Parting Shots, June 13, 2024

She Speaks, They Listen --- Lisa Vesperman Still, New England Regional Counsel and State Counsel for WFG National Title Insurance Co., educated a room full of Harwich realtors at the Multiple Listing Service’s June 4 speakers’ meeting at the community center. Drawing from her decades on Cape Cod as an attorney specializing in title examinations, Still explained how title insurance protects homeowners and lenders should future disputes arise. Consumers now face risks from new, unregulated title insurance alternatives, she warned. COURTESY PHOTO

Recipients Gather ---- Some of the 2024 Chatham Cultural Council Grant recipients gathered for the group’s annual reception at the Creative Arts Center in Chatham last month. COURTESY PHOTO

‘Bear Week’ In Alaska --- Debra DeCosta, The Chronicle’s former advertising manager, is leaving for a cross-country trip to Alaska and hopes to see lots of bears. Deb and her husband Dana will be gone for months and will return to their home in Harwich in September. JUSTIN ALEX PHOTO