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Dawson Farber has been in and around Cape Cod waters his entire life. The Orleans native is heading into his fourth year as Dennis Harbormaster, after nearly two decades as Harbormaster and Natural Resources Director for Orleans.
Along with tacking up the new calendar and remembering to write 2019 in the checkbook, we have another reason to mark a year’s passing:
Most people on the Cape are fond of a good oyster, and there certainly are plenty around. But fewer know that come winter, millions of oysters leave the flats — sometimes in boats, sometimes in all-terrain vehicles — to spend the cold, icy months out of the freezing bays. Not all oysters go; wild oysters fend for themselves, of course, and oysters grown by farmers in more sheltered areas are pulled into deeper waters.
As of December, Coast Guard Station Chatham has become a “heavy weather station” instead of the “surf station” it has been since inauguration in 1872.
A decade ago, Jon Hagenstein was doing what most young Cape Codders do – leaving.
Dan Ward has gotten to know Cochlodinium polykrikoides really well. This species of harmful algal bloom began showing up at Ward’s Aquafarms in North Falmouth soon after it became operational in the summer of 2012.
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