by oncapemagazine | Sep 20, 2024 | September 2024
By LANNAN M. O’BRIEN When summer makes its final exit, the curtain opens once again and nature puts on a performance: fiery reds, oranges and yellows contrast with deep burgundies and browns. Pumpkins and gourds are ready for picking and fall flowers adorn local farm...
by oncapemagazine | Sep 20, 2024 | September 2024
By BARBARA CLARK “May all who come to walk here leave in peace, to share the earth’s goodness and blessings with others.” —From labyrinth dedication at Meetinghouse Farm, 2022 It could be a twisty, winding structure in the palace of a long-ago mythical king on the...
by oncapemagazine | Aug 23, 2024 | August 2024
By CHRISTOPHER KAZARIAN Tourism is big business on the Cape. Last year, the National Park Service reported that 4 million visitors to the Cape Cod National Seashore spent $548 million in communities near the park. Over the last two years, 12 million visitors made the...
by oncapemagazine | Aug 23, 2024 | August 2024
By DEBORAH G. SCANLION While Woods Hole was not a major Massachusetts fishing port like New Bedford or Gloucester, fishing was a steady presence in the village and surrounding waters for many years. Native Americans and early settlers often fished the local waters...
by oncapemagazine | Aug 23, 2024 | August 2024
By LANNAN M. O’BRIEN From farm-fresh produce to handcrafted gifts, the treasures sold at your hometown farmers market simply can’t be found anywhere else. It’s more than the quality of the items for sale that draws customers week after week; a farmers market...