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Orpheum Benefit Honors Woman Lost In Winter Storm: Author Sebastian...

Every summer since 1860, members of Jada Samitt’s family have gathered in a house in Rockport that has been handed down through the...

Electrician’s Mate Second Class Seth Crenshaw (right) gets a hand from Senior Chief Ross Comstock, toting away one of Chatham Light’s two outdated drum lanterns. ALAN POLLOCK PHOTO

A New Beacon For An Old Lighthouse

CHATHAM – Keeping guard over the harbor since 1877, Chatham Light has just been equipped with a modern LED beacon, replacing inefficient World War...

This stone circle, or henge, is just off Brewster’s John Wing Trail and was designed and installed in 1997 by town resident and landscape and environmental architect Jeff Thibodeau, with permission from the town and volunteer help. Thibodeau hopes visitors (who should check tidal charts before walking the boardwalk to the island) find visiting the stone circle a contemplative experience. ANDY KIRKALDY PHOTO

Stone Circle Graces Brewster Trail

BREWSTER – Brewster’s town-owned John Wing Trail, which runs from Route 6A to Cape Cod Bay across Wing Island, offers in one place much of what can...

Roz Coleman, pictured outside the Chatham Marconi Maritime Center that she helped create. FILE PHOTO

Roz Coleman Remembered As Compassionate Problem Solver

CHATHAM – Blessed with a creative mind, the instinct to lead, and tenderhearted compassion, Dr. Roslyn “Roz” Coleman is being remembered for her...

Crowds at the Chatham July 4 parade were thick in some spots, like at the Eldredge Public Library. Rescue crews used a drone to locate victims of the day’s heat near the Red Nun. TIM WOOD PHOTO

FD Uses Drone To Locate Heat Victims During Parade

CHATHAM – An “eye in the sky” helped rescue crews locate victims of heat exhaustion during Saturday’s Independence Day parade. Firefighters Peter...

The zoning board of appeals in Orleans will continue its review of the mixed housing project planned for the site of the former Governor Prence Inn on July 27. FILE PHOTO

ZBA Satisfied With Prence Design Modifications

ORLEANS – The zoning board of appeals appears to be on board with the modified design of the proposed Governor Prence Inn redevelopment brought...

School Funding Formula Working Group Established

CHATHAM – The select boards in Chatham and Harwich have agreed to establish a working group to review the Monomoy Regional School District funding...

Chatham Deputy Police Chief Lou Malzone will take over the reins of the department on July 22. TIM WOOD PHOTO

Chatham Has A New Police Chief: 20-year Veteran Malzone Named To...

CHATHAM – Deputy Police Chief Louis Malzone, a 20-year veteran of the department, will take over as chief later this month. Town Manager Jill...

Select board member Donald Howell’s actions lead to two health board resignations. FILE PHOTO

Two Health Board Members Resign Alleging Select Board Conflicts

HARWICH – Two members of the board of health have resigned alleging potential conflicts with select board member Donald Howell.Board of Health...

Pete Daniel (Virginia Tech) of the Brewster Whitecaps fields a ball at shortstop during the Cape Cod Baseball League’s Fenway Day on Thursday, July 2. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTOS

Dreams, Journeys Rise To Forefront At Cape League’s Fenway Day

BOSTON – Penmen Field in the town of Hooksett, home of Southern New Hampshire University’s baseball team, has seating capacity for about 200...

Volunteer Priscilla Ward adds rice to a client’s grocery bag. The Family Pantry stocks brown rice because it’s more nutritious, and white rice because it’s a cultural staple for many. ALAN POLLOCK PHOTO

Hunger A Hidden Problem on Cape Cod

HARWICH – Hunger hides on Cape Cod; among the beaches, the cottages, the seafood restaurants, the shops on Main Streets, it’s just not a problem...

The Witches on the Water’s Jo-Ellen Erickson embraces the crowd.

Residents, Visitors Brave Heat For Annual July 4 Parades

The country’s 250th anniversary was the major theme in parades celebrating Independence Day in Orleans and Chatham on Saturday, July...

Two immature Baltimore orioles waiting for their turn at the orange and jelly feeder. MARY RICHMOND PHOTO

Nature Connection: Babies Everywhere!

There’s no way around it. Summer is here. If you’re a driver, you’re well aware that the roads are very busy. Stores have lines once again and the...

Marcellus Eldredge. COURTESY PHOTO

How Marcellus Eldredge Shaped Chatham: Eldredge Library Founder Set...

CHATHAM – For Chatham native Marcellus Eldredge, a Gilded Age era business tycoon and town benefactor who lived most of the year in Portsmouth,...

Supporters of Oliver Ortolani hold signs outside of U.S. District Court in Boston June 18, where a hearing was held on a motion to dismiss a suit brought by Ortolani against the Community of Jesus, Arts Empowering Life Inc. and Performing Arts Building Inc. The court denied the motion on June 26. COURTESY PHOTO

Motion To Dismiss Ortolani Suit Denied, Case To Proceed

BOSTON – A motion to dismiss a case brought against the Community of Jesus and two nonprofits by a former Community member last summer has been...

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