Last week, it took us nearly an hour to drive from Hyannis to Chatham. Traffic was unusually heavy for this time of year. Knowing that sewer work...

 According to Pen America, nearly twice as many books were banned last year than in the year before. The free expression advocacy group documented...

Chamber Off Base With Inn SupportEditor:I am troubled by the Harwich Chamber of Commerce’s endorsement of the Snow Inn redevelopment which appeared...

Fall is here, which for many means time for football, pumpkins and New England’s breathtaking autumnal plumage. Less enthusiastically, it’s also...

It Takes A VillageEditor:I was saddened to read that one long-serving member of the Chatham Zoning Board of Appeals has been made the scapegoat for...

But when it comes to implementing common-sense projects like the electrification of school buses, it ought to be. We congratulate Cape Tech, Cape...

Real Cost Of Chatham's Zoning PolicyEditor:During the Aug. 20 Chatham Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) hearing on the Meetinghouse Road Chapter 40B...

Everyone Stepped In To HelpEditor:  We experienced a very serious event Thursday, Aug. 27 at the Dive Restaurant in Harwich. My brother-in-law...

Currently, Chatham has 175 housing units listed on the state’s subsidized housing inventory. That’s approximately 4.7 percent of the 3,698 housing...

Critics of the residential tax exemption approved by the Chatham Select Board last week say it is unfair because it would benefit property owners...

It really doesn’t need to be said, but there’s an awful lot dividing us these days. Locally, maybe it’s the residential tax exemption or the...

Invasive Plants Being IgnoredEditor:Based on previous responses, I make no apology for asking you to publish this information again. I am not a...

For people who live and work on the Cape, there’s a kind of circadian rhythm, an annual rising and falling of our energies, our patience — and our...

Military Leadership Out Of TouchEditor:In August 2025, I wrote about Eisenhower's warning about the influence of the military industrial complex...

No Ifs, Ands, Or ButsEditor:Pennrose and Chatham concluded the land disposition agreement (LDA) for the Meetinghouse Road affordable housing...