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NORTH CHATHAM – In the summer of 2023, the public beaches near Great Point, Nantucket, were closed to swimmers in early July because so many people...

CHATHAM – In a little more than a month, the select board will take a formal vote to implement a residential property tax exemption. While a...

 HARWICH – The select board made it clear on Monday that they were looking for a Cape Cod Commission representative who will alter the way the...

 HARWICH – The 29-acre former Marceline salvage property located along Pleasant Lake Avenue across from the Route 6 interchange has a purchase and...

 HARWICH – Preparation is an important component when addressing crowd conditions, Police Chief Kevin Considine said during a presentation to the...

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...

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

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

BREWSTER – Campgrounds used to dot the Cape, attracting those who’d rather rough it a bit as opposed to lodging in a motel room for a week. Those...

 BREWSTER – The folks at Brewster Book Store are asking readers a question: What’s better than meeting and greeting a local author who has written...

BREWSTER – There are plausible theories, but no definitive explanations, for the largest recorded mass stranding of bottlenose dolphins in the...

“Our business is a full-service travel agency, so we do everything from land vacations to river cruises to ocean vacations to weekend getaways, and...

For over a century, one Chatham house has served as the gathering spot for five generations of a family.This is the house, listed on the National...

 "Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing — absolutely nothing — half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats,” or maybe messing...

John Peter Vario passed away suddenly on July 20, 2026, at the age of 70.  John Peter Vario was born on April 18, 1956, and was a resident of...

James P. Mackey III of Orleans MA, Vienna, VA and Brookline, MA passed away in his sleep on Cape Cod July 17, 2026His 41-year career in Washington...

Joan LeRoy Woelfel passed away peacefully on Sunday, July 19, 2026 at the age of 90.  Joan was born in her family home on Arborway Drive in...

SOUTH YARMOUTH – It’s eight in the morning on a bright and sunny Monday, and the members of Riptide Running Cape Cod are already about half an hour...

HARWICH – Van Khachadoorian sat at a shaded bench and looked out at the action unfolding on Memorial Field during one of the Cape Cod Senior...

NORTH EASTHAM – Sushi the golden retriever loved food and swimming. She was independent, liked walks and had a mini goldendoodle a third of her...

SOUTH YARMOUTH – Jacob Lee (Virginia Commonwealth) is a home run hitter. That was true before he ever stepped foot on the Cape this summer. A...

HARWICH – Chatham right-hander Angel Cervantes was one of the lucky ones.Just two pitchers managed to see the field for the East Division before...

Scan the fringes of a baseball field right in front of the dugouts, and you’ll quickly realize that sunflower seeds are as much a part of the...

SOUTH YARMOUTH – Yarmouth-Dennis seemed unstoppable. As recently as July 10, the Red Sox led the East Division with a 10-point cushion (equivalent...

HARWICH – The 2026 Cape Cod Baseball League All-Star at Whitehouse Field had no final result Saturday. There was no winner, no loser. No MVP awards...

A couple of decades ago, when one of our towns was seeking a new department head, a joke was circulating among the workers: What’s the definition...

Tax Code Reform NecessaryEditor:If you are a grandparent living on Cape Cod, you welcome the summer to enjoy your children and grandchildren; yet...

Longtime readers know that we run two Helping Neighbors campaigns for the Family Pantry each year, one in the summer and one around the holidays....

 HARWICH – Local real estate sales have been red hot here and in other Lower Cape towns. The Boston Business Journal reported this week that...

NORTH CHATHAM – In the summer of 2023, the public beaches near Great Point, Nantucket, were closed to swimmers in early July because so many people...

CHATHAM – In a little more than a month, the select board will take a formal vote to implement a residential property tax exemption. While a...

Chatham’s Lighthouse Beach after installation of a new revetment and stairs in 1996. FILE PHOTO

Removing columns from Brooks Academy, 2006. FILE PHOTO