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THE BELFRY INNE & BISTRO
Dinners at The Bistro feature a palatable pastiche of neoclassic cuisine. The menu changes with the seasons, incorporating the freshest local and regional ingredients.
The Belfry Bistro specializes in intimate dinners for two or an elegant "affair" for 85. Tented lawn and garden parties for 150 can be accommodated in seasonal weather. The Inne is host to the most elegant weddings and corporate events with ease.
8 Jarves Street, P.O. Box 2211, Sandwich, MA
phone: 508-888-8550
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| A Love Letter to Race Point Beach: Where the Land Ends and the Soul Begins Tuesday July 01, 2025 |
| If heaven were made of sand and salt air, it would look a lot like Race Point Beach.
Tucked at the very tip of Cape Cod, past the bustle of Provincetown and the summer traffic that tests the patience of even the saintliest among us, Race Point feels like a final frontier?an unspoiled edge of the world where time stretches out like the dunes themselves. I've been to beaches up and down both coasts, from Malibu to Montauk, and I say this with the conviction of a seasoned traveler and an unrepentant romantic: Race Point isn't just a beach. It's an experience. A holy place. A reset button for the modern soul.
Let me set the scene.
The approach to Race Point is part of the magic. You drive through a winding trail of scrub pine and sandy road that feels less like a turnoff and more like a transition?like you're passing through some invisible membrane between real life and whatever came before it. The National Seashore signs mark your arrival, but it's the scent of the air?briny, sweet, and faintly piney?that really lets you know you've made it.
The parking lot is spacious and shockingly civilized for a beach this remote. Park rangers, bless their khaki-clad hearts, keep things running with a kind of quiet, Cape Cod efficiency. Once you step out of the car and make your way over the crest of the dunes, prepare yourself for a reveal worthy of a Spielberg film.
Because suddenly?there it is.
Race Point.
A panorama of natural poetry. The Atlantic Ocean sprawled out before you, endless and wild, with surf that whispers and crashes in equal measure. The sand is soft and golden, speckled with broken shells and the occasional piece of driftwood bleached bone-white by the sun. There are no gaudy boardwalks here, no thumping beach bars or trinket vendors hawking inflatable flamingos. This is nature in its formal wear?simple, stunning, and unapologetically vast.
The beach itself is wide?obscenely wide. At low tide it feels like you could host a small music festival on the exposed sand. There's enough space to spread out, lie back, and imagine you're the only person on earth. Yet despite its remoteness, there's a quiet camaraderie here. Couples holding hands. Families laughing. Lone swimmers disappearing into the waves like they're returning to their ancestral home.
And then there's the light.
Race Point gets its name from the tidal ?races? where currents meet, but it could just as easily refer to the sunlight. There's something about the angle here?how the sun dances on the dunes, flickers across the ocean, and bleeds gold into the horizon. The light is different. Crisper. More deliberate. Sunset here isn't just a nice backdrop for your Instagram story?it's a religious experience. When the sun finally dips below the edge of the world, the sky explodes in a palette of purples, pinks, oranges, and that elusive Cape Cod blue that seems to exist nowhere else.
And yes, there's a lighthouse. Race Point Light, stoic and whitewashed, stands like a sentinel a short walk from the beach. You can hike out to it?a trek I highly recommend. The path winds through dunes and tall grasses, with seals often visible bobbing like grey buoys just offshore. It feels less like a hike and more like a pilgrimage.
Speaking of seals, they are everywhere. Whole pods of them cruising up and down the coast, popping their heads up to check you out. It's like swimming alongside curious little water dogs?until you remember that they're the hors d'oeuvres of great white sharks. (Yes, sharks visit Cape Cod. No, that shouldn't stop you. This isn't Jaws. It's a nature preserve, not an amusement park ride.)
