Four hundred years ago, the Mayflower turned around near dangerous shoals off Chatham and forever changed the course of history.
Giving Back
Six young community members find ways to strengthen the town they love.
Field of Dreams
Celebrate the baseball season with a lineup of 10 things to love about the Chatham Anglers.
Drawn to the Fish Pier
Paul Schulenburg’s paintings honor and preserve the living heritage of Chatham’s fishing fleet.
Keeping Tradition Afloat
The Phillips Farm Family celebrates Independence Day every year at the Fourth of July parade with inspiring, unique, and oftentimes, award-winning floats.
A Magical Garden
Garden consultant Maria Ryder fills every corner of a waterfront property with spectacular greenery and beautiful blooms that thrive all year long.
Beacon Hill by the Sea
Longtime admirers of ‘Riptide,’ a classic Colonial Revival on Shore Road, hire Polhemus Savery DaSilva to renovate and retain the home’s character—‘whale’s tail and all.’
A New Chapter of History
Under the guidance of architect Patrick Ahearn, Chatham homeowners honor the design and footprint of their original cottage and rebuild it to modern standards.
A Perfect Getaway
An unforgettable summer day means starting at Chatham Bars Inn dressed in clothes from Main Street retailers and then hopping on a boat to North Beach.
The Ultimate Summer Bucket List
From yoga on the beach to al fresco dining, you’ll love our list of fun, adventurous and educational activities.
On a Mission
Chatham resident Ellen Briggs aims to preserve historical properties in Chatham—and beyond—with her nonprofit organization Protect Our Past.
Read All About It
The Cape Cod Chronicle is 55 years old and still going strong as an independently owned newspaper.
Around Town Wrap Yourself in a ‘Hug’ Chatham, U.S.A.
Chatham Band Pals Run This Town Cruisin’ Into 20 Years at the Cookware 5 Great Books by Local Authors
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This year, we are contributing to—and encourage readers to consider donating to—the Chatham Coronavirus Impact Fund, organized by concerned Chatham residents, Stephen and Mary Beth Daniel. The Chatham Coronavirus Impact Fund is a community-wide project operated in conjunction with Monomoy Community Services and the Lower Cape Outreach Council to help provide funds to cover vital household expenses for Chatham residents during this critical time.
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The Power of Gratitude
s I scrolled through my Facebook page recently, an image by photographer Julia Cumes brought a smile to my face: Her dog, Ocho, was running on a beach with the word “Grateful” written in the sand. As I write this letter during a time of social distancing, we have so many reasons to be thankful for this beautiful sandbar—walks on nature trails, runs on the beach, beautiful sunsets and sunrises, witnessing acts of kindness, and reading stories about people giving back.
Along the theme of giving back, one of our stories in this issue features six young individuals who find ways to strengthen the town they love. A few of these familiar faces include Aaron Polhemus, owner and CEO of Polhemus Savery DaSilva; Emma Carroll, manager of Chatham Clothing Bar; and Wyatt Sullivan, a popular teacher at Monomoy Regional Middle School.
Throughout this issue, you’ll find an abundance of rich and interesting content. Learn about Chatham’s connection to the Mayflower in the story “The Turning Point,” discover different Chatham towns across America in “Chatham, U.S.A.” and step inside The Cape Cod Chronicle newsroom in “Read All About It.” Kick off summer with our “Ultimate Summer Bucket list,” which includes everything from sightseeing tours in a Cessna Skyhawk to dancing on the sidewalks at Mondays on Main. Looking for a good beach read? We’ve got that, too, with a list of recommended books, including Elin Hilderbrand’s new novel “28 Summers,” coming out in June.
While you spend time reading this issue, pay close attention to all of the businesses advertising in this publication. We are incredibly grateful to every single one of them for staying behind us and supporting Chatham Living by the Sea during these unprecedented times. We couldn’t produce this magazine without them. So please support these amazing and wonderful businesses—buy a gift card, go out to dinner, treat yourself to a new outfit, follow them on their social media pages and like their posts. After every storm comes a rainbow. Cheers to brighter days ahead!
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ART WORTH COLLECTING
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RACHEL ARROYO is a native Cape Codder who enjoys exploring and writing about this peninsula she calls home. For this issue, she interviewed Chatham Band member Molly Davol about her creative fundraising project and reported on Chatham’s iconic Fourth of July parade. She currently resides in West Yarmouth and is the editor of Falmouth Living, a new magazine making its debut this summer.
Originally from New England, LISA CAVANAUGH summered on Cape Cod, where she now lives, and graduated from Boston College. After working in Off-Broadway productions in New York City and as a Hollywood story editor, writer and producer in Los Angeles, she moved back east in 2010 and now writes about the lifestyles and occupations of Cape Codders. For this issue, she transports readers to a unique waterfront garden, rounds up books from local authors and takes us on a trip to various Chatham towns in “Chatham, U.S.A.”
JULIA CUMES is a South African-born photographer based on Cape Cod. Her work has appeared in The New York Times and The Boston Globe. For this issue, she captured people in many different professions and backgrounds for several stories: six dynamic young individuals who care deeply about their community; artist Paul Schulenburg; Mayflower descendants; and longtime staffers at The Cape Cod Chronicle. Her blog, “Apertures and Anecdotes,” which primarily focuses on her travel photography and photojournalism, features images from around the world and the stories behind them.
KELLY CHASE is editor of the new Cape Cod & the Islands Magazine, which made its debut this spring. While her story subjects vary, she often interviews people about their passions and the places they call home— sometimes those things go hand in hand. In this issue, she spoke with six hard-working individuals who care deeply about their work and their community.
BILL HIGGINS is an award-winning former newspaper sports editor and writer who has covered everything from World Series and Super Bowls to the Masters golf tournament and Boston Marathons. He’s happily married to a Yankees fan and likes to remind her that the Red Sox have won four World Series since 2004. For this issue, Higgins wrote the story “10 Things We Love About the Chatham Anglers.”
DAN CUTRONA’s work has appeared in South Shore Home, Life & Style, Gulfshore Life and Florida Design. For this issue, Cutrona photographed the cover image and the fashion shoot on location at Chatham Bars Inn and North Beach. Cutrona divides his time between Miami and Cotuit with his wife and three young children.
CAROL K. DUMAS, editor of Cape & Plymouth Business magazine, is enjoying a second chapter in her career as a freelance writer and editor. Her writing has appeared in The Boston Globe, Cape Cod Times, New England Living, Cape & Plymouth Business and South Shore Home & Garden, among other publications. Dumas, who lives in Harwich, also works as a content marketing specialist for a number of companies. For this issue, she wrote a story about an architectural gem on Shore Road, updated by Polhemus Savery DaSilva Architects Builders.
MICHAEL AND SUZ KARCHMER are Harwich-based husband-andwife photographers who love to capture the people and places of the Cape. They share a particular fascination for photographing theater and musical performances. For this issue, they captured images of bat boys, Major League Baseball scouts and volunteers for the story “10 Things We Love About the Chatham Anglers,” as well as individuals at fundraising events for the Spotlight pages.
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A former magazine editor, LAUREL KORNHISER has written more than 100 articles on architects, interior designers, and artists, and wrote the profiles of creative and entrepreneurial women for the book “Women and the Sea.” Now a college English professor, when she is not teaching, she writes poetry, children’s books, and is training to be a yoga instructor. For this issue, Kornhiser takes us inside a Patrick Ahearn house that honors the history and architecture of Chatham.
MICHAEL J. LEE is a Boston-based architectural photographer with a combined 28 years of interior design and photography experience. He has shot more than 50 print magazine and book covers, and is a recipient of awards from the Room to Dream Foundation, the Boston Architectural College and the American Society of Interior Designers. Lee’s first book, “New England Modern,” published by Gibbs Smith and written by Jaci Conry, is now available wherever books are sold.
JOSEPH PORCARI is a Massachusetts native, graduate of Boston College and a former Woodrow Wilson Fellow. A founding partner of The Artful Hand Gallery in Chatham, he is interested in writing about history, people and places. For this issue, he profiled Ellen Briggs, founder of Protect Our Past, an organization that aims to preserve historical properties in Chatham and beyond.
BRIAN VANDEN BRINK is an architectural photographer based in Camden, Maine. His work has appeared in Architectural Digest, The New York Times, Dwell and Coastal Living. He works extensively on Cape Cod and Martha’s Vineyard photographing houses, and has had six books of his own work published. He lives in Camden with his wife, Kathleen. For this issue, he photographed Riptide, a classic Colonial Revival on Shore Road updated by Polhemus Savery DaSilva Architects Builders.
Brewster resident DEBRA LAWLESS, a former political press secretary, is a prolific freelance writer and published author. For this issue, Lawless delves into the history of Chatham’s connection to the Mayflower and also takes readers inside The Cape Cod Chronicle newsroom. Lawless is the author of a two-volume history of Provincetown—“Provincetown Since World War II: Carnival at Land’s End” and “Provincetown: A History of Artists and Renegades in a Fishing Village.”
Born into a U.S. military family in Germany, MARJORIE NAYLOR PITTS moved to the Cape at age 7 and developed a deep love for all things Cape Cod. A graduate of University of Massachusetts, Amherst (B.A.), and the University of Idaho (M.A.), she worked around the country and abroad in the field of international education before returning to the Cape to teach at a local high school. For this issue, she rounded up an extensive list of activities around Chatham for the “The Ultimate Summer Bucket List” and wrote “Cruisin’ Into 20 Years at the Cookware,” a story about Chatham Cookware Café celebrating a milestone.
Photographer KIM RODERIQUES, a longtime Chatham resident, is passionate about photographing people, places, and most especially dogs on Cape Cod. Roderiques is the author of “Dogs on Cape Cod,” a coffee table book featuring an extensive collection of dogs and scenic views from Sandwich to Provincetown. For this issue, she photographed Chatham’s iconic Fourth of July parade for the story “Keeping Tradition Afloat.”
Yarmouth Port-based BETTY WILEY moved from Las Vegas, Nevada, to Massachusetts nearly 30 years ago and quickly fell in love with the natural beauty of the area. For this issue, Wiley photographed a magical waterfront garden filled with fruit trees, elevated herb and vegetable gardens and colorful blooms from spring to fall.
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WRAP YOURSELF IN A ‘HUG’
By LISA LEIGH CONNORS
Ponchos and wraps are perfect for those cool Cape Cod summer nights. They are easy to throw on, keep you cozy and complete your look. These smart and stylish wardrobe pieces are even better when they add a layer of meaning and history. The Marconi Collection, designed by Chatham residents Elyse Maguire (pictured above) and her husband, Jacob Tom, features wraps and ponchos with a Morse Code dot-and-dash graphic that spells HUG. The couple, who recently moved from Brooklyn, New York, to Chatham full-time, were inspired to create the Marconi Collection after visiting the Chatham Marconi Maritime Center—located around the corner from their residence. They were fascinated by the history of naval communication and how Cape Cod became the center for wireless communication during World War II. The Marconi Collection features merino wool/cotton wraps and cotton/ cashmere reversible ponchos in a variety of colors. So enjoy the night and wrap yourself in a hug—and a little history!
The Marconi wraps, ponchos, soy candles and Sunny SPF scarves are available at the Chatham Bars Inn Signature Shop. Elyse Maguire and her husband, Jacob Tom, also design pillows, knotty scarves and beach towels. For products and more information, visit elysemaguire.com
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Photo by Emily Scimeca, Signed Management
By LISA CAVANAUGH
The town of Chatham, Massachusetts, took its name from the original Chatham in the county of Kent, England, and it also shares the moniker with dozens of townships, counties, boroughs and villages across America, as well as a university in Pittsburgh, a strait in Alaska and a square in New York City. (Not to mention several islands around the world.)
So while our Chatham is clearly our favorite, we are
A bay on the southern tip of the Kenai peninsula, and once home to a village known as Portlock or Port Chatham. This now-abandoned ghost town was first settled in 1787 as part of the British Royal Navy, and later housed both a cannery and a territorial school. However, in the early 1940s, Port Chatham men began disappearing when they went into the nearby forest to hunt. Their bodies then began to wash ashore, and locals reported Bigfoot-like sightings. The terrified residents fled, the post office was officially closed in 1951, and the town is now completely uninhabited.
PORT CHATHAM BAY, ALASKA
CHATHAM, ILLINOIS
A village in Sangamon County (population:12,800) that was settled in 1816 and incorporated with the name Chatham in 1836. A year later, legislators from Sangamon County, including a young lawyer named Abraham Lincoln, managed to convince the Illinois General Assembly to move the State Capitol from Vandalia to Springfield, which is a few miles north of Chatham.
CHATHAM, DELAWARE
(An unincorporated community within the Everglades National Park)
CHATHAM, BRACKEN COUNTY, KENTUCKY
CHATHAM BOROUGH AND CHATHAM TOWNSHIP, NEW JERSEY
The two separate municipalities, collectively known as “The Chathams,” include what was once a 1710 colonial English village, which adopted the name Chatham in 1773 to honor William Pitt, the first Earl of Chatham. Pitt was a member of the British, who defended the rights of the American colonists, and Chatham citizens actively participated in the subsequent Revolutionary War.
CHATHAM, FLORIDA
CHATHAM, VIRGINIA
CHATHAM, MISSISSIPPI
CHATHAM, NEW HAMPSHIRE
CHATHAM, LOUISIANA
CHATHAM VILLAGE, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
(A National Historic Landmark and community in Pittsburgh)
CHATHAM, MICHIGAN
CHATHAM COUNTY, GEORGIA
CHATHAM TOWNSHIP, OHIO
CHATHAM (TOWN & VILLAGE), NEW YORK
CHATHAM COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
Also named for William Pitt, the Earl of Chatham for his support of the American colonies, Chatham County has designated George Moses Horton (1798-1883), who lived most of his life as a slave on a tobacco plantation in the county, as its Historic Poet Laureate. Horton began by composing poems in his head and reciting them out loud. A professor’s wife transcribed his poetry and helped publish his first collection, “The Hope of Liberty,” in 1829. Horton became the first African-American man to publish a book in the South.
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CHATHAM BAND PALS
Young band member creates unique dolls to raise money for a beloved music nonprofit organization.
By RACHEL ARROYO | Photography by MICHAEL KARCHMER
The hottest ticket in town every Friday night in the summer actually requires no ticket at all. Since 1932, the Chatham Band has been delighting audiences with their lively concert series.
For 10 glorious weeks, music-loving families, neighbors and visitors can be found at Kate Gould Park with their picnics, blankets and lawn chairs in tow, waiting for the Chatham Band to begin another memorable performance. The band, with its ever-growing repertoire, has been known to entertain audiences with everything from jazz and show tunes to familiar movie and TV theme songs and kid-friendly classics, like the “Bunny Hop.”
Molly Davol is one of the many members in the all-ages community band. For the past decade, she has donned the time-honored red-and-blue band uniform and played the flute alongside her talented band members, which, over the years, have included her mother, father and two brothers.
Five years ago, Davol, who has a degree in fashion design and production, orchestrated a fundraising project to raise additional monies for the Chatham Band, a nonprofit organization that uses donations to maintain uniforms, repair musical instruments and pay for new music as well as other expenses.
She began creating Band Pals: stuffed dolls dressed as band members. “My first idea was a teddy bear with a bandstand somewhere on it, and then it morphed into what it is now,” says Davol. “It took a few tries to get it right.”
Davol designs the dolls in Adobe Illustrator® and has them screen printed onto yards of canvas fabric. She then painstakingly cuts, sews and stuffs each doll, making sure that lines match up and the face shapes are just right.
During the concerts, Davol says she sometimes finds herself looking out into the crowd, and there she’ll see a child happily holding their Band Pal, enjoying the music. She admits, “It puts a smile on [my] face. I love seeing little kids with these dolls.”
Band Pals sell for $28 at Violet’s and Jackie’s, both located on Main Street in Chatham. Proceeds support the Chatham Band. To donate or to learn more about the Chatham Band, visit chathamband.com. The concert season is scheduled to start Friday, July 3 (check website for updates and more information).
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RUN THIS TOWN
By LISA LEIGH CONNORS
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For such a small town on the Cape, Chatham has an impressive number of races throughout the year, starting in June with the Chatham Harbor Run/Walk and ending with the entertaining Carnival Caper at First Night Chatham. Known for its hilly roads (Cedar Street and Shore Road, anyone?) and stunning seaside vistas, the “elbow of the Cape” is the perfect place to train for a challenging race, such as the Boston Marathon. Every Tuesday night, a group of runners pound the pavement with a 3-mile to 10K training loop starting at Monomoy Regional Middle School. So whether you’re in the mood for a competitive race or a fun run, there are many options to choose from in the summer, fall and winter! Please check websites and Facebook pages for updated information.
Competitive Racing
41ST ANNUAL CHATHAM HARBOR RUN/WALK
11 a.m., June 28, 2020
Celebrate summer by running along the shore in Chatham! Sponsored by the Cape Cod Athletic Club, the annual Chatham Harbor Run is a 6.2-mile run or 3.1-mile walk that starts at Stepping Stones Road near Monomoy Regional Middle School. The hilly route then continues down Crowell Road, past Oyster Pond to Cedar Street, and then loops around to Champlain Road, Bridge Street, up Shore Road and down Barcliff Avenue. Runners cross the finish in front of the middle school. Bonus: Scenic highlights include the Chatham Lighthouse, beautiful Shore Road and Chatham Bars Inn. Expect a hot course in June! capecodathleticclub.org
CHATHAM IN THE FALL 10K
11 a.m., Nov. 22, 2020
Enjoy the same vista-filled course as the Chatham Harbor Run, only in cooler temperatures! Sponsored by local businesses and administered by the Cape Cod Athletic Club to benefit a local charity, scholarships and the WCOD Stuff-A-Bus. capecodathleticclub.org
Running for a Cause
CHATHAM TURKEY TROT
8 a.m., November 26, 2020
Kick off Thanksgiving morning by running or walking 3.1 miles of winding and rolling paved roads with beautiful scenery. Founded by the Unitarian Universalist Meeting House and The Chatham Walkers, the trot benefits the Lower Cape Outreach Council. Registration 7-8 a.m. behind the Chatham Orpheum Theater at the corner of Main Street and Stage Harbor Road. The race is not timed, but runners earn bragging rights! chathamturkeytrot.com
Fun-Raiser
RUDOLPH’S FLIGHT:
A FUN RUN TO THE NUN! Dec. 12, 2020 (time TBA)
A family-friendly 1-mile run from Stage Harbor Road to the Red Nun. Once at the Nun, enjoy hot cider and cheer! Awards will be given for the fastest overall runner and best dressed male, female, under 18 and ensemble. Festive holiday attire is encouraged! The first 150 registrants will receive a light-up Rudolph nose. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Chatham Children’s Fund and donations of an unwrapped toy will be accepted. For more information, visit chathamchristmasbythesea.com.
