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A total of 1,564 residents voted in Thursday’s election. TIM WOOD PHOTO

Smith In Upset Over Incumbent Schell; Dykens Wins Another Term

CHATHAM – Former Harbormaster Stuart F.X. Smith won a seat on the select board in Thursday’s annual town election, beating incumbent Michael Schell...

Chatham holds its annual town election at the community center today (Thursday, May 15) from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. FILE PHOTO

Chatham Town Election Thursday

CHATHAM – Voters go to the polls today (Thursday, May 15) to decide a race for the select board as well as two ballot questions. Voting happens at...

An overview of the project, which will include 48 rental units in nine buildings, with various amenities for tenants. COURTESY PENNROSE

Size, Scale, Parking: Neighbors Worry About Housing Project

CHATHAM – Developers seeking to build 48 rental units on the former Buckley property at 1533 Main St. presented their comprehensive permit...

The banner outside the Harwich Chamber of Commerce office in Harwich Port announces the Think Spring Showcase planned for this Saturday. WILLIAM F. GALVIN PHOTO

Chamber Sponsors 'Think Spring' Showcase

HARWICH – The chamber of commerce will be putting on a new event on Saturday. The “Think Spring Showcase” is a one-day gathering of chamber...

Select Board Chair Jeffrey Handler. FILE PHOTO

Harwich Begins Search For New Town Administrator

HARWICH – Exactly how the select board will move forward with landing a new town administrator and who will serve as an interim administrator...

A rendering of the proposed affordable housing development on six acres at 456 Queen Anne Road.

Development Agreement Reached For Former Marceline Property

HARWICH – The affordable housing trust has signed an agreement and lease with Pennrose LLC, the development company that will build 60 housing...

Southcoast Health

The affordable housing trust fund board in Orleans is working toward a purchase and sale agreement with the owners of this property at 22 Old Tote Rd., which it plans to convert into four residential housing units. Two of the units would be rented as affordable. RYAN BRAY PHOTO

Select Board Gets Behind Proposed Old Tote Road Project

ORLEANS – A property on Old Tote Road could soon house four rental units, two of them affordable. That’s the hope of the affordable housing trust...

AmeriCorps Cape Cod members assist staff at the Family Pantry of Cape Cod in Harwich. The loss of federal funding for the local program has left county officials to figure out how to keep it going. WILLIAM F. GALVIN PHOTO

Cut Funding Throws AmeriCorps’ Future Into Question

Drive just about anywhere on Cape Cod and you’ll see nature. Beaches, parks, trails and conservation areas abound on the peninsula, making the...

Orleans resident Ken Heritage takes to the microphone during Monday’s annual town meeting at Nauset Regional Middle School. RYAN BRAY PHOTOS

Voters OK Fire Station Design Funding

ORLEANS – Despite lingering questions and concerns about its location, voters approved funds to design a new fire station at Monday’s annual town...

Joseph Sullivan III and Peter Jelinek discuss recreation topics at the April 15 League of Women Voters’ forum. MACKENZIE BLUE PHOTO

Rec Com, Plan Board Among Nine Races On Brewster Election Ballot

BREWSTER – At the May 20 annual election, registered Brewster voters will have the opportunity to fill seats on eight boards, committees and...

Caroline McCarley. COURTESY PHOTO

Get To Know The Three Brewster Select Board Candidates

Voters will choose two new candidates to fill two open positions on the Brewster select board at the May 20 election, with polls open from 7 a.m....

Mary Chaffee and Amanda Bebrin announce the four winners of the inaugural public service awards at the May 5 town meeting. TOWN MEETING PHOTO

Four Community Volunteers Receive Inaugural Public Service Awards

BREWSTER – Robert Tobias, Anne O’Connell, Meg Morris and Carmen Scherzo were honored at the May 5 town meeting for their dedication to public...

Neither wind nor cool temperatures kept us from sketching. MARY RICHMOND PHOTO

Enjoying Spring

For those of us that live here year-round, road construction and ongoing sewer projects have made driving anywhere an adventure. Fortunately, there...

“Self Portrait” by Jack Garver. COURTESY PHOTO

Retrospective Honors Life And Work Of Jack Garver

This year would have marked the 100th birthday of internationally renowned watercolorist Jack Garver, the award-winning artist who was also a...

The Lanyard owners, Kara and Lou Malzone and Erin and Matt Kelley, along with their children, servers and staff of the restaurant. MELISSA DE LA VEGA PHOTO

Minding Your Business- The Lanyard Restaurant

“I love looking up and seeing the place full of people that are enjoying the experience here,” says Matt Kelley, co-owner of the Lanyard Restaurant...

Philip S. Ripa, formerly of Amherst MA, and a long-time resident of Chatham, died on December 21, 2024. He was the loving husband of Dorothy Meehan...

