CHATHAM – The select board voted Jan. 13 to lower the proposed property tax exemption for year-round residents from 35 to 20 percent. The vote was...

CHATHAM – The town has spent millions expanding the municipal sewer system, but fewer properties than expected are connecting, some officials are...

CHATHAM – The final element of the project upgrading the south jog area of the municipal fish pier should be completed before summer visitors start...

 HARWICH – The Sundae School ice cream shop will be scooped up and replaced with a 28-unit multifamily rental complex. The planning board approved...

 HARWICH – Nominations are now being accepted for the Harwich Preservation Award, which will recognize people for their commitment to preserving...

HARWICH – The affordable housing trust has made it clear they support the Pine Oaks Village IV development, a 242 unit income rent-restricted...

ORLEANS – The Rev. Liz Walker was all of 6 years old when her father took her to see Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speak at her local baptist church...

ORLEANS – As the son of a Chatham fisherman, Dick Ryder grew to love boats from a young age. He remembers rowing along with the tide out to the...

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BREWSTER – Brewster town officials have asked the chamber of commerce to vacate its offices and visitors’ center at town hall. The news, which was...

BREWSTER – The affordable housing trust met Jan. 15 to discuss the logistics of the Sea Camps pond parcel feasibility study, which was approved by...

BREWSTER – In late December, the town received the news that the regional community development block grant had been awarded $1.25 million for the...

“I’m going to follow my interest,” said Dominic Boreffi, owner of Gallery Antonia in Chatham. “That’s what I always tell people and that’s what I...

HARWICH – If you're an ocean sunfish, Cape Cod Bay can be a tragic trap. A few wrong turns and suddenly you're in shallow water, maybe caught in a...

All survivors of homicide violence should be treated with dignity and compassion. That is an underlying principle at the Louis D. Brown Peace...

July 19, 1943 — January 8, 2026With deep sorrow, we share that George Lascher, a man of profound kindness, humor, and integrity, passed away...

William (Bill) Tuxbury, Jr., 83, beloved husband, father, and grandfather passed away at home in Chatham, MA, on January 12, 2026. Bill was born in...

Eugene Bicknell Doggett (Gene), age 89, passed away on January 12, 2026 at Beverly Hospital in Beverly, Massachusetts, following complications from...

BOURNE – Monomoy senior Dom Silvester is a superstitious guy.On game days as the goalie for Monomoy-Mashpee, Silvester always wears the same socks,...

HYANNIS – The Barnstable/Upper Cape Tech/Cape Cod Tech girls hockey team has bounced back tremendously from last year’s winless record.Only a...

SANDWICH – No phrase better captures the essence of the Nauset swim team than quality over quantity.The oft-repeated notion is, in this case,...

SANDWICH – Thomas Olean has racked up the qualifications for states this winter.Olean, a sophomore on Nauset’s swim team, entered last Friday’s...

HARWICH – Monomoy eighth grader Lucy Cortese has hit the ground running in her first year on the Sharks’ track team.Cortese, in her fourth year...

CECH Is Here To HelpEditor:The Chatham Ecumenical Council Helping Prevent Homelessness (CECH) extends sincere thanks to the partners who make our...

If Martin Luther King, Jr. was still alive, he would likely be dismayed by the backsliding in civil rights and social justice we’re seeing from the...

 A lot of passion surrounds the proposal to study locating housing on the Sea Camps Pond Property in Brewster. As our front page story this week...

CHATHAM – The select board voted Jan. 13 to lower the proposed property tax exemption for year-round residents from 35 to 20 percent. The vote was...

 HARWICH – The Sundae School ice cream shop will be scooped up and replaced with a 28-unit multifamily rental complex. The planning board approved...

CHATHAM – The town has spent millions expanding the municipal sewer system, but fewer properties than expected are connecting, some officials are...

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