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Nauset Regional High School ceased operations as a local warming center Feb. 24 due to a heating failure in the building. FILE PHOTO

HVAC Failure Led To Warming Center Closure

EASTHAM – An HVAC failure is believed to have caused the shuttering of Nauset Regional High School as an area warming center during February’s...

The February blizzard caused Nauset public schools to close for a week, further pushing the school calendar toward the June 30 deadline.

As Snow Days Accumulate, Nauset Officials Discuss Options

ORLEANS – From extensive power outages to fallen wires, trees, limbs and other debris, there’s been no shortage of complications brought on by the...

Rocks with painted words, pictures and sayings were offered for walkers to drop along the shore. MACKENZIE BLUE PHOTOS

Walk For Peace Inspires Strong Community Turnout In Orleans

ORLEANS – Despite less-than-ideal weather on Saturday, March 7, community members gathered to take part in a citizen-led “Walk for Peace,” inspired...

Shawn DeLude, president of the nonprofit Rock Harbor Truth, addresses the Orleans select board March 4 about allegations of abuse and trafficking raised against the Community of Jesus. FILE PHOTO

Select Board Questioned Over COJ Suit Allegations

ORLEANS – As allegations of child abuse and trafficking continue to loom over the Community of Jesus, Shawn DeLude went before the select board...

The Orleans veterans committee is working to settle on a list of names for inclusion on new Korean and Vietnam War memorials planned for Veterans Memorial Park. FILE PHOTO

Additional Names Sought For Korean, Vietnam War Memorials

ORLEANS – As the veterans committee continues to plan for the installation of new monuments in the renovated Veterans Memorial Park, an unexpected...

More than 100 people stood at the corner of Route 28 and Main Street in Orleans Sunday to protest the bombing of Iran. The protest was sponsored by the Nauset Citizens Alliance. JANET LEWIS PHOTOS

Orleans Protests Iran War

Andrea Aldana will move into the role of CEO and president of the Community Development Partnership on March 29. She assumes the role from Jay Coburn, who will retire next month. COURTESY PHOTO

Aldana Tapped To Lead Community Development Partnership

ORLEANS – Andrea Aldana doesn’t need to be told about the difficulties young professionals and families face securing housing on the Lower Cape....

Budgets within the Nauset Regional School District are so far projecting increases for the new fiscal year, which starts July 1. FILE PHOTO

Nauset Draft Budgets Show Increases For FY27

ORLEANS – An early look at the Nauset school budgets for the 2027 fiscal year shows increases over 2026. The Nauset regional school committee in...

The deadline for submitting articles for inclusion on the warrant for the Ma11 annual town meeting is March 2. FILE PHOTO

Orleans Begins Readying Spring Warrant

February 26, 2026

ORLEANS – It may be February, but spring town meeting preparations are already in full swing. Articles have begun trickling in for the warrant for...

An efficiency and regionalization study of Nauset Regional Middle School and the district’s five elementary schools has found that all of the buildings are aging and underutilized. A final report is due this spring. FILE PHOTO

Study: Schools Are Aging And Underutilized

February 25, 2026

ORLEANS – Elementary schools in the Nauset Regional School District, as well as the district’s middle school, are aging and underutilized,...

The Barnstable County Assembly of Delegates last week voted to petition the state legislature to allow for a high-end real estate transfer fee that will generate additional revenue to help towns address the region’s housing crisis. FILE PHOTO

Assembly Votes To Advance Transfer Fee Petition

February 25, 2026

BARNSTABLE – A petition will go before the state legislature seeking authorization allowing Cape towns to opt into a new high-end real estate...

The French Cable Museum is one of several projects seeking additional Community Preservation Act funding at May’s annual town meeting. FILE PHOTO

CPC Declines Funding For Neighboring Projects

February 19, 2026

ORLEANS – The recommended slate of projects to receive Community Preservation Act funding this spring will not include requests in support of...

The Orleans Conservation Trust is raising money to buy land at 22 Tonset Rd., which would be protected from development as open space. RYAN BRAY PHOTO

Orleans Trust Works Toward Tonset Road Property Purchase

February 19, 2026

ORLEANS – The wooded and overgrown parcel at 22 Tonset Rd. is easy to overlook. But for the Orleans Conservation Trust, it’s land worth...

Orleans Fire Chief Geof Deering said with staffing challenges and increased call volume, keeping department overtime down can be difficult. FILE PHOTO

Orleans Chief Talks Fire Department Overtime

February 18, 2026

ORLEANS – During the select board’s first public run through the proposed operating budget for the 2027 fiscal year, there was one line item that...

Residents gather in support of Thiago Bastos’ release from ICE custody ahead of his scheduled hearing in Orleans District Court on Dec. 16. Bastos, of Hyannis, has since been released on bond and is appealing his order of deportation out of Chelmsford Immigration Court. RYAN BRAY PHOTO

Hyannis Man Released From ICE Custody

February 18, 2026

CHELMSFORD – A Hyannis man earlier this month was released on bond after nine months in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody. Judge Natalie...

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