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⚓ Five dollars cash, handed to a stranger at the gate

May 29, 2026

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4 min read

⚓ Five dollars cash, handed to a stranger at the gate

What it opens into is worth knowing about.

Arthur Radtke

Under the Laminate — concrete, curious, earns itself in the piece

May 29, 2026

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1 min read

Under the Laminate — concrete, curious, earns itself in the piece

The Lights Are Back On — names the three closings, creates immediate stakes

Arthur Radtke

Mid Cape Weekender: Mahler at the PAC, the Cape Playhouse Opens & a Shark Scientist Takes Over Devil's Purse

May 29, 2026

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Mid Cape Weekender: Mahler at the PAC, the Cape Playhouse Opens & a Shark Scientist Takes Over Devil's Purse

Cape Symphony closes its Masterpiece season Saturday and Sunday with Mahler 5. The Cape Playhouse stages its first show since fall, Wednesday night. And Greg Skomal explains what the white sharks are doing offshore — at a party in South Dennis.

Arthur Radtke

Put These on the Calendar Before Something Else Takes the Slot

May 29, 2026

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5 min read

Put These on the Calendar Before Something Else Takes the Slot

The Yarmouth Seaside Festival is already at vendor capacity. The Hydrangea Festival gardens go fast. Don't wait.

Arthur Radtke

Put Your Kid on Lewis Bay. Send Them to the Stage in Dennis. Here's How.

May 29, 2026

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5 min read

Put Your Kid on Lewis Bay. Send Them to the Stage in Dennis. Here's How.

The Mid Cape's five best summer programs for children — from a co-ed overnight camp on Elisha's Pond to the oldest working theater in America.

Arthur Radtke

⚓ The parking lot was 2010. Saturday I'm at Kalmus Beach.

May 22, 2026

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5 min read

⚓ The parking lot was 2010. Saturday I'm at Kalmus Beach.

My daughter won a trophy I didn't see. She coaches at Bowdoin now. 4th at nationals. The Figawi is this weekend.

Arthur Radtke

May 22, 2026

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3 min read

Sixteen Years Between Phone Calls

In 2010 I wasn't anywhere near Sippican Harbor when my daughter won. When the O'Day Trophy came to Lewis Bay on May 9–10, I was paying attention from a lot closer.

Arthur Radtke

The Store on Main Street That Has Never Changed Its Mind

May 22, 2026

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2 min read

The Store on Main Street That Has Never Changed Its Mind

The building went up in 1840. Cranberries were stored here. Shoes were sold here. A general store opened in 1856. The Uchman family took it over in 1975. Somehow, the place still knows exactly what it is.

Arthur Radtke

The Old Gas Station on Dennis Port's Main Street Is Now a James Beard Semifinalist

May 22, 2026

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2 min read

The Old Gas Station on Dennis Port's Main Street Is Now a James Beard Semifinalist

Mick and Charlotte Formichella took over a building that had been a filling station, an ice cream shop, and a bakery. Eight months after opening, the James Beard Foundation noticed.

Arthur Radtke