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Last week’s storm tossed the pipe that will be used in dredging Aunt Lydia’s Cove onto a skiff near the Cow Yard town landing. TIM WOOD PHOTO

Town Finally Gets 10-year Dredge Permit Renewal

CHATHAM – After a delay of nearly two years, the town last week received the final approval to renew its 10-year dredging permit. The U.S. Army...

The constricted Frost Fish Creek culvert looking toward Route 28. FILE PHOTO

State Grant Awarded To Frost Fish Creek Restoration Project

CHATHAM – Efforts to restore the Frost Fish Creek estuary got a boost last week with the announcement that the project received a $120,000 state...

A conceptual design of one of the Pennrose buildings proposed for Meetinghouse Road, Chatham. COURTESY PENNROSE

Board Opposes Pennrose Funding, Votes Not To Support CPC Articles

CHATHAM – The select board voted last week not to support a town meeting request for Community Preservation Act funds for the two affordable...

The Cape real estate market settled from the frenzy of the pandemic years in 2025, but sales and prices remained strong. FILE PHOTO

Real Estate Market Settles After Turbulent Pandemic Years

February 26, 2026

The region’s real estate market cooled somewhat last year, but it was far from a downturn. The frenzy of the pandemic years appeared to settle back...

Vehicles line up at the gate shack at Harding’s Beach. Beginning this summer, nonresidents can buy beach passes at the gate with a credit card. FILE PHOTO

Chatham To Take Credit Cards At Beaches; Nonresident Beach Fees...

February 26, 2026

CHATHAM – For the first time, the town will accept credit cards at its beaches this summer. To help cover the cost, as well as the need to raise...

Shareen Davis. FILE PHOTO

Davis Won’t Seek Reelection To Select Board Carol Gordon, Brian...

February 25, 2026

CHATHAM – Having served nine years on the select board, advocating for waterfront investments, housing initiatives and programs supporting...

Firefighters responded to the town-owned house at 127 Old Harbor Rd. Saturday night and snuffed a small blaze. ALAN POLLOCK PHOTOS

Fire Damages House Eyed For Affordable Housing

February 25, 2026

CHATHAM – On Saturday night, a fire of unknown origin damaged the interior of the former Chatham Water Department offices at 127 Old Harbor Rd., a...

The F/V Lily Jean. COURTESY PHOTO

Fundraisers Planned For Gloucester Fishing Families

February 19, 2026

CHATHAM – Cape Ann might be 70 miles across the waves of Massachusetts Bay, but it’s close to the hearts of local fishing families and their...

Construction at Monomoy Community Services’ Depot Road building is expected to be completed by this summer. TIM WOOD PHOTO

Monomoy Community Services Renovations On Schedule; Fundraisers Aim...

February 18, 2026

CHATHAM – Renovations to the Monomoy Community Services building on Depot Road are expected to be completed in time for the summer. In the...

An architect’s rendering of the Stepping Stones Road townhouses. COURTESY SV DESIGN

Select Board Embraces Stepping Stones Housing Plan For 14 Ownership...

February 18, 2026

CHATHAM – As public housing projects go, the 14 units planned for the town-owned Stepping Stones Road land is much smaller than the big...

The town’s July 4 parade will stick with its traditional route this year after the select board reversed a vote to alter the route. FILE PHOTO

Traditional Parade Route Restored; Select Board Reverses Previous Vote

February 18, 2026

CHATHAM – Traditionalists rejoice: This year’s Independence Day parade will follow its longstanding route down Main Street to Crowell Road rather...

A P12 turbojet aircraft at an open house at the Chatham Airport. The airport commission wants to conduct a study to determine if modifications to the facility are needed to accommodate an increasing number of operations by the large airplanes. FILE PHOTO

Use Of Airport By Larger Planes To Be Studied

February 18, 2026

CHATHAM – With an increasing number of larger aircraft landing at the town’s airport, the airport commission is proposing a study to determine...

Damaged or abandoned fishing gear is called “ghost gear” because, even unattended, it can continue to catch fish. MASS DMF PHOTO

New State Rules Allow Cleanup Of ‘Ghost Gear'

February 12, 2026

CHATHAM – Thanks to a recent rule change by the state’s Division of Marine Fisheries, it’s now legal for the public to clean up fishing gear debris...

Community preservation funding to restore the Mack Memorial, adjacent to the Chatham Coast Guard Station, will go before town meeting in May. FILE PHOTO

CPC Sends $2.6 Million In Projects To Town Meeting

February 11, 2026

CHATHAM – Faced with applications that totalled more than the funds available, community preservation committee members last week agreed to reduce...

Girls dance during the 14th annual “Sweetheart Dance” last Friday, hosted by the Chatham Recreation Department at the community center.
EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTOS

Daughters And Fathers Strut At Chatham’s 14th Sweetheart Dance

February 11, 2026

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