Mid Cape

Barnstable

Some Scallops Off Kalmus Look Finished. The Town Says They Aren't

Sep 30, 2026

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9 min read

Some Scallops Off Kalmus Look Finished. The Town Says They Aren't

Barnstable's scallop season opens Thursday, Oct. 1. Off Kalmus Beach, a new 2.5-inch rule decides which ringed scallops stay in the water.

Arthur Radtke

Spotlight

Sesuit Harbor Lost 79 to 235. A Week Later the Ballot Said Yes by 38

Sep 30, 2026

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9 min read

Sesuit Harbor Lost 79 to 235. A Week Later the Ballot Said Yes by 38

Dennis rejected an $8 million Sesuit package in 2025. On Oct. 6, Article 13 asks to borrow $5,484,000. Some answers are still missing.

Arthur Radtke

Barnstable

The 1856 Country Store Is for Sale. Its Listing Says 1840.

Sep 30, 2026

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8 min read

The 1856 Country Store Is for Sale. Its Listing Says 1840.

After 49 years with the O'Connors, Centerville's candy store is listed for sale. The records can't agree on when it was built.

Arthur Radtke

Barnstable

Wimpy Promised to Pay Tuesday. Wimpy's Is Charging 15 Cents

Sep 30, 2026

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7 min read

Wimpy Promised to Pay Tuesday. Wimpy's Is Charging 15 Cents

Wimpy's leaves 752 Main St. on Oct. 10. First, on Tuesday, Oct. 6, the dine-in hamburger goes back to its 1938 price.

Arthur Radtke

Spotlight

The Dennis Plaque That Credits a Sand Drift With an Industry

Sep 23, 2026

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9 min read

The Dennis Plaque That Credits a Sand Drift With an Industry

One sentence on Whig Street starts Cape Cod's cranberry business with a winter wind. Up the road, a grower says she farms the very ground.

Arthur Radtke

Spotlight

The Mill Hill's Ladies' Room Burned. The Club Opened That Night.

Sep 23, 2026

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10 min read

The Mill Hill's Ladies' Room Burned. The Club Opened That Night.

A fire, the selectmen and thirty years of neighbors couldn't shut a Route 28 nightclub. A crane and a crowd holding coffee finally did.

Arthur Radtke

Barnstable

The Hot Dog Costume Prize Is Open to Irish Wolfhounds

Sep 23, 2026

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10 min read

The Hot Dog Costume Prize Is Open to Irish Wolfhounds

Eleven of Saturday's prizes are for dachshunds only. One goes to a dog of any other breed dressed as a bun. The lot has no steps.

Arthur Radtke

Barnstable

The Fish Market Closed in 1966. Mrs. Baxter's Fryer Didn't.

Sep 23, 2026

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9 min read

The Fish Market Closed in 1966. Mrs. Baxter's Fryer Didn't.

One commercial fryer in a Hyannis dock shed outlived the fish market beside it. Now the family has offered the whole wharf to the town.

Arthur Radtke

Spotlight

Three Dining Rooms Cape Cod Can't Go Back Into

Aug 19, 2026

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10 min read

Three Dining Rooms Cape Cod Can't Go Back Into

Tiki Port, Gina's by the Sea, and the Riverway — and the one that never actually went dark.

Spotlight

Cash Only. Closed Tuesdays. Comes Down Every Fall.

Aug 19, 2026

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9 min read

Cash Only. Closed Tuesdays. Comes Down Every Fall.

The Melody Tent, the Red Cottage, and Ann & Fran's — three Mid Cape institutions running models that shouldn't work.

Barnstable

The Town Is Taking Something From Under Eighteen Centerville Roads. There's No Check Coming.

Aug 19, 2026

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9 min read

The Town Is Taking Something From Under Eighteen Centerville Roads. There's No Check Coming.

Item 2027-011 gets its second reading Thursday. Here's the $10,000, the sixty-day clock, and the sentence worth reading twice.

Spotlight

The Ice Took the Boardwalk Again. This Time It Took Six Months, Not a Year.

Aug 19, 2026

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8 min read

The small signs come first — the driveway, the fridge, the missed appointment. Then comes the conversation.

Arthur Radtke

Mid Cape

Some Scallops Off Kalmus Look Finished. The Town Says They Aren't

Sesuit Harbor Lost 79 to 235. A Week Later the Ballot Said Yes by 38

The 1856 Country Store Is for Sale. Its Listing Says 1840.

Wimpy Promised to Pay Tuesday. Wimpy's Is Charging 15 Cents

The Dennis Plaque That Credits a Sand Drift With an Industry

The Mill Hill's Ladies' Room Burned. The Club Opened That Night.

The Hot Dog Costume Prize Is Open to Irish Wolfhounds

The Fish Market Closed in 1966. Mrs. Baxter's Fryer Didn't.

Three Dining Rooms Cape Cod Can't Go Back Into

Cash Only. Closed Tuesdays. Comes Down Every Fall.

The Town Is Taking Something From Under Eighteen Centerville Roads. There's No Check Coming.

The Ice Took the Boardwalk Again. This Time It Took Six Months, Not a Year.

Ninety-Nine Summers In

Whatever You Do, Don't Touch the Bluey

The Garage in Dennis Port and Three More Tables Worth the Trip

Before It Was Famous: The Cape League's First Twenty Years

When the House Is Too Much

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