CHATHAM – Reclaiming the darkness of night by preventing light pollution is essential for human and environmental health, reasoned an astronomer at...

CHATHAM – As local boaters know, it’s possible to get underway under sunny, calm conditions from Stage Harbor, only to encounter confused seas and...

CHATHAM – One of the town’s most recognizable properties, the Queen Anne Inn, is in line for a significant facelift. But when it’s complete, the...

 HARWICH – The town’s open space and recreation plan was approved by the state Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs earlier this...

 HARWICH – Town meeting time has changed. When voters arrive in the gymnasium at the community center on Monday, they will be instructed on how to...

 HARWICH – Members of the board of appeals are calling for more parking and potentially the expansion of acreage at the 5.4-acre parcel where the...

ORLEANS – After three years of work and preparation, the planning board will put a new local comprehensive plan before voters to consider at the...

ORLEANS – Every year, winds invariably blow sand off of Skaket Beach into the parking lot and onto Skaket Road. The town’s department of public...

ORLEANS – Police are investigating whether there is probable cause to charge an Eastham man in connection with an alleged online threat made...

BREWSTER – Arguably more at home walking the mud flats of Brewster than sitting in a boardroom, Elliott Carr spent decades lending his expertise to...

BREWSTER – The Brewster Dog Park temporarily closed Monday for maintenance and improvements, capital projects that had been in the works since...

BREWSTER – With peak camping season upon us, there’s one question that needs to be answered: Is Nickerson State Park ready? After this winter’s...

Jerry Pilo of New Look Repair & Home Improvement and Jerry & Sons Painting is a man who stands by his word and his work. “No job is too...

BREWSTER – There’s a history of artists revisiting their work. Walt Whitman originally published his “Leaves of Grass” in 1855 yet would write new...

The tree swallows have arrived which means there are flying insects for them to feed on which means that nature is in full spring gear. On a recent...

Mary (Maggie) Ropulewis Schultz, 64, of Chatham, MA, passed away on Thursday, April 16, 2026, surrounded by loved ones at Cape Cod Hospital. Born...

9/17/1950 - 4/8/2026Robert Gabrielle Gaston was born at Cape Cod Hospital in 1950 and spent his childhood living on Main St in Orleans. His...

With grateful and heavy hearts we share the news that the remarkable life of Yukiko (Yuki) Yamaguchi Larkin has come to pass, leaving us peacefully...

BREWSTER – More than 150 people ran with weighted backpacks across the entirety of Cape Cod over a span of about 30 hours last weekend during an...

HARWICH – Racers went over the herring run and through the woods Sunday during the first iteration of a five-kilometer event that raised money for...

NORTH EASTHAM – Nauset baseball had a significant worry in the winter as the current season grew closer: the team wasn’t sure who would catch their...

A multitude of local student-athletes across several different sports received various honors following this past winter season. For Nauset, 17...

HARWICH – Monomoy baseball interim head coach Tim Nickerson was just south of Riyadh a year or two ago when he got something of a lesson in how to...

PLEASANT LAKE – Throwing left-handed and batting right-handed is a rare breed in baseball. Switch-hitters notwithstanding, the majority hit and...

PLEASANT LAKE – An afternoon of nearly 30 runs has to start somewhere, and for Cape Cod Tech, their eruption against Mashpee last Thursday began...

On Monday, Harwich voters will tackle a 62-article annual town meeting warrant, a hefty task that may be lifted somewhat by the addition this year...

Finding The Best For BothEditor:Articles 28 and 29 in the Brewster Town Meeting address plans for the 10 acres of the Long Pond Parcel along Route...

We’re afraid there will be some furrowed brows when readers scan this week’s letters to the editor. That’s because we had far more submissions than...

ORLEANS – After three years of work and preparation, the planning board will put a new local comprehensive plan before voters to consider at the...

ORLEANS – Every year, winds invariably blow sand off of Skaket Beach into the parking lot and onto Skaket Road. The town’s department of public...

 HARWICH – The town’s open space and recreation plan was approved by the state Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs earlier this...

Even though the shoulder seasons have become busier in recent years, Lower Cape businesses can still struggle to remain open year-round.  Lindsay...

Pirates enthrall kids at the Atwood House, 2006. FILE PHOTO

Renovations at Brooks Academy, Harwich, 2006. FILE PHOTO

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