On Saturday, June 20th, Cape Cod's community radio station, WOMR/WFMR-in conjunction with Kathleen Walker of Gut Check Triathlon and New England Endurance Events-will hold its fifth annual Lower Cape Sprint Triathlon. Proceeds from the event will benefit Cape Cod's only community radio station, WOMR/WFMR, with a portion being donated to the Wellfleet Montessori Preschool as well. You can register online at www.lowercapetriathlon.org or on the morning of the event at 5:30 am at the Wellfleet Elementary School parking lot on Lawrence Road. The race will begin at Long Pond starting at 7:00 am. Triathletes can choose to compete either as individuals or in relay teams, racing through a quarter-mile swim in Long Pond, a 10-mile bike loop, and finally a three-mile run. For more information, or to pre-register for the Lower Cape Sprint Triathlon, visit the website at www.lowercapetriathlon.org. Registration is open to all, event sponsorships are available through May 8th.

The 2015 Wellfleet Farmers Market season begins on May 20th! Stop by on Wednesdays, between 8 to 12 on the green behind Wellfleet's Preservation Hall for fresh and local produce, meats, honey, eggs, prepared foods, baked goods, flowers, coffee, live music & more!  Pick up your starter plants to get your garden going this spring to kick off the first farmer's market of the season on May 20th! For more information please visit, http://wellfleetfarmersmarket.com.   

John Roderick, President of Seamen's Bank, recently announced that Brian Anderson has been chosen Employee of the Year and Julie Hight was elected Teller of the Year by their fellow employees. Anderson, Security Officer, was honored for his friendly professionalism. Brian Anderson also serves as the Treasurer for the Wellfleet Chamber of Commerce. Hight, who works in the Shank Painter Road, Provincetown location, was commended for her motivation and superior customer service. Anderson, a resident of Eastham, has ten years of experience in banking and has been working at Seamen's Bank for five years. Hight, who lives in Wellfleet, earned a BS in Accounting at Bryant University, and has worked at the Bank for almost two years. Seamen's, Cape Cod's first community bank, was founded in 1851. The oldest bank on Cape Cod, Seamen's has five offices from Provincetown through Eastham and serves residents and business owners from Brewster to Provincetown.  

The Cape Cod Poetry Group will host a Poetry & Music Series on Tuesday, May 5th, from  7:00pm  to 8:30pm at the Wellfleet Library. Featured  Poet: Sarah Browning, Executive Director of Split This Rock: Poetry of Provocation & Witness, Washington, DC, author of Whiskey in the Garden of Eden, co-editor of D.C. Poets Against the War, and co-host of the reading series Sunday Kind of Love at Busboys and Poets in Washington, DC. Her poetry resides at the intersection of the personal and political and
considers our responsibility to one another in a difficult world. Spotlight Reading: Margaret Phillips has taught English in Indiana, Germany, Japan, and Provincetown. Her poems have been published in journals and newspapers, and she is the winner of a Cultural Center of Cape Cod Poetry Competition. For more information please visit http://www.wellfleetlibrary.org.  

Wellfleet Shellfish Promotion and Tasting, Inc., (SPAT), is devoted to sustaining Wellfleet's shellfishing and aquaculture industries. Even the name honors the oyster. The acronym SPAT is also the name for a newly attached baby oyster.  SPAT announced plans to invest $125,000 in the Aquacultural Research Corporation, a local shellfish hatchery in Dennis, MA. ARC provides 80% of the seed for the entire state, which in turn supports 1400 shellfishing jobs and 17,000 recreational harvesters. This project will also conserve 39 acres of barrier beach and critical marine habitat in perpetuity while preserving the only commercial hatchery in Massachusetts. Other partners in this unprecedented public-private enterprise are the towns of Dennis and Yarmouth, the Dennis Conservation Trust, the Nature Conservancy, Barnstable County, the Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen's Alliance and the commonwealth of Massachusetts through a Conservation Land Tax Credit and the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs. For more information please click here.