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The revised site plan for the proposed Pennrose affordable housing development on Meetinghouse Road in Chatham. CROWLEY COTTRELL/PENNROSE GRAPHIC

New Meetinghouse Road Plans Draw Praise, Criticism

CHATHAM – New plans for the 42-unit affordable housing development on Meetinghouse Road garnered both praise and criticism at a zoning board of...

Select board vice chair Jeffrey Dykens addressed town meeting Monday. TIM WOOD PHOTO

Town Meeting Sends Mixed Signals On Housing

CHATHAM – Voters at Monday’s annual town meeting were supportive of locally sponsored affordable housing projects but refused to provide funds for...

A total of 586 voters attended Monday’s annual town meeting at the Monomoy Regional Middle School gymnasium. TIM WOOD PHOTO

CFAL Funding, Airport Study Approved; Voters Endorse RTE Delay

CHATHAM – A round of applause greeted approval of funding to complete the expansion and renovation of the Center for Active Living during Monday’s...

Airport, RTE, CFAL Top Chatham Warrant; 61 Articles Will Greet...

CHATHAM – A study of large aircraft use of Chatham Airport, the residential tax exemption and what is hoped will be the final appropriation to...

A drawing of what the CFAL will look like once renovations are complete. CATALYST ARCHITECTURE RENDERING

After A Long, Torturous History, CFAL Comes Up For Final Vote Monday

CHATHAM – After decades of studies, plans, failed votes and retrenchment, Monday’s annual town meeting will bring closure to the future of the...

Candidates for the Chatham Select Board at the April 30 forum, sponsored by the League of Women Voters of the Cape Cod Area. From left, Meredith Fry, Carol Gordon, Brian Phillips and Randi Potash. TIM WOOD PHOTO

Chatham Candidates Stake Out Positions At Forum

CHATHAM – An overflow, standing-room-only crowd listened last Thursday afternoon as the four candidates for the select board responded to questions...

Members of the Chatham Harvesters Cooperative at Oktoberfest. Establishing a local seafood processing facility, such as the one set up by the Harvesters, was one of the recommendations of the Chatham 365 task force. FILE PHOTO

EDC Charged With Developing Community Sustainability Plan

CHATHAM – Many of the recommendations made by the Chatham 365 task force in 2019 have been implemented, but there are others that either need...

Deep gray clouds framed a bright moon above Harwich last September. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTO

Could Dark Skies Return To Chatham? The Answer Might Be Found On A...

CHATHAM – Reclaiming the darkness of night by preventing light pollution is essential for human and environmental health, reasoned an astronomer at...

Harbormaster Jason Holm shows real-time data from the new weather buoy, which is available on boaters’ smartphones. ALAN POLLOCK PHOTO

Weather Buoy Aims To Boost Safety, Science

CHATHAM – As local boaters know, it’s possible to get underway under sunny, calm conditions from Stage Harbor, only to encounter confused seas and...

Significant Restoration Planned For Queen Anne Inn Plan Clears...

CHATHAM – One of the town’s most recognizable properties, the Queen Anne Inn, is in line for a significant facelift. But when it’s complete, the...

The parking lot behind the Eldredge Public Library will be closed through late May. TIM WOOD PHOTO

Long-awaited Eldredge Library Project Begins; Parking Lot Closed...

CHATHAM – After years of planning, work to improve safety and accessibility at the Eldredge Public Library began this week.The first phase of the...

Resident Jeffrey Vanacore holds one of the microinverters destroyed in the apparent power surge. The devices convert electricity from rooftop solar panels. CHATHAM TV SCREENSHOT

Electrical Fault? Eversource Denies Blame For Reported Power Surge

CHATHAM – When it comes to allegations by around 20 people that their solar inverters and other electronics were fried by a power surge last...

Barnstable is one of two towns on Cape Cod that charge for parking in certain municipal lots, like these spaces at the Ocean Street Docks in Hyannis. The other town is Provincetown. FILE PHOTO

Select Board Passes On Paid Parking This Summer After Opposition By...

CHATHAM – With merchants and others vocally opposing the idea, the select board last week abandoned a plan that would have imposed paid parking in...

The former Stage Harbor Coast Guard boathouse at its new home at 90 Bridge St. Officials are mulling the dedication of the historic structure. ALAN POLLOCK PHOTO

A Historic Dedication? Officials Consider Whether Boathouse Should...

CHATHAM – With the former Stage Harbor Coast Guard boathouse nestled onto sturdy pilings at its new home at 90 Bridge St., some town officials are...

Chatham resident Don Broderick, who co-piloted a Navy helicopter during the mission to retrieve the astronauts of Apollo 7 from the Pacific Ocean in 1968, speaks to patrons Friday at TK’s Sports Bar during the Artemis II landing. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTO

Chatham Man Who Recovered Apollo 7 Astronauts Commentates Artemis...

CHATHAM – Four astronauts hurtled back to Earth last week, splashing down into the Pacific Ocean near Southern California where helicopters awaited...

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