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Orleans is juggling a number of near- and long-term capital projects, prompting the select board and finance committee last month to discuss how to best plan for them financially. FILE PHOTO

As Projects Mount, Orleans Ponders New Revenue Streams

October 8, 2025

ORLEANS – “Orleans has a long list of wants and an equally long list of needs.” Those words by Finance Committee chair Elaine Baird set the table...

The community preservation committee last week gave its support for bonding $3 million in Community Preservation Act money to renovate the recreational facilities at Eldredge Park. RYAN BRAY PHOTO

CPC Supports $3M For Eldredge Park Plan

October 8, 2025

ORLEANS – It took some back and forth, but the community preservation committee last week voted to recommend that $3 million be bonded to support...

Planning officials in Orleans hope that two articles seeking to create a downtown housing overlay district can help drive the creation of the affordable and attainable housing needed in town. RYAN BRAY PHOTO

Can A New Overlay District Create Housing That Orleans Needs?

October 8, 2025

ORLEANS – Imagine a downtown area with an intentional design, where architectural aesthetics such as building footprint, height and roofing all...

Garrett “G. Love” Dutton works the crowd during last year’s Outermost Roots and Blues Festival. The two-day event returns rain or shine on Oct. 11 and 12. FILE PHOTO

Outermost Roots And Blues Festival Returns Columbus Day Weekend

October 2, 2025

ORLEANS – The air is crisp, the leaves are changing, and chances are your coffee might have a hint of pumpkin spice to it. All the telltale signs...

Keeper, pictured with his owner Janet Yeutter, gets his blessing from Rev. Wesley Machado Silva of the Orleans United Methodist Church last Saturday. RYAN BRAY PHOTOS

Orleans United Methodist Church Hosts Annual Blessing Of The Animals

October 2, 2025

ORLEANS – Keeper excitedly leapt out of her owner’s SUV Saturday at the United Methodist Church, where Rev. Wesley Machado Silva was waiting for...

More than a third of the overall land mass in Orleans is protected as open space. But local planning and conservation officials say there’s no shortage of parcels to protect in the years ahead. FILE PHOTO

Orleans Has Protected Hundreds Of Parcels As Open Space, But...

October 1, 2025

ORLEANS – Wherever you go in Orleans, you’re never far from protected land. From wetlands to wooded trails and everything in between, open space is...

The Orleans select board last week resumed discussions over the adoption of a residential tax exemption for the town’s year-round residents. Feedback on the proposal has been mixed. RYAN BRAY PHOTO

Opinions Vary On Residential Tax Exemption

October 1, 2025

ORLEANS – Residents and select board members are still divided on the idea of adopting a partial property tax exemption for the town’s full-time...

Three renderings were presented during a public workshop last week for redesigning Depot Square. RYAN BRAY PHOTO

What Does The Future Hold For Depot Square?

September 25, 2025

ORLEANS – For close to 100 years, Orleans was serviced by trains, starting with the establishment of the Cape Cod Central Railroad in 1865. When...

Chuck and Meredith Konner, left, with the new owners of the Rock Harbor Grill, Bob and Chris Dubis and Amy and Tommy Leblanc. COURTESY PHOTO

Rock Harbor Grill Under New Ownership

September 24, 2025

ORLEANS – Chuck Konner had just bought a new suit. Having recently sold his interest in The Corner Store in Chatham in 2013, Konner was ready to...

An article is expected to appear on the warrant for the Nov. 17 special town meeting seeking funding for body cameras and in-vehicle video systems for the Orleans Police Department. FILE PHOTO

Article Would Seek Funding For Body Cameras

September 24, 2025

ORLEANS – In July, 43-year-old Francis Gigliotti died outside of a store in Haverhill after police attempted to restrain him and place him under...

More than 100 alumni of Orleans High School attended a reunion at the school, now Nauset Regional Middle School, on Sept. 13. NICK CHRISTIAN PHOTOS

Orleans High Alumni Reconnect

September 18, 2025

ORLEANS – It’s been 66 years since Orleans High School served its last graduating class, the class of 1959. This past weekend, members of past...

This summer, customers at Baskin’s Hardware were asked to “round up” on purchases and donate the extra change to the Nicholas G. Xiarhos Memorial Foundation. The company recently gave a check for $8,000 to Stephen Xiarhos, a state representative, former Yarmouth Police Chief and father of Nicholas Xiarhos, who died in Afghanistan. Pictured back row from left to right are Bob Wright, Brenden Meyer, Neil O’Brien, Bob Lewis, Marcus Farias, Steven Xiarhos, Brandon Baskin, Lynn Colangione, Jim Matthews, Joel Aldrich and Ruth Marriott. Kneeling on left is Brian Smith.
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Baskin’s Customers Round Up For Local Nonprofits

September 18, 2025

ORLEANS – What’s the difference between paying $9.45 for something and $10? For the Baskin family and their employees, it’s a lot. Staff at...

Pallets of wood stand stacked on Nauset Beach in anticipation of last weekend’s bonfire and concert, part of the Orleans Pond Coalition’s annual Celebrate Our Waters festivities. JANET LEWIS PHOTOS

All Fired Up: Orleans Pond Coalition Hosts Concert, Bonfire

September 18, 2025

Orleans officials hope a new lease to locals program will act as another tool to create more affordable housing in town. FILE PHOTO

Orleans Nets First Renter Through Lease To Locals Program

September 17, 2025

ORLEANS – To create more affordable and attainable housing, you have to be creative. With that, town officials are hoping a new initiative...

Michael Herman of the Orleans select board discusses funding options for a planned renovation of the Eldredge Park recreation area Sept. 10. RYAN BRAY PHOTO

Town, CPC Weigh Eldredge Park Funding

September 17, 2025

ORLEANS – When it comes to community preservation funding, recreation projects have arguably been underserved in past years, with more funding...

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