Fun Run
CARNIVAL CAPER
3 p.m., Dec. 31, 2020 (A First Night Chatham activity)
On New Year’s Eve Day, you might see superheroes, Santas, lobsters and clowns standing in front of the Chatham Squire. They are all dressed up for the Carnival Caper, a costumed road race that starts in front of the Chatham Squire. Runners then race to Chatham Lighthouse and back. Spectators line Main Street to cheer on the runners, walkers and anyone else parading down the road in costume. Registration begins outside the Squire at 2 p.m. ($10); costume judging at 2:30 p.m.; and the race starts at 3 p.m. (under 2 miles roundtrip). T-shirts and beef stew served at the Squire after the race! firstnightchatham.com
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CRUISIN’ INTO 20 YEARS AT THE COOKWARE
By MARJORIE NAYLOR PITTS
Photography by CHRISTINE WALSH SANDERS
This year marks the 20th anniversary at Chatham Cookware Café for Cape native Rebecca Speight, who at age 23 restored and revitalized the muchrevered shop when she took the helm in 2000 under the mentorship of Chatham businessman David Oppenheim, whom she credits for believing in her vision and work ethic. Affectionately known around town as “the Cookware,” the cozy eatery has been a Main Street anchor for generations. While originally a kitchenware shop with a few edibles, the kitchen supply retail gradually gave way to an ever-expanding menu of freshly prepared breakfast and lunch fare.
Morning regulars—many of whom have been Cookware enthusiasts since well before Speight’s time—include a loyal group of antique car enthusiasts who call themselves “The Porch and Polo Society,” meeting daily from about 6:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. “They came with the building,” laughs Speight. “It’s truly amazing to see such gorgeous antique cars lined up in front of the shop. Their owners spill out onto the porch benches, happily chatting about their cars while enjoying their morning coffee—it’s pretty special and gets our day going in a fun way.”
Beginning at 6:30 every morning, patrons with or without vintage autos are greeted with freshly brewed Beanstock and Boston’s Best coffees, as well as a variety of just-out-of-the-oven muffins, Kouigan Amann (“cake of butter”), sweet and savory croissants, Chatham buns (croissant meets cinnamon roll) and the original and still house favorite, French breakfast (cinnamon sugar-coated vanilla nutmeg muffin).
“My grandmother baked with me when I was young,” says Speight. “I’ve never been afraid of getting in the kitchen and giving things a whirl.” In addition to the bakery items, the Cookware offers hot breakfast sandwiches like the Sunrise (egg and cheese) or the Early Bird (egg, cheese, bacon, sausage, ham or linguica) served on a fresh Portuguese roll, as well as several varieties of Davidovich New York-style bagels. For lunch, try one of the homemade soups, especially the New England clam chowder, and one of the salad selections. Not-to-be-missed sandwich board selections include the immensely popular Salty Llama (tarragon chicken salad, grapes, apples, swiss, honey mustard, lettuce on wheat wrap), Bathing Beauty (prosciutto, fresh mozzarella, tomato, pesto, arugula on ciabatta), or Quirky Mermaid (turkey, cheddar, granny smith, caramelized onion, arugula on grilled panini). Call ahead and be beach or boat ready!
Chatham Cookware Café, 524 Main St. 508-945-1250, chathamcookware.com
Grab your towel and some sunscreen, pour yourself a cool beverage and find your favorite reading spot. Our summer reading list features new books by local authors and a timely throwback in honor of the late, great Mary Higgins Clark, who once found inspiration right here in Chatham for one of her bestselling suspense novels.
By LISA CAVANAUGH
28 Summers
ELIN HILDERBRAND
The queen of Nantucket love stories is back! Elin Hilderbrand’s newest romance, 28 Summers, is coming out this June with plenty of her signature sand-tossed passion. A secret love affair that has lasted for nearly three decades might be coming to an end. Tom and Alice, each married to other people, have been meeting every summer to fan the flames of their long-lasting love. But now his wife is running for office and Alice is facing a serious diagnosis, so this
Girls of Summer
NANCY THAYER
Another bestselling Nantucket author, Nancy Thayer, offers readers more island-based romance. Girls of Summer, out in May, tells the love tales of two generations as summer brings unexpected encounters and rekindled passions. When Lisa Hudson hires a younger, hunky carpenter to renovate her old Nantucket home, romantic sparks fly. Her grown children, home for the summer, worry their mom is risking her heart, but then they embark on complicated romances of their own. A late-summer storm adds to the drama as all three try to untangle their feelings and embrace true love.
Mayflower: A Story of Courage,
Community, and War
NATHANIEL PHILBRICK
Island authors are well represented this spring, as Nathaniel Philbrick, who also lives on Nantucket, has written an updated preface for a new 2020 edition of his history of the Pilgrims— Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War
The book’s reissue is in honor of the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower’s arrival in Plymouth, and Philbrick will be doing book readings and signings across the Cape this year. Mayflower explores both the heroic and tragic aspects of the Pilgrims’ arrival and survival; their evolving social, economic and ultimately violent interactions with the native Wampanoags; and how the beginning of our nation was forged by complex battles on issues such as religion, race, land and property.
Echo Mountain
LAUREN WOLK
Lauren Wolk is a local poet, artist and author whose recent middle school novels, the Newbery Honor-winning “Wolf Hollow” and the Scott O’Dell Award-winning Bright Sea,” have just been joined by a third book, Mountain, published in April. Wolk, who is also associate director at the Cultural Center of Cape Cod, says the tale of a young, Depression-era girl, who endeavors to help her struggling family by exploring the healing secrets of a mysterious mountain woman, was a joy to write. “’Echo Mountain’ reflects my ideas about family, friendship, the natural world and the capacity of a willing heart to mend what’s broken and bridge any divide,” says Wolk.
Remember Me
MARY HIGGINS CLARK
Mega-author Mary Higgins Clark, who passed away earlier this year at age 92, enjoyed a summer home in Dennis and more than once set a story on Cape Cod. Her debut suspense novel “Where Are the Children?” takes place on the Cape, but it’s the 1994 Remember Me that gave her devoted reading audience a glimpse into Chatham life. This novel brings us ghostly cries from a deceased boy, accusations of murder and a mysterious and potentially haunted rental property called Remember House. With more than 100 million copies of her books in print, Clark shared her distinctive mix of women in jeopardy, eerie tension and intricate plotting with the world for nearly 50 years. We wonder how many of her fans came to Chatham looking for the spooky scenes from “Remember Me.” Maybe this summer you’ll want to pick up a copy to see how she transformed our charming village into one of her sinister locales!
Discover these books and more at Yellow Umbrella Books, 501 Main St., Chatham, 508-945-0144, yellowumbrellabooks.net.
JULIA CUMES
What Makes Chatham So Special?
We asked several people in town to explain why the ‘elbow of the Cape’ is such a magical place.
The town of Chatham has so many unique qualities, from Main Street to lush sandy beaches, beautiful parks, a rich history, and of course, some remarkable lighthouses. If all of those things were taken away, Chatham would be left with its greatest asset—a community of people who may not always agree on all things except when it comes to helping those in need and one another. For that reason, Chatham is priceless.
—TONY GUTHRIE, Team Guthrie Mabile, Robert Paul Properties
Surrounded by three sides by 66 miles of shoreline, including Nantucket Sound, the Atlantic, and the gentle waters of Pleasant Bay, Chatham is one of the few towns on Cape Cod where there is an active fishing fleet. Walking Main Street in Downtown Chatham is truly a delight for shoppers, gallery browsers, art cinema aficionados, music aficionados, music lovers and anyone who appreciates great food.
—NAOMI TURNER, founding director of Studio 878, co-founder of Tides Dance Co. and founding president of Chatham Orpheum Theater
Chatham is more than just a place, it’s a feeling. A chance to exhale and reconnect with nature, the ocean, kind and creative people and the comfortable pace of a town with so much history and tradition yet also new events and activities every season. There’s a sense of community not just for everyone living here but also for our guests who visit all year long.
GARY
THULANDER, Managing Director, Chatham Bars Inn
Chatham creates an exciting sense of nostalgia—whether it’s the chocolaty air of the Candy Manor, the colorful warm glow of First Night or the laughter being generated from the Squire—our senses are luxuriated with an old world charm that only exists in a very special community.
ADAM DICECCA-SPENCER, Adam in Chatham
‘Celebration’ makes Chatham special. Celebration in the sense of enjoying the Fourth of July parade; a blanket spread out on Lighthouse Beach; crowds cheering at a Chatham A’s baseball game; a play at Monomoy Theatre; or a beer, or two, or more! at the Squire. Chatham is special because it celebrates—joyfully and gratefully—the mystery, beauty, wonder and depth of the human heart.
BRIAN MCGURK, Rector, St. Christopher’s Church
I have wonderful memories of my childhood summers spent at Hornes Cottages in Chatham, where I developed a deep affection for this beautiful and charming New England village with its pristine beaches and fabulous boating. I have moved around to different parts of the country over the years, but have always thought of Chatham as my happy place—and I am grateful that this feeling is shared by my wife, our sons and their families.
PETER LACAILLADE, Chatham
The Chatham Historical Society held its annual fundraiser, An Evening to Remember, on July 13, 2019. Guests enjoyed cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and beautiful waterfront views at the “Sea La Vie” estate in Chathamport, owned by Jamie and John Selldorff.
The Ms. Eelgrass contest, part of the end of summer bash organized by the Chatham Chamber of Commerce and Merchants Association, was held at the Chatham VFW on Sept. 8, 2019. The contest, raffles and auction helped raise money for the Chatham Children’s Fund Backpack Project. The event featured the Jody Moore Band, face painting, lawn games and a 50/50 raffle.
Photography by Kim Roderiques
1. Mary Cavanaugh, John Forger, Pat Vreeland
2. Maria Price, 2019 Ms. Eelgrass
3. Gary Thulander, Stella Thulander, Larry the Lobster
4. Randall Lofkin, Mary Olson, Rebecca and Bob Catron, Charlotte Ward
FASHION FUNDRAISER
The Sara Campbell boutique hosted a day of fun, fashion and fundraising for The Cape Playhouse on Aug. 12, 2019. Sara Campbell herself styled Playhouse stars of “Noises Off,” including Heidi Gardner of “Saturday Night Live,” Broadway favorite Jennifer Cody and actress Taylor Galvin. This year’s season of the Cape Playhouse kicks off June 10, 2020, with Noel Coward’s “Private Lives.”
Photography by Michael Karchmer
1. Nora Carey, Sara Campbell
2. Jennifer Cody, Joe Grandy
3. Taylor Galvin, Heidi Gardner
4. Maria Price, Kate Pershing
5. Caroline Johnson, Claire Brigden, Claire de Luzuriaga
HOOKERS
The 18th annual Hookers Ball, a major fundraiser for the Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen’s Alliance, was held Aug. 3, 2019, under a tent at the Chatham VFW.
Photography by Kim Roderiques
BALL
1. John and Jennifer Pappalardo
2. Steve Clayton and Barbara Matteson
3. Margaret and Tom Langway
4. Jill and Joel Goldsmith
5. Mary Beth Daniel, Sarah Muto
6. Dez, Kristen Baylis, Brendon Parker
7. Greg Bilezikian, Allyson Ricci, Brandon and Gretchen McGuire
The 32nd annual fundraiser for Monomoy Community Services was held July 29, 2019, on the grounds of the Chatham Community Center, where guests sampled delicious food, drinks and treats from local restaurants. The local nonprofit organization offers childcare for local working families, counseling referral services, financial assistance and community events.
Photography by Michael Karchmer
1. Lori Smith, Owen Smith
2. Sydney Morong, Kiera Brady, Mary Ventura, Connie LaMotte
3. Kaytlyn Kedmenec, Alex Hillman
4. Ysmael Marte, Misokuhle Nyathikazi, Veronique Assy, Dan Cote, Jeremy Clark, Sherryann Drakes, Gary Thulander, Patti Anne Curtin, Anthony Cole, Cesar Ramos
5. Sean Bagles, Sarah McDonald, Georgi Rogachev, Clarence Crowell, Davian Kelly
6. Marcus Juliani, Theresa Malone
7. Melissa Marshall, Douglas Fields, Pat Vreeland
8. Heather Cantin, Ben Ingegneri, Michael Santisi
Steve Lyons Studio & Gallery
“A
Leader in Contemporary Art in Chatham & Beyond”
The gallery features the paintings and working studio of international award winning artist Steve Lyons
The gallery also features the works of emerging artists & photographers
Steve Lyons, What they Talk About When they Talk About Love, acrylic on canvas, 40 x 60”
Steve Lyons, First Light, Acrylic on canvas, 24 X 60”
JAZZ KICK-OFF PARTY
On July 19, 2019, Wequassett Resort and Golf Club hosted its Jazz Kick-Off Party for its sponsors, members and partners that support the festival throughout the summer. The evening featured delicious food, cocktails and dancing with the All-Star Band.
Photography by Julia Cumes
1. Rebecca Pierce-Merrick and Brian Merrick
2. Courtney Haskell, Anthony Fife, Valerie Haskell
3. Jim Hilliard, Chris Roderiques
4. Michaela Garrahan McCarty, Rory McCarty
5. Brian and Kendra Johnson, Carol Augat, Trisha Rouleau
6. Paul Smith, Ed Ring
7. The All-Star Band
8. Alton Chun, Kara Lachance, Gary, Kelsey and Mike Dutton, John Moreton
by Michael & Suz Karchmer
The Spring Into Style Fashion Show, held May 2, 2019, at the Chatham Wayside Inn, featured the latest trends from Chatham retailers modeled by local residents and business owners. The event raised money for the Chatham Children’s Fund holiday wish list party.
Photography
1. Katherine Dow (If the Shoe Fits)
2. Julia Messersmith (Chatham Clothing Bar)
3. Emily Donnan, with daughter Quinnie (Johnston & Smith)
4. Danita Scribner (Lilly Pulitzer)
5. Linda Turner Peterson (Sundance Clothing)
6. Rachel Cook (Island Pursuit)
Chatham: ‘THE TURNING POINT’
Four hundred years ago, the Mayflower turned around near dangerous shoals off Chatham and forever changed the course of history.
By DEBRA LAWLESS | Photography by JULIA CUMES
With the 400th anniversary in mind, William Horrocks and Ronald Nickerson teamed up and formed the Chatham Mayflower descendants group several years ago. In 2019, the pair arranged meetings, talks and field trips to Provincetown and Plymouth. Horrocks gives talks about the Mayflower’s historic “Turning Point” at the Atwood Museum.
Unlike Provincetown and Plymouth, Chatham is not a town famously associated with the Mayflower story. Chatham resident Ronald Nickerson believes that has to change.
“For some years, I felt the story of the Mayflower turning around just south of Chatham needed to be told in such a way that people would understand its significance,” says Nickerson, who, while attending a Nickerson Family Association (NFA) reunion in 1995, learned he is a Mayflower descendant. The NFA’s genealogist worked his line back to William and Anne Nickerson, the late-17th-century founders of Chatham.
After reading up on the historic voyage, he was struck by one particular aspect: how the ship’s redirection off Chatham ended the Pilgrims’ goal of reaching their destination, the settlement in northern Virginia.
William Bradford, in his 17th-century journal, offers an eyewitness account of the Pilgrims’ decision when they “fell amongst dangerous shoulds and roring breakers, and they were so farr intangled ther with as they conceived them selves in great danger; & the wind shrinking upon them withall, they resolved to bear up againe for the Cape.” Bradford tells us the dangerous shoals were at “Malabarr.” Malabar, the “place of evil bars” is, of course, an old name for Monomoy.
The shoals are now known as Pollock Rip, located three miles southwest of the tip of Monomoy or about nine miles
On Nov. 19, 2020, Chatham Bars Inn will host a special luncheon for Mayflower descendants. The guests will be overlooking the waters where, 400 years ago to the day, the Mayflower, sailing south, turned around and headed north to Provincetown—forever changing history.
Mayflower descendant Scott Hamilton of Chatham Jewelers is credited with coming up with the phrase “The Turning Point” to describe Chatham. To mark the Mayflower’s 400th anniversary celebration, Hamilton has created a commemorative “Turning Point” medallion.
southeast of the Chatham Lighthouse Overlook. It’s a treacherous spot where the swirling waters of Nantucket Sound meet the Atlantic. The fateful decision was a wise one. Through the years, countless ships have wrecked in those waters. After spending the night anchored off what would become Chatham, the ship landed two days later in what is now Provincetown Harbor—and eventually sailed on to Plymouth.
“Our shoals changed the course of history,” says Danielle Jeanloz, executive director of the Atwood Museum. “We should remember that because it kind of made us who we are today. It’s pretty exciting.”
A plaque erected at the Chatham Lighthouse Overlook during Chatham’s tercentennial in 2012 notes: “Had the Mayflower been able to continue to the Hudson River area, there would be no Cape Cod, Plymouth or New England Pilgrim story. Nor would there have been a Mayflower Compact, the first self-governing document written in the New World.”
As the year 2020 and the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower’s landing approached, Nickerson teamed up with William DeW. Horrocks Jr., a retired chemistry professor living in Chatham’s Old Village, to form the Chatham Mayflower Descendants group. Like Nickerson, Horrocks came to his Mayflower ancestry late, about 12 years ago, when his sister joined Ancestry.com and discovered they were descendants of William Bradford.
