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The F/V Lily Jean. COURTESY PHOTO

Fundraisers Planned For Gloucester Fishing Families

February 19, 2026

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...

Construction at Monomoy Community Services’ Depot Road building is expected to be completed by this summer. TIM WOOD PHOTO

Monomoy Community Services Renovations On Schedule; Fundraisers Aim...

February 18, 2026

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

The town’s July 4 parade will stick with its traditional route this year after the select board reversed a vote to alter the route. FILE PHOTO

Traditional Parade Route Restored; Select Board Reverses Previous Vote

February 18, 2026

CHATHAM – Traditionalists rejoice: This year’s Independence Day parade will follow its longstanding route down Main Street to Crowell Road rather...

An architect’s rendering of the Stepping Stones Road townhouses. COURTESY SV DESIGN

Select Board Embraces Stepping Stones Housing Plan For 14 Ownership...

February 18, 2026

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

A P12 turbojet aircraft at an open house at the Chatham Airport. The airport commission wants to conduct a study to determine if modifications to the facility are needed to accommodate an increasing number of operations by the large airplanes. FILE PHOTO

Use Of Airport By Larger Planes To Be Studied

February 18, 2026

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

Damaged or abandoned fishing gear is called “ghost gear” because, even unattended, it can continue to catch fish. MASS DMF PHOTO

New State Rules Allow Cleanup Of ‘Ghost Gear'

February 12, 2026

CHATHAM – Thanks to a recent rule change by the state’s Division of Marine Fisheries, it’s now legal for the public to clean up fishing gear debris...

Chatham Town Manager Jill Goldsmith. FILE PHOTO

Chatham Assistant Town Manager Position Re-established; Kathleen...

February 11, 2026

CHATHAM – The position of assistant town manager, originally established in 2002, is being reinstated. In an administrative order issued Feb. 4,...

Girls dance during the 14th annual “Sweetheart Dance” last Friday, hosted by the Chatham Recreation Department at the community center.
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Daughters And Fathers Strut At Chatham’s 14th Sweetheart Dance

February 11, 2026

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Community preservation funding to restore the Mack Memorial, adjacent to the Chatham Coast Guard Station, will go before town meeting in May. FILE PHOTO

CPC Sends $2.6 Million In Projects To Town Meeting

February 11, 2026

CHATHAM – Faced with applications that totalled more than the funds available, community preservation committee members last week agreed to reduce...

Henry C. "Hank" Hyora. FILE PHOTO

Henry Hyora, 1950-2026 - Chronicle Publisher Remembered For...

February 5, 2026

CHATHAM – Henry C. “Hank” Hyora, the longtime publisher of The Cape Cod Chronicle, passed away Feb. 5 at Cape Cod Hospital after a series of...

The shaded areas at both ends of the Chatham Airport runway are where tree trimming and removal will take place. CHATHAM AIRPORT COMMISSION GRAPHIC

Airport Tree Removal Defended; Select Board Backs Plan As Necessary...

February 4, 2026

CHATHAM – Even critics of Chatham Airport and the town’s airport commission acknowledge that trimming trees around the facility makes sense from a...

Carole Ridley of Ridley and Associates, Inc. and the Pleasant Bay Alliance, left, speaks during the coastal resiliency workshop Jan. 29, seated next to Shannon Hulst and Heather McElroy. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTO

Lower Cape Towns Considering New Floodplain Regulations

February 4, 2026

CHATHAM – With sea levels anticipated to rise two feet within the next 25 years and more than $10 billion in assessed property value estimated to...

From left: Bill Storff, president of the Chatham Orpheum Theater board of directors; Theater Director Paul Schuyler; and outgoing Executive Director Kevin McLain. TIM WOOD PHOTO

A New Era At The Orpheum As Founding Executive Director Kevin...

February 4, 2026

CHATHAM – When Kevin McLain was hired as the first executive director of the Chatham Orpheum Theater 13 years ago, the movie house was a blank...

Most of the bulkhead at the Barn Hill town landing remains closed due to structural failures. Funding to replace it will be on the annual town meeting warrant and the election ballot. TIM WOOD PHOTO

Select Board Supports Waterfront Infrastructure Projects

February 4, 2026

CHATHAM – The select board voted Jan. 27 to endorse three town meeting articles that support the town’s maritime infrastructure. Two of the...

The Chatham Harvesters’ booth was a popular stop at last year’s Oktoberfest. FILE PHOTO

Chatham Harvesters Recognized With Sustainable Business Award

January 29, 2026

CHATHAM – The Massachusetts Sustainable Business Network has named the Chatham Harvesters Cooperative its 2025 Business of the Year. The...

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