September/October 2016

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Taking Flight, Sept/Oct Cape Cod Life | capecodlife.com

Taking Flight

By Joe O'Shea / August 31, 2016

Craft beer brewing is alive and well on Cape Cod and the Islands   As of August 2015, seven brewers claim Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard, or Nantucket as their home, with Cape Cod Beer, Devil’s Purse Brewing, Cisco Brewers, Offshore Ale and Bad Martha Beer…

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Celebrate the harvest at Sustainable Nantucket’s Farmers & Artisans Market, Sept/Oct Cape Cod Life | capecodlife.com

Celebrate the harvest at Sustainable Nantucket’s Farmers & Artisans Market

By Catherine Kierce / August 30, 2016

Locally grown produce, freshly baked treats, and handmade crafts and products are just a sampling of what can be found at Sustainable Nantucket’s Farmers & Artisans Market, held downtown on Cambridge and North Union Streets, Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., through Oct…

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Chappaquiddick—an island that’s tough to spell but hard to forget

Chappaquiddick—an island that’s tough to spell but hard to forget

By Catherine Kierce / August 30, 2016

If you want to get away from it all this fall—if only for a day or a few hours—the Martha’s Vineyard island of Chappaquiddick may be just the place for you. Visitors traveling to “Chappy” generally bring their cars or bikes aboard the On Time…

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Harvesting 101—Harwich company offers cranberry bog tours, Sept/Oct Cape Cod Life | capecodlife.com

Harvesting 101—Harwich company offers cranberry bog tours

By Catherine Kierce / August 30, 2016

For a behind-the-scenes look at how Cape Cod’s best-known fruit is grown, harvested, and marketed, consider spending a few hours learning about the life of a cranberry bog. Located at 1601 Factory Road in Harwich, Cape Cod Cranberry Bog Tours offers informational tours of …

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Experience the beauty of nature at the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, Sept/Oct Cape Cod Life | capecodlife.com

Experience the beauty of nature at the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary

By Catherine Kierce / August 30, 2016

If your idea of an ideal autumn day includes peaceful walks, fresh salt air, and glimpses of native wildlife, consider spending a few hours exploring Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, a nature area of some 1,000 acres overlooking Wellfleet Bay. The sanctuary…

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The Whydah Pirate Museum is a new Cape Cod treasure, Sept/Oct Cape Cod Life | capecodlife.com

The Whydah Pirate Museum is a new Cape Cod treasure

By Catherine Kierce / August 30, 2016

During the stormy night of April 26, 1717, fierce wind and rain sent the Whydah pirate ship to its watery grave off the coast of Wellfleet. As the ship went down, locals rushed to the beach to gather any treasure that may have been floating…

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Barnstable Haunted Tours—a nice paranormal night in the village, Sept/Oct Cape Cod Life | capecodlife.com

Barnstable Haunted Tours—a nice paranormal night in the village

By Catherine Kierce / August 30, 2016

Interested in local history? Curious about the paranormal? Feeling brave? If so, consider joining a Barnstable Haunted Tour, which commence nightly at 7 p.m. in the village of Barnstable. There are two tours available for families and groups, and another that’s tailored fo…

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Swing by the Adventure Park at Heritage Museums & Gardens, Sept/Oct Cape Cod Life | capecodlife.com

Swing by the Adventure Park at Heritage Museums & Gardens

By Catherine Kierce / August 30, 2016

Regarding the new Adventure Park at Heritage Museums & Gardens in Sandwich, to say things are “looking up” would be quite an understatement. Through August, the ropes course had seen 11,000 climbers in 2016 alone, and it’s clearly growing into one of the top attrac…

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Exploring the World Beneath the Waves, Sept/Oct Cape Cod Life | capecodlife.com

Exploring the World Beneath the Waves

By Rob Conery / August 30, 2016

There is another world, a bigger world. It’s a world both alien and familiar, and it starts at the beach. It’s the world of diving, and while this world is often associated with crystal blue tropical waters, there are many great places to dive right…

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Take a ride on Nantucket's wildvside, Sept/Oct Cape Cod Life | capecodlife.com

Take a ride on Nantucket’s wildside

By Matthew J. Gill / August 23, 2016

A bumpy beach road leads visitors to the stunning Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge. Drivers attempting to make their way out to the Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge and Great Point Light on the northern tip of Nantucket are well advised to follow protocol should they wish to mak…

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An afternoon at Eastham’s Cove Burying Ground, Sept/Oct Cape Cod Life | capecodlife.com

An afternoon at Eastham’s Cove Burying Ground

By Valerie Prancevic / August 23, 2016

During a recent visit to Cape Cod, my husband and I decided to visit the Cove Burying Ground in Eastham, and we were greeted enthusiastically by Robert Carlson, who was clearly looking forward to telling us the story of the historic cemetery. Carlson, 82, is…

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She Made a Smooth Transition

By Emily Penn / August 23, 2016

Mid-career change was key for the owner of The Chatham Fiddle Company. While not everyone can turn a passion into a life’s work, Rose Clancy has turned her love of violins and Irish music into a thriving business in downtown Chatham. “My life would be completely differ…

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capecodlife.com is growing and growing, Sept/Oct Cape Cod Life | capecodlife.com

capecodlife.com is growing and growing…

By Brian Shortsleeve / August 23, 2016

At Cape Cod Life Publications we have a new web designer; Jenn Shurkus is her name. Jenn comes to us after working as a web designer at Providence College for five years. She had previously lived on the Cape for 10 years, working for a…

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We are always learning, Sept/Oct Cape Cod Life | capecodlife.com

We are always learning

By Nancy White / August 23, 2016

Cape organizations offer a diverse palette of enrichment courses for students of all ages. September has arrived, bringing with it cooler air, quieter streets, and a return to routine. For many, this particular month signals a fresh start, a sentiment that may harken back t…

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The Changing Shape of the Cape & Islands: The tidal flats of Brewster, Orleans, and Eastham, Sept/Oct Cape Cod Life | capecodlife.com

The Changing Shape of the Cape & Islands: The tidal flats of Brewster, Orleans, & Eastham

By Christopher Setterlund / August 23, 2016

Editor’s note: This is the 11th in a series of articles covering the region’s dramatically changing coastline. Click here to see all of the articles. Measuring approximately 12,000 acres at low tide, the tidal flats that run along the coastline of Cape Cod Bay are&hellip…

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