Horrocks and Nickerson put out a call for other descendants to convene in November 2018 near Chatham Light, overlooking the waters where the ship sailed by once in
Through the Eyes of the Pilgrims and the Wampanoags
The Chatham Historical Society’s Atwood Museum is commemorating the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower’s landing with a new exhibit, “The Turning Point: The Wampanoags and European Settlers.” In preparation, the historical society has been working with Plimoth Plantation and the Wampanoag community to tell the story of Native American and Pilgrim lives during the 17th century, says Danielle Jeanloz, executive director of the Atwood Museum.
The society plans to explore what Chatham might have looked like at the time of the Mayflower’s arrival. A $25,000 grant will pay for members of the Wampanoag Tribe to build a wetu (pronounced wee-tu), which would have dotted the town’s landscape in 1620. Traditionally constructed with sticks made from red cedar and grass, this domed hut was used as temporary shelter at coastal planting grounds during the growing season. It is expected to be completed on the museum’s grounds this fall.
“This will be the only wetu on the Cape outside of Mashpee,” says Jeanloz.
Indoor exhibits will depict life from the perspectives of both the Wampanoags and the Pilgrims. Maps outlining the Mayflower’s journey will hang on the walls and a leather-bound book will be set up for voyage descendants to sign their names and state briefly what their heritage means to them. A mockup of the ship’s sick bay, complete with antique medical instruments, illustrating cases such as scurvy, bloodletting and childbirth that were dealt with onboard, will also be on display.
—Debra Lawless
The Atwood Museum, home of the Chatham Historical Society, is located at 347 Stage Harbor Road. For more information, visit chathamhistoricalsociety.org
a southerly direction and again in a northerly direction. The idea was to “connect the past of 400 years ago with the present and [to] share pride in our common ancestry,” says Nickerson. Nickerson and Horrocks were thrilled to attract a group of 12 hearty souls bundled up in the cold wind blowing off the water that day in 2018.
In 2019, the group grew to about 40 members as the pair arranged meetings, talks and field trips to Provincetown and Plymouth. Horrocks has a particular interest in tracing the course of the Mayflower along the Cape; he gives talks on that topic at the Atwood Museum.
For its 2020 season, the Chatham Historical Society has planned an Atwood Museum exhibition on both the Pilgrims and the Wampanoags, the indigenous people living in Chatham at the time of the Mayflower. Fellow Mayflower descendant Scott Hamilton of Chatham Jewelers is credited with coming up with the phrase “The Turning Point” to describe Chatham. He has created a handsome commemorative “Turning Point” medallion, which includes the group’s logo and blank space for an engraving of the descendant’s and the ancestor’s name. His sterling silver creation is available at 532 Main St. for $50 and can be placed in a coin frame or worn as a pendant.
For Nickerson and fellow Mayflower descendants, this year’s 400th anniversary celebration is especially meaningful. Who knows what would have happened if there hadn’t been a turning point?
COURTESY
Six young community members find ways to strengthen the town they love.
By KELLY CHASE |
CUMES
A place becomes a community when people are willing to take care of it—and one another. That couldn’t be truer for the Lower Cape town that swells in the summer but still maintains a liveliness in the colder months. These six individuals are young, successful and dedicated to Chatham.
Photography by JULIA
and Owner of All Points Beautiful
shley Bilodeau is busy even in the “slow” season. She owns and operates All Points Beautiful, and works as a fine-art photographer. Bilodeau says it’s her nature to be a multitasker. “In order to grow as a creative, you have to do many things,” she says.
Bilodeau grew up in Chatham, and for 60 years, her family operated an optometrist’s office— Bass River Optometrics—on Main Street, where she logged a number of hours and learned how to work with customers. When the office moved to Orleans, Bilodeau had already launched her photography career, and she began to dream up a new kind of business that could occupy the storefront year-round.
The Main Street store is split into two—a beachchic boutique with clothing, gift and beach items, and on the other side is a gallery with framed prints of Bilodeau’s minimalist seascape photography. The two halves make a whole for Bilodeau. “If it were just an art gallery, it would be too pretentious, which is not me; and if it were just a clothing store, there would be no soul,” says Bilodeau.
On the retail side, Bilodeau employs 12 local workers seasonally who share her philosophy of creating a positive shopping experience. “It isn’t
about selling something to someone; it’s about having them leave with a smile, regardless of whether they bought something,” she says.
As a business owner and native Cape Codder, Bilodeau tries to give back when she can. This year, she raised money for Recovery Build, a nonprofit for teens in recovery. The program is especially personal for Bilodeau, who has been sober for 12 years. “The organization has early intervention programs and there are good counselors, and overall it’s a safe space for local teens,” she says. “My sobriety doesn’t define me, but it’s important to me to support organizations like this.”
Like her store, sometimes the Cape can feel like it’s split in two—the busy season and the slow season. For her fine-art photography, Bilodeau explores the latter. Her muse is the natural landscape and coastal pockets that empty when the weather turns cold. “I try to shoot in the off-season so I can show people it’s beautiful here year-round,” she says. “I also have to be in the mood to shoot. I go out with the mindset to just be a witness to our beautiful world, but I also have to feel positive and good, so that feeling translates into my work.”
Photographer
Owner and CEO of Polhemus Savery DaSilva
aron Polhemus is owner and CEO of Polhemus Savery DaSilva (PSD), an integrated architecture and construction firm that his father, Peter Polhemus, began in Chatham more than two decades ago. The company has played a significant role in the community. Its most obvious contribution: The renovations to numerous classic maritime homes on the town’s historic roads.
However, PSD does significant philanthropic work as well. In 2010, the firm established the PSD Fund for Working Families, which provides assistance to those who face challenges living and working on Cape Cod. The fund also creates opportunities for PSD staff members to volunteer with local organizations. “We are very fortunate to live and work on Cape Cod and feel strongly about the importance of giving back,” says Polhemus. “Volunteering with local organizations is a great way for our team to engage with the community.”
Polhemus is on the board of WE CAN (Women’s Empowerment Through Cape Area Networking), a nonprofit organization with a mission to help women navigate home, career and educational hurdles. “As a Cape resident and business owner, I have a great appreciation for all of the work WE CAN does to support women and their families throughout the Cape, and
right here in Chatham,” says Polhemus. “We live in a beautiful place, but the seasonal economy presents challenges for residents making WE CAN’s services particularly important here.”
Polhemus is no stranger to the area. He grew up in Brewster and Chatham, and spent many summer days on job sites working as a laborer and carpenter in his teens. He left the Cape for college in Vermont, and while the mountains were a nice change of scenery, he made his way back to the coastline each summer—and eventually for good. “I bounced around through different aspects of the business, and in doing so, I gained a general knowledge of each,” says Polhemus, who worked briefly as a framer and as a carpenter, and ultimately found his way to operations, management and ownership. “I’ve always been fascinated by the business and the integration of architecture and construction.”
Polhemus and his wife, Courtney, decided to raise their two children along one of Chatham’s historic roads in a home that is a quick walk to the village. “Living in town has made us feel even more connected to the area,” he says. “Our kids will go down to the local coffee shop in the morning, and they’ll ride their scooters through the park. It’s just a great place to live and raise kids. There’s a real sense of community here.”
Owners of Snowy Owl Coffee Espresso Bar
ucked just off of Main Street through a garden path is Snowy Owl Coffee Espresso Bar, which opened in July of 2018. The store is owned and operated by the husband-and-wife team Manuel Ainzuain and Shayna Ferullo, and it is the couple’s second coffee shop on the Cape. “We always thought Chatham would be a nice spot for a coffee bar,” says Ferullo.
When the store opened, the goal was to maintain the quality of service of their Brewster location while adapting to the needs of downtown Chatham. They discovered a culture of coffee lovers as well as a strong sense of community. “I love being part of a place where people are walking around on foot. Also, the Chatham Chamber of Commerce and Merchants Association does such a great job of putting together events that help the local community, like Oktoberfest and the holiday stroll,” says Ferullo. “You can feel that there’s a great sense of community and deep love for this place.”
In 2013, the couple moved from San Francisco to Cape Cod to be closer to Ferullo’s family. They realized their shared dream of operating a coffee shop when they opened the doors at Snowy Owl in Brewster in 2015. Their mission was to brew good coffee for the community, but also to build a company that supported sustainable coffee growers across the globe and offer customers a peek into that world.
With the new Chatham location, their goals haven’t changed, but they have noticed a shift in the local caffeine culture. “People didn’t usually ask where their coffee came from, but
with the local movement, people are starting to ask,” says Ferullo. “We work with growers all over the world and I love when I have the opportunity to give customers a deeper look into how their cup of coffee comes about.”
Ainzuain and Ferullo know that coffee culture can be intimidating, so they’ve worked hard to foster accessibility. “If you go to bigger cities, small-scale coffee roasting has really blown up. It’s become nuanced and snobby and unapproachable. We want to maintain approachability. You can ask questions about our coffees and you’ll get an educated answer, or you can just order a cup of coffee, too,” says Ferullo.
With the second location, Ainzuain and Ferullo were able to offer more shifts to their employees. Snowy Owl employs 24 individuals in the summer months, and 13 in the off-season. “We take the responsibility of giving people career paths seriously,” says Ferullo. “We invest in our staff, send them to trainings and give them opportunities to travel. We want to help foster passion if it’s there.”
In addition to providing stable, fulfilling jobs to locals, Ainzuain and Ferullo also support the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy, an organization that they feel is critical to tourism on the Cape. They donate a portion of the proceeds from their shark tooth gear to the AWSC. “The scientific research is important to preserving the economy on the Cape,” says Ferullo. “People come here to go to the beach so we have to figure out how to maintain that while keeping everyone safe.”
Operations Manager of Chatham Clothing Bar and Chatham T Kids
mma Carroll has worked for Chatham Clothing Bar and Chatham T Kids for close to 16 years. In fact, it was her first job ever. “When [owner Sandra Wycoff] first interviewed me, she asked me what I liked about retail, and to be honest, I had no idea. I just needed a summer job,” admits Carroll. “Now I’ve learned so much about retail, but also what it takes to run a successful small business in a seasonal area.”
Carroll left the Cape for college, but always returned to work at Chatham Clothing Bar on breaks and in the summer months. When she graduated, she wasn’t sure what to do next. “I had majored in sociology and I didn’t know what I wanted to do,” she says. Then Wycoff offered her a full-time position to manage the children’s store and she jumped at the opportunity to live and work on the Cape full time.
Today, Carroll can be found on the sales floor helping customers, but she also oversees the inventory department, manages the stores’ schedules and interviews new hires. Her career has taken her full circle, but working at the
store made her realize her love for the place she’s called home for most of her life. “From my perspective, the community has changed since I started working here—I viewed Chatham just as my hometown, and now I view it as something completely different.” Now she sees her small town as a close-knit, hard-working community that she’s grateful to be part of.
“It’s a beautiful area that we live in. When I was younger, I didn’t appreciate it, but now I feel fortunate to live here year-round and I like that it’s still a small community,” she says. “My mom managed the Candy Manor forever, and my dad does boat carpentry and they have been in the community since they were in their early twenties. I love walking down the street and recognizing people and getting into a conversation.”
Chatham Clothing Bar has relationships with a number of community organizations that Carroll helps manage, including the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy, Chatham Anglers, and the Atwood Museum. Fundraisers vary from year to year, but the shop is always looking for ways to give back.
Teacher at Monomoy Regional Middle School
onomoy Regional Middle School’s seventh grade English teacher Wyatt Sullivan has all the necessary credentials of a good teacher, but he has something else that has proven to be useful when it comes to teaching young Cape Codders—he was born and raised on the Cape. His regional wisdom helps him relate to the students who occupy his classroom each year. “Growing up on Cape Cod presents its own unique set of challenges, and unless you grow up here, you don’t understand what those challenges are,” he says.
One of the greatest challenges—finding a way to make a living on the Cape. The seasonal culture has its limitations, and Sullivan believes that creating a student population that is innovative and adaptable is essential. “You have to diversify yourself and your abilities,” says Sullivan. “You can’t do one thing and one thing only. You have to work various jobs and explore various interests. You have to be adaptable and flexible.”
Sullivan has taught for two years at Monomoy and the adaptability lesson comes up over and over in his curriculum. The students who are most successful are open to new ideas. “My goal is to encourage students to keep an open mind,” he says. “Keep an open mind when it comes to reading a novel, especially when it comes to something that they’ve never read about or that they wouldn’t normally read about.”
Sullivan’s students read “Beyond the Bright Sea,” a novel by Cape Cod author Lauren Wolk. The curriculum for the book was developed by Sullivan’s colleague and mentor, Sarah Cortese. The story is about a 12-year-old girl, Crow, who was adopted, and she is trying to learn about where she came from. “The majority of students find Crow to be annoying because she asks so many questions and pesters people, but the majority of my students also aren’t orphans or in foster care, so I try to get them to think about why Crow is the way she is,” he says. To Sullivan, it’s the unfamiliar perspectives and experiences that are essential to explore. “As a teacher, it’s my job to help students develop empathy for other perspectives,” he says. “We all have other viewpoints, but understanding one that differs from your own is paramount.”
Sullivan has quickly become a popular teacher at Monomoy, and his students’ success is obvious. At the beginning of the year, he has students write a paper, then they write another at the end of the year. For many, their growth is measurable, and Sullivan is quick to point out his students’ achievements to them. “I love showing kids what they think they could not do,” he says. “I love showing kids what their potential is and how capable they are of amazing and great things if they stick to it.”
By BILL HIGGINS
Photography by MICHAEL AND SUZ KARCHMER
Welcome to Chatham, home of the Anglers, one of 10 teams in the Cape Cod Baseball League. Although the Anglers play at Veterans Field just off Main Street—and not in an Iowa cornfield—you can almost hear James Earl Jones and that stirring monologue from “Field of Dreams” on a warm July evening.
People will come, Ray … they’ll find they have seats somewhere along one of the baselines, where they sat when they were children ... they’ll watch the game and it’ll be as if they dipped themselves in magic waters. Oh, people will come, Ray. People will most definitely come.
Indeed, people come to Veterans Field—truly a Field of Dreams— where young men play for the love of the game and the chance to make it to The Show. The Cape League is recognized as the finest summer collegiate baseball league in the country, and soon, another season in the sun will unfold in Chatham. Let’s celebrate with a lineup of 10 things to like about the Anglers.
The Scene
Fans come for the game, yes, but also to savor the setting. A diamond gem of emerald green, Veterans Field is hardball heaven. Bleachers wrap from first base to third base and there’s ample room for lawn chairs or blankets on the bankings. When the weather is just right, wonderful sunsets appear beyond the outfield fence. But beware! This is Chatham, surrounded by ocean, and there are those infamous nights when the sun goes down and a curtain of fog envelopes the field in eeriness. It’s not unusual for games to be halted by the marine mist. The Anglers’ souvenir store even sells T-shirts proudly proclaiming, “Veterans Field Home of The Fifth Inning Fog.”
Welcome Home
It’s always a home game for Karen and Stephen Moore, who grew up in town and graduated from Chatham High School in the early 1970s. They own the “Home Plate” house behind the Anglers’ third base dugout, just a few steps beyond the stands. Stephen’s career in medicine took him around the country, but the Moores made it a priority to come back to Chatham for vacations, with the hopes of someday retiring to their roots.
When the small cottage was for sale in 2014, they jumped at the opportunity. Karen grew up in a large family and her father was a local painter who hired Cape League players. Stephen was a big baseball fan, so it all made sense. “We fell in love with it,” said Karen.
The Moores added 2,220 square feet of additions, but it is what’s on the outside that gives the home
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Children at Play
The umpire doesn’t shout “Work ball!” The command is “Play ball!” and play is foremost at the Anglers youth clinics during the week. Boys and girls ages 6 to 17 attend weekly camps conducted by the team coaches and players. There is instruction, of course, but the emphasis is on fun. For the players, it’s their chance to be little kids again.
its charm. The stone patio, in the shape of home plate, includes a grill. There is bleacher seating with lifeguard-style chairs and benches rising above a stockade fence for a perfect view of the field. All total, seating capacity is 12. Maple trees protect the house from most foul balls and Pippen, an Australian shepherd mix, fetches the others that land in the yard.
The Moores have two daughters and two young grandsons. Along with other family members and friends, “Home Plate” is the place to be in the summer. “You would think there would be a lot of commotion,” said Stephen, “but this is probably one of the quietest places in town when there isn’t a game. And when there is, it’s good noise we enjoy. It’s entertainment without having to do anything but open our door.”
Robbie knows just about every blade of grass. To call him the field maintenance coordinator doesn’t begin to describe everything he does. You could replace any of us in the organization, but the one person that couldn’t be replaced is Robbie. That’s how much he means to us.
— Steve West, president of the Chatham Athletic Association
Jack-of-All Trades
Stop by the park anytime and you’ll see Robbie Grenier tending to his favorite lawn. The players change from season to season, but the one constant at Veterans Field is Grenier, who has been at his post for more than 20 years. No one appreciates his dedication more than Steve West, president of the Chatham Athletic Association.
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Eats and Treats
It’s summertime, so isn’t an ice cream a must? Or maybe a hot dog, some peanuts or popcorn? Of course, you’re at a baseball game. After a day at the beach or a stroll down Main Street, stop at the Snack Shack behind the first base dugout. New England Pizza also supplies pizza sold at the concession stand. The menu has something for everyone.
Matt Hyde is among the dozens of Major League talent evaluators who flock to the Cape League in search of future leading men. Hyde is the New York Yankees Northeast Area scout and knows the league well. He was a Chatham batboy as a youngster, a bullpen catcher for Orleans as a teenager, and later coached in the league. He was also a college assistant before joining the Yankees in 2005.
Hyde and his brethren are easily recognizable. They usually sit behind home plate, many wearing logo shirts or hats of the teams they represent, and often have radar guns, stopwatches and notebooks. They’re all assessing “tools,” the scout’s parlance for baseball skills. Players are graded on speed, power, hitting for average, arm strength and fielding; pitchers on velocity, arm action and mechanics of their delivery, breaking ball and changeup. In today’s game, advanced technology helps a scout quantify what his eyes see, but experience and instincts are still valuable intangibles.
“We write reports on every player. We want as much information as possible,” says Hyde. “We’re watching them early (during warmups) and off the field. You’re close to everything here. You can’t hide after an error or a bad at-bat. How do they handle adversity? How do they compete?”
