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59 celebratory images from Provincetown Bear Week 2024 by photographer Ron Amato
Bear Week in Provincetown is a time to celebrate the queer community. For years now, photographer Ron Amato has photographed this infamous week on the East Coast that brings out thousands of bears, wolves, otters, chasers, and more. "I am always swept up in the strong current of community and...
The Unknown History of Cape Cod’s Modernist Movement
When one thinks of epicenters of American modernist movement in the immediate post-WWII era, Southern California, with its Los Angeles Case Study homes and Palm Springs vacation pads, is top of mind. But in that same era, another influential enclave was being developed in a far less hospitable environment: the far end of Cape Cod, on Massachusetts’s Atlantic Coast. And this year marks the 75th anniversary of one of the earliest and most significant of these local structures, a lakeside house in Wellfleet built in 1949 by famed Bauhaus designer Marcel Breuer.
First Wind Farm Site Hearing Held on Cape
18 July 2024 - EASTHAM, MA - The public information session took place five days before the closing of the draft Environmental Assessment public commenting period on July 22. The video is of the hearing in its entirety, including audio of the public comments and questions. At the time of publishing BOEM has not announced when and where the answers to those comments and questions will be posted.
A Day Of Cape Verdean Culture
HARWICH – The sixth annual Cape Verdean Festival was greeted with sunshine and a warm and friendly setting in Brooks Park Saturday. The annual event celebrates the culture, history and contributions of a diaspora that relocated to Southeastern Massachusetts in the mid-1800s, especially to Harwich, and has made major contributions to the community.
Orleans Seeks To Close ‘Digital Divide’ - Report Identifies Issues, Sets Out Goals
ORLEANS – Over a year ago, Orleans assistant town planner Mike Solitro saw a presentation by the Cape Cod Tech Council that depicted Barnstable County as fully served by the internet. That took him by surprise. "I knew the situation on the ground was different," he recalled, citing outages,...
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