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Long Walk Home
I’m just back home from attending town meeting as I write this and I’m agitated. Not for the typical reason that something I cared about lost. To the contrary, all the environmental protection measures were approved. I’m upset because I feel like the proxy culture...
Pond Stories: Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage
Kudos to the women in the video below! These ladies are led by Susan Baur, aka "the turtle lady." Her love of swimming in the Cape's ponds has inspired her to be an advocate for our ponds. To that end, she has written and illustrated several books, and enlisted the...
WCAI: Opponents ask: How many machine gun ranges does the state need?
The federal government is funding the construction of a nearly $8 million machine gun range on a military base northwest of Boston, adding fuel to local leaders’ insistence that another range is not needed on Joint Base Cape Cod (JBCC). “We’ve got one range ready to...
What??
By the time you read this, the news will have broken that a contract has been awarded to construct an $8 million Multi-Purpose Machine Gun Range in Massachusetts. Before you spit out your coffee thinking that this is the MPMG planned for Cape Cod, this one is being...
Cape Cod Times: Fort Devens is getting a new machine-gun range. Why didn’t JBCC officials mention it?
The announcement of a $7.9 million contract to overhaul a machine-gun range at Fort Devens in Ayer has opponents of the proposed machine gun range at Joint Base Cape Cod asking why Massachusetts Army National Guard officials didn’t mention that range during the Cape...
WCAI: A proposed machine gun range on the Cape has come under fire. A second in the state just got funded
As plans to build a machine gun range on Joint Base Cape Cod move forward amid ongoing opposition, the federal government has just awarded a construction contract to build a similar range at a military training site in Worcester County. A representative for the...
Pond Stories: “How Swimmers Dream”
Here is a poem and illustration from Susan Baur’s book – “How Swimmers Dream” that she offered to us. The poem is her sister Jean's and the collage is by Susan. We've written about Susan before and her connection to the Cape’s freshwater ponds (which we are grateful...
More Than Meets the Eye
I was asked a question today about the Cape’s drought status. Ignoring the irony that questions of drought are usually asked on rainy days, I decided to look at the data before answering the question (I know, novel approach these days). What I learned was revealing...
Pond Stories: A Not Quite Perfect Peter’s Pond
From Ellen Silsby Heher, Cotuit: Peter’s Pond Campground. What a PERFECT place for mom, dad, and my two granddaughters to spend a weekend or two or three during our Cape Cod Summer. A couple of years ago I joined them to swim in the pond for most of the day and then...
Pond Stories: Me And We
Written by Marc Blesoff, July 2021 A few months ago, my granddaughter and I took a summertime walk to the local market. On the way home, the afternoon sun was at our back. In front of me I saw the shadow of an 8-year-old girl and her grandfather holding hands as they...