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County Candidate Says He’s Target Of Smear Campaign

August 19, 2026

BARNSTABLE – One of the three Democratic candidates vying for a seat on the Barnstable County Board of Regional Commissioners in the Sept. 1...

Volunteers and staff with the Homeless Prevention Council are working to assemble backpacks for local students as part of this year’s Backpack to School campaign. HOMELESS PREVENTION COUNCIL PHOTO

Annual Backpack To School Campaign Offers Help To Students, Families

August 19, 2026

ORLEANS – Jenna Smith needed to find a capybara backpack. It’s just part of the job this time of year for Smith, who is now in her third year...

A State Police explosive ordnance disposal technician removes a World War II-era projectile from Rock Harbor Beach early Tuesday afternoon.

Unexploded Projectiles Found At Rock Harbor

August 18, 2026

ORLEANS – Police cordoned off the public beach at Rock Harbor for more than an hour Tuesday after the discovery of unexploded ordnance.Fire Chief...

A sign inside the Barley Neck recognizes the restaurant as an ocean friendly establishment as designated by the Surfrider Foundation. SURFRIDER FOUNDATION PHOTO

Orleans Seeks Rare Surfrider Designation

August 13, 2026

ORLEANS – Orleans is in line to potentially become the first community in America to earn an Ocean Friendly Community designation from the...

The select board last week voted 4-1 in support of materials to be used in the construction of the town’s new fire station. GALANTE ARCHITECTURE STUDIO

Materials Settled On For New Fire Station

August 13, 2026

ORLEANS – The look of the town’s new fire station came more into focus last week as the select board voted on materials for the new building...

The Friends of the Cape Cod National Seashore and the John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum welcomed guests to the Salt Pond Visitor Center in Eastham Aug. 6 to celebrate the Seashore’s 65th anniversary. RYAN BRAY PHOTOS

As Cape Cod National Seashore Turns 65, Supporters Celebrate Community

August 12, 2026

EASTHAM – Sometimes you have to be bold and daring. John F. Kennedy was bold and daring, Bill Burke, longtime historian for the Cape Cod National...

Orleans resident Mark Norgeot raised his concerns with the proposed 78-unit housing development planned for the former Governor Prence Inn property before the select board Aug. 5. RYAN BRAY PHOTO

Residents Take Prence Worries To Select Board

August 12, 2026

ORLEANS – The property at 66 and 76 Route 6A has for years been a hollowed shell of what it once was. Today, little more than the bones of what was...

Orleans Pond Coalition volunteers hold signs that the nonprofit distributes to homeowners as part of its “pond pledge.” ORLEANS POND COALITION PHOTO

Coalition Seeks Collaborative Approach To Water Advocacy

ORLEANS – Last month, members of the Orleans Pond Coalition gathered to put together signs for residents interested in taking the nonprofit’s “pond...

Chandler Travis’ new record, “Branches Out,” came out July 24. “This is very different from anything I’ve ever done before,” he said. COURTESY PHOTO

Chandler Travis Branches Out

ORLEANS – The making of Chandler Travis’ new album, “Branches Out,” was colored by loss, creative differences and an unprecedented global health...

Renderings show plans for the 78-unit mixed housing development planned for the site of the former Governor Prence Inn on Route 6A. COURTESY PHOTO

Zoning Board Laments ‘Flawed’ Process For Gov. Prence Review

ORLEANS – The zoning board of appeals last week expressed frustration with what members saw as their limited role in reviewing the 78-unit mixed...

The Barnstable zoning board of appeals on July 22 voted to overturn a determination from the town’s building commissioner that a new homeless shelter proposed at 460 West Main St. is an allowable non-conforming use. RYAN BRAY PHOTO

Barnstable ZBA Votes Down Proposed Homeless Shelter

HYANNIS – A plan to convert offices on Hyannis’ West Main Street into a larger space for the Saint Joseph’s House shelter was denied by...

The new agricultural barn at Putnam Farm offers growers space to wash, pack and cold-store their produce onsite. RYAN BRAY PHOTOS

New Barn A Boon To Putnam Farm

ORLEANS – John Jannell can still picture the “derelict greenhouses,” potting sheds and log cabin that used to stand on Putnam Farm when the town...

Cryptocurrency kiosks such as this one inside the Cumberland Farms on Main Street in Orleans could be prohibited with the passage of a new bylaw that is being drafted for this fall’s special town meeting. RYAN BRAY PHOTO

Proposed Article Would Ban Crypto Kiosks

ORLEANS – Should a proposed bylaw pass with voters at this fall’s special town meeting, it would mark the end for cryptocurrency kiosks in...

A rendering of Orleans’ new fire station calls for new living and office quarters on the left and a brick apparatus bay on the right. But residents were critical of the look of the new building last week. COURTESY GRAPHIC

Residents, Board Press For Lighter Touch In Fire Station Design

ORLEANS – Perry Antone’s home is located directly across the street from the town’s fire station on Eldredge Park Way. Sometimes that has its...

Volunteers pack lunches to be delivered to kids across the Lower Cape in the kitchen of the Church of the Holy Spirit. FIONA MCFARLAND PHOTO

Food 4 Kids Feeding Hundreds Of Lower Cape Children Daily

ORLEANS – Mornings are busy at the Church of the Holy Spirit. Monday through Friday, volunteers arrive in staggered shifts to begin packing lunches...

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