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The revised site plan for the proposed Pennrose affordable housing development on Meetinghouse Road in Chatham. CROWLEY COTTRELL/PENNROSE GRAPHIC

New Meetinghouse Road Plans Draw Praise, Criticism

CHATHAM – New plans for the 42-unit affordable housing development on Meetinghouse Road garnered both praise and criticism at a zoning board of...

Select board vice chair Jeffrey Dykens addressed town meeting Monday. TIM WOOD PHOTO

Town Meeting Sends Mixed Signals On Housing

CHATHAM – Voters at Monday’s annual town meeting were supportive of locally sponsored affordable housing projects but refused to provide funds for...

A total of 586 voters attended Monday’s annual town meeting at the Monomoy Regional Middle School gymnasium. TIM WOOD PHOTO

CFAL Funding, Airport Study Approved; Voters Endorse RTE Delay

CHATHAM – A round of applause greeted approval of funding to complete the expansion and renovation of the Center for Active Living during Monday’s...

The HH-60 that landed at Cape Tech last week was one of three in service at Air Station Cape Cod. ALAN POLLOCK PHOTOS

Help From The Sky: Locals Train With CG Helo

PLEASANT LAKE – Local first responders are used to meeting rescue helicopters in the field at Cape Tech. But not ones that can carry up to 30...

Fertilizer petition proponent Patrick Otton discussed his article with Moderator Michael Ford during last week’s annual town meeting. WILLIAM F. GALVIN PHOTO

Select Board Wants A Better Petition Article Review Process

HARWICH – Petition articles drew a lot of attention during the select board’s review of town meeting Monday. Voters faced a dozen petition...

A rendering of the Pennrose project at 456 Queen Anne Road and the location of the overflow parking that would be provided on affordable housing trust land. PENNROSE GRAPHIC

Trust To Provide Off-site Parking For Pennrose Project

by William F. GalvinHARWICH – The affordable housing trust has agreed to use a section of its land outside the 5.4 acres it is leasing to Pennrose...

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Initial paving has begun at the new Rock Harbor bulkhead, which was expected to reach substantial completion at the end of this week. RYAN BRAY PHOTO

Bulkhead Project Reaches Substantial Completion

ORLEANS – Two years after town meeting voters OK’d an override to rebuild the commercial bulkhead at Rock Harbor, the much anticipated project is...

Tim Counihan speaks from town meeting floor during Monday night’s annual town meeting in Orleans. CAMPBELL MULLIGAN PHOTO

Orleans Voters OK Fire Station Construction

ORLEANS – There’s little argument that Orleans needs a new fire station. But at an estimated cost of $55 million, many in attendance at Monday’s...

Construction continues at the site of the former Underground Mall in Orleans, where 29 housing units and three commercial buildings are planned for the formerly vacant property. RYAN BRAY PHOTO

Construction Continues At Former Underground Mall Site

ORLEANS – Long one of the most blighted properties in town, the site of the former Underground Mall could be ready to welcome residents and...

Runners take off to start the Brewster in Bloom 5K last Saturday.

More Than 180 Runners Pound Pavement In Annual Brewster In Bloom 5K

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Abby Fisher of Fisher Nantuckets weaves a lightship basket sized to hold a wine bottle. ALAN POLLOCK PHOTO

Creativity In Bloom In Brewster

BREWSTER – It might have been gray outside last weekend, but it was bright and colorful under the tents at the annual Brewster in Bloom Fine Arts...

Perhaps accustomed to weather more associated with the U.K., the Highland Light Scottish Pipe Band helped lead Sunday’s slightly soggy Brewster in Bloom parade. ALAN POLLOCK PHOTOS

Brewster In Bloom Parade Brightens A Dreary Sunday

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Two bullies (Ju’el Martin and Zack Johnson) picking on Larry (Elijah Corbin) in the bar. BOB TUCKER/FOCALPOINT STUDIO PHOTOS

Theater Review: Cape Rep’s ‘9-Ball’ A Powerful Play Worth Seeing Again

Art Devine’s play is not about a pool game. It’s about what transpired over a game of 9-Ball in a local bar in Small Town, USA in 1967. It’s set...

The cast of “The Importance of Being Earnest.”
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Theater Review: CCTC/HJT’s ‘Importance of Being Earnest’ Is Wilde Fun

A well-written play never goes out of style. And Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest,” a farce that debuted in 1895, is still hilarious...

Bearberry is in bloom everywhere right now. MARY RICHMOND PHOTO

Nature Connection: Finding Spring In All The Right Places

Spring is such a fickle season here on the Cape. It’s true that some years the herring arrive ahead of the shadbush coming into bloom and the...