The scouts’ challenge is to predict a player’s potential. Kris Bryant played for the Anglers in 2011 after his freshman season at the University of San Diego. He was a raw 19-year-old and hit only .223 with three home runs. However, only four years later Bryant was an all-star for the Chicago Cubs and the 2015 National League Rookie of the Year. In 2016, he was the MVP and helped the long-suffering Cubs win the World Series.
Scout’s Honor
Thanks For the Memories
My grandfather was involved with the team, and I was a kid here in the summer shagging flies. That’s not unusual. There are generations connected to Chatham baseball. Look around—it’s a charming place to be. You can’t leave without a souvenir. The merchandise store has an array of hats and T-shirts in a variety of styles and colors. There are also hooded sweatshirts, sweatpants, blankets and other memorabilia. While browsing tables and racks, say hello to Ed Baird. He’s always around and has been managing the store for nearly 10 years. Affable Big Ed is a link to Chatham’s glory days of the 1960s, when he first arrived in town as star pitcher from the University of Connecticut. He was 16-2 over three seasons and helped the A’s win the title in 1967, when catcher Thurman Munson, later the beloved captain of the New York Yankees, was his batterymate.
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8 It Takes a Village
Volunteers are the backbone of the league. It’s a short eight-week season, but requires a year-round operation and a myriad of tasks to be ready for opening night. The Chatham Athletic Association is supported by nearly 1,000 contributing members and scores of local businesses. Together, they make it all happen. Host families provide homes for players, coaches, interns and broadcasters. Bat boys and girls assist the team during games. There are 50/50 raffles. After every game, players and coaches have meals donated by individuals and restaurants.
Steve West, president of the Chatham Athletic Association
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The Price is Right
Our lineup needs a designated hitter, so one more thing to like about the Chatham Anglers and the Cape League: All games are free, no admission charged. Really! But you are welcome to toss in a contribution when the hat is passed.
Tomorrow’s Stars Shining Tonight
You may not know all of the names and faces right away, but it’s a fact: In the summer of 2020, you’ll be watching many future big leaguers at Veterans Field. In 2019, a record 330 Cape League grads played in the majors. The 2019 MLB All-Star Game featured 12 former Cape Leaguers, including MVP Shane Bieber and Home Run Derby champ Pete Alonso. The national pastime is alive and well, thanks, in large part, to the Anglers and their nine baseball brothers who provide a proving ground for rising stars.
Enjoy. Now, let’s play ball!
The Best of the East End
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To create his evocative and popular
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paintings of fishermen, artist Paul Schulenburg spends hours at the Chatham Fish Pier taking thousands of photos.
TO THE FISH PIER
Paul Schulenburg’s paintings honor and preserve the living heritage of Chatham’s fishing fleet.
By
LISA CAVANAUGH | Photography by JULIA CUMES | Paintings by PAUL SCHULENBURG
wenty years ago, when artist and illustrator Paul Schulenburg brought out his oil paints after not touching them for years, he found himself at the Chatham Fish Pier, searching for inspiration. “It was an overcast spring day, one of those gloomy Cape Cod days that is beautiful in its own right,” says Schulenburg. “But after a day of gray skies and gray houses, I found myself on the observation deck excited by the architecture of the fishing boats and the fishermen’s colorful gear.”
Schulenburg, whose family regularly vacationed on the Cape throughout his childhood in upstate New York, had enjoyed being a tourist at the fish pier throughout the years, but now found it becoming part of his outdoor office. “I did a couple of paintings of the fishermen because it was fun for me, but then they really took off,” he says. “I think that people expected images of stereotypical weathered old men sitting on piers, smoking pipes, so it really struck them to see that a lot of fishermen are young guys. They can look kind of handsome, you know, working in the sun in their [Grundens] with no shirt on. Obviously, people find that appealing,” says Schulenburg, with a laugh.
To create these evocative and popular paintings, Schulenburg spends hours at the pier taking thousands of photos. “I use two or three different cameras and try to get as much information as I can to work from later on,” he says. The fishermen don’t seem to notice him much, he adds, as they are accustomed to people watching them work from the observation deck. “They are down there moving around their boats, shoveling ice, off-loading fish. They have a lot going on,” he says. “I can spend a whole day down there at the pier and get nothing useful; then, suddenly, something cool will happen and I get a whole bunch of interesting images.”
Back at his art studio in Eastham, he will often rearrange the elements that appear in his photos, eliminating people or changing the color of a shirt. “The compositions intrigue me,” he says, “and they become almost like an abstract painting.”
“ON APPROACH TO THE PIER”
“FRESH WATER RINSE”
“HOLDING THE LINE”
“THIS WOMAN’S WORK”
“FISHERMAN’S RETURN”
“FISHERMAN BY THE HARBOR”
“WAIT FOR THE NEXT BOAT”
“FISHERMAN IN THE SHADOWS”
His ability to capture moments—at a cafe, on a boat or in a home—resonates with people. The market had a strong and immediate positive reaction to his painterly way of portraying people and our environments.
— HELEN ADDISON, CURATOR AND FOUNDER OF ADDISON ART GALLERY
Schulenburg also paints landscapes of his favorite vistas and other scenes from Cape Cod life, but his fishermen works have proven to be especially sought-after, perhaps because he has captured an iconic profession in a bold and truthful way. Stephanie Sykes, a commercial fisherman, has been one of Schulenburg’s regular subjects and is impressed with the way he captured her working world.
“It’s such an accurate representation of fishing,” she says. “He shares real insight into the industry, a unique perspective most people don’t get to see, all in an exquisite painting. I think a lot of people are drawn to a romanticized idea of a Cape Cod working waterfront,” she continues, “but Paul’s paintings are very authentic, wonderful snapshots of what it’s really like to be a fisherman in Chatham.”
Helen Addison, curator and founder of the Addison Art Gallery in Orleans, which represents Schulenburg, knew as soon as she first saw his work that they would find homes with her collectors. “His ability to capture moments—at a cafe, on a boat or in a home—resonates with people,” says Addison. “The market had a strong and immediate positive reaction to his painterly way of portraying people and our environments.”
“That first year my artwork was at the gallery, I stopped advertising myself as an illustrator and concentrated on painting, and I’ve been doing it ever since,” says Schulenburg, who studied fine arts at Boston University. He says he always considered himself a painter first, despite years
“A BOY AND A SEAL”
Many homeowners feel their home is not complete unless it has a Schulenburg Chatham fisherman painting on display.
“WORKING ON THE WATER”
A new coffee table book, Schulenburg Oil Paintings, is available from the Addison Art Gallery in Orleans, where Schulenburg is represented. The 200-page hardcover publication features more than 100 fullcolor images of his work, including many of his renowned Chatham Fish Pier series. To reserve your copy, call 508-255-6200.
of doing paste-up and illustration, mainly in Boston.
Through the years of observing and painting Chatham’s fishermen, Schulenburg says he has often thought about the contrast between their way of making a living and his own. “I’m usually relaxed, painting near the beach or in a quiet, safe studio. These folks are out risking their lives and facing the elements.” Yet at the same time, he recognizes that both endeavors represent age-old professions. “Oil painting is a very old-fashioned approach to art,” he says.
Just as fishermen are always struggling against outside forces like quotas, depleted stocks and tough markets, he too has to struggle to keep going. “The world has different interests now than oil paintings, but fortunately there are still people who enjoy and collect our work and keep us afloat,” he says, smiling. “No pun intended.”
“IN THE SHADE OF THE PIER”
Back at his art studio in Eastham, Schulenburg will often rearrange elements that appear in his photos captured at the Chatham Fish Pier.
Every year, more than 20,000 people flock to Main Street for Chatham’s Fourth of July parade—one of the oldest in the country.
THE PHILLIPS FARM FAMILY TEAM CELEBRATES INDEPENDENCE DAY EVERY YEAR WITH INSPIRING, UNIQUE, AND OFTENTIMES, AWARD-WINNING FLOATS.
By RACHEL ARROYO | Photography by KIM RODERIQUES
For the 2019 parade theme, “Chatham Honors You! Service Members Past, Present, Future,” the Phillips Farm Family float featured a 12-footplus golden globe of the world held up by three living statues painted gold and dressed in military uniforms. The globe was made of tubing and spray painted to look like metal.
sually a sunny summer day on Cape Cod calls for a long and leisurely day at the beach. But instead of packing a picnic and heading to the seashore on this particular July morning, more than 20,000 patriotic people are flocking to Main Street, Chatham, for the town’s 87th Fourth of July parade—one of the oldest in the country.
It’s only 7 a.m., two and a half hours before the parade kicks off, and already parking lots are filling up. A certain buzz of excitement and anticipation fills the air as paradegoers bedecked in red, white and blue make their way toward Main Street. Folding lawn chairs line both sides of the street, some of which remain empty, waiting for their owners to return after being placed in the wee hours of the morning well before sunrise.
Behind the scenes, parade entrants and their crews start to line up on Shore Road, including the Phillips Farm Family team, who is leading the float procession this year. Going first is a coveted honor given to the best overall float design from the previous year.
Since their triumphant return to the parade in 2012—for the town’s 300th anniversary—the Phillips Farm Family has again proven themselves a formidable opponent, winning best overall float four out of seven years, including back-to-back wins in 2012 and 2013.
The family’s participation in Chatham’s Fourth of July parade goes back four generations. Freeman Walter Phillips Sr. opened the family farm in South Chatham in the late 1920s and started the tradition. “He was really encouraged by his grandchildren to do the floats,” says Craig Phillips, who remembers his grandfather proudly displaying the winning ribbons by the cash register at the farm’s store.
The Phillips brothers—Craig, John and Paul—alongside a tight-knit group of friends, many of whom worked at the farm at one point or another, took over the tradition in the late ’60s until the farm closed in 1986. This 2019 entry represents the team’s eighth year since returning to the parade, and the team is just one of 100 local groups registered to walk it.
“We don’t look at this as an advertising venue for any of us,” says team member Patrice Milley, who now owns her own floral design business in Chatham but worked as a florist at the farm’s flower shop after graduating college. “We do it because it’s fun, and we do it for the people.”
For the 2019 theme, “Chatham Honors You! Service Members Past, Present, Future,” between 20 and 30 people helped construct the Phillips float, including landscapers, floral designers, artists, builders, engineers and enthusiastic friends, such as Ed Ropulewis, who also spent time working at the farm in his youth. He has been part of the float-making team since the ’70s. “Once you are in, you can’t get out,” he jokes.
The Phillips Farm Family’s participation in Chatham’s Fourth of July parade goes back four generations. They have won best overall float four out of the past seven years.
Sophia Phillips Dress, an artist and owner of Faces Gallery and Studio in Dennis Port, works on painting the giant eagle.
Representing
The response from people was really intense, and I know it was really intense because you could see the emotions on people’s faces as the float went by.
-Craig Phillips
Craig’s daughter, Sophia Phillips Dress, an artist and owner of Faces Gallery and Studio in Dennis Port, and Graeme Milley, Patrice Milley’s son, are part of the new guard and next generation of floatmakers.
“For us, it was the past, present and future element [that was central to the design],” says Sophia. Representing the future—at the head of the float—is a giant eagle protecting its nest. Representing the past is Merril Phillips, a WWII veteran and the family’s oldest relative, sitting on a bench overlooking an elaborate park scene filled with crepe paper poppies and live trees. And symbolizing the present: a 12-foot-plus golden globe of the world held up by three Atlas-like living statues painted gold and dressed in military uniforms.
To make the float more dynamic and theatrical, the team incorporated sound and music. Before paradegoers could catch a glimpse of the float, they saw a large sign with the words, “Honoring those who bear the weight of the world in order to preserve our freedom.” To take the crowd on an emotional journey, a recording of Morse code—a nod to Chatham’s RCA station—played over the speaker, followed by a distant, old-fashioned news announcement. It was meant to set a somber tone before breaking into an uplifting rendition of “Proud to Be an American.”
“We take it as a personal challenge to one up ourselves every year,” admits Craig. And this year was no exception. “The response from people was really intense,” he says, “and I know it was really intense because you could see the emotions on people’s faces as the float went by.” Since the Phillips Farm Family won best overall design in 2019, they look forward to leading the parade again.
For this year’s upcoming July Fourth festivities, expect to see unique, inspiring and timely floats designed around a new theme: “Chatham Celebrates Women—In Honor of the 100th Anniversary of Women’s Right to Vote.”
“It gives us all something to look forward to,” says Graeme Milley about participating every year. “It’s more fun being in the parade than watching it.”
the past in the Phillips Farm Family float was Merril Phillips, a WWII veteran and the family’s oldest relative. He was surrounded by an elaborate park scene filled with crepe paper poppies and live trees.
A giant eagle, representing the future at the head of the float, protects its nest.
Chatham Bars Inn, a luxury resort and spa and town mainstay since 1914, has participated in Chatham’s Fourth of July parade since its inception. Chatham Bars Inn gardener Pamela Vasques and her team created a colorful tableau of flowers and flags—a process that took five hours to assemble for the 2019 parade. “We always want to keep the classic charm that is associated with the resort,” explains Joshua Bower, who was part of the CBI parade team in 2019, while staying true to the parade’s theme.
—Rachel Arroyo
New this year: Fireworks return in 2020! For the first time in 45 years, a Fourth of July fireworks display—sponsored by Chatham Bars Inn—is scheduled for Thursday, July 2, over Veterans Field. Two days later, expect to see colorful blankets and chairs lining Main Street bright and early for the Chatham Independence Day Parade, starting at 9:30 a.m.
The Chatham Bars Inn float featured petunias and scaevola, which took a total of five hours to place on the float.
The pond-front property includes a dock, pool area,
gazebo and spectacular gardens.
Garden consultant Maria Ryder fills every corner of a waterfront property with elevated herb and vegetable gardens; peach, cherry and apple trees; colorful blooms from spring to fall; and greenery that thrives all year long.
By LISA CAVANAUGH
by BETTY WILEY
Photography
When garden designer Maria Ryder first meets a new client, she asks them: “What is your idea of perfect?” Ryder wants to know how they will experience their yard: Do they want to cut flowers, grow fruits or play lawn games?
“No garden is the same,” says Ryder. “One of the beauties of my life is that I get to play with everybody’s favorite plants.”
For one Chatham couple, “perfect” was an English country garden with plenty of pinks and purples—and privacy.
“We wanted something less formal, less manicured,” says the wife, who, with her husband and two grown daughters, travels often to the Cape from a year-round home in New York. Their pond-front property in Chatham includes a dock, pool area, gazebo and several areas of garden and lawn.
When they bought the house in 2016, the family loved the yard but really wanted more spectacular gardens. Their interior decorator, Heather McGrath of Simpler Pleasures, who had also worked with the previous two homeowners, told them about a wonderful garden consultant. The couple met with Ryder and they all clicked.
“When we first met and walked around the property, it just felt magical, which doesn’t always happen,” says Ryder. “The place itself is magical and the clients are magical.”
The homeowners’ feelings were reciprocal. “Maria is a great force for good and fabulousness in our lives, and we are really grateful to her.”
The first job Ryder tackled was finding ways to utilize every portion of the property. “I saw a lot of unused space,” says Ryder. “So I wanted to work with every little corner.”
The homeowner confirms that one of Ryder’s strengths is expanding clients’ properties. “Maria looked around and said we could get a lot more space here,” says the wife.
“For example, our pool deck is now home to amazing herb and vegetable containers, and the area to the right of the driveway, which was just a mess of brambly nothings, is now becoming a fruit orchard with peach, apple, pear and cherry trees.”
The first job garden designer Maria Ryder tackled was finding ways to utilize every portion of the property. “I saw a lot of unused space,” says Ryder. “So I wanted to work with every little corner.”
There is something always in bloom on the property, from hydrangeas and azaleas to roses of sharon, cherry trees and crepe myrtle. “It is always so exciting and a surprise to see what has blossomed when we arrive,” says the homeowner.
“I saw that as an area where we could really make something useful and pretty,” says Ryder. “We’ve planted beach plums and figs as well as strawberry, blueberry and raspberry bushes.”
Another strategy Ryder employs is to plan for different blooming seasons. “Since there are so many peaks throughout the year, I like to capture those,” she says. “The family comes and goes, so that has been my focus. Every time they pull into the driveway, something should be saying: ‘Hello! I’m blooming!’” She points out magnolias, cherry trees, azaleas and rhododendrons, roses of
sharon and crepe myrtle, each of which looks breathtaking at varying times throughout the spring into the fall.
“It is always so exciting and a surprise to see what has blossomed when we arrive,” says the homeowner. “Maria really looks at the whole picture.”
Ryder, who has been a garden designer for decades, will typically learn what a client loves by watching their faces when she presents photos of proposed plants and flowers. “I don’t need to hear the yes or no—I can already tell from their expressions what they love. It’s my job to make it happen,” she says. “I knew I needed to soften the garden here and accomplish privacy without formality.”
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family are wonderful stewards of a beautiful home, and they wanted to complement the interior beauty with outdoor beauty.
—Heather McGrath of Simpler Pleasures
The charming traditional home has several outside areas in which the owners can relax and play. A grassy side yard features a hammock and space for the musically inclined members of the family to gather around a fire pit and play guitar on balmy evenings. There is a “zen area” for quieter contemplation, and patios right off the breakfast nook and living room that feature climbing pink roses, lilies, camellias, a majestic quaking aspen and plenty of foliage to attract hummingbirds.
McGrath of Simpler Pleasures assisted the homeowners both inside the home and out. “They very much loved the antiquity and feel of the house, and since the garden was such a big feature for them, we wanted to make the outdoor living areas very inviting,” says McGrath. In addition to designing two exterior dining spots, one near the pool and one by the back door, McGrath also brought a new look to the gazebo. “We replicated the traditional feel and colors from inside and brought it outdoors. The family are wonderful stewards of a beautiful home, and they wanted to complement the interior beauty with outdoor beauty.”
Heather McGrath of Simpler Pleasures brought a new look to the gazebo. “We replicated the traditional feel and colors from inside and brought it outdoors,” says McGrath.
