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    Budget Blinds late summer banner
    The Harwich Mariners celebrate on the field after winning Game 3 of the Cape Cod Baseball League Championship on Tuesday at Whitehouse Field. The 4-2 victory clinched Harwich’s seventh league title all-time. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTOS

    Harwich Wins 2026 Cape Cod Baseball League Cham...

    HARWICH – Like so many of their other wins this postseason, the one at Whitehouse Field on...

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    Decision Time On Pennrose Project; Sidewalk Rem...

    CHATHAM – It’s decision time on the 42-unit affordable housing development on Meetinghouse Road...

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    CHATHAM – It’s decision time on the 42-unit affordable housing development on Meetinghouse Road...
    The owners of Friends’ Marketplace in Orleans are interested in the Millstone Liquor store site on Millstone Road in Brewster as a potential home for a second Friends’ Marketplace. The Brewster Select Board recently approved the transfer of the liquor store’s annual all alcoholic beverages license to the Friends’ Marketplace ownership. ALAN POLLOCK PHOTO

    Friends’ Marketplace Eyes Brewster Location, B...

    BREWSTER – It’s not a done deal, but Brewster could get a new store that offers groceries and...

    Friends’ Marketplace Eyes Brewster Location, B...
    BREWSTER – It’s not a done deal, but Brewster could get a new store that offers groceries and...
    The 55th annual Festival of the Arts runs this Friday to Sunday in Chatham’s Chase Park. FILE PHOTO

    Creative Arts Center To Host Festival of the Arts

    CHATHAM – The 55th Festival of the Arts is set to open this weekend in Chase Park and it’ll be...

    Creative Arts Center To Host Festival of the Arts
    CHATHAM – The 55th Festival of the Arts is set to open this weekend in Chase Park and it’ll be...
    The final weather balloon is launched from the National Weather Service’s Morris Island station in April 2021. Efforts to restore the program in town have failed to reach fruition. FILE PHOTO

    Weather Balloon Launching Plan Goes Pop: Inabil...

    CHATHAM – Plans to re-establish a weather balloon launching station in town have fallen...

    Weather Balloon Launching Plan Goes Pop: Inabil...
    CHATHAM – Plans to re-establish a weather balloon launching station in town have fallen...
    Family Pantry Warehouse Manager Gary Isgur. ALAN POLLOCK PHOTO

    Keeping The Warehouse Humming At The Family Pantry

    NORTH HARWICH – Clients who visit the Family Pantry of Cape Cod see the lobby and the intake...

    Keeping The Warehouse Humming At The Family Pantry
    NORTH HARWICH – Clients who visit the Family Pantry of Cape Cod see the lobby and the intake...
    One of the Kate Gould Park rabbits makes a guest appearance during one of the Cape Cod Shakespeare Festival in Chatham’s productions of “Our Town” this summer. KIM RODERIQUES PHOTO

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    CHATHAM – As Birnam Woods advanced toward Dunsinane, a bunny rabbit hopped across the path of the...

    The Bunny Hop – For Real: Kate Gould Park Rabb...
    CHATHAM – As Birnam Woods advanced toward Dunsinane, a bunny rabbit hopped across the path of the...
    The Friends of the Cape Cod National Seashore and the John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum welcomed guests to the Salt Pond Visitor Center in Eastham Aug. 6 to celebrate the Seashore’s 65th anniversary. RYAN BRAY PHOTOS