Sally Kimball Campbell

April 25, 1940 – May 2, 2026Sally Kimball Campbell—known lovingly as “Mustang Sally,” “our gal Sal,” Mom, and Nana—was the embodiment of warmth,...

Joseph S. Manson

Joseph S. Manson, 92 of Torrington CT, formerly of Orleans, passed away on January 10, 2026. Joe was the son of the late John T. Manson II and...

Lawren Frederick Cowen

Lawren Frederick Cowen passed away April 12th 2026 having reached his 97th birthday.Lawren was a hard worker, having worked in construction, and as...

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Other Local Sports

Drew Dunne of J.M. Riley Painting pitches during a first annual kickball tournament held by the Pals for Life Foundation in Chatham on May 6. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTOS

Pals For Life Holds First Annual Kickball Tournament

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High School Sports

Runners on Cape Cod Tech boys track and field practice Friday, a few days before placing fourth as a team at the MVADA Small Division championship meet Monday. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTOS

Cape Tech Track Places Fourth At Vocational Championships

PLEASANT LAKE – The Cape Cod Tech track and field team is smaller than essentially every other opponent they face. That’s not something reflected...

Nauset senior Violet Roche will end her high school athletic career with the school records for every jumping event across indoor and outdoor track and field. PHOTO COURTESY BILL JOHNSON/AFTERITCLICKS

Nauset Track Record Holder Concluding Storied Career

NORTH EASTHAM – One of the very first times Violet Roche ever jumped during a track and field meet, she gashed her leg open. A freshman at that...

Sophomore Brynn Kew, pictured pitching against Sturgis East last Saturday, threw a no-hitter (and hit a home run) against Wareham on April 21, then threw another no-hitter the following week against Falmouth. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTO

No-Hitters Among Huge Performances For Surging Warriors

NORTH EASTHAM – After the Warriors recorded the final out against Wareham last month, sophomore pitcher Brynn Kew walked to her catcher, freshman...

Athlete of the Week

Cape Cod Tech junior Belle Bigley, pictured at a practice Friday, won discus at the MVADA Small Division championship meet Monday. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTO

Athlete Of The Week: Belle Bigley

PLEASANT LAKE – Junior Belle Bigley flourished as the sole Crusader representing Cape Cod Tech’s girls track and field team at the MVADA Small...

Nauset senior Wyatt Carroll picked up a 6-0, 6-3 win at third singles as the Warriors fell to Monomoy 4-1 last Friday. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTO

Athlete Of The Week: Wyatt Carroll

NORTH EASTHAM – Nauset senior Wyatt Carroll picked up the sole win for the Warriors in a 4-1 loss to Monomoy last Friday, and the match said much...

Letters To The Editor: May 14, 2026

Reacts To Brewster Housing VoteEditor:Over 1,000 Brewster households are currently located within Brewster’s Zone II drinking water supply area...

Our View: A Healthy Cultural Life

Members of The Chronicle staff had a blast last Thursday at Cape Rep Theatre in Brewster. “Chronicle Night” allowed theater patrons to mingle with our staff prior to the...

Our View: Randi Potash

Chatham should count itself lucky to have four residents willing to run for a single seat on the select board in the May 14 annual election. Of the...

Our View: A Healthy Cultural Life

Members of The Chronicle staff had a blast last Thursday at Cape Rep Theatre in Brewster. “Chronicle Night” allowed theater patrons to mingle with our staff prior to the...

The revised site plan for the proposed Pennrose affordable housing development on Meetinghouse Road in Chatham. CROWLEY COTTRELL/PENNROSE GRAPHIC

New Meetinghouse Road Plans Draw Praise, Criticism

CHATHAM – New plans for the 42-unit affordable housing development on Meetinghouse Road garnered both praise and criticism at a zoning board of...

A rendering of the Pennrose project at 456 Queen Anne Road and the location of the overflow parking that would be provided on affordable housing trust land. PENNROSE GRAPHIC

Trust To Provide Off-site Parking For Pennrose Project

by William F. GalvinHARWICH – The affordable housing trust has agreed to use a section of its land outside the 5.4 acres it is leasing to Pennrose...

C2 Vehicles

Alleged Drunk Driver Charged In Crash That Injured One

HARWICH -- The driver of a sedan sustained life-threatening injuries after his car was struck by a pickup truck allegedly driven by a drunk driver...

Remember When May 14, 2026

Habitat for Humanity “Women Build” in Chatham in 2006. FILE PHOTO

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Offloading at the Chatham Fish Pier, 2002. FILE PHOTO

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