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The Chatham Orpheum Theater held its annual “Summer Evening” gala at the Wychmere Beach Club last Thursday, July 9. The sold-out event featured shrimp and sushi boats, a lavish buffet and dancing to the Mark Greel Band. Board members, benefactors and theatergoers mixed on the outdoor deck before dinner. Here, Patty Rottneier, Jennifer Brown, Maureen Shea and Dorothy Hearn enjoy the evening view. TIM WOOD PHOTOS

A Fine Summer Evening At Orpheum Gala

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Chatham’s longtime Health Agent Judith Giorgio is retiring July 17 after 22 years on the job. TIM WOOD PHOTO

Chatham’s Longtime Health Agent Retires After 22 Years

CHATHAM – When she became the town’s health agent in 2004, Judith Giorgio had extensive experience in the field, but the changes in the job in the...

Lilly Short and Dylan Meincke are among the staff that will be staying on at Stage Harbor Marina under its new ownership. TIM WOOD PHOTO

Stage Harbor Marine Sold; New Owners Have Local Ties

CHATHAM – Stage Harbor Marine, a landmark along the Mitchell River waterfront for more than 50 years, has been sold to a group of investors with...

A sink hole created by a water main break closed Stage Harbor Road Thursday afternoon. TIM WOOD PHOTO

Water Main Break Closes Stage Harbor Road

CHATHAM -- Stage Harbor Road was closed to traffic Thursday afternoon after a water main break created a sink hole, undermining some of the...

Benefit To Help Workers Injured In Crash

CHATHAM – Codo Mexican Kitchen will donate all of its proceeds from dinner sales today (Thursday, July 9) to benefit two employees who were severely injured in an accident...

Electrician’s Mate Second Class Seth Crenshaw (right) gets a hand from Senior Chief Ross Comstock, toting away one of Chatham Light’s two outdated drum lanterns. ALAN POLLOCK PHOTO

A New Beacon For An Old Lighthouse

CHATHAM – Keeping guard over the harbor since 1877, Chatham Light has just been equipped with a modern LED beacon, replacing inefficient World War...

Roz Coleman, pictured outside the Chatham Marconi Maritime Center that she helped create. FILE PHOTO

Roz Coleman Remembered As Compassionate Problem Solver

CHATHAM – Blessed with a creative mind, the instinct to lead, and tenderhearted compassion, Dr. Roslyn “Roz” Coleman is being remembered for her...

Crowds at the Chatham July 4 parade were thick in some spots, like at the Eldredge Public Library. Rescue crews used a drone to locate victims of the day’s heat near the Red Nun. TIM WOOD PHOTO

FD Uses Drone To Locate Heat Victims During Parade

CHATHAM – An “eye in the sky” helped rescue crews locate victims of heat exhaustion during Saturday’s Independence Day parade. Firefighters Peter...

School Funding Formula Working Group Established

CHATHAM – The select boards in Chatham and Harwich have agreed to establish a working group to review the Monomoy Regional School District funding...

Chatham Deputy Police Chief Lou Malzone will take over the reins of the department on July 22. TIM WOOD PHOTO

Chatham Has A New Police Chief: 20-year Veteran Malzone Named To...

CHATHAM – Deputy Police Chief Louis Malzone, a 20-year veteran of the department, will take over as chief later this month. Town Manager Jill...

The community fridge is located in Chatham’s Town Offices Annex on George Ryder Road and is stocked with ready-made meals. FIONA MCFARLAND PHOTO

Town of Chatham Launches Community Fridge

CHATHAM – The town hall annex is sporting a new community fridge for residents struggling with food insecurity. The fridge will be available to the...

Three single-family homes are proposed for the property at 104 Crowell Rd. The zoning board agreed to postpone a hearing on special permits for the homes to get more information about other types of housing that might be allowed on the parcel. TIM WOOD PHOTO

Zoning Board Pushes Back On Crowell Road Houses

CHATHAM – A plan to build three large homes on Crowell Road is on hold after zoning board of appeals members questioned the type of housing being...

The Witches on the Water’s Jo-Ellen Erickson embraces the crowd.

Residents, Visitors Brave Heat For Annual July 4 Parades

The country’s 250th anniversary was the major theme in parades celebrating Independence Day in Orleans and Chatham on Saturday, July...

Marcellus Eldredge. COURTESY PHOTO

How Marcellus Eldredge Shaped Chatham: Eldredge Library Founder Set...

CHATHAM – For Chatham native Marcellus Eldredge, a Gilded Age era business tycoon and town benefactor who lived most of the year in Portsmouth,...

The Crowell Road-Route 28 intersection. ALAN POLLOCK PHOTO

Select Board Rejects Rt. 28-Crowell Rd. Upgrade; Town Will Forgo $5...

CHATHAM – The select board voted Tuesday to terminate the $5 million federally-funded state project to upgrade the Route 28-Crowell Road...

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