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...

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...

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...

HARWICH – For the first time in decades, it might soon be legal to harvest a limited number of herring from the town’s major herring run. The...

HARWICH – If the number of petition articles for the annual town meeting is an indicator, it’s going to be a long legislative session on May 4. A...

HARWICH – It's been a long time in the planning stages, but the federally funded Safe Routes to Schools sidewalk improvement project on roads...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

HARWICH – It's been a memorable winter for Monomoy High School senior and Chatham resident Thomas Chase, who was recently named the recipient of...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

The hum of generators that was so ubiquitous last week has been replaced by the whine of chainsaws, as cleanup continues following the Blizzard of...

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

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

The hum of generators that was so ubiquitous last week has been replaced by the whine of chainsaws, as cleanup continues following the Blizzard of...

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

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