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Harwich Annual Elections Are On Tuesday

HARWICH – Voters will go to the polls on Tuesday, May 20 to elect two new members to the select board and a new member of the Monomoy Regional School Committee. The annual...

There were several standing counts over the two-day annual town meeting. Voters on Tuesday approved funds for electronic voting in future sessions. WILLLIAM F. GALVIN PHOTO

Petition Articles Fail To Get Traction At Town Meeting

HARWICH – On the final night of the annual town meeting, voters agreed to institute electronic voting at future sessions and defeated a series of...

A youngster observes the "eelevator" which helps American eels access Grass Pond from Cold Brook. COURTESY PHOTO

Fishway Planned For Bank Street To Grass Pond

HARWICH - The town is planning major improvements to the Cold Brook culvert, which runs under Bank Street, including altering the fishway leading...

Facility To Coat Firearms, Tools And Equipment

HARWICH – The planning board will be asked on Tuesday to approve a manufacturing permit for a company seeking to perform cerakote and powdercoat applications to firearm...

Michael D. Ford, who has served as moderator for 50 years, has an exchange with Finance Committee Chair Peter Hughes during Monday’s annual town meeting. WILLIAM F. GALVIN PHOTO

Harwich Voters Approve Sewers, Middle School Renovations

HARWICH – It was a contentious opening night of the annual town meeting on Monday, with heated debates over sewering for Great Sand Lakes, funding...

Town Meeting Starts Monday Evening

HARWICH – When the annual town meeting gets underway on Monday, the 57-article warrant will certainly draw a lot of debate, even between the...

Mid Cape Church Homes Vice President Bob Doane and attendees at the Pine Oaks Village IV comprehensive permit hearing view materials presented on last Thursday's session. WILLIAM F GALVIN PHOTO

Residents Speak Out Against Pine Oaks Village IV

HARWICH – The appeal board members will take six months to deliberate on the comprehensive permit application filed for the Pine Oaks Village IV’s...

Plans have been filed to raze the Sundae School ice cream establishment and build 28 condominiums. WILLIAM F. GALVIN PHOTO

Condos Planned For Sundae School Site

HARWICH PORT– A 28-unit condominium complex is being proposed on the lot that now contains the Sundae School ice cream shop along Route 28. The ice...

Deteriorating siding at Monomoy Regional Middle School. FILE PHOTO

Flipping, Select Board Endorses Middle School Project

HARWICH – The select board on Monday night reconsidered its recommendation to indefinitely postpone the Monomoy Regional Middle School siding and...

Town Administrator Joseph Powers’ contract will not be renewed. FILE PHOTO

POWERS IS OUT: Town Administrator's Contract Won’t Be Renewed

HARWICH – Town Administrator Joseph Powers’ days in Harwich are numbered. Select board Chair Jeffrey Handler announced Monday that by mutual...

Students representing Jamaica at the Monomoy Regional High School Multicultural Fair on Friday put on a lengthy spread of island delights, including jerk chicken and rice and peas. From left to right are Neason Stephenson, De-Andra Brown, Lisaughan Jaye Hibbiert, Xeleca Beckford, Marco-Dean Hart, Moya Chang, Zay Dah Thomas, Jade Burrowes, Sean Needham, Ashia Forrester and Abigail Archer. WILLIAM F. GALVIN PHOTOS

Monomoy Celebrates Culture

HARWICH – There are students from 15 different countries attending schools in the Monomoy Regional School District and each year the high school...

Cultural Affairs Director Kara Mewhinney is getting ready for Art Week 2025 at the 204 Cultural Municipal Building. WILLIAM F. GALVIN PHOTO

Art Week In Harwich Starts On Saturday

HARWICH – Art Week 2025 gets underway in town on Saturday with more than a week of activities that will celebrate local culture. It’s about...

It's that time of the year for seasonal dock installations along the Herring River. WILLIAM F. GALVIN

Herring River Study Examines Docks' Environmental Impacts

HARWICH – In places like the Herring River, docks and piers can have a negative impact on salt marshes. That’s the conclusion of a study backed by...

A number of photovoltaic solar projects have been developed in Harwich in recent years. This one at the park and ride at the Route 124-Route 6 interchange was installed by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. FILE PHOTO

Select Board Assessing Becoming A climate Leader Community

HARWICH – The town is considering additional measures to address climate change, including becoming a Climate Leader Community. Valerie Bell,...

House Heavily Damaged By Fire

HARWICH – No one was injured in a fast-moving house fire Monday that may have been caused by a magnifying mirror left in an outdoor...

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