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Almost five years after voters authorized buying the former Governor Prence Inn property, plans to develop the site into housing have started to go through the local review process. FILE PHOTO

Prence Housing Project Begins Local Review

ORLEANS – One of the town’s most long-discussed and anticipated housing developments began the local review process earlier this month. The site...

Brendan Caton, a seventh grader at Nauset Regional Middle School, attends to health teacher Julie Flanagan during a scenario-based emergency training session held in the school’s gymnasium April 8. RYAN BRAY PHOTOS

Nauset Middle Schoolers Take Part In Emergency Response Training

ORLEANS – Inside the gymnasium of Nauset Regional Middle School last week, Julie Flanagan was laid out on the floor in pain with a serious injury...

Elements of the proposed first phase of the Eldredge Park redesign will likely need to be cut or delayed to bring the project in at a reduced $3.6 million budget. PHOTO COURTESY TOWN OF ORLEANS

Reduced Scope For Eldredge Park Work Considered

ORLEANS – In an effort to deliver the first phase of the Eldredge Park redesign at a lower cost, the select board is exploring options for reducing...

This year’s Arts Week events include a free little art gallery outside of the community center at 44 Main St. PHOTO COURTESY PAUL SHORTHOSE

Arts Week Returns For Third Year

ORLEANS – We’ve all seen free little libraries. But what about a free little art gallery? Just as the tiny libraries invite people to drop off...

Students hop off the bus at Orleans Elementary School, where 21 new students have been enrolled since the start of the school year. FILE PHOTO

School Officials Seeing Early Impact Of New Development

ORLEANS – If you build it, they will come. For town officials and housing advocates, the famous line from “Field of Dreams” aptly applies to the...

Will Orleans’ next fire station be built as a net zero facility? The select board weighed the benefits against what it is expected to add to the overall project cost last week. FILE PHOTO

Pros, Cons Of Net Zero Fire Station Weighed

ORLEANS – The town’s new fire station could be designed as a net zero energy facility. But the select board and fire rescue building committee last...

An article will go before voters at next month’s annual town meeting seeking authorization to purchase a portion of property at 48 Eldredge Park Way for use in building a new fire station. RYAN BRAY PHOTO

Additional Land Identified For Orleans Fire Station

ORLEANS – The town is working toward securing an additional half acre of land to support the construction of a new fire station on Eldredge Park...

Organizers Daneen Law (left) and Anne Buchs address attendees from the bed of a pickup truck. ALAN POLLOCK PHOTOS

Dozens ‘Walk For Truth’ At Rock Harbor

ORLEANS – Under a chilly drizzle last Friday, dozens of people held signs and walked around the parking lot at Rock Harbor in what was billed as a...

Orleans Camera has new owners. Show here are previous owners Joe Mault and Angela Mault, longtime employee Nicole Maclean, and new owners Katelyn Watkins and Jonathan Watkins. COURTESY PHOTO

Business: Orleans Camera Announces New Ownership

ORLEANS – You might not have even known that the ownership of Orleans Camera changed hands recently. In a seamless transition, Joe and Angela...

This year’s spring election in Orleans is slated for May 19 at the town’s senior center on Rock Harbor Road. FILE PHOTO

No Contested Races In Orleans Spring Election

ORLEANS – There will be no contested races in this spring’s annual town election. Candidates for re-election and challengers to seats on the select...

From June 15 through Sept. 15, visitors to Kent's Point must have a valid beach sticker to park at the popular conservation and recreation spot. FILE PHOTO

Select Board OK’s Seasonal Sticker Parking For Kent’s Point

ORLEANS – A pilot sticker parking program will go into effect at Kent’s Point this summer in an effort to address concerns about public overuse and...

A citizens’ petition to create the position of assistant council on aging director will appear on the warrant for the May 11 annual town meeting in Orleans, but the select board already has plans to seek funding for the position through a possible override. FILE PHOTO

Town Counsel Advises Against Orleans Petition Articles

ORLEANS – Two citizens’ petitions are slated to go before voters at the upcoming annual town meeting in May. But the town’s legal counsel last week...

Ordinance Proposed To Curb Immigration Enforcement On County Property

BARNSTABLE – Members of the county’s assembly of delegates have filed an ordinance seeking to curb immigration enforcement on county property. “An...

Assistant Water Superintendent Susan Brown updated the board of water and sewer commissioners March 18 on the current Level 2 drought facing Orleans and the rest of Cape Cod. RYAN BRAY PHOTO

Board Calls For Level 2 Water Restrictions In Orleans

ORLEANS – Mandatory water restrictions were put in place last week by the town’s board of water and sewer commissioners, and more stringent...

The Nauset regional school committee voted last week in support of a $40.5 million budget for the coming 2027 fiscal year. FILE PHOTO

Nauset Officials Advance New Budget

ORLEANS – After lengthy review, the Nauset regional school committee has settled upon its new budget for the coming 2027 fiscal year. The committee...

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