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Homeless Prevention Council's annual Adopt a Family program returns this season for its 29th year. FILE PHOTO

HPC Adopt-a-Family Program Launches

November 22, 2024

ORLEANS – Preparations are underway at the Homeless Prevention Council (HPC) for the 2024 Adopt-a-Family Holiday Program. Thanks to the continued...

Orleans resident Jim O’Brien addresses the select board Nov. 13 with concerns about what he sees as unwelcome opposing view points at town meeting. RYAN BRAY PHOTO

Orleans Officials Say More Voter Engagement Needed

November 21, 2024

ORLEANS – As officials continue to work to strike a balance between promoting discussion at town meeting and improving its efficiency, the idea of...

From left to right, Nauset Regional Middle School students Elle Stanley, Bowdy Beaulieu, Ollie Camp, Brogan Kew, Greyson Greemore and Maisie Callahan helped a woman who had fallen and hurt herself while running last month during cross country practice. PHOTO COURTESY KRISTIN CHATELAIN

Middle School Runners Come To Woman’s Aid

November 21, 2024

ORLEANS – It’s hard to stop cross country runners when they’re in a good rhythm. But a group of Nauset Regional Middle School students hit pause on...

Author and illustrator Timothy Basil Ering spoke to students Nov. 14 at Orleans Elementary School, which he attended as a child. RYAN BRAY PHOTOS

Timothy Basil Ering’s Journey From Orleans Elementary Student To...

November 21, 2024

ORLEANS – When Timothy Basil Ering walked through the doors of Orleans Elementary School last week, he brought plenty of energy and enthusiasm with...

Members of the Orleans Improvement Association work to hang lighted snowflakes in the Village Green on Nov. 13. PHOTOS COURTESY ORLEANS IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION

Tree Lighting Kicks Off Holiday Festivities

November 20, 2024

ORLEANS – It’s already beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Orleans. Last week, members of the Orleans Improvement Association got into the...

Gail Briere and Michael Solitro, the town's special projects coordinator, give the select board an update on plans for a new town campus during the board's Nov. 13 meeting. RYAN BRAY PHOTO

Firm Selected To Explore Town Campus Options

November 20, 2024

ORLEANS – Although 2040 may still be off in the distance, the town could get a sense of what could be built in the way of a municipal campus this...

A new rental assistance program can provide qualified residents with $350 a month to be put toward their rent for up to three years. FILE PHOTO

Orleans Launches Rental Assistance Program

November 20, 2024

ORLEANS – Residents in need of help covering their rent could be eligible for a new program that can assist them in doing just that. Orleans is the...

Allan Peterson and Cirrus Farber, fifth grade teachers at Orleans Elementary School, show work prepared by last year’s fifth graders that is now on display at select trails around town. RYAN BRAY PHOTOS

Fifth Grade Project Educates Community About Nature Trails

November 14, 2024

ORLEANS – Students at Orleans Elementary School want to teach you all about the town’s many local trails. Fifth grade students at OES are working...

Sharon Palmer helps 4-year-old Juliana try on boots at the Cape Cod Foster Closet. Palmer started the nonprofit with her husband, Andy, in 2021.RYAN BRAY PHOTOS

Orleans Nonprofit Fosters Sense Of Community

November 13, 2024

ORLEANS – When Sharon Palmer and her husband, Andy, started fostering children in 2017, they quickly realized how hard it can be for foster parents...

Residents and visitors came out to Veterans Memorial Park in Orleans for the town’s annual Veterans Day ceremony Monday morning. RYAN BRAY PHOTOS

Veterans Day Inspires Hope In Orleans

November 13, 2024

ORLEANS – While in France for their niece’s wedding this past summer, Andrew deLory and his wife used the opportunity to take a trip to Normandy....

Ellen Peterson, left, and Christine Grozier wrap a quilt around Orleans resident and Vietnam veteran Cecil Newcomb during Monday’s Veterans Day ceremony at Veterans Memorial Park. The quilt was specially made for Newcomb through the nonprofit Quilts of Valor in recognition of his service. RYAN BRAY PHOTO

Orleans Veteran Honored With Quilt Of Valor

November 13, 2024

ORLEANS – Cecil Newcomb still remembers when the town’s annual Veterans Day ceremony drew the smallest of crowds, sometimes as few as 10 people, to...

Select Board member Mefford Runyon (left) and Town Moderator David Lyttle address voters during last week’s special town meeting at Nauset Regional Middle School. RYAN BRAY PHOTO

Finance Members Objected To Fall Town Meeting Protocols

November 7, 2024

ORLEANS – Ruth Delude stood at the microphone at last week’s special town meeting looking for answers on Article 21. The finance committee had...

Ember Gardens on Route 6A in Orleans is one of two marijuana retailers in town seeking to apply for a license to make home deliveries. FILE PHOTO

Retailers, Town To Bring Back Marijuana Courier Article In May

November 6, 2024

ORLEANS – An article to amend local zoning to allow the town’s two recreational marijuana businesses to apply for a state license to deliver their...

Residents packed the Skaket meeting room at Orleans Town Hall Oct. 21, where the agricultural advisory council continued its discussion about livestock noise and the town’s right-to-farm bylaw. RYAN BRAY PHOTO

Ag Council Backs Off Right-To-Farm Updates

November 6, 2024

ORLEANS – Efforts by the town’s agricultural advisory council to create policies governing livestock noise will not go forward. The council on Oct....

Revised plans for the Underground Mall on Route 6A now call for some of the existing mall structure to be used as commercial space. FILE PHOTO

Groundbreaking Nears For Underground Mall

October 31, 2024

ORLEANS – Construction on the former Underground Mall off Route 6A could begin before the end of the year, according to the project’s...

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