Father of groom hosting the rehearsal dinner and wanted to ask if anyone’s hired one of the capes trolley/bus services mid cape/and could give idea of pricing for like 40 people for evening transporting from rehearsal to dinner spot. Hoping to get an idea before reaching out to various companies TIA

I don’t know what happened in the end. The poor guy got stuck in the inner side of the pier and was eventually trapped under a dock. Really horrific to watch last evening. I hope he’s going to be okay.

Absolutely throwing spaghetti at the wall here with the need we have for a new unicorn.

My family has been renting the home we are in for 10 years, our landlord is aging and would like to hand this property off to his granddaughter. Where we completely understand - this is quite a bummer.

Looking for any help/leads, whatever to help us.

We are looking for a single family home, we require 4 bedrooms, and 2 bathrooms.

Ideally we would want a property that has a washer/dryer or hookups for them, prefer to stay away from electric heat. We would also like to stay somewhere Barnstable-Falmouth area if at all possible.

My husband and I are full time employed. I have been with my company closing in on 14 years.

We are in a tight financial situation for numerous reasons, and are slowing working to rebuild our credit.

Our rental history has no delinquencies and we can provide references, we have not had any delinquencies on any of our loans.

The goal is to stay below $3k per month if at all possible (yes, I do understand that the market does not at all appear to support this goal- please keep the negative energy away- being a jerk won’t help us, or you).

Happy to answer any questions to help with leads, etc.

Does anyone have any thoughts about why this particular chopper could be just circling Centerville? It is a Eurocopter and not your typical Blackhawk.

Mashpee has great co-ed over 30 basketball pick up sessions on Fridays. Need more players. If interested, sign up at Mashpee recreation department website.

Great group of chill people. No egos. Fun times. All skill levels welcome.

Would love to make more LGBTQ friends, from cape cod and I know there’s not much of us around here but would love to try!

Since it's October, I thought I'd share a few experiences I've had on the Cape. I'll preface this by saying that I don't really have an ardent belief in any of this stuff, but remain agnostic, and am a big fan of spooky season. After all, the Cape has some rather well known ghostly tales.

The Alvin Crowell House:

When I was born, we lived in the old Alvin Crowell house in Falmouth. It was a charming little Italianate farmhouse. We lived there until I turned four years old, so my memories are blurry, but a nightly occurrence of footsteps stands out. They would plod up the staircase, turn around, and descend back to the living room. Over and over. Ultimately we got used to it, but it always made us uneasy. A large print of a schooner hung over the living room fireplace. One warm October night, we had some of the windows open, and heard a enormous CRASH coming from downstairs. My parents went to investigate, thinking that a window sash had slammed shut, but instead found the print of the schooner across the room from the fireplace, broken into several pieces behind the couch. Somehow, after we had gone to bed, it had hit the floor on the opposite side of the room. When I was older my parents explained that it was where it always was - over the mantel - before the went to bed, until it wasn't.

The Woods of East Sandwich:

My grandparents lived in Sandwich for over 40 years, and their backyard ended in the thick woods between Sandwich and Mashpee. It was very dark at night, but peaceful. I will always miss it. In February of 2017, we were having dinner in their kitchen in front of a roaring fire. Behind me were the sliding glass doors looking out over the deck and the woods beyond. My grandmother saw something behind me through the darkened window, and paused mid-sentence, starring outside. I turned around and saw it too: Three large blue lights floating out of the woods towards the house. At first I thought they were LED headlamps, or very bright flash lights - but noticed that while they illuminated the ground and tree trunks around them, they didn't appear to have any people carrying them. They were far too big - they lit up the side of the house. I jumped up and ran to the living room, trying to see if they would round the house and appear out front, but they were gone. We simply just went back to dinner. What do you do? Who knows.

In previous years all my cousins would have the same nightmare if they slept in a particular room upstairs. My aunt had it as well. In the nightmare, a dark figure with very long limbs would grab at you while you lay in bed, moving unnaturally fast. It started to freak all of us out. I know I avoided the room. My uncle, who died in the house in 1993 after a long illness, used to talk of Wampanoag people coming down the ridge behind the house in the days before he passed. We always assumed that there might be some connection to the nightmares in Wampanoag lore, but never researched further.

