Orpheum Theater Fund Raising Tops $1M
CHATHAM --- The drive to purchase and restore the former Chatham Theater has topped the $1 million mark, organizers said this week. The Orpheum Theater group now has about 40 days to raise the additional $250,000 needed to purchase the 637 Main St. building.
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'Cash Mob' Descends On Chatham Shop
CHATHAM --- It was a typical slow Wednesday in January last week at Cape Fishermen's Supply when, without warning, 21 shoppers descended on the Depot Road store.
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Cleanup Planned For S. Chatham Salvage yard, Page 3
Town Meeting To Address Pleasant Bay Dredging, Page 5
Events Planned For Pendleton Anniversary, Page 7
Land Purchase Process Discussed, Page 9
Creative Arts Center Offers First Filmmaking Workshop, Page 11
Imaging Camera Helps In Locating S. Chatham Fire, Page 14
Wastewater Settlement In Works, Page 15
Meet Paul Litwin, Page 2



Blue Devils Get The Last Laugh With Thrilling OT Win Over CCA
CHATHAM – If this indeed was the final game between the Chatham and Cape Cod Academy boys basketball teams, it had all the emotion, all the excitement, all the drama and all the suspense that's made the rivalry so special.
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Rough Riders Keep Playoff Hopes Alive By Clamping Down On Defense
HARWICH – With his team struggling on both ends of the floor and trailing Hull by five points at halftime, Harwich boys basketball coach Adam Rose looked each player in the eye and delivered a stern and succinct message.
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Public Forum May Jump-Start East Harwich Village Zoning Initiative
EAST HARWICH – Progress on the re-zoning of a major portion of East Harwich seems to have stalled, as the planning board tries to filter through differing opinions on the need for environmental protection and the individual rights of property owners.
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Selectmen Accept Crowell Barn, With Questions, Page 3
Multi-town Pleasant Bay Land Acquisition Eyed, Page 5
Dock Denial Appealed, Page 7
Balmer Says Goodbye, Page 10
Police, Fire News, Page 16



Revitalized Landmarks
This week’s opening of Bonatt’s Restaurant in Harwich Port, once again under the ownership of a member of the Bonatt family, marks the second time in recent months that a major landmark has been revitalized on one of our main streets.
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COLUMNS
Writers Block by Tim Wood, Dec. 15
Monomoyick by Andrew Buckley, Jan. 19
Hearth To Hearth by Donna Tavano, Jan. 12
Chatham by Foot by John Whelan, Page 22
Town Hall Action, Page 6
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