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Will Orleans’ next fire station be built as a net zero facility? The select board weighed the benefits against what it is expected to add to the overall project cost last week. FILE PHOTO

Pros, Cons Of Net Zero Fire Station Weighed

ORLEANS – The town’s new fire station could be designed as a net zero energy facility. But the select board and fire rescue building committee last...

An article will go before voters at next month’s annual town meeting seeking authorization to purchase a portion of property at 48 Eldredge Park Way for use in building a new fire station. RYAN BRAY PHOTO

Additional Land Identified For Orleans Fire Station

ORLEANS – The town is working toward securing an additional half acre of land to support the construction of a new fire station on Eldredge Park...

Organizers Daneen Law (left) and Anne Buchs address attendees from the bed of a pickup truck. ALAN POLLOCK PHOTOS

Dozens ‘Walk For Truth’ At Rock Harbor

ORLEANS – Under a chilly drizzle last Friday, dozens of people held signs and walked around the parking lot at Rock Harbor in what was billed as a...

Orleans Camera has new owners. Show here are previous owners Joe Mault and Angela Mault, longtime employee Nicole Maclean, and new owners Katelyn Watkins and Jonathan Watkins. COURTESY PHOTO

Business: Orleans Camera Announces New Ownership

ORLEANS – You might not have even known that the ownership of Orleans Camera changed hands recently. In a seamless transition, Joe and Angela...

This year’s spring election in Orleans is slated for May 19 at the town’s senior center on Rock Harbor Road. FILE PHOTO

No Contested Races In Orleans Spring Election

ORLEANS – There will be no contested races in this spring’s annual town election. Candidates for re-election and challengers to seats on the select...

From June 15 through Sept. 15, visitors to Kent's Point must have a valid beach sticker to park at the popular conservation and recreation spot. FILE PHOTO

Select Board OK’s Seasonal Sticker Parking For Kent’s Point

ORLEANS – A pilot sticker parking program will go into effect at Kent’s Point this summer in an effort to address concerns about public overuse and...

Ordinance Proposed To Curb Immigration Enforcement On County Property

BARNSTABLE – Members of the county’s assembly of delegates have filed an ordinance seeking to curb immigration enforcement on county property. “An...

A citizens’ petition to create the position of assistant council on aging director will appear on the warrant for the May 11 annual town meeting in Orleans, but the select board already has plans to seek funding for the position through a possible override. FILE PHOTO

Town Counsel Advises Against Orleans Petition Articles

ORLEANS – Two citizens’ petitions are slated to go before voters at the upcoming annual town meeting in May. But the town’s legal counsel last week...

Assistant Water Superintendent Susan Brown updated the board of water and sewer commissioners March 18 on the current Level 2 drought facing Orleans and the rest of Cape Cod. RYAN BRAY PHOTO

Board Calls For Level 2 Water Restrictions In Orleans

ORLEANS – Mandatory water restrictions were put in place last week by the town’s board of water and sewer commissioners, and more stringent...

The Nauset regional school committee voted last week in support of a $40.5 million budget for the coming 2027 fiscal year. FILE PHOTO

Nauset Officials Advance New Budget

ORLEANS – After lengthy review, the Nauset regional school committee has settled upon its new budget for the coming 2027 fiscal year. The committee...

A “Community Walk for Truth” will be held April 3 outside of the Community of Jesus compound on Rock Harbor. FILE PHOTO

Walk For Truth Planned For Good Friday

ORLEANS – A community walk will be held on Good Friday in support of people affected by “coercive, high-control religious environments.” The...

From left, freshman Jacob Dewey, sophomore Jenna Smith, senior Wyatt Carroll and junior Gabe Walsh cut a ceremonial ribbon celebrating the substantial completion of the new Nauset Regional High School campus in Eastham on March 14. RYAN BRAY PHOTOS

With New Campus, Nauset Community Embraces The Future

NORTH EASTHAM – “School is a building with four walls with tomorrow inside.” As the head of the English department at Nauset Regional High School,...

Plans for a new fire station in Orleans do not call for fire operations to be displaced from the current station during construction. FILE PHOTO

Fire Station Cost Prompts Questions From FinCom

ORLEANS – The proposed capital budget for the next fiscal year includes $62.2 million in spending at the coming spring town meeting, with the bulk...

Nauset Regional High School ceased operations as a local warming center Feb. 24 due to a heating failure in the building. FILE PHOTO

HVAC Failure Led To Warming Center Closure

EASTHAM – An HVAC failure is believed to have caused the shuttering of Nauset Regional High School as an area warming center during February’s...

Shawn DeLude, president of the nonprofit Rock Harbor Truth, addresses the Orleans select board March 4 about allegations of abuse and trafficking raised against the Community of Jesus. FILE PHOTO

Select Board Questioned Over COJ Suit Allegations

ORLEANS – As allegations of child abuse and trafficking continue to loom over the Community of Jesus, Shawn DeLude went before the select board...

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