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    Chatham
    Decision Time On Pennrose Project; Sidewalk Remains Sticking Point
    August 12, 2026
    CHATHAM – It’s decision time on the 42-unit affordable housing development on Meetinghouse Road proposed by Pennrose LLC. Last Thursday the zoning...
    Jay Stahl, pictured in 2000, having completed a transformational six-year run as executive director of the Chatham Chamber of Commerce. FILE PHOTO Former Chamber Exec Jay Stahl Remembered As Friend, Civic Leader
    August 12, 2026
    CHATHAM – Jay Stahl is being remembered as an affable friend to many, a gifted singer and tennis player, and a quick-witted business leader who...
    The 55th annual Festival of the Arts runs this Friday to Sunday in Chatham’s Chase Park. FILE PHOTO Creative Arts Center To Host Festival of the Arts
    August 12, 2026
    CHATHAM – The 55th Festival of the Arts is set to open this weekend in Chase Park and it’ll be the culmination of months of work for the Chatham...
    Harwich
    Family Pantry Warehouse Manager Gary Isgur. ALAN POLLOCK PHOTO Keeping The Warehouse Humming At The Family Pantry
    August 12, 2026
    NORTH HARWICH – Clients who visit the Family Pantry of Cape Cod see the lobby and the intake area, as well as a small boutique stocked with used...
    Approximately 60 people showed up for the select board’s annual non-resident taxpayers meeting Monday night. WILLIAM F. GALVIN PHOTO Seasonal Population Impacts Felt, Summer Residents Told At Annual...
    August 12, 2026
    HARWICH – Growth, especially of the seasonal population, is having an impact on the town, several department heads told a gathering of about 60...
    This map prepared by Harwich Conservation Trust shows the location of the proposed parking lot and the trust’s 14 acres extending to the Herring River marsh. HCT Launches Herring River View Project Seeks $1.2 Million For...
    August 12, 2026
    HARWICH – The Harwich Conservation Trust has a new fundraising campaign to improve access to the Herring River Watershed. The trust is looking to...
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    Orleans
    The Friends of the Cape Cod National Seashore and the John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum welcomed guests to the Salt Pond Visitor Center in Eastham Aug. 6 to celebrate the Seashore’s 65th anniversary. RYAN BRAY PHOTOS As Cape Cod National Seashore Turns 65, Supporters Celebrate Community
    August 12, 2026
    EASTHAM – Sometimes you have to be bold and daring. John F. Kennedy was bold and daring, Bill Burke, longtime historian for the Cape Cod National...
    Orleans resident Mark Norgeot raised his concerns with the proposed 78-unit housing development planned for the former Governor Prence Inn property before the select board Aug. 5. RYAN BRAY PHOTO Residents Take Prence Worries To Select Board
    August 12, 2026
    ORLEANS – The property at 66 and 76 Route 6A has for years been a hollowed shell of what it once was. Today, little more than the bones of what was...
    Orleans Pond Coalition volunteers hold signs that the nonprofit distributes to homeowners as part of its “pond pledge.” ORLEANS POND COALITION PHOTO Coalition Seeks Collaborative Approach To Water Advocacy
    August 6, 2026
    ORLEANS – Last month, members of the Orleans Pond Coalition gathered to put together signs for residents interested in taking the nonprofit’s “pond...
    Brewster
    The owners of Friends’ Marketplace in Orleans are interested in the Millstone Liquor store site on Millstone Road in Brewster as a potential home for a second Friends’ Marketplace. The Brewster Select Board recently approved the transfer of the liquor store’s annual all alcoholic beverages license to the Friends’ Marketplace ownership. ALAN POLLOCK PHOTO Friends’ Marketplace Eyes Brewster Location, But Not Yet A Done Deal
    August 12, 2026
    BREWSTER – It’s not a done deal, but Brewster could get a new store that offers groceries and prepared food — plus much more — on Millstone Road....
    Revised Nauset Agreement Better, But Still Needs Work
    August 12, 2026
    BREWSTER – The new regional agreement between the Nauset Regional School District and its four member towns is better than the existing pact but...
