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Orleans Health and Human Services Director Alex Fitch updates the select board July 1 on plans for a new regional strategic planning committee to help the towns of Orleans, Brewster, Chatham, Harwich and Dennis collaboratively utilize their opioid abatement funding. RYAN BRAY PHOTO

Towns Seek Collaborative Approach On Opioid Abatement; Five-Town...

ORLEANS – Communities across Cape Cod have been receiving opioid abatement funding since 2022, the result of a class action lawsuit filed against...

Police Give Overview On Drone Use

ORLEANS – Imagine you’re going about your business when you see a drone flying overhead. It stops for about 30 seconds, then flies away. What do...

Residents and town officials from Orleans, Brewster and Dennis last month discussed options for collaborating on efforts to support coastal resiliency efforts along a shared 14.5-mile stretch of shoreline along Cape Cod Bay. RYAN BRAY PHOTO

Regional Approach Considered For Cape Cod Bay Shoreline Protection

Orleans, Brewster and Dennis together share a significant swath of the Cape Cod Bay shoreline. It only makes sense that the towns work together to...

The zoning board of appeals in Orleans will continue its review of the mixed housing project planned for the site of the former Governor Prence Inn on July 27. FILE PHOTO

ZBA Satisfied With Prence Design Modifications

ORLEANS – The zoning board of appeals appears to be on board with the modified design of the proposed Governor Prence Inn redevelopment brought...

The Witches on the Water’s Jo-Ellen Erickson embraces the crowd.

Residents, Visitors Brave Heat For Annual July 4 Parades

The country’s 250th anniversary was the major theme in parades celebrating Independence Day in Orleans and Chatham on Saturday, July...

Lower Cape Outreach Council has signed a purchase and sale agreement on a warehouse currently operated by Thompson’s Printing Company in Orleans. The council plans to raise the money needed to convert the warehouse into a regional food distribution hub. PHOTO LOWER CAPE OUTREACH COUNCIL

Orleans Property To Serve As Regional Food Hub

ORLEANS – A purchase and sale agreement has been signed to convert property on Finlay Road into a regional food distribution warehouse. Lower Cape...

Supporters of Oliver Ortolani hold signs outside of U.S. District Court in Boston June 18, where a hearing was held on a motion to dismiss a suit brought by Ortolani against the Community of Jesus, Arts Empowering Life Inc. and Performing Arts Building Inc. The court denied the motion on June 26. COURTESY PHOTO

Motion To Dismiss Ortolani Suit Denied, Case To Proceed

BOSTON – A motion to dismiss a case brought against the Community of Jesus and two nonprofits by a former Community member last summer has been...

Orleans will celebrate America’s 250th anniversary with its annual Fourth of July parade, which kicks off at 10 a.m. Saturday from Nauset Regional Middle School. FILE PHOTO

Orleans Readies Historic Fourth Parade

ORLEANS – You only turn 250 once, and Orleans is ready to celebrate. The town will celebrate America’s semiquincentennial next week with its annual...

Bill Wibel of the Orleans Historical Society helped organize and curate “Celebrating 250 Years of America,” a new exhibit highlighting Orleans’ and the Lower Cape’s role in the American Revolution. RYAN BRAY PHOTO

New Exhibit Homes In On Orleans’ Role In American Revolution

ORLEANS – The inside of the Orleans Historical Society meetinghouse tells a story. Not just one of a revolution that gave birth to the American...

The Outermost Roots and Blues Festival is ready to return this year to Nauset Beach on Oct. 10 and 11. FILE PHOTO

Despite Challenges, Outermost Organizers Ready Festival’s Return

ORLEANS – It’s not easy running a music festival. And according to Mike McNamara, it’s only getting harder. McNamara, whose Hog Island Beer Co....

Richard Hoffmann, second in from left, cuts the ribbon alongside U.S. Rep. Bill Keating, Cape Cod Village Executive Director Jeni Landers and Cape Cod Village Board President Chris Raber. RYAN BRAY PHOTOS

New ‘Wellness Way’ At Cape Cod Village Took Many Hands

ORLEANS – At the rear of the Cape Cod Village campus on Childs Homestead Road last week, a brand new adaptive fitness station stood with a...

Kevin Galligan said this week he will not seek re-election to the Orleans select board when his term ends in 2027. FILE PHOTO

Galligan Won’t Seek Re-election In 2027

ORLEANS – The scene at the Massachusetts Municipal Association's annual conference in January was a familiar one for Kevin Galligan. Too familiar,...

Soaring Eagle, medicine man for the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, stands over a new marker in Orleans’ Veterans Memorial Park during a dedication ceremony June 20. The marker is dedicated to honoring the town’s Indigenous history. RYAN BRAY PHOTO

Indigenous Ceremony Links Orleans’ Present To Its Storied Past

ORLEANS – On a cloudless afternoon last Saturday, traffic moved along all corners of Veterans Memorial Park. But inside the park at the...

The Orleans historical commission last week voted to place a one-year delay on the demolition of the buildings at 16 South Orleans Rd., which formerly housed the Cuffy’s retail store. RYAN BRAY PHOTO

Demo Delay Placed On Former Cuffy’s Buildings

ORLEANS – A historic building that once housed the Cuffy’s retail shop on South Orleans Road has been saved from demolition, at least for now. The...

A ceremony will be held in Veterans Memorial Park Saturday honoring the placement of a marker recognizing the town’s indigenous history. RYAN BRAY PHOTO

Orleans Ceremony Will Honor Town’s Indigenous History

ORLEANS – Long before the Pilgrims settled in Orleans in 1693, the land was home to the Nauset Tribe of the Wampanoag nation. Now, a new marker in...

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