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The Serenity at Brewster apartments. Officials last week approved a rent increase on the facility’s affordable units. ALAN POLLOCK PHOTO

Officials Approve Hike In Affordable Rent At Serenity: What...

September 2, 2026

BREWSTER – Affordable housing in Brewster might be a little less affordable.The select board last week approved a slate of rent increases for 27...

A screenshot of Brewster’s newly redesigned website.

Brewster Gives Its Town Website A Facelift

September 2, 2026

BREWSTER – This past winter, Civic Plus, the tech company that provides the platform for Brewster’s website — and for many other Massachusetts...

An official groundbreaking was held Tuesday at the Spring Rock Village affordable housing project in Brewster. RICH ELDRED PHOTO

It’s Official: Spring Rock Village Is Underway In Brewster

August 26, 2026

BREWSTER – Ground was broken earlier this summer, the foundations are in, but the official groundbreaking for Spring Rock Village in Brewster took...

Brewster To Charge $300 For Short-term Rental Registration

August 26, 2026

BREWSTER – After three public hearings, the town has unveiled a final draft of regulations for the short-term rentals. Brewster voters approved the...

Future Habitat for Humanity Cape Cod homeowner Sarah Goyette and her son Asher pose in front of what will be their house within a year. It's on Mackie Drive in Brewster, off Route 6A near Nickerson State Park. They helped volunteers ceremonially lift a side wall of their home into place on Aug. 18 and will contribute labor during up to a year of construction. ANDY KIRKALDY PHOTO

Wall Raising Makes Future Habitat Homes ‘Real’

August 26, 2026

BREWSTER – Future Habitat for Humanity Cape Cod homeowner Sarah Goyette said on Aug. 18 that she is inspired by every visit to her Brewster...

Brewster residents take advantage of the annual Oyster Sundays harvest. The town recently approved eight new shellfish grant leases along Cape Cod Bay. FILE PHOTO

Brewster Approves New Shellfish Grants; Some Have Waited 15 Years...

August 20, 2026

BREWSTER – Brewster’s mollusks may not yet rival the Wellfleet oyster, but if all things work out the local shellfish industry will be growing.The...

Members of the local tennis community have requested some modifications to plans for new tennis courts at the Sea Camps bay property, which they hope will mirror the courts at Stony Brook Elementary School. FILE PHOTO

Changes Recommended For Proposed Sea Camps Tennis Courts

August 20, 2026

BREWSTER – Some late-stage changes to the four tennis courts proposed for the Sea Camps bay property stalled a potential vote from the community...

The owners of Friends’ Marketplace in Orleans are interested in the Millstone Liquor store site on Millstone Road in Brewster as a potential home for a second Friends’ Marketplace. The Brewster Select Board recently approved the transfer of the liquor store’s annual all alcoholic beverages license to the Friends’ Marketplace ownership. ALAN POLLOCK PHOTO

Friends’ Marketplace Eyes Brewster Location, But Not Yet A Done Deal

August 12, 2026

BREWSTER – It’s not a done deal, but Brewster could get a new store that offers groceries and prepared food — plus much more — on Millstone Road....

Revised Nauset Agreement Better, But Still Needs Work

August 12, 2026

BREWSTER – The new regional agreement between the Nauset Regional School District and its four member towns is better than the existing pact but...

Attendees at Sunday’s Summer Starlight, the Cape Rep Theatre’s annual gala fundraiser, were treated to a preview of music from “The Hundred Aker Wood,” an original musical that will make its debut at the Brewster theater in November. The show and its songs, created by Paddo, Seamus and Macklin Devine and Maura Hanlon, are based on A.A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh books. Shown above performing one of the show’s songs are, from left, Seamus Devine, Zachary Johnson, Macklin Devine, Maura Hanlon and Paddo Devine. TIM WOOD PHOTOS

Summer Starlight Shines At Brewster Theater

August 12, 2026

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Reduced fertilizer usage at The Captains Golf Course in Brewster is being credited with helping the town zero in on its target nitrogen removal goals. FILE PHOTO

Golf Courses Contributing To Nitrogen Reduction Efforts

BREWSTER – The Captains Golf Course is one of the town’s most prized recreational assets. What’s less known is the role its management is playing...

Brewster Eyes Regional Plan For Opioid Funds

BREWSTER – In 2022, Brewster, along with other Massachusetts communities, including its neighbors, began receiving abatement funds from what...

The town of Brewster, working with the Brewster Conservation Trust, hopes to purchase a two-acre parcel of land between the Long Pond Woodlands and the Sea Camps pond property. BREWSTER CONSERVATION TRUST PHOTO

Brewster Trust To Fundraise For Ellis Property Acquisition

BREWSTER – The Brewster Conservation Trust hopes to secure the remaining funding needed for the acquisition of a two-acre parcel within the Herring...

The Crosby Mansion was the largest house on Cape Cod when it was built in 1888.

Brewster Completes Town-wide Historic Inventory; More Than 300 Old...

BREWSTER – A town-wide inventory of houses 100 years or older in Brewster has now been completed, with over 300 houses described. “It was a lot,”...

The Sweetwater Forest Cape Cod Family Campground has seen a drop in activity this summer. RICH ELDRED PHOTO

Economy, Gas Prices Impacting Local Campgrounds

BREWSTER – Campgrounds used to dot the Cape, attracting those who’d rather rough it a bit as opposed to lodging in a motel room for a week. Those...

Budget Blinds Labor Day box

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