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This graphic illustrates how the boathouse will appear once it is placed on pilings at 90 Bridge St. to serve as the home of the town’s shellfish upwelling system. FILE PHOTO

Boathouse Move Postponed Due To Weather

CHATHAM – Windy weather early this week forced the postponement of the move of the historic Stage Harbor Coast Guard boathouse from New Bedford to...

Pilings have been set and are awaiting the arrival of the Stage Harbor Coast Guard Boathouse to 90 Bridge St. SPENCER KENNARD PHOTO

Historic Coast Guard Boathouse Due Back In Town

CHATHAM – The historic Stage Harbor Coast Guard boathouse is expected to arrive back in town as soon as next week. The boathouse, which previously...

An example of the rental apartment buildings Pennrose initially proposed for the Meetinghouse Road affordable housing project. UNION ARCHITECTS ILLUSTRATION

Pennrose Meetinghouse Road Hearing Postponed Yet Again

CHATHAM – For the sixth time, the zoning board of appeals last week continued the comprehensive permit hearing on Pennrose’s proposed affordable...

Volunteers from the Family Pantry of Cape Cod show off their new soup bowls at last year’s “Soup Bowls for Hunger” event. FILE PHOTO

‘Soup Bowls For Hunger’ Returns April 8

PLEASANT LAKE – It takes creativity to fight the problem of food insecurity in Barnstable County. Fortunately, the Cape Cod Potters have that in...

The Polar Plunge is hosted locally by the Harwich Police Department, through the Law Enforcement Torch Run. FILE PHOTO

Cops, Friends, Prepare To Plunge For The Special Olympics

SOUTH HARWICH – Maybe there’s no better way to say goodbye to the savage cold of 2025-2026 than to embrace it, one last time. That’s what...

Select Board: Harwich Opposes Real Estate Transfer Fee

HARWICH – By the narrowest of margins, the county assembly of delegates passed a measure last month seeking special legislation that would allow...

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Nauset Regional High School ceased operations as a local warming center Feb. 24 due to a heating failure in the building. FILE PHOTO

HVAC Failure Led To Warming Center Closure

EASTHAM – An HVAC failure is believed to have caused the shuttering of Nauset Regional High School as an area warming center during February’s...

Shawn DeLude, president of the nonprofit Rock Harbor Truth, addresses the Orleans select board March 4 about allegations of abuse and trafficking raised against the Community of Jesus. FILE PHOTO

Select Board Questioned Over COJ Suit Allegations

ORLEANS – As allegations of child abuse and trafficking continue to loom over the Community of Jesus, Shawn DeLude went before the select board...

The February blizzard caused Nauset public schools to close for a week, further pushing the school calendar toward the June 30 deadline.

As Snow Days Accumulate, Nauset Officials Discuss Options

ORLEANS – From extensive power outages to fallen wires, trees, limbs and other debris, there’s been no shortage of complications brought on by the...

Shady Knoll Campground Site Encroached On Conservation Land

BREWSTER – The state land court recently ruled in the Brewster Conservation Trust’s favor in a dispute over a campsite encroaching on conservation land. In 2018, after...

Emily Wagner. COURTESY PHOTO

Emily Wagner Is Changing The Cape Cod Landscape For The Better

For decades, a familiar refrain has echoed across Cape Cod: young people don’t live here — at least not year-round. Emily Wagner challenges that...

A public hearing is scheduled for Monday, March 16 to discuss the draft short-term rental bylaw, which will be voted on at town meeting in May. FILE PHOTO

Public Hearing Scheduled On Short-term Rental Bylaw

BREWSTER – In the first official move on short-term rental regulation since last fall, town planner Jon Idman presented a draft bylaw at Monday’s...

Comedy Night Benefits Monomoy High Sports Booster Club

Monomoy High School’s All Sports Booster Club is hosting its third annual Comedy Fundraiser featuring a night of stand-up comedy, a 50-50 drawing,...

Skate egg cases or dancers? MARY RICHMOND PHOTO

Nature Connection: Dreary Days

March is always a tough month here on Cape Cod. While our Southern friends are already luxuriating in early blooms and warmer breezes, we are still...