    Attendees at Sunday’s Summer Starlight, the Cape Rep Theatre’s annual gala fundraiser, were treated to a preview of music from “The Hundred Aker Wood,” an original musical that will make its debut at the Brewster theater in November. The show and its songs, created by Paddo, Seamus and Macklin Devine and Maura Hanlon, are based on A.A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh books. Shown above performing one of the show’s songs are, from left, Seamus Devine, Zachary Johnson, Macklin Devine, Maura Hanlon and Paddo Devine. TIM WOOD PHOTOS Summer Starlight Shines At Brewster Theater
    August 12, 2026
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    Features
    The team from the Guthrie Schofield Group at the Sunshine Soiree this summer. COURTESY PHOTO Minding Your Business- The Guthrie Schofield Group
    August 12, 2026
    "I've been around for 37 years in Chatham," said Tony Guthrie, of the Guthrie Schofield Group. "Alfred is the young innovator who's helping...
    Author Carol Snow. COURTESY PHOTOS Thriller, Coming Of Age Authors To Sign Books In Chatham
    August 12, 2026
    If you enjoy a twisty psychological thriller, the kind of novel you stay up all night reading because you just can’t put it down, Carol Snow’s “The...
    As of early this week, the Cape Cod 5 whale created by Julie Dykens had the leading bid in the online auction. Going Once, Going Twice… Art In The Park Auction Ends Friday
    August 12, 2026
     It’s easy to tell that this year’s Art in the Park exhibit has been popular. There’s nary a blade of grass left between the lines of whales and...
    Obituaries
    Robert Louis Bradley
    August 7, 2026
    June 5, 1935 – July 16, 2026Robert Louis Bradley, of Harwich, Massachusetts, passed away peacefully at his home on July 16, surrounded by family and friends, after a period...
    Peter Schock Jr.
    August 6, 2026
    It is with great sadness that we share the passing of Peter Schock Jr. on July 28, 2026. He passed peacefully with his wife Caroline and trusted...
    William F. Schmitt
    August 6, 2026
    Schmitt, William F. (Bill) of Harwich, MA died on July 27, age 99. Beloved husband of Nadine for nearly 75 years. Devoted father of Michael Schmitt...
    Other Local Sports
    Danny Grimmig and Rydyr Finlay run on the Old Colony Rail Trail during the second annual Short but Sweet 5K on Saturday. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTOS Second Annual Short But Sweet 5K Ran On Old Colony Rail Trail
    August 12, 2026
    CHATHAM – More than 70 runners took part in the second annual Short but Sweet 5K on the Old Colony Rail Trail on Saturday morning. The charity fun...
    Barnstable United poses with their championship trophy after their win over Orleans Surf. NICK CHRISTIAN PHOTO Barnstable Upsets Orleans In Women’s Soccer Final
    August 6, 2026
    The final game in the 2026 Cape Cod Women’s Soccer League season was a tale of two teams. One team struggled all season, fighting to field a full...
    Nicholas Taylor kicked a ball up the right sideline during sixth-seed Mid-Cape United’s 3-1 loss to third-seed AC Independence in the Cape Cod Soccer League quarterfinals Sunday at Barnstable High School. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTOS Mid-Cape United Falls In Quarterfinals To AC Independence
    August 5, 2026
    HYANNIS – A battered Mid-Cape United roster fell to AC Independence 3-1 in the opening round of the Cape Cod Soccer League playoffs Sunday at...
    High School Sports
    Rings for Cape Cod Tech football’s 2025 vocational small state championship were presented during a ceremony at the football field on July 28. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTOS Crusaders Presented Rings Commemorating 2025 Football Championship
    August 5, 2026
    PLEASANT LAKE – When Cape Cod Tech won the school’s first-ever football championship last December, it was the culmination of a remarkable...
    Athlete of the Week
    Mariners shortstop Ty Smolinski (Kansas State) watches a fly ball to left field sail for a three-run homer to tie Game 2 of the East Division finals against Yarmouth-Dennis on Saturday. Harwich went on to win 7-6 to advance to the championship. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTO Athlete Of The Week: Ty Smolinski
    August 12, 2026
    BOURNE – Perhaps it’s no surprise that the winner of the Cape Cod Baseball League’s Most Valuable Player award this year keeps coming through in...
    Chatham center fielder Armani Guzman (West Virginia), pictured batting against Orleans last Friday, went 4-for-4 with an RBI, two runs and three steals to help send the Anglers into the playoffs with a 9-0 win earlier that day against Brewster. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTO Athlete Of The Week: Armani Guzman