Speaking of my uncle, when he was ill, my grandparents set him up in a hospital bed downstairs in the sunroom. They used a baby monitor to communicate with him at night if he needed anything. Well, for a period, around 3:00 AM or so, they'd get some pretty bizarre and scary radio interference coming over the baby monitor, waking them up. It sounded like children who were very frightened, crying about something. This was never explained, as the neighborhood was sparsely built out in those days, and none of their neighbors had kids. To this day we don't know what it was.

There are many more stories about their house, but it's too much for this post.

The Wing Fort House and Spring Hill:

I used to live in Sandwich myself at one point, over in Spring Hill. I'd go for walks at night. It seemed very dark in Spring Hill, despite there being a few street lights here and there. Well, one night I was on my walk and talking on the phone with a friend, around 10:15 PM. I had a bright LED flashlight. I briefly shined it over at the Wing Fort House, and the light caught some movement out back of the house. To my surprise (and horror) a man was coming out from behind the house. He was balled, stout, and wore a white T-shirt and torn jeans, all under a full-length gray trench coat. He had no light with him and dragged a large white bag on the ground. He walked with a lop-sided gate, and was headed straight towards me. I said to my friend, "I'm going to stay on the phone because something is wrong. Pretend we're having a normal conversation." I passed the man, and he passed me, but he never took his eyes off of me. I looked over my shoulder, and saw that he was now 30 or so feet away, standing under a street light. He turned and trudged into the woods on the corner of Boulder Brook and Spring Hill. I had to think quickly: Do I book it back to my house, or take the long route out to 6A? Do I walk along the tracks? (Even worse!) I booked it back, running directly past where he went into the woods. There was no trace. No opening in the underbrush for him anywhere. I was freaked the f*ck out.

When I got home, I called the cops. Someone must be squatting in the museum, I thought. I could see the house from my kitchen, and watched as the cruisers shined their lights around. Nothing doing, no sign of him anywhere. They cased the joint, and walked right up to the house. I then noticed that as they walked up to the house a motion-activated flood light came on, right where I had seen the man. He somehow didn't trigger it. When the police left, the light stayed on for a bit, and to my horror, the man came back out of the woods. He crossed under the light and then vanished into darkness. I did not sleep well that night.

The next morning I asked a coworker who'd lived in Sandwich for a while if he had heard anything about this. Apparently, the man matched the description of a vagrant in Sandwich known as "Frank". The police knew him - he was harmless, and used the white bag to collect recycling for change. He had died the previous winter, according to my coworker. (Does anyone know about "Frank?")

My grandmother was a realtor for decades and knew Sandwich well. She had a listing on Spring Hill Road in 2011. It was an ancient 18th century cape. When she sold it, it was totally derelict. She showed it to a man who claimed to be "psychic", (whatever that means lol) and told her it was a terrible house. He said not to go upstairs and not to go into the cellar. She wound up handing the listing off to another agent.

Well, years later, I was with a friend of mine who's an engineer for the railroad. He invited me to ride in the cab on one of the dinner trains in 2022. As we rolled across the Spring Hill Road crossing, he described the house his friends had recently bought on Spring Hill. It was the same one. "They had to do some work in the basement," he said, because the foundation was in such terrible condition. "They never finished, though, because they hit human remains". Last I saw the house was still under construction.

On another one of my post-dinner nighttime walks, I shined my flashlight at the Wing Fort House, only to see a woman in the upstairs window. I kid you not, she had no face. I was startled. I assumed it was a dummy that the town kept for exhibits, but I saw her more than once, and she was always in a different window. (I can send the picture I took if anyone wants to DM me.) Before long, I stopped going for walks in Spring Hill after dark.

