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The Cape real estate market settled from the frenzy of the pandemic years in 2025, but sales and prices remained strong. FILE PHOTO

Real Estate Market Settles After Turbulent Pandemic Years

February 26, 2026

The region’s real estate market cooled somewhat last year, but it was far from a downturn. The frenzy of the pandemic years appeared to settle back...

Vehicles line up at the gate shack at Harding’s Beach. Beginning this summer, nonresidents can buy beach passes at the gate with a credit card. FILE PHOTO

Chatham To Take Credit Cards At Beaches; Nonresident Beach Fees...

February 26, 2026

CHATHAM – For the first time, the town will accept credit cards at its beaches this summer. To help cover the cost, as well as the need to raise...

Firefighters responded to the town-owned house at 127 Old Harbor Rd. Saturday night and snuffed a small blaze. ALAN POLLOCK PHOTOS

Fire Damages House Eyed For Affordable Housing

February 25, 2026

CHATHAM – On Saturday night, a fire of unknown origin damaged the interior of the former Chatham Water Department offices at 127 Old Harbor Rd., a...

Digney Fignus and his band perform a show at Herring Cove Beach in Provincetown. The acclaimed singer and Harwich resident is a fixture on the Cape’s local music scene. DEBORAH SWISS PHOTO

Digney Fignus Keeps Rocking And Rolling

February 26, 2026

HARWICH – More than four decades into his career, Digney Fignus is still learning about music. His radio show “La Vida Local,” which airs every...

Newly sworn-in Harwich firefighter Manuel Rebelo gets his badge pinned on by his wife, Kiana, with her son Jack. The town’s next town administrator, Jay McGrail, and Fire Chief David LeBlanc welcome Rebelo to the department. WILLIAM F. GALVIN PHOTOS

Ceremony Recognizes Firefighters’ Achievements

February 18, 2026

HARWICH – It was a day of welcoming the new members and recognizing the achievements and long-term commitment of members of the fire...

The community preservation committee is recommending $667,500 in Community Preservation Act funds be used for restoring the exterior of the West Harwich Baptist Church. CHRONICLE FILE PHOTO

CPA Funds Recommended For Baptist Church Restoration

February 18, 2026

HARWICH – The community preservation committee is recommending that town meeting spend just over $2.3 million in Community Preservation Act funds...

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The deadline for submitting articles for inclusion on the warrant for the Ma11 annual town meeting is March 2. FILE PHOTO

Orleans Begins Readying Spring Warrant

February 26, 2026

ORLEANS – It may be February, but spring town meeting preparations are already in full swing. Articles have begun trickling in for the warrant for...

The Barnstable County Assembly of Delegates last week voted to petition the state legislature to allow for a high-end real estate transfer fee that will generate additional revenue to help towns address the region’s housing crisis. FILE PHOTO

Assembly Votes To Advance Transfer Fee Petition

February 25, 2026

BARNSTABLE – A petition will go before the state legislature seeking authorization allowing Cape towns to opt into a new high-end real estate...

An efficiency and regionalization study of Nauset Regional Middle School and the district’s five elementary schools has found that all of the buildings are aging and underutilized. A final report is due this spring. FILE PHOTO

Study: Schools Are Aging And Underutilized

February 25, 2026

ORLEANS – Elementary schools in the Nauset Regional School District, as well as the district’s middle school, are aging and underutilized,...

Cape Cod Christian Academy To Participate In National Prayer Movement

February 25, 2026

BREWSTER – In early March, the Cape Cod Christian Academy will host a four-day event in connection with the Great American Prayer Revival, a nationwide movement “calling...

The design plan for Spring Rock Village, which will consist of 45 affordable housing units. COURTESY PHOTO

POAH Closes On Financing For Spring Rock Village

February 25, 2026

BREWSTER – The 45-unit affordable housing project off Millstone Road is a step closer to the construction phase after almost a decade on the...

As work continued on the south side to rebuild the retaining wall, crews had to use a step footing to avoid disturbing the historic structure. FILE PHOTO

Historic Structure Back Underground At Stony Brook Grist Mill

February 25, 2026

BREWSTER – In the winter of 2025, construction crews unearthed an historic wooden sluiceway in the upper headrace pond located on the south side of...

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Nature Connection: Return Of The Light

February 28, 2026

The light is returning to our landscape and with it comes a reminder that spring isn’t very far off. A song sparrow sings in a rosa rugosa bush by...

Snap To It: The Addamses Are Coming To Monomoy High

February 28, 2026

HARWICH – They’re creepy and they’re kooky, and they might be all-together spooky. They’re Monomoy Regional High School’s Theater Department and...

Minding Your Business- 400 East Restaurant and Bar

February 25, 2026

“It might not be the fanciest, but it is going to be great and you’re going to laugh and eat and leave fulfilled,” said Noah Rosen, the 400’s...

February 27, 2026

Julie O’Neil, 86, passed away peacefully on February 13, 2026, at Liberty Commons, surrounded by love.Born on May 21, 1939, in Grosse Pointe,...

Alfred Lionel Hurst, MD

February 27, 2026

Alfred Lionel Hurst, MD passed away quietly in his Harwich Port, Massachusetts home at the age of 97. Al was the son of Alfred L. Hurst and May...

Barbara A. Smith

February 18, 2026

Barbara A. Smith, age 84, passed away peacefully on February 5, 2026. Born in Albany, NY to John and Winifred (Quinlan) Milian, she graduated from...