The homeowners grow herbs and vegetables in galvanized steel tubs near the pool, as well as blueberry bushes. “We like to say that we eat ‘pool-to-table,’ and it makes us so happy to be outside and forage from our own garden,” says the homeowner.
The gardens themselves add to the dining experiences of the family. Along with planted fruit trees and berry bushes, Ryder has also fashioned elevated herb and vegetable gardens out of galvanized steel tubs, which sit on both sides of the pool deck. Filled with parsley, dill, chives, radishes, two varieties of onion, Japanese cucumbers, tomatoes, beans and a slew of different lettuces—all safe from hungry rabbits—the bins provide the family fresh salad and cooking ingredients. “I get produce from them every day,” says the homeowner. “We like to say that we eat ‘pool-to-table’, and it makes us so happy to be outside and forage from our own garden.”
“I do think gardens can be beautiful and give something back, be it screening for privacy, fruit, herbs or flowers,” says Ryder. While the homeowners also have landscaper Dave Morrison, who mows the lawn and takes care of the heavy yard work, Ryder returns regularly to tend to the gardens, adapting, pruning or adding as needed. “I try to make it easy for everyone to just enjoy—all season long.”
Which is exactly what these Chatham homeowners experience. “I don’t think I ever walk out that door without beaming,” says the wife. “It’s really a special place.”
The English country garden features beautiful foxgloves.
BEACON HILL
Riptide is one of only a few houses on Shore Road where the property starts at Shore Road and ends at the water.
Longtime admirers of ‘Riptide,’ a classic Colonial Revival on Shore Road, hire Polhemus Savery DaSilva to renovate and retain the home’s character—‘whale’s tail and all.’
By CAROL K. DUMAS |
Photography by BRIAN VANDEN BRINK
The blue color scheme—homeowner Anna’s favorite hue—can be found throughout the home. The color palette was inspired by the Cape’s ubiquitous blue hydrangea.
hore Road is renowned for its sweeping views of Chatham Harbor, the narrow barrier beach in the distance and the temperamental Atlantic Ocean beyond. It’s a landscape that has been shaped by time and tide, by man and nature for centuries. The architecture along this ocean view drive has also become as iconic as the landscape itself with the building of many stately homes and Chatham Bars Inn.
One such architectural gem is Riptide—perhaps not as identifiable as Hydrangea Walk or as historic as the Joseph Lincoln House, or as large as newer contemporary homes facing the water—but this classic Colonial Revival is part of the charm of Shore Road. One of its longtime admirers was a couple who have owned a home near the Chatham Fish Pier for 15 years.
“My husband, Greg, had always been enamored with Riptide, which was just down the street from us,” says homeowner Anna. “He loved the architecture, and the fact that it is one of only a very few houses on Shore Road where the property starts at Shore Road and ends at the water.”
The Chicago residents were looking to purchase a second home on Shore Road to accommodate their growing, extended family. The house they were initially looking at on Shore Road would need some updating and renovating, so they met with Peter and Aaron Polhemus of Polhemus Savery DaSilva Architects Builders (PSD). The Polhemuses then invited the couple to view a renovation the firm had completed 10 years ago on Shore Road. Ironically, that renovation had been at Riptide.
“While we were touring the home, our Realtor and friend, unbeknownst to us, spoke to the owners to ask them if they had ever given any consideration to moving,” recalled Anna. “Long story short—we ended up purchasing the home from them.”
The home, originally built in the early 20th century in a bungalow style, had been renovated a few times since it was built, most dramatically to reflect the popularity of the Colonial Revival style. In the 1930s, floorboards, fireplace surrounds and paneling from an antique colonial house were reused in a renovation. PSD was hired yet again to instill a new owners’ stamp inside, this time along the theme of “Beacon Hill by the Sea.”
Initially, minor revisions were discussed, but “the snowball effect took shape. Before we knew it, we were in full, total renovation mode,” says Anna.
The couple’s wish list included a front entry facing the street (it previously faced the side) and a larger family room, in addition to expanding two small bedrooms upstairs, updating the bathrooms and opening the first-floor living space to gain an uninterrupted water view from the front door to the back property, which faced Chatham Harbor. It was important to them to maintain the historic integrity of Riptide’s exterior.
“We were adding some square footage to the home, and the team at PSD worked tremendously to ensure that, with the addition, Riptide still maintained its character—whale’s tail and all,” says Anna, referring to the existing marble sculpture visible from the road.
Custom cabinetry provide plenty of storage in the new kitchen designed by Classic Kitchens & Interiors of Hyannis.
The dining room was kept in the same location, but expanded and updated. Polhemus Savery DaSilva restored the antique fireplace, keeping its traditional character.
Signature elements throughout the house include an S-curve shaped bracket, custom columns and balustrades and crisp white trim.
Banks of windows showcase sweeping ocean views.
The homeowners were thrilled with PSD’s response. The clearly defined front entry includes a covered portico—its opening transforms into a large, glowing lantern at night. “This was the desired effect of our design,” says Design Principal John DaSilva. “If you look at the new portico, it has multiple arched openings. Picture the lights on at night and it’s like a lantern.”
The front door opens into a foyer accented by a two-story staircase. The kitchen space was moved to a more central location and is partly screened by a colonnade. White and gray custom cabinetry provide plenty of storage in the new kitchen designed by Classic Kitchens & Interiors of Hyannis. A huge central island offers casual seating and a view into the family room addition. Banks of windows take in the stunning ocean view in the new open-concept floor plan.
The dining room was kept in the same location, but expanded and updated with new wallpaper and windows. PSD restored the antique fireplace, keeping its traditional character. Signature elements throughout the house include custom columns and balustrades, crisp white trim and dark oak flooring.
Upstairs, the master bedroom’s flat ceiling was replaced by a soaring cathedral ceiling. The bed is tucked into a niche across from the bay window that takes in the long distant view up the harbor. Guest bedroom suites feature playful, built-in window seats, which were a hit with the couple’s grandchildren.
The whale’s tail marble sculpture was relocated to the right side of the garden, where it remains a focal point.
“When the family was touring the completed house and entered those bedrooms, the first thing the grandkids did was run to those window seats,” recalls DaSilva. “It was such a gratifying moment for me!”
An eagle weathervane—crafted of gold leafed copper—was scaled not just to the house, but to the expansive harbor beyond. The whale’s tail sculpture was relocated to the right side of the garden, where it remains a focal point.
Working with SLC Interiors of Hamilton, the homeowners achieved a “Beacon Hill By the Sea” look for the décor. The collaboration was done remotely, and in person at a “marathon meeting” at the Boston Design Center.
“Within a day, we developed room schemes for every part of the house,” says Tina Sylvester, interior designer and project manager. Sylvester took into account the bungalow’s traditional and new millwork, original beehive oven, and fireplaces. She chose English antiques and heirloom reproductions to play off those features.
Brass fixtures give a traditional feeling to the updated modern marble bathrooms, as does the understated wallpaper in some rooms. The blue color scheme—Anna’s favorite hue— throughout the home is offset by crisp whites and yellow accents. “The yellow was added to complement and highlight the blues,” says Anna.
The color palette was inspired by the Cape’s ubiquitous blue hydrangea.
“There is something so quintessentially Cape Cod about hydrangeas and it really provided the perfect jumping off point for our color palette,” says Sylvester. “Anna told me from the start that she wanted her ‘home to feel happy.’ That bit of feedback really stuck with me throughout the entire process and often brought a smile to my face.”
The clearly defined front entry includes a covered portico—its opening transforms into a large, glowing lantern at night.
An eagle weathervane is crafted of gold leafed copper.
Riptide offers stunning views of Chatham Harbor.
Under the guidance of architect Patrick Ahearn, Chatham homeowners honor the design and footprint of their original cottage and rebuild it to modern standards.
By LAUREL KORNIHISER | Photography by MICHAEL J. LEE
ou really have to trust your architect to buy a house sight unseen based on his word alone. Such was the case when Boston and Martha’s Vineyard-based Patrick Ahearn advised his clients to purchase a Chatham cottage across the street from a project he had just finished. Ahearn and his clients are neighbors off Cape and having renovated their primary home, he knew what they were looking for in a Chatham getaway. The cottage he had found was scrappy and scrunched, had a paint-peeling porch and sat directly on the grass. But, says Ahearn, “It was on the water and I saw the opportunity to give my clients the amenities they were looking for. They had one day to decide.”
Ahearn’s clients had been keeping an eye out for just such a place. “We went on a lot of walks and runs and looked at houses,” says the client. “This house sold in 2014 and we missed it. It returned to the market in 2015.” At that point, the couple’s relationship with Chatham was more than secure and they were ready to buy. Both husband and wife had vacationed in Chatham as children, and they later became engaged there. Weekend sojourns turned into seasonal rentals and the couple became a young family with three children. “We bought the cottage without even going into it,” says the husband.
The initial idea was to renovate what they thought was an antique I-shaped cottage. Sitting on a non-conforming lot between a windmill house and another larger home, the property was also bound by several restrictions. “There were a lot of zoning and conservation issues that could be resolved,” with a little creativity, recalls Ahearn. “There were grade constraints, height restrictions and a view corridor for an abutter.”
and walls. At left, modern architectural lighting, such as the bubble fixture in the living room, was chosen so it would add more visual interest and not interfere with the view.
Sleek lanterns hang over the white marble island in the bright kitchen with planked wood ceilings
“Our plan,” says the homeowner, “was to lift the cottage to add a basement and move it.” Beyond that, he says, “We thought we were going to do a historic renovation.”
Ahearn and his clients studied historical photographs of the home and others in Chatham and sought input from the neighbors, all long-time residents. “The way that this family included the neighbors and worked to honor the history and architecture of Chatham was a breath of fresh air,” says Tamara Bazzle, who with her husband, Ken, owns Crosstrees, the historic home Joseph C. Lincoln built in 1916.
After gaining approval from various regulatory
agencies, the homeowners were surprised during an inspection to learn that because of renovations over the years, nothing was antique. “How about the floors?” the client asked. “1970s,” was the answer.
“And the mantel?” “Not old.”
“We agreed to tear it down and donate all of the usable materials,” he says.
Since there was no historical incentive to preserve the house, they decided to honor the design and footprint and rebuild to modern standards. “It was important that the house fit into the context of the neighborhood,” says the homeowner, “so if someone drove by or saw it from the water, they would think it was the house that had been there.”
Ahearn’s goal was to maximize the interior space despite the height restriction as well as to improve the flow both inside and out. Working with Hawk Design, Inc., a landscape architecture firm based in Sagamore, he reorganized spaces outside and added a one-car garage. Designed to look like a fisherman’s shack with antique brick floors and storage space underneath, the home is accessible from the street and approached by a shell driveway. An allée situated between the garage and the extended wing of the house leads to a traditional entry with sidelights. “It is a fairly dramatic sequence,” Ahearn says of the approach. Inside, surprisingly expansive spaces unfold. “We couldn’t build up,” says Ahearn, “so the creativity came from higher ceilings.” On the water side, a wall of nearly floor-to-ceiling windows with cottage sashes captures views of the added pool and glimmering ocean.
An allée situated between the garage and the extended wing of the house leads to a traditional entry with sidelights.
It was important that the house fit into the context of the neighborhood, so if someone drove by or saw it from the water, they would think it was the house that had been there.
— homeowner
The surrounding gardens, with plants chosen to withstand salt and wind, were designed by Hawk Design, Inc., in collaboration with Lynn Sutton of The Barefoot Gardener.
Built on a hand-cut fieldstone podium bounded by conservation land, the pool blends into the landscape and gives the illusion of an infinity edge. In addition to the pool seating, there is an outdoor dining area and a fire pit for nighttime gathering.
Hawk Design, Inc., a landscape architecture firm in Sagamore, designed all of the exterior spaces.
To gain interior space inside, Ahearn designed a roofline that is an energetic interplay of gables, single dormers and Nantucket dormers. This allowed the living and kitchen spaces, he says, “to be open and airy, with the articulating shapes of the roof expressed inside.”
Stephanie King, a designer for Heather Wells Inc., handled the interior details. “The clients wanted an open-concept house that flowed,” says King. “We did a very large kitchen that encompassed the dining area and this flows into the main living space.” The kitchen is bright white with planked wood ceilings and walls, and sleek lanterns hang over the white marble island. Fabrics and furnishings in
taupe, gray, white and punches of tie-dye blue extend the natural seaside palette to the living and dining areas.
This is a house to be enjoyed without fuss or fear. Dining chairs are molded plastic to accommodate wet bathing suits, the beautiful white oak floors stand up to sand and fabrics are family friendly. “We didn’t want the house so precious that the family couldn’t enjoy it,” says King. “They wanted something that represented summer energy, a place where they could let their hair down and relax.”
Modern architectural lighting fixtures in nickel and silver, such as the bubble fixture in the living room and the long
PHOTO: BRIAN VANDEN BRINK
lighting bar over the dining table, chosen in part because it would not interfere with the view, add more visual interest.
The family uses the house year-round, and in the off season, they enjoy the living space in the added basement, featuring a gym, home office, shuffleboard and bar-height table—perfect for cards and board games. During the summer, most of the living happens outside, with the pool predominating.
Built on a hand-cut fieldstone podium bounded by conservation land, the pool blends into the landscape and gives the illusion of an infinity edge. The outdoor fire pit frames the lounge seating for the pool terrace and the adjacent dining terrace is anchored by a custom-designed outdoor kitchen that is seamlessly built into the terraced wall. Just outside of the dining terrace, beyond the pool
gate, lies the garden terrace, a sheltered spot with Adirondack chairs for reading. Hawk Design, Inc., designed all the exterior spaces, including the aesthetic landscape lighting. The surrounding gardens, with plants chosen for their ability to withstand salt and wind, were also designed by Hawk Design, Inc., in collaboration with Lynn Sutton of The Barefoot Gardener. From the water or street view, the cottage looks at home, with its wooden shutters, copper gutters, weathered shingles and compact design, all executed by Doug Whitla of Whitla Brothers Builders, experts in historic preservation and custom building. Ahearn is pleased with the result. “We kept the scale—a simple fisherman’s cottage by the shore,” says Ahearn, “but we made it a modern beach house.” To achieve this, Ahearn says, “I used every trick in the book from 47 years of doing this.”
The garden terrace, a sheltered spot with Adirondack chairs, is perfect for reading or relaxing with friends and family.
The Claire Murray “Seashell Medallion” Hooked Rug Collection
Adam wears a Binghamton Knitting Company sweater and Johnnie-O shorts from Chatham Clothing Bar, paired with Electric sunglasses from All Points Beautiful, while Montana models a Brodie cashmere sweater with Liverpool white jeans from Chatham Clothing Bar and sports Oliver Peoples sunglasses from All Points Beautiful.
An unforgettable summer day in Chatham means starting at Chatham Bars Inn dressed in stylish clothes from Main Street retailers, then hopping on a boat to North Beach with a cooler, beach chairs, a few beach balls and nets—and a carefree attitude!
Photography by DAN CUTRONA
Produced by LISA LEIGH CONNORS
Styled by REBECCA TADEMA-WIELANDT
Models: MONTANA SULLIVAN AND ADAM WOLF, MAGGIE INC. OF BOSTON
Local Models NOAH AND SOPHIE TADEMA-WIELANDT
Hair and Makeup by RALO HUES, OASIS SALON & DAY SPA AND NICOLE DEITKE
ON MONTANA: Miss June cream crochet dress, Chatham linen clutch, Sophia C shell earrings, Marlyn Schiff bracelet, all from Ports & Co. Custom-designed Cape Cod ring in sterling silver from JAKS Chatham
ON ADAM: Johnnie-O button-down shirt and shorts in Malibu red, available at Island Pursuit; Slyk watch with leather band and wooden face featuring etched shape of the Cape from JAKS Chatham
ON ADAM: Tommy Bahama ½ zip pullover and brushed twill pant in fog gray by Tommy Bahama, available from Island Pursuit
ON MONTANA: Ginnie shift dress by Hi Ho with cashmere 4-in-1 Claudia Nichole topper from Island Pursuit; hoop earrings from Ports & Co.
DETAIL SHOTS: Bali bag from All Points Beautiful and Slyk watch with silver band from JAKS Chatham
ON NOAH (OPPOSITE PAGE): Pigment dyed shorts, Comfort Colors long-sleeve shirt and CQX hat from JAKS Chatham
ON SOPHIE (OPPOSITE PAGE): Navy picnic dress, cuff and Bali bag from All Points Beautiful
ON SOPHIE: Beach Bum Surf Co. Cape Cod Beach Patrol cropped hoodie and SurfChick vintage denim shorts by Beach Bum Surf Co.
ON ADAM: Shark Bite T-Shirt and O’Neill Boardshorts from Chatham Clothing Bar; Yeti cooler from North Chatham Outfitters and anchor beach towel from JAKS Chatham
ON MONTANA: SKYE Swimwear neon party bikini from Beach Bum Surf Co.
Chatham Clothing Bar 534 Main St. 508-945-5292 chathamtco.com
Island Pursuit 624 Main St. Islandpursuit.com
JAKS Chatham 505 Main St. 508-348-1193 Jakschatham.com
ON ADAM: Binghamton Knitting Company sweater and Johnnie-O shorts from Chatham Clothing Bar
ON MONTANA: Brodie cashmere sweater paired with Liverpool white jeans from Chatham Clothing Bar; Helly Hansen jacket from Island Pursuit
North Chatham Outfitters 300 Orleans Road 508-348-1638 northchathamoutfitters.com
Ports & Co. 595 Main St. 508-348-5631 portsandcompany.com
Puritan Cape Cod 573 Main St. 508-945-0326 puritancapecod.com
Special Thanks
Chatham Bars Inn staff: Beth Patkoske, Mariya Kostadinova and Captain Bill Truesdale, who transported our crew on a shuttle boat to North Beach 297 Shore Road 508-945-0096 chathambarsinn.com
Oasis Salon & Day Spa 1671 Main St. 508-945-5577 oasissalonchatham.com
Breathe Deep, Stretch Out in the Sand
For 19 years, Chatham Yoga at Lighthouse Beach has welcomed yogis and the yoga-curious from ages 8 to 80, including absolute beginners and seasoned practitioners—of all fitness levels. Get your day off to a mind-andbody beautiful start every morning from 7:30-8:45 a.m. from Father’s Day to just after Labor Day. “Bring a beach towel, sunglasses and a smile,” says instructor and owner Jennifra Norton. “It’s enormously popular—a Chatham summer must.”
