CHATHAM – Cape Ann might be 70 miles across the waves of Massachusetts Bay, but it’s close to the hearts of local fishing families and their...

CHATHAM – With an increasing number of larger aircraft landing at the town’s airport, the airport commission is proposing a study to determine...

CHATHAM – Renovations to the Monomoy Community Services building on Depot Road are expected to be completed in time for the summer.  In the...

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

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

 HARWICH – More artists’ studios at the 204 Cultural Arts Municipal Building are likely to be converted to town offices. All leases at the building...

ORLEANS – The recommended slate of projects to receive Community Preservation Act funding this spring will not include requests in support of...

ORLEANS – The wooded and overgrown parcel at 22 Tonset Rd. is easy to overlook. But for the Orleans Conservation Trust, it’s land worth...

ORLEANS – During the select board’s first public run through the proposed operating budget for the 2027 fiscal year, there was one line item that...

BREWSTER – When Calmer Choice closed its doors last year, former executive director Sarah Manion made a promise: the work wouldn’t end there. This...

BREWSTER – Addiction has been a problem on Cape Cod and the Islands for many years. The Pause is looking to throw those suffering from the illness...

BREWSTER – English Cream Golden Retriever London took Brewster’s top dog crown this year, earning an impressive 125 votes. But, instead of taking...

Once upon a time, a great band told the world, “All you need is love.” An upcoming concert at The 204 Municipal Arts Building shares a similar...

Author Caroline Shannon Davenport of Brewster has released a memoir of her childhood called “Terror at the Sound of a Whistle: A Memoir” (Running...

“When the world changed and we lost Shannon and Maggie, I wanted to honor her and be able to give back,” said Kathryn Giangregorio, founder of Cape...

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...

Carol Parsons Stuart, born in Providence, Rhode Island, passed away peacefully on February 4, 2026 at the age of 92.She was the daughter of the...

Agnes Susan Kravec Chrysogelos, age 94, passed away on Sunday, February 8, 2026.  She was born to George and Mary Kravec in Yonkers, New York on...

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...

Scott Yelle and his wife Andrea played a game of catch last year on what would have been their son Jackson’s 23rd birthday.Yelle used to love...

SAN FRANCISCO – Whether the New England Patriots reached it or not, Sam Johnson was always headed for Super Bowl LX.Johnson, a Chatham native who...

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...

Lower Cape athletes have traveled all over the state in recent weeks to face off against the best of the best in end-of-season competitions for...

NORTH EASTHAM – Nauset-Cape Tech wrestling junior Chase Matczynski had just pinned his Barnstable opponent in his final match of the Cape and...

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...

BOURNE – Dennis-Yarmouth/Cape Cod Tech/Cape Cod Academy boys hockey sophomore Colin Endres scored 19 seconds into the Dolphins’ game last Saturday...

Appreciation For A NewspapermanEditor:Today I brought the paper into the kitchen, and then read the front page. There are no words.  I was on your...

The back-and-forth changes to Chatham’s Independence Day parade route remind us of Pogo Dave, the popular parade participant whose schtick is to...

Future Spending Talks NeededEditor:At a recent Harwich Select Board meeting, board member Mark Kelleher tried to slow the board down and consider...

CHATHAM – As public housing projects go, the 14 units planned for the town-owned Stepping Stones Road land is much smaller than the big...

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

HARWICH – The harsh winter weather and sustained freezing temperatures are wreaking havoc in local harbors, restricting commercial fishing...

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