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The planning board will present a draft of a revised local comprehensive plan at its upcoming meeting on Dec. 10. FILE PHOTO

Planning Board Readies New Comprehensive Plan

December 4, 2025

ORLEANS – An updated local comprehensive plan could be ready to go before voters at next year’s annual town meeting in May. The planning board has...

Santa Claus gets a hug from one of his young fans last Saturday upon arriving by boat at the Orleans Yacht Club. Santa’s arrival and breakfast at the yacht club were sponsored by the Orleans Chamber of Commerce. See page 29 for more photos. RYAN BRAY PHOTO

Santa Greets Children, Families At Orleans Yacht Club

December 3, 2025

ORLEANS – Santa Claus might travel the world by sleigh. But last weekend in Orleans, he arrived by boat. A crowd of children and families awaited...

Logan Tichnor, left, and Garrett “G. Love” Dutton recorded G. Love’s latest record, “Ode To R.L.,” at Checkpoint East Studio in Orleans. Tichnor, a Harwich resident, is listed as the record’s producer. RYAN BRAY PHOTO

On New G. Love Record, Logan Tichnor Shows He’s Got Chops

December 3, 2025

ORLEANS – The jams were flowing, and so was the whiskey. Garrett “G. Love” Dutton was burning the late night oil with the late Mississippi bluesman...

John Kanaga oversaw his first town meeting as town moderator on Nov. 17. RYAN BRAY PHOTO

Moderator, Select Board Assess Good And Bad Of Special Town Meeting

November 26, 2025

ORLEANS – John Kanaga is no stranger to town meeting. But last week he watched the proceedings from the podium. “It’s a different perspective from...

The Orleans select board gave Town Manager Kim Newman a near-perfect review for her second year on the job. COURTESY PHOTO

Town Manager Earns Strong Review

November 20, 2025

ORLEANS – It seems the select board couldn’t be happier with its town manager. The board gave Kim Newman a glowing review of her second year on the...

The Community of Jesus and two other nonprofits filed suit in U.S. District Court in Boston Nov. 19 against the parents of Oliver Ortolani, who is suing the entities alleging that the Community’s performing arts center was built using unpaid child labor. FILE PHOTO

Plaintiff’s Parents Named In Community Of Jesus Countersuit

November 19, 2025

ORLEANS – The Community of Jesus and two other nonprofits last week filed suit in federal district court against the parents of the plaintiff that...

An accident involving a crane caused significant damage to Young’s Fish Market on Rock Harbor Road earlier this month. But the market’s general manager said he’s hopeful for a spring reopening. ALAN POLLOCK PHOTO

Young’s Eyes Rebuild For Summer Following Crane Accident

November 19, 2025

ORLEANS – The general manager of Young’s Fish Market last week said he expects the market will be rebuilt in time for the 2026 season. “I am...

Staff at The Terraces in Orleans are working to rehouse tenants in its independent living facility, which will be renovated into a new memory care wing. Tenants have been notified that they must be out of their units by Jan. 31. RYAN BRAY PHOTO

Tenants To Be Displaced Amid Changes At Terraces

November 19, 2025

ORLEANS – On Nov. 4, tenants in the independent living facility at The Terraces were encouraged in writing to attend a meeting two days later. “The...

Orleans resident Peter Haig takes to the microphone during Monday’s special town meeting. RYAN BRAY PHOTO

Fire Station Land Purchase OK’d

November 18, 2025

ORLEANS – Voters at Monday’s special town meeting gave overwhelming support to an article seeking the use of $1.3 million in stabilization funds to...

Ron Petersen, left, and David S. Martin with a copy of “The Revolutionary War on Cape Cod and the Islands: Issues, Events And The People.” The book examines at the events leading up to the war through a local lens. RYAN BRAY PHOTO

New Book Tells The Local Stories Behind America’s Independence

November 13, 2025

ORLEANS – While most everyone knows the story of the Boston Tea Party, far fewer know the story of the William. But Ron Petersen says they...

A ceremony was held at Nauset Regional Middle School Nov. 7 to celebrate the new wetu and Three Sisters garden on the school’s grounds. RYAN BRAY PHOTOS

Nauset Middle School Staff And Students Join Wampanoag Tribe In...

November 13, 2025

ORLEANS – The Nauset region is steeped in Native history going back hundreds of years. For staff and students at Nauset Regional Middle School,...

Doug Fraser’s flower photography will be the subject of a new exhibit, “Ready For Their Close Up: Flowers That Fill The Frame,” running Dec. 6 through Dec. 31 in the Marion Craine Gallery at the Snow Library. PHOTO COURTESY DOUG FRASER

Exhibit To Showcase Local Journalist’s Photos

November 13, 2025

ORLEANS – Doug Fraser, an Orleans resident and former reporter for the Cape Cod Times, will host an exhibit of his photographs next month in the...

Grayson Glidden and Will Lincoln, eighth graders in the greenhouse class at Nauset Regional Middle School, set down compost Nov. 5 at the site of a terraced landscape project underway across from Orleans Town Hall. The students volunteered their help to Peter Jensen of Terra Firma Permagardens, who is overseeing the project. RYAN BRAY PHOTOS

Nauset Middle Schoolers Help With Landscaping Project

November 13, 2025

ORLEANS – Peter Jensen has been hard at work of late on a sloped stretch of greenspace across the street from town hall. But last week, he got some...

Officer Matthew Smith of the Orleans Police Department raises a new American Flag at the renovated Veterans Memorial Park on Tuesday. RYAN BRAY PHOTOS

Orleans Unveils New Veterans Memorial Park On Veterans Day

November 12, 2025

ORLEANS – It’s common to take time to stop and thank those who have served their country on Veterans Day. But on Tuesday, the town officially...

Members of the Community of Jesus perform during a past Veterans Day ceremony in Orleans. FILE PHOTO

Former Community Of Jesus Members Recall Experiences In Performance...

November 10, 2025

ORLEANS – On tour with the Community of Jesus’ Spirit of America Marching Band several years ago, Ruth Penna remembers looking for a band member...

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