Call or Text 508-432-5840 chathamyoga.com
Hop in a Cessna Skyhawk and enjoy a bird’s-eye view of Chatham. Explore lesser-known beaches such as Claflin Landing and Ridgevale. Or dance on Main Street sidewalks during Mondays on Main. Whatever you’re in the mood for, we’ve got you covered.
Written by MARJORIE NAYLOR PITTS
Take to the Sky
Up, up and away! Enjoy a bird’s-eye view of Chatham and beyond: Take in stunning vistas of Monomoy, the Chatham Bars and Pleasant Bay, or follow the National Seashore coastline to the Pilgrim Monument in Provincetown. Offering 15-, 30- or 60-minute sightseeing tours in either the cabin of a Cessna Skyhawk or a wind-in-your-hair, open-cockpit Waco YMF5 Biplane. An aerial outing with Stick’N Rudder Aero Tours from Chatham Airport is a bucket list must.
508-945-2363, chathamairport.com
Al Fresco Dining
With varied and incomparable seaside vistas, outdoor dining options abound at Chatham Bars Inn. Enjoy farm-to-table feasts, clambakes by the shore, guest chef dinners on the side lawn, elevated noshes on The Veranda or enticing seaside fare on the patio of the Beach House Grill.
A downtown fresh-air favorite is the Wild Goose Tavern, serving lunch, dinner and “lite bites” on its stately porch and curbside patio. Another al fresco dining venue is Mac’s Chatham Fish and Lobster, known for its fresh Cape classics and festively adorned picnic tables.
When the tide is low, the opportunity to experience the expanse and beauty of Pleasant Bay is high. Park at Jackknife Beach and stroll along pristine North Chatham beachfront accessible only at low tide. Dog lovers: If the tide is low before 9 a.m. or after 6 p.m., responsible dog owners are welcome to bring their well-behaved furry friends along!
chathaminfo.com/beaches
Picnic with a View
A Chatham institution since the 1950s, Chatham Fish Pier Fish Market, under new owner Steve Gennodie of Rocky Neck Fish Company, boasts fresh renovations and even fresher seafood, with delicious local pier-to-plate fare as close to the source as it gets. From chowder to fish and chips, lobster rolls to smoked fish, visitors can “Grab and Go”—but don’t go too far. Enjoy spectacular waterfront views and watch as the catch comes in while seated on the pier platform or at one of the market’s shaded picnic tables.
508-945-3474
chathampierfishmarket.com
Lace Up!
Join a fun, diverse group of friendly adult runners and walkers for an invigorating and scenic three- to six-mile informal workout. Members of the Cape Cod Athletic Club (CCAC) gather every Tuesday evening starting from the parking lot at Monomoy Regional Middle School on Crowell Road. Walkers start at 5 p.m., runners at 5:30 p.m.
Contact: George Henry, 508-240-4710, capecodathleticclub.org
Walk to Lighthouse Beach Shack—and Beyond
No visit to Chatham is complete without experiencing the awe and serene beauty of Lighthouse Beach. While the vista from the overlook is stunning viewed through the windshield of your parked vehicle, why not step out—and down the beach a bit? Your reward? The discovery of a unique makeshift shack (photo op!) made of driftwood and well-weathered beach finds topped off with an American flag. Extend your stroll farther down the beach and you may be rewarded with delicate sand dollars and supersized quahog shells.
Get on the Water
It’s no secret that Chatham has the corner on the Cape Cod shoreline market, so why not “elbow” in on some time on the water? Interested in a SUP (stand-up paddleboard) outing? Check out the many paddleboard experiences offered by Adventure Chatham, where paddlers of all levels, from novice to expert, enjoy the splendor of local waterways and wildlife. Fancy a kayak tour or prefer to go for a sail? Chatham Sailboat Rentals at Ridgevale Beach can set you up with lessons, expert-led tours or piloted excursions.
adventurechatham.com chathamsail.com
Take a Hike!
With its mission to “preserve land for the benefit of the people, plants, animals and ecosystems of Chatham,” the Chatham Conservation Foundation (CCF) has conserved more than 800 acres in town and welcomes residents and visitors to explore the numerous walking trails it maintains. For shorter hikes, check out the Frost Fish Creek or the Old Comers Woodland trails, each a one-mile wooded trek with access to wetland views. For longer jaunts, combine the Training Field Triangle .75-mile loop and the adjacent Barclays Pond 1.25-mile trail, or if you have a boat, Strong Island hosts a 1.7-mile trail of pine and oak woodlands and spectacular water views.
chathamconservationfoundation.org
Explore LesserKnown Beaches
The sweeping views and pale soft sand at Chatham’s iconic Lighthouse Beach are not to be missed, nor is the lovely stretch of Nantucket Sound shoreline offered at the ever-popular Hardings Beach. But why not explore a few off-theflip-flopped path beaches in town? Grab the kids and make your place in the sand at Cockle Cove Beach in South Chatham, which features calm, sheltered swimming areas—perfect for little ones. Just up the shore from Cockle Cove and also very family friendly, Ridgevale Beach in West Chatham delights visitors with quaint wooden bridges, meandering creeks and shallow tidal pools to explore. And let’s not forget Claflin Landing Beach. With its close proximity to Chatham Village, Claflin (off Shore Road opposite Chatham Bars Avenue) is a treasure. The scenic views of both North Beach as well as the boats coming and going from Chatham Harbor can’t be beat. chathaminfo.com/beaches
Let the Music Move You
There’s nothing mundane about Mondays in Chatham with Mondays on Main, a weekly celebration that may have you dancing in the streets—or at least on the sidewalks, from July 6 to Aug. 31. The party kicks off at 6 p.m. and features live bands and other family-friendly entertainment, such as face painting and jugglers, at locations spanning from the rotary all the way down Main Street. Locals and visitors alike have ample opportunity to shop, dine and mingle during this modern-day promenade.
mondaysonmain.com
Go Fish!
Whether you are new or seasoned, fisherman or fisherwoman, fly or tackle, a day spent wading in the flats or surfcasting from the shore is a Chatham day well spent. Book an outing with a local guide through Monomoy Adventures and go fly fishing for striped bass off South Beach and the secluded Monomoy flats, part of the protected Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge. Also check out Cape Cod on The Fly and Fishing the Rip for additional fish-forward options.
Whether you’re looking for a workspace or a workout, Chatham Works, a combination work space and fitness center situated in a bright, welcoming and tastefully designed facility, has what you need to keep your mind and body in fine fettle. The upper-level workspace offers private office space, open seating co-working options and a well-appointed conference room. When you need a brain break, there are two floors of state-of-the-art equipment and workout rooms, including the Lower Cape’s only dedicated indoor cycling studio. Experience up to 60 exercise classes, from barre to cardio kickboxing, Zumba to CrossCore, yoga to team training—and so much more. High-quality onsite childcare is available most mornings, so moms and dads can get to work or workout while their young ones play. That works!
508-469-0123, chathamworks.com
Turn Pages
Dig into Something New—or New to You!
Considering branching out a bit? Branches Grill and Café on Crowell Road offers Caribbeaninspired cuisine in a bright, friendly atmosphere. Its menu ranges from a fresh take on island classics like jerk chicken, curried goat and fried plantains to New England standards like steamed mussels, fried Cod and shrimp scampi. Down the road and celebrating its 20th season, Pisces restaurant incorporates locally sourced ingredients—including a cheese course with rotating selections from The Chatham Cheese Company—in its eclecticyet-classic menu. Sample entrées such as Oysterman’s Spaghettini, Pan-Seared Atlantic Salmon and Sea Scallops and Mediterranean Style Fisherman’s Stew. branchesgrillandcafe.com piscesofchatham.com
Dig your toes in the sand while digging into the work of a local author. “Fortunately for us,” says Eric Linder of Yellow Umbrella Books, “the Cape is a haven for authors.” Keen on historical fiction? Check out the highly acclaimed works of Bernard Cornwell, Sally Gunning or William Martin. Love mysteries? Explore novels with local settings by Barbara Struna and Anne D. LeClaire. Want to keep it real? Lisa Genova, Casey Sherman and Michael J. Tougias keep the pages turning. Are memoirs your jam? Joan Anderson and again Anne D. LeClaire more than satisfy. For quintessential beach romances, Elin Hilderbrand is the local favorite.
508-945-0144, yellowumbrellabooks.net
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Get the Wheels Turning
Strap on a helmet, hop on a bike and ride along the paved, woodsy 4.5-mile stretch of the Old Colony Rail Trail (OCRT) from Chatham to Harwich; peddle a few more miles, connect to the extensive Cape Cod Rail Trail (CCRT) and explore the towns beyond. Better yet, keep your wheels on the ground in Chatham and ride along the scenic on-road bike trail that loops past Oyster Pond, Stage Harbor and down Bridge Street to Lighthouse Beach (see map link below). Extend the ride by turning onto Morris Island Road and peddle the scenic causeway to the Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge on Morris Island and enjoy spectacular panoramic vistas. Now that’s a pedal with a view!
Step off Main Street and take a step back in time with a visit to the Godfrey Windmill and the Chatham Labyrinth, both located in Chase Park. The recently restored Godfrey Grist Mill dates back to 1797 and is open to the public July 1 through Sept. 4, 2020, for tours Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 11 a.m.-3 p.m., with several scheduled “Grinding Days” when visitors can see the mill in action. After visiting the windmill, take a mindful step onto the Chatham Labyrinth, a 2010 gift to the town by local clergy in celebration of the town’s tricentennial.
chathamwindmill.com chathamlabyrinth.com
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Make Art— and Take Some Home!
Channel your inner artist by taking a class at the Creative Arts Center. From pottery to painting, beginner to advanced, you are sure to find a class or workshop that inspires you. Also, not to be missed is the Creative Arts Center’s 49th Annual Festival of the Arts Aug. 14-16 at Chase Park. With 120 juried artists and exhibitors, food trucks and family-friendly activities, “It’s really become part of the fabric of Chatham,” says executive director Angela Mault. 508-945-3583
capecodcreativearts.org
Go Museum Hopping!
Rain or shine, Chatham’s museums offer stimulating forays into the town and region’s past, present and future. Explore the many facets of Chatham’s timeline at The Atwood Museum, home of the Chatham Historical Society, which is showcasing four new displays this year. Celebrate the 100th anniversary of “Chatham on the Air” at Chatham Marconi Maritime Center. Dive into the interactive displays at the newly renovated and expanded AWSC Shark Center, headquarters of the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy. Explore life on Main Street in the 1800s by visiting the Josiah Mayo House, built 200 years ago by a blacksmith and prominent Chatham citizen. Also, don’t miss the Chatham Railroad Museum, located in the 1887 railroad depot that served Chatham residents and visitors for 50 years. Kids will love the wood-sided red caboose! For nature lovers, check out the visitor’s center at the Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge, which includes walking trail maps and exhibits in the museum. chathamhistoricalsociety.org chathammarconi.org, atlanticwhiteshark.org chathamconservationfoundation.org chathamrailroadmuseum.com
Sippin’ Summah
Now that you’ve worked up a thirst checking off your Chatham bucket list, why not toast to your achievement? Take a seat at the Bay View Bar at Chatham Bars Inn and enjoy their Cape Rose Sangria with hints of lychee and guava or their Chatham Chai Spritz with chai rum and Aperol. Chill out at Mom & Pops Burgers with their heavenly signature Frozen Sangria. Sip on a Cape Cod Margarita with hints of cranberry or a refreshing Chatham Cucumber with lemonade and Pearl cucumber vodka at The Chatham Squire. Chatham cheers to you! chathambarsinn.com/dining momandpopschatham.com, thesquire.com
Top 5 Favorite Summer
Traditions
1. Chatham Band concerts
2. Chatham Anglers games
3. July 4th Parade (How about a bloody Mary primer at the Red Nun?)
4. Movie at the Chatham Orpheum (Seeing “Jaws” there is a must every summer)
5. Hit the Squire for bevies and a nosh after 1, 2, 3 or 4!
Ellen Briggs’ efforts to save her great uncle’s windmill from demolition opened her eyes to the greater need to preserve historic buildings facing demolition.
Ellen Briggs aims to preserve historical properties in Chatham—and beyond— with her nonprofit organization Protect Our Past.
By JOSEPH PORCARI
Photography by JULIA CUMES
here are those who merely tilt at windmills, and then there is Ellen Briggs who was determined to save one.
The Chatham resident was inspired to take action after reading an article in a September 2016 issue of The Cape Cod Chronicle, which reported that Briggs Windmill Cottage was earmarked for demolition by the current owners. Childhood memories of spending summers in the windmill on Shore Road—built by her great uncle—inspired Briggs to save it and move it to her adjacent property. As with most towns on the Cape, there is an 18-month demolition delay bylaw in Chatham, which allows time for interested parties to purchase and move historic structures.
Her efforts to protect the windmill opened her eyes to the greater need to preserve historic buildings facing demolition. Chatham has very little open land, and for almost every new house built, an older one must be torn down.
“Why care?” asks Briggs. “Every time we demolish a historic house, we are tearing pages out of our history book. We live in a disposable society, and at what point do we change a place beyond recognition? Once it’s gone, it’s gone forever.”
Preservationists cite the influence of architecture and landscape on people. A sense of place, of harmony, scale and connection to our past is fundamental to our well-being as individuals and as a community. The loss of historic buildings disconnects us from our past, and ultimately, from one another. This awareness, combined with her media and advertising background, motivated Briggs to establish a new nonprofit organization called Protect Our Past (POP).
Briggs is quick to point out that an organization like POP is not against progress or commercial interests. Ultimately, it’s about balancing interests and allowing the community to help determine its own destiny rather than leaving it simply for the market to decide. Studies by the Brookings Institution and others have demonstrated that historic preservation is an overlooked economic driver and increases property values. In many cases, properties in a historic district appreciate at higher rates than the overall market. Other research indicates that Millennials prefer to shop and dine in a unique historic downtown rather than at a shopping mall or chain restaurant. Briggs stresses that the No. 1 reason a historic house is torn down is disrepair. But contrary to the popular belief that “it is cheaper to tear down,” there are many new building materials and techniques available today to make restoration a more economical choice. Briggs is full of passion and dedication to her cause. Her connection to the past is intense and compelling. She talks about the aesthetic thrill or frisson, as some have called it, when in touch with the past, something beautiful shakes you to the core, and can leave you breathless. On a recent visit to the windmill, she points out the many beams salvaged from old shipwrecks and the hand-forged hardware. Walking up the stairs, she clutches the time-worn acorn-shaped top of the newel post. “Flashbacks from my childhood summers come back with every step,” she says. “I’m a kid again.”
Why care? Every time we demolish a historic house, we are tearing pages out of our history book. We live in a disposable society, and at what point do we change a place beyond recognition? Once it’s gone, it’s gone forever.
— Ellen Briggs
Protect Our Past is commissioning a feature-length documentary to be produced and directed by Oliver Becker, who has written and produced shows for CBS and the History and Discovery channels. Thomas Bena, director of the successful documentary “One Big Home” and founder of the Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival, will have an advisory role. Also participating in the project is Nick Fitzhugh, who produced a documentary titled “Starboard Light” about his family’s former historic home along Stage Harbor in Chatham. To view the trailer for the new documentary and for more information about upcoming events, go to ProtectOurPast.org
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Spreading the Word About POP
Protect Our Past (POP) aims to curb the demolition of historic properties, both on and off Cape, with three immediate goals:
1. Believing in the power of the big screen to change minds. POP’s first objective is to raise funds to produce a feature-length documentary to promote awareness of the issues and to tell the stories of people living in historic properties and the individuals who restore them.
2. Their second goal is to form a foundation to raise funds to buy historic structures at risk, restore and then to repurpose them for preservation as museums, educational centers and affordable housing.
3. Finally, POP seeks to create an educational arm to publish a guide to historic restoration as well as organize a speaker series and programs for schools. Briggs is particularly enthusiastic about her interaction with architecture students at Nauset Regional High School, who are producing YouTube videos to spread the word about POP. “They are a breath of fresh air for the future of historic preservation and passionate about the need to stop the wrecking ball.”
—Joseph Porcari
memories
spending summers in the historic windmill on Shore Road, moved it to her adjacent property in 2018. The 19th-century wooden box is among the many artifacts inside the windmill.
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The Cape Cod Chronicle is 55 years old and still going strong as an independently owned newspaper.
By DEBRA LAWLESS Photography by JULIA CUMES
ommunity newspapers filled with reporting about high school sports and church bake sales used to dot the towns of Cape Cod. Henry C. “Hank” Hyora calls these local stories “refrigerator news”—items that people clip out and hang on the fridge. “There’s no other place to get it,” says the longtime owner and publisher of The Cape Cod Chronicle.
Although the weekly newspaper’s most-read items include letters to the editor, obituaries and stories about local residents, the Chronicle has always had a loftier mission—to provide its readers with the news they need to be “active, informed citizens,” as editor Tim Wood wrote in a 2005 article.
Cape Cod Chronicle editor Tim Wood, owner and publisher Henry C. “Hank” Hyora, and production manager Barbara Rugg work as a close-knit team on the weekly publication—one of only three independently owned newspapers on the Cape. “We are an anomaly right now in the industry,” says Hyora.
The newspaper is celebrating its 55th anniversary this year, a feat all the more remarkable when you realize that the publication is one of only three independently owned newspapers on the Cape (the other two are The Provincetown Independent and The Falmouth Enterprise).
“We are an anomaly right now in the industry,” says Hyora. The acquisition of competitor papers by Gannett, a conglomerate of more than 260 newspapers, has served to strengthen the Chronicle. Hyora ascribes the paper’s continuing success to his staff, which includes four full-time reporter/editors and six longtime freelancers. In contrast, Gannett, the nation’s largest newspaper chain, has slashed costs and downsized its newsrooms.
