Publication: Cape Cod Life

Written into his contract for the construction of the Cape Cod Canal, August Belmont was also tasked with building two…

Sara Hoagland Hunter has worked as a journalist and a teacher in her career as well as a documentary film…

JFK, Falmouth’s pink granite, and a special memorial Every year, millions of people visit John F. Kennedy’s gravesite at Arlington…

Valerie Leri’s home studio glows with beams of sunlight streaming in from several windows. The sun’s warming effect, however, is…

In 1938, Tennessee native, Adelaide Cummings, resigned her post as a reporter for Life magazine to travel the world for…

Starting your own vegetables from seed is time consuming—but worth the work—for Cape Cod gardens The pleasure of vegetable gardening…

This year Cape Cod LIFE Publications celebrates its 35th anniversary. In 1979, Brian Shortsleeve, our publisher, had an idea for…

There is a certain sense of pride that comes with the designation “Oldest town on Cape Cod” and the citizens…

Almost every Cape and Islands landscape features Hydrangeas, from the classic blue “Mophead” varieties, on to the newer cultivars in…

A first-timer shares her experiences from the annual Cape Cod Christmas Bird Count While I have grown up with a…

Ginny Dunham Hutchinson was 14 and a student at the Barnstable Senior/Junior High School when she and some friends walked…

Long after summer’s flowers have faded away, foliage plants keep fall gardens alive with color and texture September and October…

Recreational shellfishing is an easy Cape Cod pleasure: even for raw rookies who don’t know a cherrystone from a little…

CSA: Community Supported Agriculture is a win/win solution for Cape Codders in search of fresh fare. If you’re having trouble…

At this year’s Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival, the art of feminine illusion in the playwright’s famous—and little known—plays takes…

Sculptor Danielle Mailer’s visual vocabulary is inspired by cherished Cape Cod memories. The inspiration for danielle Mailer’s colorful artwork—often depicting…

The next time you are stuck in midsummer traffic, crawling your way across the Bourne Bridge and cursing all motorized…

At times, it seems as if our food comes from a far-off place, finding its way onto our dinner plates…