John Frank Ormento

John Frank Ormento, affectionately known as Johnny, 66, of Harwich MA, died peacefully in his home on April 27, 2025, after enduring 4 years with...

Kathleen Ann Kane

Kathleen Ann Kane, 66, of Brewster, died Thursday, May 1st, 2025.Kathleen was born to the late August and Joan (Guminski) Neher on April 7th, 1959,...

Cape Cod 5

Senior Aidan Schafer runs with the ball during Cape Cod Tech’s 12-2 win Friday over Sturgis East. Schafer scored three goals in the victory. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTO

Athlete Of The Week: Aidan Schafer

WEST BARNSTABLE – Cape Cod Tech’s win Friday against Sturgis East might have been particularly sweet for Aidan Schafer, the only senior on the...

Sophomore Ryan Delaney pursues a Sturgis East player. Delaney scored three goals in Cape Cod Tech’s 12-2 win. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTO

Cape Cod Tech Boys Lacrosse Earns Long-Awaited Win Streak

WEST BARNSTABLE – On a Monday and Tuesday in April 2022, the Cape Cod Tech boys lacrosse team picked up back-to-back early season wins. More than...

Nauset sophomore Sophia Silvestri hits a driver at the second hole during a match Monday against Monomoy. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTO

Monomoy, Nauset Girls Golf Thrive Through Team Chemistry

HARWICH – The late sports author John Feinstein once wrote that no sport is as solitary as golf. And yet to the golfers at Monomoy and Nauset, it’s...

High School Sports

Sophomore Ryan Delaney pursues a Sturgis East player. Delaney scored three goals in Cape Cod Tech’s 12-2 win. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTO

Cape Cod Tech Boys Lacrosse Earns Long-Awaited Win Streak

WEST BARNSTABLE – On a Monday and Tuesday in April 2022, the Cape Cod Tech boys lacrosse team picked up back-to-back early season wins. More than...

Nauset sophomore Sophia Silvestri hits a driver at the second hole during a match Monday against Monomoy. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTO

Monomoy, Nauset Girls Golf Thrive Through Team Chemistry

HARWICH – The late sports author John Feinstein once wrote that no sport is as solitary as golf. And yet to the golfers at Monomoy and Nauset, it’s...

Senior Aidan Schafer runs with the ball during Cape Cod Tech’s 12-2 win Friday over Sturgis East. Schafer scored three goals in the victory. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTO

Athlete Of The Week: Aidan Schafer

WEST BARNSTABLE – Cape Cod Tech’s win Friday against Sturgis East might have been particularly sweet for Aidan Schafer, the only senior on the...

Athlete of the Week

Sophomore Lincoln Sanford pitched four scoreless innings for Monomoy in a 17-0 win against Cape Cod Tech. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTO

Athlete Of The Week: Lincoln Sanford

PLEASANT LAKE – Monomoy spread the wealth around at the plate as a number of players contributed to the scoring Thursday against Cape Cod...

Letters to the Editor.

Letters to the Editor, May 15

Development At Harwich's ExpenseEditor:At Harwich’s expense, the state is willing to allow the developers of Pine Oaks Village 4 to endanger our...

Our View: Annual Election Endorsements

HarwichWhen people go to the polls in Harwich May 20, they may find themselves spending a little more time weighing decisions before marking the ballot. The six ballot...

Our View: A Different Endorsement

In discussing endorsements for this year’s Chatham Select Board race, our editorial staff had an unexpectedly hard time in coming to a conclusion....

A total of 1,564 residents voted in Thursday’s election. TIM WOOD PHOTO

Smith In Upset Over Incumbent Schell; Dykens Wins Another Term

CHATHAM – Former Harbormaster Stuart F.X. Smith won a seat on the select board in Thursday’s annual town election, beating incumbent Michael Schell...

Neither wind nor cool temperatures kept us from sketching. MARY RICHMOND PHOTO

Enjoying Spring

For those of us that live here year-round, road construction and ongoing sewer projects have made driving anywhere an adventure. Fortunately, there...

“Self Portrait” by Jack Garver. COURTESY PHOTO

Retrospective Honors Life And Work Of Jack Garver

This year would have marked the 100th birthday of internationally renowned watercolorist Jack Garver, the award-winning artist who was also a...

Budget Blinds

Catherine Bieri and Ron Reddick converted the pool at the former Chatham Health and Swim Club into a comfortable seating area for Three Fins patrons. TIM WOOD PHOTO

New Dining Choices On The Lower Cape

As we ramp up to the summer season — Memorial Day is just a little more than a week away — we take a look at a number of new restaurants that have...

Chatham Garden Club members spruce up the watering trough downtown, late 1990s.FILE PHOTO

Volunteers make repairs to the Chatham Scout Hall, 1990s.FILE PHOTO

Book sale at Eldredge Public Library, late 1990s. FILE PHOTO

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