The First Amendment is under assault. We don’t have to go into the details here; anyone who has paid attention to the national news over the past...

Don’t Use Plans To Justify ProjectEditor:I respectfully, though strongly, disagree with the recent characterization by Harwich Town Planner...

Help Needed With Holiday ShoppingEditor:The holidays are just around the corner. All of us at the Chatham Children’s Fund would like to remind...

Residents of the Lower Cape understand how vulnerable the region is to the effects of climate change. At least they should, but amazingly, we still...

Happy Larry’s Is BackEditor: So glad to learn of the reopening of Larry's P.X., a Chatham icon. A must visit every time we come to Chatham. Also...

In our digital archive of photos, some of the best ones are labeled BAD. It was the quirky signature of Barry A. Donahue, whose ironic initials...

We totally understand the decision of the board of trustees of the Chatham Unitarian Universalist Meetinghouse to hit the pause button on political...

As if we need more evidence of the economic strain local residents are under, we learned this week that the Food 4 Kids program, which provides...

If you’ve lived on the Cape long enough (and read our paper), you’ve no doubt heard the inevitable complaints that are sure to arise around...

Pine Oaks Project FlawedEditor:Yes, Harwich needs more affordable housing. The state “suggests” that any new housing development have at least 10...

Development Will Ruin VillageEditor:Shame on the town of Harwich for considering a residential development to replace Sundae School Ice Cream. I am...

We’ll be honest. The editorial we planned to write this week would’ve been our best effort to put a positive spin on some disappointing news: that...

Protect Harwich’s BiodiversityEditor:"When biodiversity declines, those natural systems begin to break down, affecting everything from local...

Housing, Environment Must Be BalancedEditor:While I applaud a previous letter writer’s position that affordable housing is a natural right, the...

That’s just about a wrap on the summer of 2025. The kids are heading back to college, school buses are on the road, and soon it will be easier to...