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Firefighter Thomas Devlin and Capt. RJ Silvester rescue a brood of ducklings that had become stuck in a Chatham storm drain Friday. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTOS

Chatham Firefighters Rescue Ducklings Stuck In Storm Drain

CHATHAM – Hunter MacDonald was driving down Heritage Lane on Friday when he saw a duck circling a roadside storm drain, looking distraught even. He...

Randi Potash and supporters outside the polls Tuesday. TIM WOOD PHOTO

Potash Wins Seat On Chatham Select Board

CHATHAM – Topping a four-candidate field, Randi Potash won a three-year term on the select board in Thursday’s annual town election. Based on...

A student crawls into the building, keeping low to the floor.

Where There’s Smoke, There’s...Learning - Cape Tech Students...

SOUTH CHATHAM – On a recent morning, smoke filled a building on Main Street, and a bunch of teenagers went inside to search for anyone who was...

The HH-60 that landed at Cape Tech last week was one of three in service at Air Station Cape Cod. ALAN POLLOCK PHOTOS

Help From The Sky: Locals Train With CG Helo

PLEASANT LAKE – Local first responders are used to meeting rescue helicopters in the field at Cape Tech. But not ones that can carry up to 30...

Fertilizer petition proponent Patrick Otton discussed his article with Moderator Michael Ford during last week’s annual town meeting. WILLIAM F. GALVIN PHOTO

Select Board Wants A Better Petition Article Review Process

HARWICH – Petition articles drew a lot of attention during the select board’s review of town meeting Monday. Voters faced a dozen petition...

A rendering of the Pennrose project at 456 Queen Anne Road and the location of the overflow parking that would be provided on affordable housing trust land. PENNROSE GRAPHIC

Trust To Provide Off-site Parking For Pennrose Project

by William F. GalvinHARWICH – The affordable housing trust has agreed to use a section of its land outside the 5.4 acres it is leasing to Pennrose...

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Mary Wright greets supporters last week at the Town Cove Tap House. Wright was elected to the select board in an uncontested bid at Tuesday’s annual town election. CAMPBELL MULLIGAN PHOTO

Orleans Voters Pass Fire Station Funding

ORLEANS – Voters at Tuesday’s annual town election authorized a debt exclusion of up to $55 million to build a new fire station on Eldredge Park...

Robert A. Welsh III, the first justice presiding in Orleans District Court, is scheduled to be arraigned in June in Brighton Municipal Court on two charges of assault and battery. He is shown here speaking at a Barnstable Fatherhood Program graduation ceremony at the Orleans court in June 2024. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS PHOTO

Court Docs Allege Orleans Judge Was Physically Abusive, Hungover On...

ORLEANS – Orleans District Court’s top judge is due to be arraigned next month on charges of assault and battery. Robert A. Welsh III will be...

The rain held off Saturday for the Orleans Chamber of Commerce’s second annual Cherry Blossom Festival, held on the village green. RYAN BRAY PHOTOS

Chamber Celebrates Spring With Cherry Blossom Festival

ORLEANS – Spring has arrived, and the Orleans Chamber of Commerce celebrated the change of seasons in festive style last weekend. The chamber...

On her fourth run, Laurel Labdon won a seat on the Brewster Select Board in Tuesday’s town election. FILE PHOTO

Labdon Tops Semple In Brewster Select Board Race

BREWSTER – For Laurel Labdon, the fourth time was the charm. At Tuesday’s annual town election, Labdon beat competitor Bruce Semple, 1,095-959, for...

Movement for Flourishing Schools Executive Director Sarah Manion. COURTESY PHOTO

Movement for Flourishing Schools Assumes The Calmer Choice Mantle

For 15 years the non-profit Calmer Choice worked to introduce the practice of mindfulness to area elementary school students in hopes of helping...

CBI Farm Manager Shane Chambers with his Persian cucumbers. RICH ELDRED PHOTOS

From Sprouts To Support: Inn Farm Partnership Feeds The Hungry

BREWSTER – Sprouts have sprung across the Cape, and while seeds are started, not everyone has the acreage for gardening. With that in mind, the...

