The Chatham Athletics play at Veterans Field circa 1970s. CHARLES W. CARTWRIGHT POSTCARD

Chatham Select Board candidates, 2003. From left: Susan Plumb, Kevin Mikita, Harvey Huetter, John Geiger, Deborah Connors and Carol Gordon. FILE PHOTO

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

Offloading at the Chatham Fish Pier, 2002. FILE PHOTO

Pirates enthrall kids at the Atwood House, 2006. FILE PHOTO

Renovations at Brooks Academy, Harwich, 2006. FILE PHOTO

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

Barbara Striebert feeds the ducks at the pond in front of what is now Agway in Chatham, early 1990s. FILE PHOTO

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,...