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Plans for a new fire station in Orleans do not call for fire operations to be displaced from the current station during construction. FILE PHOTO

Fire Station Cost Prompts Questions From FinCom

ORLEANS – The proposed capital budget for the next fiscal year includes $62.2 million in spending at the coming spring town meeting, with the bulk...

The Barnstable County dredge Sand Shifter works to clear shoals in Aunt Lydia’s Cove. TIM WOOD PHOTOS

Aboard The Sand Shifter: Clearing Aunt Lydia’s Cove To Support...

CHATHAM – The sound of the powerful Caterpillar engineer is inescapable. It reverberates across Aunt Lydia’s Cove, buffered by the mainland shore...

Dog Ordered Confined After Killing 13 Chickens

CHATHAM – After reportedly killing 13 chickens, a West Chatham dog has been deemed a nuisance and ordered to be kept in a fenced-in area when...

Select board member Ned Chatelain will not be seeking re-election in the upcoming annual election. FILE PHOTO

Chatelain Won’t Seek Re-election In Brewster

BREWSTER – After six years on the select board, Ned Chatelain has decided not to seek re-election in the upcoming annual town election. One select...

From left, freshman Jacob Dewey, sophomore Jenna Smith, senior Wyatt Carroll and junior Gabe Walsh cut a ceremonial ribbon celebrating the substantial completion of the new Nauset Regional High School campus in Eastham on March 14. RYAN BRAY PHOTOS

With New Campus, Nauset Community Embraces The Future

NORTH EASTHAM – “School is a building with four walls with tomorrow inside.” As the head of the English department at Nauset Regional High School,...

Harwich's representative to the Barnstable County Assembly of Delegates Elizabeth Harder. FILE PHOTO

Handler Calls For Town’s Assembly Delegate To Step Down

HARWICH – The Home Rule petition narrowly approved by the Barnstable County Assembly of Delegates seeking to establish a real estate transfer tax...

Coach Glenn Rose converses with former Rough Rider John Larivee during a gathering several years ago. COURTESY PHOTO

Remembering Glenn Rose: A Basketball Legend And Student Mentor

HARWICH – Glenn Rose, a basketball legend and longtime youth mentor, passed away peacefully at his home on March 8. He was 83. Mr. Rose dedicated...

This graphic illustrates how the boathouse will appear once it is placed on pilings at 90 Bridge St. to serve as the home of the town’s shellfish upwelling system. FILE PHOTO

Boathouse Move Postponed Due To Weather

CHATHAM – Windy weather early this week forced the postponement of the move of the historic Stage Harbor Coast Guard boathouse from New Bedford to...

Skate egg cases or dancers? MARY RICHMOND PHOTO

Nature Connection: Dreary Days

March is always a tough month here on Cape Cod. While our Southern friends are already luxuriating in early blooms and warmer breezes, we are still...

Pilings have been set and are awaiting the arrival of the Stage Harbor Coast Guard Boathouse to 90 Bridge St. SPENCER KENNARD PHOTO

Historic Coast Guard Boathouse Due Back In Town

CHATHAM – The historic Stage Harbor Coast Guard boathouse is expected to arrive back in town as soon as next week. The boathouse, which previously...

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...

An example of the rental apartment buildings Pennrose initially proposed for the Meetinghouse Road affordable housing project. UNION ARCHITECTS ILLUSTRATION

Pennrose Meetinghouse Road Hearing Postponed Yet Again

CHATHAM – For the sixth time, the zoning board of appeals last week continued the comprehensive permit hearing on Pennrose’s proposed affordable...

The Polar Plunge is hosted locally by the Harwich Police Department, through the Law Enforcement Torch Run. FILE PHOTO

Cops, Friends, Prepare To Plunge For The Special Olympics

SOUTH HARWICH – Maybe there’s no better way to say goodbye to the savage cold of 2025-2026 than to embrace it, one last time. That’s what...

Chatham Town Manager Jill Goldsmith. FILE PHOTO

Chatham Town Manager Contract Extended To 2031

CHATHAM – Town Manager Jill Goldsmith will continue as head of the municipal government through 2031. Goldsmith’s most recent contract was set to...

Fallen trees and powerlines caused widespread outages across the Lower Cape during the recent blizzard. FILE PHOTO

Underground Utilities? It’ll Cost You. Local Officials, Experts...

The Blizzard of ‘26 brought significant disruption to the region, from downed trees and wires to outages that left much of the Lower and Outer...

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