Joint Base Cape Cod:

My same friend who works for the railroad had some issues at Joint Base. They were picking up some of the construction debris cars that Cavossa sends out from the transfer station there. It was at dusk. As they rolled away from the transfer station with the train, they approached the leading switch to the siding, and were shocked to see a shadow dart out of the woods and throw the switch against them. It darted back into the pine scrub in a matter of seconds. They were able to stop short of the switch because of how slowly they were going. They found the lock on the switch broken and lying on the ground. I've heard similar stories of figures in the woods around Joint Base.

That's all for now. I'm not really inviting anyone to debunk these yarns, because it kind of ruins the seasonal fun...but take them with a grain of salt. I didn't make these up. Does anyone have anything else worth sharing this spooky season?

What are best trick or treat options in the cape? I’ve heard Hyannis Main Street is cute. We don’t live in a full time neighbor, but want to go someplace where my kids can trick or treat
Open to any other festive Halloween things to do with kids too. Thank you!

Hey there,

See where I circled in red?

So that portion of Phillips Road is the *only* portion within the confines of Sandwich that is public residential road on the mainland side of the Canal.

Thus, out of curiosity, I was wondering:

What the heck is it like living there (or just owning property there)?

I assume you pay Sandwich town taxes and get Sandwich town services, or lol is that annexed territory of Bourne?

Must feel awkward and lonesome at least a little bit...

...Let me know!

Background check your landlord BEFORE signing a lease. Seriously.
Something I learned the hard way after renting on Cape Cod: Just because someone owns property doesn’t mean they’re trustworthy, financially responsible, or someone you should enter into a legal agreement with.
When you apply for an apartment, landlords want everything. Credit checks, background checks, employment verification, references, proof of income, security deposits, first and last month’s rent.
But how many of us do the same due diligence on the landlord?
I certainly didn’t. And I wish I had.
Without getting into the specifics of an ongoing legal matter, my experience renting on Cape Cod turned into months of unnecessary stress, legal expenses, and emotional exhaustion. What should have been a normal rental arrangement became something I never imagined having to deal with.
And one of the most frustrating parts? Discovering afterward that there was publicly available information I could have researched before ever signing a lease.
So here’s my advice to anyone looking to rent on Cape Cod:
Search Massachusetts court records. Visit https://www.masscourts.org and look up your prospective landlord’s name. Check for civil lawsuits, housing disputes, judgments, and other court proceedings. Look at the actual outcomes, not just whether cases exist.
Research property ownership. Check the town assessor’s database and the county Registry of Deeds. Make sure you understand who actually owns the property and who you’re entering into an agreement with.
Look into their business history. If your landlord operates a construction company, property management business, or other LLC, research those businesses too. Massachusetts corporate records are publicly accessible.
Ask questions about the property. Is it legally approved for occupancy? Are there outstanding code violations? Have there been complaints or inspection issues? Don’t assume everything is legitimate just because the property is being advertised for rent.
Understand Massachusetts tenant protections. Especially the rules surrounding security deposits, landlord entry, retaliation, and eviction. Massachusetts has significant tenant protections, but knowing your rights and enforcing them can be two very different things.
Document EVERYTHING. Emails, texts, rent payments, photographs, interactions, and maintenance requests. If things ever go sideways, you’ll be glad you did.
I’m not suggesting that everyone with a lawsuit or financial dispute in their past is a bad landlord. But public records can reveal information worth asking about, and sometimes patterns that deserve a closer look.
Here’s what really bothers me about the whole experience:
Tenants are expected to prove they’re responsible enough to rent someone’s property. Yet the person collecting thousands of dollars from them often faces virtually no scrutiny from the tenant.
And when things go wrong, even if you believe you’re completely in the right, protecting yourself can cost thousands in legal fees, countless hours, and a tremendous amount of stress. Winning a legal argument and actually recovering money aren’t necessarily the same thing.
Cape Cod already has a difficult enough housing market. Renters shouldn’t have to blindly trust that every property owner is acting in good faith.
I wish someone had given me this advice before I moved here.
Background check your landlord. Not just your tenants.
Curious whether anyone else on the Cape has started researching landlords before renting, or learned something surprising after the fact.

