by Steve Lam | Aug 19, 2015 | History
Did you know Highland Light (also sometimes know as the Cape Cod Light) in Truro is one of the oldest established lighthouses in the United States? The lighthouse that currently stands looking out over the sea in Truro is actually the third structure to stand...
by Steve Lam | Mar 24, 2015 | History, News
Few places are as geologically dynamic as Cape Cod. The sands beneath our feet are always shifting, driven by water and wind. Cape Cod is a product of glacial deposition so it is geologically transient. In the summer it can be easy to forget the transitory nature...
by Steve Lam | Feb 27, 2015 | Cape Cod Photo Galleries, History
We surely don’t have to tell anyone how the weather has been here on Cape Cod this winter. Those who remember are comparing our recent weather systems to the Blizzard of 1978. Many Massachusetts residents’ most prominent recollection of that infamous storm...
by Steve Lam | Jan 28, 2015 | Cape Cod Photo Galleries, News
The dune at Ballston beach in Truro that separates the Pamet from the Atlantic Ocean was breached during the winter storm Juno. This is the second time in two years the barrier dune has been breached at this site. This is the Ballston Beach parking lot, it has been...
by Steve Lam | Jul 25, 2013 | About The Furies, History, News
In yet another reminder of the battering that the Cape Cod coastline took this off-season the Cape Cod National Seashore was forced to tear down the visitor pavilion at the former Marconi Wireless site due to the steady encroachment of the dune’s edge. In 1903 From...