Watch video taken from a camera mounted with Chatham resident Jerry Evans' invention, the Clew-View.  Read how he came up with the idea in this week's paper.

White Sharks Return To Local Waters
CHATHAM — Like the warmer weather and the traffic on Route 28, great white sharks are officially back for the season.  On Sunday, the head lifeguard at Nauset Beach in Orleans spotted a dorsal fin about 150 feet from shore near the swimming area, providing the first real-world test of a new alert system that notifies beach managers up and down the Outer Cape coast.
FULL STORY, PAGE 1

Selectmen: Push Ahead With Route 28 Roadway Design
CHATHAM — Saying they won't ignore citizens who've raised safety concerns about the Route 28 West Chatham corridor over the years, selectmen resolved to move ahead with the roadway redesign, despite last month's narrowly passed referendum advising them to stop the project.
FULL STORY, PAGE 1

New Orpheum Theater Manager Named, Page 3
Dunbar Recognized In New Exhibit, Page 5
Marconi Center Gets Custom Cabinets, Page 7
Kids PMC Challenge Needs Infusion, Page 9
Atwood House Plans Girls' Night Out, Page 11
Two Long-time ConCom Members Withdraw, Page 11
Route 28 Vision Workshop Saturday, Page 14
Chatham Elementary School Field Day, Page 41
Meet Richard Margano, Page 2

Sharks Come Up Short
BOURNE – In the end, there weren't any tears or shouts of anger. Just stunned silence and a collective look of sullen disappointment.
SEE SPORTS PAGES FOR FULL STORY

MBL Announces Cape League Picks
Former Cape League players, including a good number from Chatham and Harwich, were among this week's draft picks.
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Harwich Will Be Celebrating A. E. Crowell With Brooks Academy Exhibit
HARWICH — He is the local resident who whittled himself to international renown and the Harwich Historical Society will pay homage to A. Elmer Crowell, (1862-1952), perhaps the most famous decorative bird-carver to walk this earth, with “Celebrating A. Elmer Crowell and the Harwich History,” a summer-long exhibit which opens on Sunday.
FULL STORY,  PAGE 1, HARWICH EDITION

Selectmen Move To Hike Ambulance Fees, Page 3
Board Wants To Clear Way For Allan Harbor Grant, Page 5
Authority Seeks Release Of Land For Affordable Housing, Page 10



Crowell And Dunbar, Local Treasurers
Two important figures of the past who called Chatham and Harwich home will be the subjects of major museum exhibits this summer. The life and work of A. Elmer Crowell, who lived in East Harwich and became the world's premier decoy carver, will be chronicled in a Harwich Historical Society exhibit at Brooks Academy Museum beginning this coming weekend. And the Chatham Historical Society's special exhibit this summer at the Atwood House Museum shines the spotlight on master naval architect F. Spaulding Dunbar in “Wood, Wind and Water: The Genius of F. Spaulding Dunbar,” also opening this weekend.
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Fin And Flip Make  A Splash
Read the continuing adventures of "Fin And Flip On The Cape" on our editorial page!


COLUMNS
Writers Block by Tim Wood, Feb. 7
Monomoyick by Andrew Buckley, March 16
Hearth To Hearth by Donna Tavano, Page 26
Chatham by Foot by John Whelan, May 23  
Letters, Page 23
Meeting Schedule, Page 4
Town Hall Action, Page 6
Minding Your Business

Monomoy School News
News and photos from schools in Chatham and Harwich.  See last week's issue for the latest.

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