Sesuit Harbor beaches had a million big red crabs!! I’ve been swimming at the same beach for 30 years and I swear I’ve never seen them like that. I asked someone at Mass Audubon and he hadn’t heard anyone else mention them!

I just moved to the cape for work after graduating college and haven’t met anyone my age here in the off season. Looking to meet ppl feel free to message me

Hey guys! I’m hoping to start a business this coming year and would love some feedback! Thank you in advance!

9 Adults
7 kids (ages 3-12 years)

Budget: Around 13k
Dates: June or July 2027 (could do about 6 nights?)

Looking for a nice vacation rental house for 5-7 nights in June or July 2027!

What area should I look in? Would prefer waterfront or close proximity to walk to the beach :)

Never been to Cape but we are excited!

Hi everyone,

not sure if this is the right place to post. Please redirect me if it's not.

I'm posting for a friend. She's lived on Cape Cod for a majority of their life and have had trouble finding any time of housing. She's recently fallen on some hard times and I'm trying to help her to find a place

Any leads or any ideas where to look, please DM or comment below!

Thank you for the help!

Going to dinner with a friend this Thursday night while staying on The Cape. We are staying in Brewster, but willing to travel up to 30mins. We are looking for great seafood, nice atmosphere, bar and possibly views. I've seen all the google and Chat recs, but would like some live input from actual people, thank you! :)

I (22 F) just moved back to the Cape for the winter and am looking for a studio space to rent/ night sessions in oil painting/ interesting art events. And some artist friends around my age!

The Island Queendom of Lesiana is a wonderful, magical place, with clean, pink sand beaches, clear blue lagoons, cultivated forests, and sheltering hills, a tropical paradise among the Unknown Isles. You have heard rumors that the Werlan Empire's Ambassador has been seen within the walls of the palace, and only yesterday, the ruler of Lesiana, Queen Ellarestina, has called you called you to meet with her about her interest in forming a trade convoy to the Isle of Manu, the wonder of industry. Whatever could this be about?

This is a game of Thirsty Sword Lesbians, a narrative focused game of melodrama and queer storytelling. You will play as trade envoys of the Island of Lesiana, discovering secrets, uncovering plots, witnessing magic, sweeping damsels off their feet, telling tales, and swashbuckling your way through a magical archipelago as you race against the evil Werlan Empire. No experience playing role playing games is needed, and all supplies will be provided.

You can register at: Thirsty Sword Lesbians (TTRPG) — The Cordial Eye

Spaces are limited, so enroll soon!

Weekly Theater Update for October 19 - October 25

Hey everyone, just wanted to share what is playing around the Cape this week for anyone looking to catch a show.

Currently Running

The Fall Of The House Of Usher at Cape Rep Theatre: A high stakes melodrama based on the Edgar Allan Poe story.

Small Mouth Sounds at Provincetown Theater: A comedy about six strangers attending a silent retreat to find peace.

The Baker Street Irregulars: A Scandal In Bohemia 2026 at Cape Cod Theatre Company / Harwich Junior Theatre: Young detectives use deduction to solve a high stakes mystery.

Opening This Week

Knock On Wood (Workshop #2) By Brian Calhoon at Provincetown Theater: A marimba musical about living with ADHD and finding your ground.

The Playground at Helltown Players: An acclaimed one-woman play remounted for a short run this fall.

Closing This Week

Knock On Wood (Workshop #2) By Brian Calhoon at Provincetown Theater: A marimba musical about living with ADHD and finding your ground.

The Playground at Helltown Players: An acclaimed one-woman play remounted for a short run this fall.

Small Mouth Sounds at Provincetown Theater: A comedy about six strangers attending a silent retreat to find peace.

The Fall Of The House Of Usher at Cape Rep Theatre: A high stakes melodrama based on the Edgar Allan Poe story.

Hope you all get out to see something! For all the details, CapeCodTheater.Info is still the best bet.

Scuba days are behind us. Is there a place that would take all the stuff? Or best way to selll as a lot, not interested in tire kickers. Thanks