The Chronicle has 8,000 subscribers, a number that increases during the summer. “We are the highest circulating weekly on Cape Cod,” says Wood, adding that this was not always the case. In its early years, the paper struggled to stay afloat in the Cape’s seasonal economy. Although 1987 marked a low point, the paper has been profitable every year since then, says Hyora.
Right from the beginning, it had a family feeling. I still feel that today. We are all so close.
— Amy Tagliaferri, advertising sales
From 1871 to 1943, Chatham’s news was covered in depth by the Chatham Monitor. During WWII, the paper ceased publication and a silence fell over the town until Dec. 1, 1965, when the Chronicle’s precursor, Chatham Shopper News, appeared. Over the next 10 years, the paper went through various distribution schedules and name changes, including The Chatham News and The Lower Cape Cod Chronicle, and the publication finally settled on its current name in February 1974.
Hyora’s family moved to Chatham when he was two. While his father worked as a fisherman, Hyora attended the local schools and graduated from Chatham High in 1968. In 1973, he began working at the Chronicle’s advertising department, where his starting salary was $65/week. Beginning in 1979, he bought the paper in stages until 1984 when he became publisher/owner and took the title of editor.
Wood arrived in the summer of 1982 after graduating from the University of Connecticut, where he had worked for the student newspaper. At the time, Wood’s family owned a summer home in Eastham. If you had asked him back then if he thought he would still be at the paper 38 years later, he probably would have laughed. Yet he grew to love life on Cape Cod. A house of his own, marriage and two sons followed. Wood says he has never regretted his decision to stay.
One outstanding aspect of the Chronicle is the long tenure of its staff. Managing Editor William F. Galvin joined the paper in 1973. Executive Editor Alan Pollock started in 1996. Deb DeCosta, manager of advertising sales, arrived in May 1998, and her colleague Amy Tagliaferri came on board a month later.
Over the years, the paper has gone through various name changes, including The Chatham News and The Lower Cape Cod Chronicle. The publication settled on its current name in 1974.
“Right from the beginning, it had a family feeling,” says Tagliaferri. “I still feel that today. We are all so close.” The paper even has a pet cat, Buddy.
Hyora set the newspaper’s culture many years ago. It “allows the flexibility people need to have lives as long as we get the paper out,” says Wood.
The staff works long hours on Tuesdays. Absent major breaking news, the paper goes to the printer by 10 p.m. The following day is laid-back, which compensates for covering late-night town board meetings—a staple of community newspapers. But with the rise of meetings airing on Chatham’s Channel 18, reporters can now view and report on meetings by watching them on TV.
The paper’s biggest recent stories include the COVID-19 pandemic, the growing presence of sharks and the area’s shifting landscapes and geography, especially along Chatham’s 60 miles of shoreline. In 1987, when the barrier beach broke, waterfront houses tumbled into the sea. This became a national news story and Wood wrote a book about it: “Breakthrough: The Story of Chatham’s North Beach,” published in 1989.
The tornado in July 2019 was last summer’s frontpage story. The freak storm, which hit at noon on a Tuesday, could not have come at a worse time for the Chronicle. The paper was in its final stages of editing and production when the power went out. By mid-afternoon, the staff discovered a solution: move the entire operation to an empty room at the fire station, powered by a generator. The paper arrived a day late, but it published up-to-the-minute news and photos from the storm.
As for the future, Hyora says he sees no need to change what works. This is good news for the Chronicle’s staff, freelancers and loyal readers who care deeply about the community. Although Hyora has been approached many times to sell the paper, it is not for sale.
Natalie Davis works in the production department at The Cape Cod Chronicle. Below, stacks of newspapers are organized by date.
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CHINESE
BACKSIDE BAKES
Specializes in Cape Cod clambakes and Cape Cod catering. 508-360-8399 | backsidebakes.com
CATERING
THE BEACH HOUSE
A coastal-inspired seaside favorite for sunset clambakes and cocktails at Chatham Bars Inn.
A Chatham landmark with friendly service and large portions. The most difficult thing is deciding on a flavor.
456 Main St. | 508-945-5990 | Find us on Facebook
ICE CREAM
CAPE ABILITIES FARM MARKET
Housed in a historic building on the way to Chatham Lighthouse, the market features fresh produce from the Cape Abilities Farm in Dennis and locally made products.
193 Main St. | 508-945-3037 | capeabilities.org
FARM STAND
CAPTAIN’S TABLE
Family owned and operated, a favorite destination for more than 50 years. Serving Sunday brunch, breakfast, lunch and dinner.
576 Main St. | 508-945-1961 | captainstablechatham.com
AMERICAN BRANCHES GRILL AND CAFÉ
CARMINE’S PIZZA
Specialty pizzas and more in a retro-inspired setting. 595 Main St. | 508-945-5300 | carminescapecod.com
PIZZA
CHATHAM CANDY MANOR
Founded in 1955, the beloved candy shop on Main Street offers handmade fudge, delicious chocolates and special holiday assortments. A must-stop when you’re in town!
484 Main St. | 508-945-0825 | candymanor.com
CANDY
THE CHATHAM CHEESE COMPANY
A gourmet food shop featuring artisanal cheeses from around the world. The shop also carries a selection of wines, cured meats and pâtés, and specialty items such as crackers, pasta, vinegars and jams.
902 Main St. | 508-945-1605 | chathamcheese.com
GOURMET FOOD
CHATHAM COOKWARE
Celebrating 20 years in 2020! Home to the famous French breakfast muffins, “the Cookware” serves up breakfast and lunch daily.
524 Main St. | 508-945-1250 | chathamcookware.com
BREAKFAST & LUNCH
CHATHAM FILLING STATION
Baked goods, breakfast and lunch in a retro diner environment. Located in the former Old Harbor Bakery location, next to Chatham Fish & Chips. 75 Old Harbor Road | 508-945-4380 | chathamfillingstation.com
BREAKFAST & LUNCH
CHATHAM FISH & CHIPS
For the freshest fish and chips within a baseball’s throw away from Veterans Field, home of the Chatham Anglers.
75 Old Harbor Road | 508-945-2447 | chathamfishandchips.com
SEAFOOD
THE CHATHAM JAM & JELLY SHOP
Family-owned business that offers more than 100 varieties of jams and jellies, including their best-seller, beach plum jelly. Chutneys, relishes and marmalades are also available.
Offering full bartending service for any occasion. Ask about our new Bloody Mary bar setup.
314 Orleans Road | 508-945-2826 | Find us on Facebook
CATERING
CHATHAM PENNY CANDY
An old-fashioned penny candy store with a great selection of ice cream, fudge and saltwater taffy.
6 Seaview St. | 508-945-3518 | chathampennycandy.com
CANDY
CHATHAM PERK
A local coffee bar and café featuring specialty sandwiches for breakfast and lunch, and catering for any size event. The Perk also offers smoothies, a juice bar and sandwich platters.
307 Orleans Road | 508-945-5005 | chathamperk.com
BREAKFAST & LUNCH
Visit our masterfully restored theater for new and classic movies, special screenings, and live events — all in 7.1 Digital Surround Sound with comfortable seating — equipped with Descriptive Audio, Hearing Assist Devices, and Closed Captioning.
Stop by the Orpheum Café for sides and starters, burgers and sandwiches, our signature cocktails, and so much more — all available to take inside the theater or enjoy at the Café.
637 Main Street, Chatham www.ChathamOrpheum.org Box Office: (508) 945-0874
CHATHAM PIER FISH MARKET
Come for the food. Stay for the view. Our classic New England menu is as authentic as it gets. While you eat, watch fishermen unload the daily catch from our picnic tables or order online and get it to go!
“Nature Uninterrupted.” Offering local shellfish and seafood in its purest form.
593 Main St. | 508-945-5033 | chathamrawbar.com
SEAFOOD
CHATHAM SHELLFISH COMPANY
Retail oysters harvested daily from our farm, scenic and interactive oyster farm tour and tasting, shanty raw bar for groups of up to 15. 393 Barn Hill Road | 508-241-7503 sales@chathamshellfish.com | chathamoysters.com
CATERING
CHATHAM SQUIRE
Chatham’s family restaurant offers a tavern atmosphere with a diverse menu. Check website for events and live entertainment schedule.
487 Main St. | 508-945-0945 | thesquire.com
AMERICAN
CHATHAM VILLAGE CAFÉ & BAKERY
Local hometown bakery featuring hand-cut donuts and gourmet sandwiches.
A grocery store featuring full-service butcher shop, seafood and sushi. Fresh produce and bakery sections, prepared foods available year-round and full selection of beer and wine. Known for outstanding customer service.
20 Queen Anne Road | 508-945-9783 | chathamvillagemarket.com
GROCERY STORE
CHILLER’S HAWAIIAN ICE
Authentic Hawaiian shaved ice, plus ice cream and frozen yogurt. 22 Barn Hill Road | 508-524-9166 | Find us on Facebook FROZEN TREATS
CORNER STORE
A fun place to stop for a burrito, panini or whoopie pie. 1403 Old Queen Anne Road | 508-432-1077 | freshfastfun.com
BURRITOS & PANINIS
CUVÉE AT CHATHAM INN
An intimate fine dining experience featuring three, four and five-course menu options. Offering more than 100 wines by the bottle, craft beers, specialty cocktails and artful entrees. Outdoor seating and fire pit. 359 Main St. | 508-945-1468 | cuveechatham.com
AMERICAN
DEL MAR BAR & BISTRO
Bistro cuisine, wood-fired pizza and an extensive wine list make this one of Chatham’s coolest nightspots. 907 Main St. | 508-945-9988 | delmarbistro.com
AMERICAN
DOGFISH TACO CO.
Opening in summer 2020! Fresh, healthy tacos and bowls—available to-go or sit at the counter on one of 16 stools. Located in the Shop Ahoy Plaza next to Chillers. 22 Barn Hill Road | Dogfishtacoco022@gmail.com
TACOS
ELWOOD’S RAW BARS
Authentic Cape Cod raw bar experience brought to you. From 5 to 500 people. 508-241-1533 | elwoodsrawbars.com
CATERING
EMACK & BOLIO’S
Home to the original Oreo ice cream. Emack & Bolio’s offers creative flavors like Cosmic Crunch and specialty items like ice cream pizza. New building located at the same address.
37 Kent Place | 508-945-5506 | emackandbolioscapecod.com
ICE CREAM
GUSTARE OILS & VINEGARS
This Main Street specialty shop offers the highest quality artisanal extra virgin olive oils, balsamic vinegars and regional gourmet food products. In Italian, Gustare means “to taste, to enjoy, to savor,” so stop into their tasting room and discover your favorite selections!
461 Main St. | 508-945-4505 | gustareoliveoil.com
GOURMET FOOD
HANGAR B EATERY
Offering classic and creative breakfasts and lunches, including gluten-free options, and locally roasted B-Side Coffee. Their mobile coffee shop—a 1964 Shasta camper trailer—can be found at farmers markets, town events and weddings.
Chatham Municipal Airport | 240 George Ryder Road 508-593-3655 | hangarbchatham.com
BREAKFAST & LUNCH
IMPUDENT OYSTER
Upscale eatery in a former church featuring a fresh take on seafood plus a bustling bar scene.
Featuring organic coffees and all-fruit smoothies, plus breakfast sandwiches, wraps, paninis and more.
400 Main St. | 508-348-5621 | jomamascapecod.com
BREAKFAST & LUNCH
KNOTS LANDING BAR & GRILL
Casual restaurant offers fresh-made Italian food, steaks and seafood options, as well as gluten-free and vegan choices. Homemade Greek family recipes, including souvlaki, moussaka and spanakopita, are also on the menu. New this summer: Pizza.
1077 Main St. | 508-945-1700 | knotslandingchatham.com
ITALIAN, STEAK AND SEAFOOD
KREAM N’ KONE
This family-owned landmark has served award-winning fried seafood and soft ice cream for more than 30 years.
1653 Main St. | 508-945-3308 | kreamnkonechatham.com
SEAFOOD
LARRY’S PX
Serving breakfast and lunch since 1955, this unassuming eatery offers classic American fare.
1591 Main St. | 508-945-3964 | Find us on Facebook
BREAKFAST
LILY’S DINER
Located in the former Sandi’s Diner location. Fresh baked goods and breakfast served daily.
639 Main St. | 508-945-0631
BREAKFAST
LIBAYTION
Beachfront bar offers the best water views on Cape Cod. Guests will enjoy the diverse menu featured at the Outer Bar & Grille. Open during summer months for lunch and dinner— weather permitting.
Renovated interior features a new kitchen and a full raw bar, indoor seating for 50 and an outdoor patio. Offering the highest quality seafood caught daily from Cape Cod waters.
1291 Main St. | 508-945-1178 | macsseafood.com/markets/chatham
SEAFOOD
MARION’S PIE SHOP
Established in 1947, this specialty bakeshop offers gourmet pies and more. 2022 Main St. | 508-432-9439 | marionspieshopofchatham.com
PIES
MOM & POPS BURGERS
Pressed burgers, including the Dyablo (hot!), and steamed cheeseburgers, plus homemade lumpia—hand-rolled Filipino pork egg rolls. Visit their food truck at local events in Chatham and around the Cape! 1603 Main St. | 774-840-4144 | momandpopschatham.com
AMERICAN
MONOMOY COFFEE CO.
Fresh muffins and bagels daily, homemade flavored cream cheeses and grab-and-go sandwiches.
447 Main St. | 508-945-5662 | Find us on Facebook COFFEE
NEW ENGLAND PIZZA AT KNOTS LANDING BAR & GRILL
Classic pizza, subs and salads with a Greek flair.
1077 Main St. | 508-945-9070 | Find us on Facebook PIZZA
ORPHEUM CAFÉ
Enjoy truffle parmesan fries, a Cubano sandwich or three-cheese grilled cheese sandwich, either with a glass of wine or specialty cocktail in the café—or inside the movie theater.
637 Main St. at Chatham Orpheum Theater 508-945-0874 | chathamorpheum.org
LUNCH OR DINNER
PATE’S RESTAURANT
A Cape Cod landmark since 1957, Pate’s offers prime cuts of beef, fresh seafood and a classic lounge menu. 1260 Main St. | 508-945-9777 | patesrestaurant.com
AMERICAN
PISCES
Coastal cooking with styles and flavors from around the world, with décor from local artists.
2653 Main St. | 508-432-4600 | piscesofchatham.com
AMERICAN/SEAFOOD
PUBLIC CAFÉ
Locally roasted organic coffees, breakfast, lunch and dinner featuring ethnic cuisine and gluten-free options. Located next to the new Lily’s Diner (formerly Sandi’s Diner).
641 Main St. | 508-444-8833 | publiccafecapecod.com
BREAKFAST & LUNCH
QUEEN ANNE INN
Trendy New England cuisine with a fresh Rocky Mountain breeze. Homemade breads and cakes. Breakfast served from 8-10 a.m. Dinner served nightly 5-10 p.m.
70 Queen Anne Road | 508-945-0394 | queenanneinn.com
AMERICAN
RED NUN BAR & GRILL
Chatham’s sports pub tavern, consistently rated best burgers on the Cape.
746 Main St. | 508-348-0469 | rednun.com
AMERICAN
RIDGEVALE BEACH SNACK BAR
The perfect spot for a casual beachside lunch. Enjoy your meal from the outdoor patio, which overlooks the picturesque creek and Nantucket Sound.
With a large selection of flavors and a friendly staff, located in the Old Schoolhouse building, a Chatham icon. 2334 Main St. | 508-432-7464 | Find us on Facebook
ICE CREAM
SNOWY OWL COFFEE ESPRESSO BAR
In addition to their espresso and brewed beverages, Snowy Owl’s Chatham location offers cookies from Kayak Cookies, pastries from Pain D’Avignon and gluten-free vegan muffins from Cape Cod Muffins and White Lion Bakery.
483 Main St. | socoffee.co/espresso-bar-in-chatham COFFEE
With Chatham seawater pumping directly through our tanks, our classic New England menu is as authentic as it gets. While you eat, watch fishermen unload the days catch and the sassy seals entertain nearby.
STARS
Fine oceanside dining by candlelight at Chatham Bars Inn. Seasonal cuisine is inspired by Chatham’s natural surroundings and the bounty of The Chatham Bars Inn Farm.
Neapolitan-style thin crust pizza using whole wheat flour and signature chunky tomato sauce. 790 Main St. | 508-348-0200 | sweettomatoescapecod.com
PIZZA
THE TALKATIVE PIG
Chef Jeff Mitchell serves Mediterranean-inspired dishes using the freshest locally sourced ingredients. Don’t miss their signature hand-pulled pizzas. 2642 Main St. | 508-430-5211 | thetalkativepig.com
MEDITERRANEAN
THOREAU’S
A club-like bar adjacent to Twenty-Eight Atlantic, Thoreau’s offers a unique menu, an extensive wine list, and a wide selection of martinis and specialty cocktails. Wequassett Resort and Golf Club | 2173 Route 28 508-430-3000 | wequassett.com/dining
AMERICAN
TWENTY-EIGHT ATLANTIC
Chef James Hackney’s menu at the resort’s signature restaurant celebrates native and seasonal ingredients with creative, award-winning flair. Waterfront location. Wequassett Resort and Golf Club | 2173 Route 28 508-430-3000 | wequassett.com/dining
AMERICAN
WEST CHATHAM GRILL
Offering fresh and delicious grilled sandwiches, including steak & cheese, chicken teriyaki and cheeseburger subs. Menu also includes a variety of salads, soups and kids’ meals. 1615 Main St. | 508-945-1422 | Find us on Facebook
SANDWICHES
WILD GOOSE TAVERN
Destination dining in the heart of downtown Chatham, “the Goose” offers local seafood and organic and gluten-free options. Enjoy lunch or dinner in their indoor dining room or outside on their new curbside patio. Chatham Wayside Inn, 512 Main St. | 508-945-5590 wildgoosetavern.com
AMERICAN
The Goose offers the only outdoor dining in downtown Chatham. Our menu features locally sourced , sustainable offerings, as well as gluten free options, curated cocktails and lighter fare, all served in a cozy, lively atmosphere.