If you're smart, you'll pack a cooler?Race Point doesn't do concessions, and thank God for that. Bring sandwiches, fruit, plenty of water, and maybe a bottle of chilled rosé if you're feeling bold and discreet. I've had some of my best meals here, cross-legged on a towel, the ocean just feet away, gulls screaming their opinions overhead.
And when you're done swimming, sunning, walking, or simply being, there's a kind of stillness that settles into your bones. A peace that doesn't come from doing anything in particular, but from being surrounded by everything that matters and nothing that doesn't.
Bottom Line?If you want carnival rides, boardwalk fries, and three screaming radio stations fighting for dominance?go to Hampton Beach.If you want serenity, space, unfiltered natural beauty, and a stretch of shoreline that makes you feel like you're standing at the edge of the known universe?go to Race Point Beach.
Just don't rush it. Take the slow road. Bring someone you love, or no one at all. Stay for the sunset. Walk to the lighthouse. Let the wind rearrange your thoughts.
And when you leave, take a piece of that stillness with you.
You'll need it when Monday comes. |
| Discover Sandwich | Ice Cream Monday June 30, 2025 |
| Discover Sandwich | Ice Cream |
| *** TALES FROM THE OVERNIGHT *** Police called after random naked man discovered outside West Yarmouth residence? [HN Photos] Saturday June 28, 2025 |
| WEST YARMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS ? At around 2:30 a.m. this morning, a caller from a West Yarmouth address called police after finding a random naked man in his yard. The naked man seemed disoriented and lost, according to the caller. An automatic sprinkler on the property is believed to have woken the naked man up, which subsequently had made his presence known to the caller inside the residence, sources say.
Yarmouth patrol officers arrived and encountered the naked man in the driveway of the residence (see above HN photo). The naked man told officers he had not taken any drugs, but that he had been drinking at a Hyannis beer garden earlier in the evening. The young man said he was from Sandwich and in his late twenties? and he had no idea how he ended up in West Yarmouth. Officers ran his information as they investigated further.
At the request of one of the officers, the naked man was kindly lent a towel to cover up with by the man who had initially called police. Officers then located the naked man's vehicle parked nearby and ran the plates.
Upon further investigation, officers discovered that the naked man had been staying at a neighboring address with a friend. Lights came on inside the neighboring address when officers knocked. Someone eventually answered the door, and the naked man was ultimately reunited with his friend?
? and the case was then officially closed, as peace had been restored and everyone could go back to sleep.
In other West Yarmouth news from early this morning, minutes prior to the random naked man call, shortly after 2:00 a.m?
? Yarmouth Police patrol officers were dispatched to the Hyannis Marina's Arlington Street entrance after the property's security reported two males trying to steal something off one of the vessels. Both young males were said to be highly intoxicated. A YPD investigation eventually led to both males being arrested on B&E charges, according to police sources. No further details available at the time of this report. [HN will update with official details as they become available?]
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* NOTE: The initial details contained in the above report are based on police radio transmissions, police sources, and information on scene. All defendants are presumed to be innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law. |
| Taste of the Cape: Jack in the Beanstalk Brings Homemade Indian Cuisine to Sandwich, MA Friday June 27, 2025 |
| Taste of the Cape: Jack in the Beanstalk Brings Homemade Indian Cuisine to Sandwich, MA |
| Inside Sandwich | Building a Resilient Future with DPW Director Paul Tilton Friday June 27, 2025 |
| Inside Sandwich | Building a Resilient Future with DPW Director Paul Tilton |
| Sandwich Gate for Joint Base to stay open Friday June 27, 2025 |
| BOURNE ? The Sandwich Gate at Joint Base Cape Cod will remain open indefinitely, preserving access for residents, workers, and military personnel. The gate would have been closed after Monday?already an extension after federal funding cuts in May. It is one of only three gates to get to the base. Funding for the gate will [?]
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| Discover Sandwich | Pizza Friday June 27, 2025 |
| Discover Sandwich | Pizza |
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