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⚓ 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
Arthur Radtke
Sixteen Years Between Phone Calls

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
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
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
Arthur Radtke
Flags, Brass, and the Pause Before Summer

May 22, 2026

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4 min read

Flags, Brass, and the Pause Before Summer

Three towns. Five ceremonies. One race fleet heading east toward Nantucket. Here's what the Mid Cape does with Memorial Day when it does it right.

Arthur Radtke
Arthur Radtke
Mid Cape Weekender: Figawi's 55th, Bob Dylan Turns 85 & A Century of COMM Fire

May 22, 2026

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11 min read

Mid Cape Weekender: Figawi's 55th, Bob Dylan Turns 85 & A Century of COMM Fire

The fleet leaves Hyannis for Nantucket Saturday morning. Cotuit turns up the music for a birthday. And a local fisherman explains why horseshoe crabs are moving toward the shoreline right now.

Arthur Radtke
Arthur Radtke
⚓ they raised the fare quietly...

May 15, 2026

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6 min read

⚓ they raised the fare quietly...

Right before Figawi weekend.

Arthur Radtke
Arthur Radtke
Mid Cape Weekender: Wampanoag Foodways, Open Streets, America 250 Ceremonies & the Season's First Outdoor Festivals

May 15, 2026

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12 min read

Mid Cape Weekender: Wampanoag Foodways, Open Streets, America 250 Ceremonies & the Season's First Outdoor Festivals

A Wampanoag historian cooks on a nature trail in Yarmouth Port. Main Street loses its cars. Dennis puts 250-year-old names in stone at the village cemetery. This is the week.

Arthur Radtke
Arthur Radtke
⚓the covers were always too polite

May 8, 2026

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6 min read

⚓the covers were always too polite

The orchestra has opinions.

Arthur Radtke
Arthur Radtke
The Bass River Bridge Doesn't Take Reservations

May 8, 2026

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2 min read

The Bass River Bridge Doesn't Take Reservations

Some Mother's Day traditions require a nice shirt. This one requires a rod, an early alarm, and a call to Riverview.

Arthur Radtke
Arthur Radtke
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