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These 13 Cape Cod restaurants are the summer 2024 top picks from Resy
Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start of summer and that means trips to Cape Cod for many Bay Staters and New Englanders. Resy, a restaurant reservation platform, has 13 restaurants on its “Hit List” guide to summer 2024 restaurant recommendations on Cape Cod. The decade-old hospitality technology...
Could you tell a pet rabbit from a wild one? Lucky for 'Eeyore,' a Cape Cod hiker did.
It's not unusual to see rabbits hopping about among the grasses and shrubs during a walk in the Cape Cod National Seashore, so one that doesn't belong could be easily missed. Luckily for one not-so-wild rabbit, a keen-eyed hiker saw him and reported his presence to a park ranger — an action that rescuers at the Animal Rescue League of Boston say saved the rabbit's life. ...
One Mississippi, two Mississippis: Keep your eyes open for birds overhead
It finally happened, for me anyway, on Friday morning. By “it,” I mean some clear evidence of newly arrived migrants of a number worthy of mid-to-late May. Opening the door shortly after 6 a.m. revealed a loud yard with warbler song – Bay-breasted, Magnolia, and Blackburnian, probably a Cape May, and at least 10 Blackpoll Warblers. Several of multiple species were in the oaks just above my deck, others sang and chased each other in adjacent neighbor’s yards. An Eastern Kingbird that wasn’t there the day before called harshly somewhere, and a newly arrived Red-eyed Vireo sang its endless, halting, robin-ey phrases. Who knows what else I’d find on my customary post-bus stop morning walk?
New Bedford's fishing heritage is online, thanks to this archivist and 'history detective'
Retired engineer John Ryan spent hours and hours at the hurricane barrier taking thousands of photographs of fishing vessels going in and out of New Bedford Harbor. When his family found thousands of slides and photographs among his things after his death, they didn’t know what to do with them. When co-curator Phil Mello learned of this, he suggested the family take them to the New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center. ...
Middleboro barbershop thrives despite launching during COVID, eyes second location
MIDDLEBORO – One local man decided to start a business during COVID and took a giant leap of faith despite people telling him not to, leading him to launch Dustin's Barbershop in Middleboro. Life has had many twists and turns for Dustin Travis, who always dreamt of being a...
Luxury living in remodeled Cape Cod with backyard oasis, swimming pool: Cool Spaces
Built in 1996, this traditional Cape Cod home was stripped to the studs and remodeled into a luxury modern farmhouse. The owner, who was pursuing a interior design degree at the time of the transformation in 2017, added high-end features including open floor plan, gourmet kitchen and swimming pool. If...
New signs at Covell Beach let people know about Vineyard Wind cables buried under sand
CENTERVILLE — With a GQ EMF390 electromagnetic field meter in hand, resident Tom Cambareri paced a section of Covell Beach on Wednesday morning, announcing readings as he went. The numbers he called out rose, crested and fell like the waves coming to shore nearby — indicators of his passage...
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