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Even from the street, the WellStrong gym and offices are welcoming and transparent. Through large windows facing the parking lot in Teaticket, passersby can see green plants and workout equipment.

Food trucks, shipwrecks, music, arts, karts, Register Notes Bronwen Walsh Food Truck Fest Two dozen food trucks will be rolling into the Cape Cod Fairgrounds on Saturday, Aug. 7 from noon to 5 p.m. for eating, drinking, fun, and more eating. Along with the trucks, attendees will find 50+ craft beers, activities for the family, and lawn games. Here is a sampling of the truck menus festival attendees will have a chance to try: Binge BBQ, Trolley Dogs, Grilled Cheese Lobsta Love, Olivias Organic...

Several clinics held at churches and locations serving the local Brazilian population in an attempt to build trust in COVID-19 vaccination process.

Join Robin Joyce Miller and James Walter Miller live at the Cotuit Center for the Arts on Saturday, June 19 for a program about the Black History of Cape Cod

While the COVID-19 pandemic imposed social isolation, the Falmouth Art Center helped offset it by lifting the spirits of hundreds of art lovers from ages 5 to 99. During state-mandated lockdowns in spring 2020 the art center building on Gifford Street was closed to the public, classes were canceled, the heat was turned down, staff hours were cut and several staff had to be laid off temporarily. Laura M. Reckford, the center’s executive director, immediately set out to learn Zoom technology...

Dennis Senior Center eyes potential summer reopening, new name Patrick Flanary “It is hard to know who’s going hungry, because they do not like to ask for help,” says Marie Jainchill, executive director of the Friends of Dennis Senior Citizens. Juliet Pratt’s mother is 89, has arthritis and a bad back, and lives alone. In the seven years since her husband died, she rarely gets out of the house. But she allows only her three children to visit. “She refuses to have any help come in, so ...

A fund is available to the Falmouth Public Library board of trustees over and above the library’s annual operational budget. Established in the 1890s by James M. Beebe, the trustees fund was formalized by Town Meeting vote in 1902. The fund has grown from $337 in 1897 to $23,000 in 1986 to nearly $681,922 today. “Over the last 30-plus years, we’ve gotten some bigger chunks donated to the library, which have been earmarked for library enhancement,” trustee chairwoman Judith F...

The COVID-19 pandemic, and the unemployment that has come with it, has left thousands of Cape Codders struggling to buy groceries and pay rent. The Cape Cod Foundation, which has raised $65 million and helped establish 320 local groups since it started 32 years ago, is now hosting monthly virtual community forums to talk about what services are available on Cape Cod, what is still needed and how people can help. The first session, scheduled from 9:30 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. on Thursday, will deal wi...

Happy birthday Nick, sailor yarns, Valentine spins, Town Notes The Barnstable Patriot In recognition of what would have been the 33rd birthday of U.S. Marine Corporal Nicholas G. Xiarhos, his namesake foundation and The Cape Cod Foundation partnered last week to issue $33,000 in community support grants. "Nicholas lived a life that brought joy and love to people he touched all over the world, a life that was dedicated to serving our great nation and the men and women who defend it," wrote Nich...

Jordan Hendricks is 12 years old, and Alberto Gomez, his “big brother,” is 38. They have been friends for four years since meeting through the Big Brothers Big Sisters of