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Housing Trust Considers Selling Land To Build Cash Reserves

HARWICH – The affordable housing trust is looking to build its cash reserves through the sale of land now held in its name. Trust member Bob Spencer informed committee...

Former Harwich town Clerk Anita Doucette has filed her nomination papers and will be seeking a seat on the select board. FILE PHOTO

Doucette To Seek A Harwich Select Board Seat

HARWICH – Former town clerk Anita Doucette has filed nomination papers for one of the two seats on the select board up for election in May. The...

After a five-year hiatus, the Harwich Conservation Trust will bring back its popular Meet Your Local Farmers event March 29 at the Harwich Community Center. PHOTOS COURTESY HARWICH CONSERVATION TRUST

Harwich Conservation Trust Brings Back Popular Farmer Event

HARWICH – The Harwich Conservation Trust is bringing back its Meet Your Local Farmers event on March 29, and the Orleans Farmers’ Market is coming...

State Representative Steven G. Xiahos, R - Barnstable, and Police Chief Kevin Considine connect for a high-five during the Special Olympics Polar Plunge on Saturday at Red River Beach. WILLIAM F. GALVIN PHOTOS

Polar Plunge Exceeds Special Olympics Fundraising Goal

HARWICH – A little mist and the temperature bumping up to near 50 degrees took a little of the challenge out of the Special Olympics Polar Plunge...

Brewster Animal Control Officer Lynda Brogden-Burns and O’Connor. ALAN POLLOCK PHOTO

Harwich Dog Makes History As Agility Grand Champion

HARWICH – Sure, every dog has its day. But on March 1, this Harwich dog made history.The seven-year-old German shepherd owned by Lynda...

Patrick Otton with his certified dog Sky at a select board meeting in town hall. FILE PHOTO

Harwich Considers Banning Animals From Public Facilities

HARWICH – The select board is considering creating a policy that would bar animals from municipal facilities. The presence of animals in public...

Former Harbormaster John Rendon works the water outside Saquatucket Harbor. FILE PHOTO

Harwich Names New Harbormaster Following Retirement Of Rendon

HARWICH – Following the retirement of John Rendon, the select board Monday affirmed the appointment of John Harker as the town’s new harbormaster...

The gate to the conservation land where Cape Cod Regional Technical High School is proposing a satellite campus is closed. WILLIAM F. GALVIN PHOTO

CPC Inaction Could Impact Tech Satellite Campus Plan

HARWICH – The community preservation committee’s failure to act on a funding request by Cape Cod Technical High School to help develop a satellite...

Conservationists say preserving the 6.3-acre tract would help protect an important wildlife corridor for species like the red fox. SARAH E. DEVLIN PHOTO

HCT Makes Progress Toward East Harwich Purchase

EAST HARWICH – In its bid to raise $400,000 to preserve 6.3 forested acres in the Pleasant Bay Watershed, the Harwich Conservation Trust is now...

Special Olympics Polar Plunge participants enjoyed a dip in Nantucket Sound last year. FILE PHOTO

Special Olympics Polar Plunge Is March 15

HARWICH – The chilly waters of Nantucket Sound off Red River Beach will play host to the fifth annual Polar Plunge for the Special Olympics of...

Harwich will be installing boxes containing the overdose-reversing drug Naloxone at the community center and in the public bathrooms at the visitors’ center in Harwich Port. COURTESY NALOXBOX

NARCAN Boxes Coming To Harwich In Effort To Battle Opioid Overdoses

HARWICH – Boxes containing doses of the overdose-reversing drug Naloxone, known commercially as NARCAN, will soon be installed in two public places...

Katie McManus. ALAN POLLOCK PHOTO

Katie McManus Joins Select Board Race; Says Board Needs Youthful...

HARWICH – Like many of her classmates, Katie McManus planned to leave Cape Cod for good after graduating from Harwich High School to find a place...

Education Secretary Dr. Patrick Tutwiler and Monomoy Regional School District Superintendent Scott Carpenter join members of the high school's junior class to discuss grant opportunities available to students.

Education Secretary Pitches College Tuition Opportunities

HARWICH – There is an historic level of financial aid available in Massachusetts to help every student seek a higher education, Secretary of...

Jimmy Dunn (center) is featured in a scene of the 2023 “Frasier” reboot with Kelsey Grammer and Jack Cutmore-Scott. CHRIS HASTON PHOTO

Jimmy Dunn Is Here For The Laughs

February 27, 2025

A Boston comedian who doesn’t curse much? You’ll have to see it to believe it. On March 1, Jimmy Dunn will stop by The 204 Harwich Cultural Arts...

Videographer Chris Seufert works with students in Monomoy High’s computer science program. COURTESY PHOTO

Monomoy High Honored For Video Series

February 26, 2025

HARWICH – Sure, computer science is a potential path to a lucrative career, and it certainly offers new challenges every day. But a new promotional...

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