Senator Paul Tsongas at a town hall meeting in Harwich in August 1984. FILE PHOTO

Chatham Rotary Club awards mid 1990s. FILE PHOTO

Chatham Rotary Club awards mid 1990s. FILE PHOTO

Awarding-winning actress and West Chatham resident Julie Harris, center, looks over plans for a performing arts center that never got off the...

Thomas R. Pennypacker swears in tellers at a Chatham Town Meeting in the early 1990s. FILE PHOTO

 A Chatham firefighter during an ice rescue drill in 1996. FILE PHOTO

Congressman Gerry Studds, left, gets underway with the Chatham Coast Guard in the early 1990s. Also on board were Coast Guard Chief Jack Downey,...

Chatham Garden Club members plant flowers in the watering trough at the corner of Main and Cross streets in the early 1990s. FILE PHOTO

Originally the home of the First National market, in the 1960s this building in downtown Chatham hosted the Country Store and the Regency Gift...

Whit Tileston on his scooter while working for the Chatham Water Co.  in 1976. FILE PHOTO

The Colonial Building in downtown Chatham, shortly after it opened in 1964. RICHARD KELSEY PHOTO, COURTESY LEE MARDEN

Ship model builder Rob Napier in late 1980s.  FILE PHOTO

Chatham First Night town photo, Dec. 31, 1999.  FILE PHOTO

Dan Haetinger removes the iconic sign from The Tale of the Cod in downtown Chatham. The longtime business recently closed its doors. SPENCER...

Author Robert B. Parker at Yellow Umbrella Books in Chatham, late 1980s. FILE PHOTO