MARY RICHMOND ILLUSTRATION

Nature Connection: After The Storm

As I write, utility trucks are slowly driving down the road while a man with a snow blower is clearing his driveway. After days without electricity...

Robert Emmett Long

Robert Emmett “Bob” Long, Jr., 87, died on Monday, February 23, in the care of loving family. Born on September 15, 1938, in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Bob was the second of...

Robert Charles Carlson

Robert “Bob” Charles Carlson, 89, passed away peacefully in Chandler, AZ on February 21. Born in Ossining, NY in 1936 to Charles and Elsie Carlson,...

Martin ‘Tino’ Alexander Kamarck

Martin (“Tino”) A. Kamarck, son of Andrew M. Kamarck and Margaret E. Kamarck, was born on May 15, 1949, in Rome, Italy while his father was posted...

Chatham Jewelers 2026 8

Cape Cod 5

Other Local Sports

Chet Peterson dribbles during a futsal game held by the Harwich Police Soccer Club last Saturday at the 204 Cultural Arts Municipal Building. The club’s winter season concluded last weekend, bringing in more than 200 kids to play indoor soccer. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTOS

Harwich Police Soccer Club Has Kids Having Fun Playing Game They Love

HARWICH – Certain national studies have found that most kids quit organized sports sometime around the ages of 11 to 13. The main culprit for why...

High School Sports

Junior Gavin O’Leary rips a shot during No. 16 Monomoy-Mashpee’s 6-3 loss against No. 9 St. Bernard’s in the Division 4 state tournament quarterfinals last Thursday. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTOS

Monomoy-Mashpee Make Deepest Tourney Run in Team History

STONEHAM – Heading into March 1’s tilt against No. 1 Stoneham in the second round of the Division 4 boys hockey state tournament, No. 16...

Junior Sam Mayhew jostles for the puck during No. 2 Nauset’s 5-0 loss to No. 3 Medfield in the Division 3 semifinals Sunday. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTOS

Nauset Reaches Semifinals For Third Consecutive Year, Falls In Bid...

BOURNE – Only one team in each division every year can claim the defending champions appellation such as Nauset boys hockey did during the 2025-26...

Athlete of the Week

Entering the Division 3 semifinals Sunday, Nauset sophomore goalie Patrick Shea had surrendered just two goals across three games (including a shutout) for the Warriors. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTO

Athlete Of The Week: Patrick Shea

BOURNE – The final score may not reflect it in totality, but sophomore goalie Patrick Shea had to, and did, make multiple significant saves for No....

Letters To The Editor: March 12, 2026

Harwich Housing Crisis RealityEditor:Chapter 40B adds deed-restricted affordable units, perhaps addressing the state’s 10 percent housing mandate...

Our View: Time To Go Underground

It’s time for our periodic polemic urging that utility wires be buried. But this time, with a historic blizzard that cut power to many residents...

Skate egg cases or dancers? MARY RICHMOND PHOTO

Nature Connection: Dreary Days

March is always a tough month here on Cape Cod. While our Southern friends are already luxuriating in early blooms and warmer breezes, we are still...

Pilings have been set and are awaiting the arrival of the Stage Harbor Coast Guard Boathouse to 90 Bridge St. SPENCER KENNARD PHOTO

Historic Coast Guard Boathouse Due Back In Town

CHATHAM – The historic Stage Harbor Coast Guard boathouse is expected to arrive back in town as soon as next week. The boathouse, which previously...

An example of the rental apartment buildings Pennrose initially proposed for the Meetinghouse Road affordable housing project. UNION ARCHITECTS ILLUSTRATION

Pennrose Meetinghouse Road Hearing Postponed Yet Again

CHATHAM – For the sixth time, the zoning board of appeals last week continued the comprehensive permit hearing on Pennrose’s proposed affordable...

Fallen trees and powerlines caused widespread outages across the Lower Cape during the recent blizzard. FILE PHOTO

Underground Utilities? It’ll Cost You. Local Officials, Experts...

The Blizzard of ‘26 brought significant disruption to the region, from downed trees and wires to outages that left much of the Lower and Outer...

Remember When March 12, 2026

Chatham Rotary Club awards mid 1990s. FILE PHOTO

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