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The Harwich Chamber of Commerce honored The Chronicle's late publisher Henry C. Hyora with the Jimmy Marceline Community Service Award. MIKE LACH PHOTO

Chamber Honors Late Chronicle Publisher With Jimmy Marceline Award

November 9, 2026

HARWICH – Members of The Cape Cod Chronicle staff accepted the Jimmy Marceline Community Service Award from the Chamber of Commerce on behalf of...

Mala Meehan places a flag on the grave of Vietnam veteran Gerald Custodie at Chatham’s Seaside Cemetery last week. She answered the town’s call for volunteers to decorate veterans’ graves in time for Veterans Day. ALAN POLLOCK PHOTO

Local Towns To Hold Veterans Day Ceremonies

November 6, 2026

Local residents will gather to commemorate Veterans Day next Wednesday, Nov. 11. In Chatham, the ceremony will be held at 11 a.m. at the community...

Officials in Orleans and Brewster hope to have a pilot program for regionalized recreation between the two towns in place by January. FILE PHOTO

More Discussion Due On Regional Recreation

November 6, 2026

ORLEANS – Officials in Orleans and Brewster are continuing to work toward a pilot program exploring how recreation offerings could be shared...

Sticker Shock: Proliferation Makes Poles, Signs Unsightly

November 6, 2026

CHATHAM – In his walks around town, one change Robert Byrnes has noticed in the past few years is the proliferation of advertising stickers....

Concerns remain about traffic that might be generated through the proposed 78-unit housing development planned for the former Governor Prence Inn site. FILE PHOTO

Residents Continue Push Back On Prence Traffic

November 5, 2026

ORLEANS – An independent review found little fault in the traffic analysis provided as part of the zoning board of appeals’ ongoing review of the...

Exterior siding, trim and windows have been replaced at Monomoy Regional Middle School, but a former building committee member is questioning the quality of workmanship on the project. FILE PHOTO

Monomoy Middle School Project Workmanship Questioned

November 5, 2026

CHATHAM – The replacement of windows, siding and trim at the Monomoy Regional Middle School is nearly complete, but questions are being raised...

Town Administrator Jay McGrail has been appointed to serve on a small communities advisory subcommittee that provides advice to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin. McGrail will make three trips to Washington, D.C. over the next year. WILLIAM F. GALVIN PHOTO

McGrail To Serve On EPA Subcommittee

November 5, 2026

HARWICH – Town Administrator Jay McGrail will be spending a little time in Washington, D.C. McGrail has been appointed to the U.S. Environmental...

Chatham voters cast ballots in Tuesday's state election. TIM WOOD PHOTO

Lambton Wins First District Seat; Lower Cape Towns Back Dems

November 4, 2026

Democrat Christopher Lambton won the First Barnstable District state representative seat in Tuesday’s state election over Republican Joe B....

Rev. Patrick Ward of the Church of the Holy Spirit in Orleans interred the ashes of an unknown person in the church’s memorial garden on Nov.1. The ashes were discovered in the church parking lot in August. RYAN BRAY PHOTOS

Parishioners Hold Interment For ‘Ashes Of The Unknown’

November 4, 2026

ORLEANS – On a windy and wet morning this past August, a non-discript green plastic bag lingered in the corner of the parking lot at the Church of...

Chatham Paint and Hardware will be sold on Nov. 10 along with its sister store in East Harwich. TIM WOOD PHOTO

Harwich, Chatham Hardware Stores To Be Sold

November 4, 2026

Harwich Paint and Decorating, located along Route 137 in East Harwich, and Chatham Paint and Hardware, located on Main Street in downtown Chatham,...

Chatham’s annual Halloween Parade took place last Friday, with dozens of costumed kiddies (and parental escorts) marching up and down Main Street with candy stops at downtown businesses. The event was sponsored by the Chatham Elementary School PTO. TIM WOOD PHOTOS

Halloween On The March!

November 1, 2026

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Nature Connection: Get Outside And Then Vote

October 31, 2026

Fall, being a season of farewell as well as transitions of all sorts, is a busy time for many of us. There are gardens to tend, outdoor furniture...

Everything was just ducky along Main Street last Saturday for this year’s Halloween Stroll. The event was hosted by the Orleans Elementary School parent teacher committee. RYAN BRAY PHOTOS

Halloween Stroll Brings Out Trick Or Treaters, Young And Old

October 29, 2026

ORLEANS – Bears, tigers, superheroes, witches. The vibe along Main Street last Saturday took a decidedly festive turn as part of this year’s...

It could take $1.5 million in repairs for Chillingsworth Restaurant and Bistro to meet building codes to reopen next year. ALAN POLLOCK PHOTO

Needed Repairs Put Restaurant’s Future In Question

October 28, 2026

BREWSTER – Opened in 1956, Chillingsworth Restaurant and Bistro has been a Brewster institution for 70 years. The building itself is much older,...

Members of the Bristol County Fife and Drum Corps march by the Revolutionary War Memorial dedicated in Evergreen Cemetery on Saturday.

Harwich Dedicates Revolutionary War Memorial

October 28, 2026

HARWICH – A crowd gathered at the Walk of Remembrance in Evergreen Cemetery on Saturday for the dedication of the town’s Revolutionary War...

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