Government aside, Happy Days still at Arnold’s

On a postcard perfect summer morning, sitting at a picnic table beneath a large scrub pine Nathan "Nate" Nickerson, the hearty and high-toned proprietor of Arnold's Lobster and Clam Bar, gets animated and even agitated at the thought of ever more "government intrusion" affecting his business and livelihood. Arnold's is located off Route 6 in Eastham on the Outer-Cape. Like many small businesses, a place like this is where old-school values and new world realities intersect. To say things have c

On a postcard perfect summer morning, sitting at a picnic table beneath a large scrub pine Nathan "Nate" Nickerson, the hearty and high-toned proprietor of Arnold's Lobster and Clam Bar, gets animated and even agitated at the thought of ever more "government intrusion" affecting his business and livelihood. Arnold's is located off Route 6 in Eastham on the Outer-Cape. Like many small businesses, a place like this is where old-school values and new world realities intersect. To say things have c…