MAY 24-SEPT. 18 TRADITIONAL NEW
ENGLAND CLAMBAKES Throughout the summer, guests, visitors and locals gather at Chatham Bars Inn to feast on lobster, corn, potatoes and, of course, clams. All seafood is locally caught around Chatham and all produce is sourced from the Chatham Bars Inn farm. While adults relax on the beach, kids enjoy programming planned by CBI’s rec crew, including cornhole, sandcastle building and more. $106 with lobster / $75 without lobster per adult and $72 with lobster / $39 without lobster per child (ages 5-12). Seating times are 6 p.m., 6:45 p.m., 7:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. For additional information, specific dates and reservations, please contact the concierge at 508-945-6871. Chatham Bars Inn, 297 Shore Road, chathambarsinn.com
MAY 25 MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY
Participants include members of the Chatham VFW and American Legion, the Chatham Coast Guard Color Guard, the Coast Guard Auxiliary, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts and Brownies. Chatham Community Center, 702 Main St., chathaminfo.com
JUNE
JUNE 12-14
CHATHAM HISTORY
WEEKEND Learn about the town’s historic riches, its organizations and 2020 offerings on a VIRTUAL bus tour of museums and historic sites. The virtual bus tour will make an approximately 90-minute circuit around Chatham and a local guide from the museum/ site will join the (virtual) tour for a brief introduction to the site. For more information, visit historic-chatham.org
TRADITIONAL NEW ENGLAND CLAMBAKE AT CHATHAM BARS INN
JUNE-AUGUST ART IN THE PARK This year’s annual event, “Whales in the Park” and “Oars in the Stores,” will feature five-foot painted and decorated whales by local artists. Artwork will later be auctioned to benefit the Chatham Chamber of Commerce and Merchants Association, whose mission is to promote the town of Chatham and the interests of its retail members. Also this year: Visitors can “hunt” for five-foot oars customized by local artists in the shops and businesses throughout the summer. Each person turning in a completed booklet will receive a prize. Scavenger hunt booklets are available at the Chatham Chamber booth on Main Street. Memorial Day through Labor Day. chathammerchants.com or chathaminfo.com
JUNE 17 ANNUAL GALA CELEBRATION
One of the Creative Arts Centers’ largest fundraisers. Enjoy live music, hors d’oeuvres and silent auction items at Chatham Bars Inn. 6-8 p.m. 297 Shore Road. For more information, visit capecodcreativearts.org
CLICQUOT ON THE COAST POOL PARTY AT CHATHAM BARS INN
JUNE 24 MEET THE FLEET
Join the Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen’s Alliance for a unique event that brings together local fishermen and chefs. Hear from the fishing industry about what’s in season and how it is harvested, while guest chefs offer cooking tips, tastes and recipes. The event, guaranteed to deepen your appreciation of Cape Cod’s fresh local seafood, begins with light bites from Chatham Bars Inn and locally crafted beer from Hog Island Brewery. $15 per person. 5-7 p.m. Nauset Marine East, 235 Main St., Orleans. For more information, visit capecodfishermen.org/meet-the-fleet
JUNE 25 CLICQUOT ON THE COAST POOL PARTY
Perfectly set at Chatham Bars Inn’s outdoor pool, this lively party will feature Veuve Clicquot Premier Champagne and Belvedere vodka cocktails, a DJ, small bites and marvelous views of the Atlantic Ocean. Bring your friends for some fun in the sun by CBI’s oceanfront pool. 5:30-8 p.m.
$78 per person. Must be over 21 to participate. Call concierge to reserve at 508-9456871. Chatham Bars Inn, 297 Shore Road, chathambarsinn.com
JUNE
28 4TH ANNUAL PIG & OYSTER ROAST Kick off the summer season with Chatham Bars Inn at the Beach House Grill for the inn’s Annual Pig & Oyster Roast. The event features a roasted whole pig, local roasted, baked and raw oysters, along with a low country boil, cash bar and live music. 5-8 p.m.
$70 per person. Call concierge to reserve at 508-945-6871. Chatham Bars Inn, 297 Shore Road, chathambarsinn.com
JUNE 28 41ST ANNUAL CHATHAM 10K HARBOR RUN/WALK Join the Cape Cod Athletic Club at their annual 6.2-mile run or 3.1-mile walk to benefit the CCAC scholarship fund. T-shirts available for purchase on race day. Pick up registration applications at Chatham Squire on Main Street or register online at capecodathleticclub.org. 11 a.m. Monomoy Regional Middle School, 425 Crowell Road.
JULY
JULY 3-SEPT. 4 LOBSTER ROLL SUPPERS Before heading over to the Friday night Chatham Band concert, stop by the Methodist Church for a lobster roll. Eat in, take out or
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enjoy at their outdoor picnic tables. You may call ahead to reserve your meal. 5-7 p.m. Fridays. First United Methodist Church, 16 Cross St., 508-945-0474, chathammethodist.org
JULY 3-SEPT. 4 CHATHAM BAND FRIDAY
NIGHT CONCERTS Every Friday night, all roads on the Cape lead to Kate Gould Park and the Whit Tileston Bandstand where the one and only Chatham Band performs. Attendees are encouraged to sing along, march around and dance. 8-9:30 p.m. Whit Tileston Bandstand, Kate Gould Park, Main Street, chathamband.com
JULY 2 FOURTH OF JULY FIREWORKS
Fireworks return in 2020! For the first time in 45 years, a Fourth of July fireworks display— sponsored by Chatham Bars Inn—is scheduled for July 2, over Veterans Field, home of the Chatham Anglers.
JULY 4 INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE
Chatham’s Parade, which started in 1908, is one of the oldest in the United States, attracting 20,000 people annually! This year’s theme is “Chatham Celebrates Women—In Honor of the 100th Anniversary of Women’s Right to Vote.” 9:30-11:30 a.m., chathamparade.com
JULY 4 STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL
Following the Fourth of July parade, enjoy strawberry shortcake, hot dogs, sandwiches and beverages. 11a.m.-1 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 16 Cross St., 508-945-0474, chathammethodist.org
JULY 6-AUG. 31 MONDAYS ON
MAIN
The Chatham Chamber of Commerce and Merchants Association brings you a night of live music and entertainment on Main Street every Monday night in July and August. The shops, restaurants and businesses will have specials, promotions, pop-up shops and more! 6-9 p.m. mondaysonmain.com
JULY 9 & 23, AUG. 6 & AUG. 20, SEPT. 3 & OCT. 3 FARM-TO-TABLE DINNERS AT CHATHAM BARS INN Farm-to-table dinners each have their own distinctive menus creatively prepared by Chef Anthony Cole and his culinary team using produce from CBI’s eight-acre farm. Enjoy a welcome reception in a stunning setting at 5:30 p.m. followed by dinner from 6-8 p.m. Dinner guests will be seated at long communal tables set amidst Chatham Bars Inn’s working farm with twinkling lights suspended above. Tickets include a four-course, family-style dinner with red or white wine and gratuity for $140 per person. Call concierge to reserve at 508-945-6871. For more information, visit chathambarsinn.com
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For everything Chatham, please visit www.ChathamInfo.com
The Chatham Chamber of Commerce and Merchants Association are proud to continue the tradition of annual and seasonal events. Please visit www.ChathamInfo.com often for scheduled events, updated dates and times, and much more Chatham info!
Art in the Park
Mondays on Main :
Music on Main Street
Pumpkin People in the Park Oktoberfest
“Christmas
by the Sea” Stroll
A special blend of the past and present with quaint streets lined with historic homes, a wonderful selection of museums, and a strolling downtown area with unique shops, galleries, and fine restaurants. Lodging options range from a spectacular oceanfront resort to lovely bed & breakfast inns throughout our picturesque seaside village.
Rich in its maritime heritage and a spirited New England town with a variety of small businesses, Chatham is a special place for year-round residents and visitors alike. We hope you find our town as special as we do, and that you will return many times in the future to enjoy the beauty of this wonderful seaside village and all that it has to offer!
JULY 10-19 CAPE COD HYDRANGEA FESTIVAL
An annual celebration of the region’s blue, pink and white signature flowers on Cape Cod, including several stops in Chatham. This 10-day festival features daily tours of private gardens, each designed and maintained by the individual homeowners. Enjoy eclectic spaces, while supporting a variety of local nonprofits. A schedule of events will be available in early June. For more information, visit capecodchamber.org
JULY 11 AN EVENING
TO REMEMBER
The Chatham Historical Society’s annual fundraiser will be held at the breathtaking “Sea La Vie” estate in Chathamport. This estate, located on the grounds of the former Naval Air Station, boasts stunning views of Fox Hill and Strong Island. Join us for cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, live and silent auctions, and beautiful waterfront views as we celebrate the summer season and raise funds for the Chatham Historical Society. For more information, visit chathamhistoricalsociety.org
JULY 18 GALLERY ANTONIA 10TH
ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION Gallery
Antonia will host its annual group show, 4-6 p.m., which will also coincide with the gallery’s 10th anniversary. Since 2010, Gallery Antonia has featured award-winning local and regional
artists, hosted many community events and offered a wide range of art services, including residential and commercial art consulting. Gallery Antonia is located at the Cornfield Suites, 1291 Main St., second level, 508-469-4020, galleryantonia.com.
JULY 27 33RD ANNUAL TASTE OF CHATHAM A fresh face on a summer classic. An evening of delicious food, drink and great company. Chatham’s premier dining event supports local families of Monomoy Community Services. 5:30-8:30 p.m. monomoy.org
AUGUST
AUG. 1 HOOKERS BALL The Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen’s Alliance 19th annual party helps raise money to fund its work to keep local seafood on dinner plates, healthy fish populations in the ocean and a sustainable and profitable small-boat fishing industry on Cape Cod. Enjoy live music and dancing; a silent and live auction; a raw bar and local seafood. 6-10 p.m. 150 George Ryder Road, under the big white tent at Chatham VFW. capecodfishermen.org
AUGUST 1 PIRATE’S DAY A fun-filled day for the whole family! The Free Men of the Sea will perform demonstrations, show artifacts and sing shanties. There will be face painting and good cheer. Learn about who pirates really were, what a pirate’s life was like, and much more! For more information, visit chathamhistoricalsociety.org
AUG. 14-16 49TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF
THE ARTS Cape Cod’s premier fine arts and crafts festival showcases beautiful work from 120 artisans. Exhibitors from around the country showcase one-of-a-kind pieces, including clothing, jewelry, fine woodworking, art, ceramics and glass. There will be food trucks and ice cream at the center of the green and a children’s tent featuring fun activities and face painting. Free admission. Five-minute walk from Main Street. Shuttle bus from Creative Arts Center and Main Street Community Center. 508-945-3583. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Chase Park, Cross Street, capecodcreativearts.org/festivals
AUG. 26 MEET THE FLEET Join the Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen’s Alliance for a unique event that brings together local fishermen and chefs. Hear from the fishing industry about what’s in season and how it is harvested, while guest chefs offer cooking tips, tastes and recipes. The event begins with light bites from Chatham Bars Inn and locally crafted beer from Hog Island Brewery. $15 per person. 5-7 p.m. Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen’s Alliance, 1566 Main St., 508-9452432, capecodfishermen.org/meet-the-fleet
OCTOBER
OCT. 1-31 PUMPKIN PATCH Pumpkins for sale! Proceeds benefit the Chatham Children’s Fund and church missions. First Congregational Church, 650 Main St. (at the rotary), 508-945-0800 or chathamcongregational.org
49TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS
OCTOBER PUMPKIN PEOPLE IN THE
PARK
Local businesses and regular folk create unique and fascinating displays with pumpkins. Travel & Leisure Magazine named Chatham the 4th “Best Towns in America for Halloween,” citing the Chatham Merchant’s Association Oktoberfest and Pumpkin People in the Park as must go-to events. Thousands of spectators pose with the “people” every year. Sponsored by Chatham Chamber of Commerce and Merchants Association. Kate Gould Park, Main Street, chathammerchants.com
OCT. 24 OKTOBERFEST Pumpkin People in the Park, great beer, bratwurst, music, kids’ games. All these events are just a small part of Chatham’s Oktoberfest in Kate Gould Park, Main Street, Chatham. 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Kate Gould Park, Main Street, oktoberfestinchatham.com
OCT. 28 MEET THE FLEET Join the Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen’s Alliance for a unique event that brings together local fishermen and chefs. Hear from the fishing industry about what’s in season and how it is harvested, while guest chefs offer cooking tips, tastes and recipes. The event begins with light bites from Chatham Bars Inn and locally crafted beer from Hog Island Brewery. $15 per person. 5-7 p.m. Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen’s Alliance, 1566 Main St., 508-945-2432, capecodfishermen.org/meet-the-fleet
PATCH
OCT. 29 HALLOWEEN AT THE BATWOOD
Spooky things are happening at the Batwood! From 2:30-4:30 p.m., children (and their adults) can dress up and trick or treat through the museum’s 12 exhibit galleries. Atwood Museum, 347 Stage Harbor Road, 508-945-2493, chathamhistoricalsociety.org
NOVEMBER
NOV. 11 VETERANS DAY CEREMONY The Town of Chatham Veterans Day Ceremony will take place at the Chatham Community
Center instead of at the rotary. The ceremony will begin promptly at 11 a.m. The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. Participants include members of the Chatham VFW and American Legion, the Ladies Auxiliary to the Chatham VFW, the Chatham Coast Guard, the Coast Guard Auxiliary, and boys and girls from local Scout organizations. Please arrive early. Allow time for parking and seating. Chatham Community Center, 702 Main St., chathaminfo.com
NOV. 24 HISTORIC BAKE SALE “The Best Bake Sale in History” will be held at 10 a.m. until baked goods run out. The Atwood Museum’s gift shop will be open and copies of “American Cookery and New England Pie” will be available, along with a selection of holiday gifts. Atwood Museum, 347 Stage Harbor Road, 508-945-2493, chathamhistoricalsociety.org
PUMPKIN
NOV. 26 16TH ANNUAL CHATHAM TURKEY
TROT Fun run or walk along 3.1 miles of winding and rolling paved roads surrounded by beautiful scenery. Founded by the Unitarian Universalist Meeting House and The Chatham Walkers, the trot benefits Lower Cape Outreach Council. Free T-shirts (while supplies last), raffle and homemade pie sale. Registration 7-8 a.m. behind the Chatham Orpheum Theater at the corner of Main Street and Stage Harbor Road. Adults (13+): $15 + a bag of nonperishable groceries. Children (5-12): $5 + two grocery items. Under 5: free + 1 grocery item. For more information, call 508-432-7194 or visit chathamturkeytrot.com
DECEMBER
DEC. 6 ANNUAL SANTA CLAUS ARRIVAL AT CHATHAM FISH PIER ON COAST GUARD
VESSEL After greeting children at the pier, Santa will hop into a fire engine and travel to the Community Center, where he will take up residence at 2 p.m. to hear Christmas wishes.
Children who meet Santa will receive a small gift. This annual event is sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Lower Cape Cod. chathammerchants.com
DEC. 11-13 CHRISTMAS BY THE SEA HOLIDAY STROLL WEEKEND Chatham shops welcome hundreds of shoppers with homemade cookies, a tree-lighting ceremony, carolers, a brass trio, horse and carriage rides, breakfasts with Santa, Santa’s workshop and more! chathamchristmasbythesea.com
DEC. 12 GRUB WITH THE GRINCH Join the Atwood with your family for breakfast with the Grinch! Enjoy Christmas and Grinch-themed breakfast foods while Mr. Grinch shares stories of his Christmas adventures—he may even sing a Christmas song with his guests! 9-11 a.m. Atwood Museum, 347 Stage Harbor Road, 508-945-2493, chathamhistoricalsociety.org
DEC. 12 BREAKFAST WITH SANTA A Chatham Christmas stroll tradition! Enjoy a hearty breakfast with Saint Nick and be sure to tell him what’s on your Christmas wish list! 9 a.m. This event at sells out quickly and tickets are required. Sponsored by the Chatham Wayside Inn and Chatham Chamber of Commerce and Merchants Association. Tickets go on sale Nov. 1 at chathamchristmasbythesea. com. Chatham Wayside Inn, 512 Main St., waysideinn.com
DEC. 31 FIRST NIGHT CHATHAM Now in its 30th year, the family-friendly, alcohol-free, townwide celebration of the arts showcases more than 70 performances and events. Don’t miss the circus show, ice sculptures and fireworks! A full day of fun and entertainment, starting with a town photo at noon at the Chatham Lighthouse, culminating with fireworks at Oyster Pond as the Countdown Cod takes revelers to the stroke of midnight. firstnightchatham.com
Please check each organization’s website and Facebook pages for updated event information.
16TH ANNUAL CHATHAM TURKEY TROT
COCONUT MANGO LIME
Popsicles
Press this golden and lime-bespeckled popsicle to your lips…take a bite…close your eyes while it slowly melts on your tongue. Rich, yet low in fat. Sweet, but extremely low in sugar. This is tropical paradise in a popsicle.
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Freeze: Overnight
Yield: 8-10 popsicles
Dietary Specifications: Dairy free, gluten free
INGREDIENTS
2 mangoes, peeled and chopped (approximately 2½ cups)
1, 13½-ounce can light coconut milk
¼ cup Gustare Italian Mango Whole Fruit Vinegar
Zest of 1 lime, divided
2 teaspoons fresh lime juice
1 tablespoon agave
Recipe courtesy of Gustare Oils & Vinegars, 461 Main St., 508-945-4505, gustareoliveoil.com
DIRECTIONS
1. Combine mango, coconut milk, lime zest and juice, agave and Gustare Italian Mango Whole Fruit Vinegar in a blender, reserving some lime zest for sprinkling into molds.*
2. Puree until smooth, creamy and thick.
3. If using horizontal popsicle molds, scatter reserved lime zest along inner surface of molds.
4. Pour mango coconut mixture into molds until full and flush with rim.
5. Insert popsicle sticks until only 1/3 of the stick is visible beyond the base of the pop. Scrape excess fruit puree if necessary to ensure that popsicles remain level and uniform.
6. Freeze overnight
7. Enjoy!
*NOTE: A decorative sprinkling of lime zest is most effective when using horizontal molds. If you are using vertical molds, the zest will gather at the tip of the mold, so you may choose to simply add all the zest to the puree. Don’t skip the zest, though, as it adds a burst of fresh flavor!