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Chatham native Ryan Borthwick, fourth from right, and the Norwich University team stands on skis at the 10th Mountain Division’s D-Series competition in Fort Drum, New York in January. PHOTOS COURTESY RYAN BORTHWICK

Chatham Cadet, Team Wins Military Mountaineering Competition

February 18, 2026

FORT DRUM, N.Y. – Ryan Borthwick had a good idea that he and the rest of the Norwich University team might win the whole thing once they had...

High School Sports

Nauset senior Owen O’Reilly faces off against John J. Duggan’s Matthew LeMay in the semifinals of the 144-pound class at the Division 3 state tournament Saturday in Gloucester. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTOS

Nauset-Cape Tech Wrestling Earns High Placements At States

February 25, 2026

GLOUCESTER – Nauset-Cape Cod Tech wrestling had a number of high placements at the Division 3 state tournament Saturday and, as a result, will send...

Nauset-Monomoy girls hockey is one of eight Lower Cape teams to qualify for a state tournament this winter. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTOS

Eight Lower Cape Teams Begin State Tournament Playoffs

February 25, 2026

Brackets for MIAA winter state tournaments were released this past weekend, and several Lower Cape teams, ranging from top seeds to underdogs, have...

Laura Morris, a third grade teacher at Harwich Elementary School, has been named the next head coach of the Monomoy varsity field hockey program. PHOTO COURTESY MONOMOY REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

Harwich Teacher Named Next Head Coach Of Monomoy Field Hockey

February 18, 2026

HARWICH – One of the Lower Cape’s most consistently dominant high school sports programs has a new leader at the helm.Laura Morris, a third grade...

Athlete of the Week

Duante Gray, a senior on the Nauset-Cape Tech wrestling team, placed third in the 285-pound class at the Division 3 state championship on Saturday and advanced to All-States in his first season wrestling. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTOS

Athlete Of The Week: Duante Gray

February 25, 2026

GLOUCESTER – Two of Duante Gray’s Nauset-Cape Cod Tech wrestling teammates watching from just off the mat reacted to his final match at the...

Monomoy-Mashpee junior Gavin O’Leary has shined on both sides of the puck as the Sharks won five straight to claim another league title. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTO

Athlete Of The Week: Gavin O’Leary

February 18, 2026

BOURNE – Junior Gavin O’Leary and the Monomoy-Mashpee boys hockey team have had themselves a month.As the Sharks clinched a Cape and Islands League...

Our View: ‘Sno Joke

February 25, 2026

The lights are literally flickering as we write this, at the onset of what was expected to become the signature winter storm of 2026. We don’t know...

Our View: Luxury Transfer Fee Creates More Options

February 25, 2026

The Barnstable County Assembly of Delegates last week voted to petition the state legislature to allow for a transfer fee to be applied to the sale...

Letters To The Editor: Feb. 26, 2026

February 25, 2026

The Late Winter Snowstorm BluesEditor:What we have here is the late winter snowstorm blues. When you turn on your radioIt's on all the news.People...

Special Notice: Cape Cod Chronicle Delivery

February 26, 2026

Thanks to valiant work by our staff and the staff of our printery, TCI Press, The Feb. 26 edition of The Cape Cod Chronicle was assembled and...

Utility crews have restored power to thousands of customers already and expect to have the remaining outages solved by the end of the day Friday. ALAN POLLOCK PHOTOS

Blizzard Of '26: The Cleanup Is Underway

February 26, 2026

The cleanup following the historic Blizzard of ‘26 is well underway, with utility crews making strong progress in restoring electrical service to...

The blizzard that raked the Lower Cape Monday will largely be remembered by the power outages it caused. Here, a tree is suspended by power lines at the intersection of Old Queen Anne Road and Route 137. See more storm photos inside. ALAN POLLOCK PHOTO

Blizzard Of '26

February 24, 2026

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We Need A Vacation

Volunteers from the Brewster-Orleans-Chatham-Harwich Community Emergency Response Team (BOCH CERT) were awarded as top performers at a ceremony at the Brewster Fire Dept Feb. 5. Jane Sullivan of Brewster, Lisa Havens of Harwich and Victoria Chane of Chatham took the top awards, each volunteering over 55 hours over the past year. COURTESY PHOTO

Lower Cape Community Emergency Response Team Awards Three Top...

February 18, 2026

On Feb. 5, three local Lower Cape volunteers were honored with awards after dedicating over 55 hours of service this past year. The...

Special Notice: Cape Cod Chronicle Delivery

February 26, 2026

Thanks to valiant work by our staff and the staff of our printery, TCI Press, The Feb. 26 edition of The Cape Cod Chronicle was assembled and...

Utility crews have restored power to thousands of customers already and expect to have the remaining outages solved by the end of the day Friday. ALAN POLLOCK PHOTOS

Blizzard Of '26: The Cleanup Is Underway

February 26, 2026

The cleanup following the historic Blizzard of ‘26 is well underway, with utility crews making strong progress in restoring electrical service to...

The blizzard that raked the Lower Cape Monday will largely be remembered by the power outages it caused. Here, a tree is suspended by power lines at the intersection of Old Queen Anne Road and Route 137. See more storm photos inside. ALAN POLLOCK PHOTO

Blizzard Of '26

February 24, 2026

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