANNIS – Officials held a ribbon-cutting on Wednesday for upgrades that have been made to a trail network connected to the John F. Kennedy Museum in Hyannis. The Kennedy Legacy Trail, created in 2012, is about one-and-a-half miles in length. It guides people to St. Francis Xavier Parish, Aselton...
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