    August 5, 2026
    A standout performance Friday by center fielder Armani Guzman (West Virginia) helped deliver Chatham back into the postseason after a one-year...
    Cape Cod Baseball League
    The Harwich Mariners celebrate on the field after winning Game 3 of the Cape Cod Baseball League Championship on Tuesday at Whitehouse Field. The 4-2 victory clinched Harwich’s seventh league title all-time. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTOS Harwich Wins 2026 Cape Cod Baseball League Championship
    August 12, 2026
    HARWICH – Like so many of their other wins this postseason, the one at Whitehouse Field on Tuesday night didn’t come entirely easy for Harwich.Like...
    Quinton Coats (Cincinnati) celebrates on second base after driving in the go-ahead run with a pinch-hit double for Harwich during Game 2 of the East Division finals Saturday against Yarmouth-Dennis. The Mariners won 7-6 to sweep the series and advance to the championship. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTOS Harwich Sweeps Yarmouth-Dennis To Reach Cape League Championship...
    August 12, 2026
    HARWICH – A year ago, Yarmouth-Dennis resoundingly ended Harwich’s season by slamming the door shut at Whitehouse Field in Game 3 of the East...
    Harwich shortstop Ty Smolinski (Kansas State) receives the throw as Brewster’s Tryston McCladdie (Clemson) steals second base during Game 1 of the East Division semifinals on Aug. 4. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTOS Harwich Bests Brewster, Chatham Falls To Yarmouth-Dennis In East Semis
    August 12, 2026
    BREWSTER – Harwich pitchers Luke Morgan and Andrew Basel were just exiting the visitors’ dugout to return back to the bullpen at Stony Brook Field...
    Opinion
    Our View: No Buts About It
    August 12, 2026
    When someone prefaces remarks with “I support affordable housing, but…” you can bet that they don’t really support affordable housing, at least...
    Letters To The Editor: Aug. 13, 2026
    August 12, 2026
    The Importance Of TeachersEditor:Thank you for the beautiful obituary for Mrs. Constance Newell (Aug. 6). She was my third grade teacher in 1958....
    Our View: Stealth
    August 5, 2026
    It’s hard to believe, but the Cape Cod Baseball League postseason begins this week. As of this writing on Tuesday, the initial division semifinals...
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    The Harwich Mariners celebrate on the field after winning Game 3 of the Cape Cod Baseball League Championship on Tuesday at Whitehouse Field. The 4-2 victory clinched Harwich’s seventh league title all-time. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTOS Harwich Wins 2026 Cape Cod Baseball League Championship
    August 12, 2026
    HARWICH – Like so many of their other wins this postseason, the one at Whitehouse Field on Tuesday night didn’t come entirely easy for Harwich.Like...
    Decision Time On Pennrose Project; Sidewalk Remains Sticking Point
    August 12, 2026
    CHATHAM – It’s decision time on the 42-unit affordable housing development on Meetinghouse Road proposed by Pennrose LLC. Last Thursday the zoning...
    The owners of Friends’ Marketplace in Orleans are interested in the Millstone Liquor store site on Millstone Road in Brewster as a potential home for a second Friends’ Marketplace. The Brewster Select Board recently approved the transfer of the liquor store’s annual all alcoholic beverages license to the Friends’ Marketplace ownership. ALAN POLLOCK PHOTO Friends’ Marketplace Eyes Brewster Location, But Not Yet A Done Deal
    August 12, 2026
    BREWSTER – It’s not a done deal, but Brewster could get a new store that offers groceries and prepared food — plus much more — on Millstone Road....
    Focus On...
    Dee Mozdean started Chatham Granola in 2025. PHOTO COURTESY DEE MOZDEAN She Always Made Granola, Then Her Husband Became Ill: Chatham...
    August 12, 2026
    Dee Mozdean has always made granola. She comes from a long line of Italian cooks, a family tree wherein everything is scratch-made. Mozdean, 58,...
    Remember When
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    Groundbreaking at the Harwich Police facility in July, 2008. FILE PHOTO
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    The Coast Guard conducts drills off Lighthouse Beach in Chatham circa 1990. FILE PHOTO
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