Publication: Cape Cod Life

Changing Shape of the Cape & Islands: Chatham’s Monomoy Islands and Stage Harbor
Editor’s note: This is the 13th in a series of articles covering the region’s dramatically changing coastline. Click here to…
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Sandwich archaeology: Family has found 10,000 artifacts in their backyard
In 2010, Tom and Melissa Keyes embarked on a new project in Sandwich, with their purchase of the “Old…
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Cape Cod’s Kindness Rocks Project
Finding just the right message of inspiration at just the right time might just change everything. For West Barnstable resident…
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Cape Cod has long been a hot spot for birding enthusiasts
Race Point, Fort Hill and other locales on the peninsula are popular sighting areas “For birding, no other place on…
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Yarmouth Port gardener has ‘flower power’
For Helen McVeigh, time spent in the garden is fulfilling, inspiring, and fun Helen McVeigh describes her gardens as “her…
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Sunset Is My Favorite Time
“When anxious, uneasy and bad thoughts come, I to go the sea, and the sea drowns them out with its…
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2017 Life Annual Guide: Nantucket
Madaket, Nantucket, Siasconset Magnificent and rugged, elegant and expensive, historic and eminently enjoyable: these are just some of the terms…
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2017 Life Annual Guide: Martha’s Vineyard
Aquinnah, Chilmark, Edgartown, Oak Bluffs, Tisbury (Vineyard Haven), West Tisbury Martha’s Vineyard is a short ferry ride or flight from the…
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2017 Life Annual Guide: Outer Cape
Eastham Eastham, North Eastham Known as the gateway to the Cape Cod National Seashore, Eastham is home to breathtaking scenery,…
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2017 Life Annual Guide: Lower Cape
Brewster Brewster, East Brewster, West Brewster In search of a community with a remarkable history, a one-of-a-kind topography, countless seaside…
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2017 Life Annual Guide: Mid Cape
Barnstable Barnstable, Centerville, Cotuit, Hyannis, Marstons Mills, Osterville, West Barnstable The largest town on Cape Cod, Barnstable occupies 76 square miles…
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2017 Life Annual Guide: Upper Cape
Bourne Bourne Village, Bournedale, Buzzards Bay, Cataumet, Gray Gables, Monument Beach, Pocasset, Sagamore, Sagamore Beach The town of Bourne, with its famous…
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It’s been 70 great years for the Cotuit Kettleers
A brief history of the Cape Cod Baseball League’s winningest team Fans of the Cape Cod Baseball League who tuned…
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Traditional stories, fresh perspectives
The goal of Cape Cod LIFE’s annual high school art contest is to inspire students’ interest in local history as…
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An Audience with the Emperor
Recalling Hirohito’s 1975 visit to Woods Hole What would compel the Emperor of Japan, visiting the United States to shore…
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Recalling the Fireworks
For 25 years, the SS James Longstreet was used as a “target ship” in Cape Cod Bay The SS James…
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When Nantucketers rode the rails
A century ago, islanders could travel from the harbor to Siasconset by train Unlike many of Nantucket’s quaint cobblestone streets,…
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The Harwich Exchange -it was a community cornerstone
Browsing photos and postcards of the Harwich Exchange buildings from the late 1800s to the 1960s, one can observe the…
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