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Nature Connection: The Pull Of The Sea

Walking the beach at low tide gives one entrée to all sorts of magical goings on. Creatures we might not see when the tide is full may be exposed,...

Two bullies (Ju’el Martin and Zack Johnson) picking on Larry (Elijah Corbin) in the bar. BOB TUCKER/FOCALPOINT STUDIO PHOTOS

Theater Review: Cape Rep’s ‘9-Ball’ A Powerful Play Worth Seeing Again

Art Devine’s play is not about a pool game. It’s about what transpired over a game of 9-Ball in a local bar in Small Town, USA in 1967. It’s set...

The cast of “The Importance of Being Earnest.”
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Theater Review: CCTC/HJT’s ‘Importance of Being Earnest’ Is Wilde Fun

A well-written play never goes out of style. And Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest,” a farce that debuted in 1895, is still hilarious...

Other Local Sports

Drew Dunne of J.M. Riley Painting pitches during a first annual kickball tournament held by the Pals for Life Foundation in Chatham on May 6. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTOS

Pals For Life Holds First Annual Kickball Tournament

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Runners on Cape Cod Tech boys track and field practice Friday, a few days before placing fourth as a team at the MVADA Small Division championship meet Monday. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTOS

Cape Tech Track Places Fourth At Vocational Championships

PLEASANT LAKE – The Cape Cod Tech track and field team is smaller than essentially every other opponent they face. That’s not something reflected...

Nauset senior Violet Roche will end her high school athletic career with the school records for every jumping event across indoor and outdoor track and field. PHOTO COURTESY BILL JOHNSON/AFTERITCLICKS

Nauset Track Record Holder Concluding Storied Career

NORTH EASTHAM – One of the very first times Violet Roche ever jumped during a track and field meet, she gashed her leg open. A freshman at that...

Athlete of the Week

Cape Cod Tech junior Belle Bigley, pictured at a practice Friday, won discus at the MVADA Small Division championship meet Monday. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTO

Athlete Of The Week: Belle Bigley

PLEASANT LAKE – Junior Belle Bigley flourished as the sole Crusader representing Cape Cod Tech’s girls track and field team at the MVADA Small...

Letters To The Editor: May 14, 2026

Reacts To Brewster Housing VoteEditor:Over 1,000 Brewster households are currently located within Brewster’s Zone II drinking water supply area...

Our View: A Healthy Cultural Life

Members of The Chronicle staff had a blast last Thursday at Cape Rep Theatre in Brewster. “Chronicle Night” allowed theater patrons to mingle with our staff prior to the...

On her fourth run, Laurel Labdon won a seat on the Brewster Select Board in Tuesday’s town election. FILE PHOTO

Labdon Tops Semple In Brewster Select Board Race

BREWSTER – For Laurel Labdon, the fourth time was the charm. At Tuesday’s annual town election, Labdon beat competitor Bruce Semple, 1,095-959, for...

Mary Wright greets supporters last week at the Town Cove Tap House. Wright was elected to the select board in an uncontested bid at Tuesday’s annual town election. CAMPBELL MULLIGAN PHOTO

Orleans Voters Pass Fire Station Funding

ORLEANS – Voters at Tuesday’s annual town election authorized a debt exclusion of up to $55 million to build a new fire station on Eldredge Park...

Robert A. Welsh III, the first justice presiding in Orleans District Court, is scheduled to be arraigned in June in Brighton Municipal Court on two charges of assault and battery. He is shown here speaking at a Barnstable Fatherhood Program graduation ceremony at the Orleans court in June 2024. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS PHOTO

Court Docs Allege Orleans Judge Was Physically Abusive, Hungover On...

ORLEANS – Orleans District Court’s top judge is due to be arraigned next month on charges of assault and battery. Robert A. Welsh III will be...

Remember When May 14, 2026

Habitat for Humanity “Women Build” in Chatham in 2006. FILE PHOTO

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