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The Orleans select board last week approved a 5 percent increase in water rates for the new fiscal year. FILE PHOTO

Water Rate Increase Approved

ORLEANS – New water rates adopted by the select board last week will help finance a number of future water department projects. On June 18, the...

Due to federal funding cuts, libraries statewide, including Snow Library in Orleans, will eliminate access to a number of research databases beginning July 1. FILE PHOTO

Federal Cuts Imperil Library Databases

ORLEANS – The impact of cuts to staffing and programs at the federal level are being felt at local libraries.Come July 1, access to a number of...

Come September, students in the exploratory education program at Nauset Regional Middle School will have access to a new Wampanoag wetu and educational garden, furthering the school’s outdoor learning space. RYAN BRAY PHOTO

At Nauset Regional Middle School, Outdoor Education Has A Home

ORLEANS – Behind Nauset Regional Middle School, past the school buses and across the school track, sits a classroom without desks, dry erase boards...

Stephen O’Grady, executive director of the Orleans Conservation Trust, welcomes attendees to a ceremony June 12 to dedicate the new handicap-accessible trail at the trust’s Window on the Bay conservation area on Portanimicut Road. RYAN BRAY PHOTOS

Accessible Trail Opens At Window On The Bay

ORLEANS – A new trail and parking area at Window on the Bay Conservation Area improves access to the parcel overlooking Pleasant Bay. The Orleans...

Behold Staples Rock, which has gone viral online since being unearthed in the parking lot of Orleans Marketplace in the spring. RYAN BRAY PHOTO

'Staples Rock' Has Put Orleans Marketplace On The Social Media Map

ORLEANS – Step aside, Nauset Beach. The biggest summer attraction in Orleans is a rock. That’s right, a rock. A big one. Right outside of...

Saturday’s festivities started on the Village Green next to Snow Library, where Sarah Burrill performed for attendees. RYAN BRAY PHOTOS

Inaugural Pride Parade Offers Support, Allyship For LGBTQ+ Community

ORLEANS – The skies were gray, but residents and visitors brought plenty of color to downtown Orleans on Saturday. The inaugural Lower Cape Pride...

Linda, left, and Gloria Bailey-Davies of Orleans were one of seven same-sex couples who sued in the landmark 2001 court case that won the right to marry for same-sex couples. COURTESY PHOTO

Linda And Gloria Bailey-Davies’ Love Helped Change History

As of 2022, more than 740,500 same-sex couples had gotten married in the U.S., according to a census report. That’s nearly 1.5 million people — and...

Town Manager, Chiefs Get New Contracts

ORLEANS – Three top town officials have inked new contracts with the town. The select board last week unanimously voted to approve a new contract...

A Pride flag waves outside of Nauset Farms in Orleans. RYAN BRAY PHOTO

Orleans Grocer Pushes Back On Flag Criticism

ORLEANS – Outside of Nauset Farms, a Pride flag waves proudly in the air next to the store’s front entrance. But the store was left to defend the...

Bob Isadore and David Bermudez of Yarmouthport will participate in Saturday’s Lower Cape Pride parade in Orleans. Bermudez is the oldest living veteran of the Stonewall Rebellion of 1969. COURTESY PHOTO

Oldest Living Veteran Of Stonewall Rebellion To Take Part In Pride...

ORLEANS – As David Bermudez remembers, it all happened very quickly. Sitting in the back of the Stonewall Inn one night in June 1969, Bermudez and...

Overdue Dragger Found Sunk Off Brewster; Two Found Aboard

BREWSTER – The U.S. Coast Guard confirmed Wednesday afternoon that a vessel found submerged in Cape Cod Bay off Brewster is the fishing vessel...

ICE agents arrest a man on Martha’s Vineyard last week. Orleans officials were confused last week when the town showed up on a federal list of sanctuary cities in Massachusetts. NICHOLAS VUKOTA, MV TIMES PHOTO

Homeland Security Designation Confuses Town Officials

ORLEANS – The Department of Homeland Security recently included Orleans on a list of sanctuary communities, but town officials earlier this month...

Construction is nearly complete on 14 new units of affordable rental housing at 107 Main St. in Orleans. The units are being developed by Housing Assistance Corporation. RYAN BRAY PHOTO

Applications Being Accepted For 107 Main St. Units

ORLEANS – When Housing Assistance Corporation opened up the application process for its 14-unit affordable housing development at 107 Main St....

One by one, 203 students in the Nauset class of 2025 walked across the gym floor to receive their diplomas Friday evening. MACKENZIE BLUE PHOTOS

Nauset Class Of 2025 Looks Back At A Changing Campus

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Man Arrested Following Low-Speed Pursuit

ORLEANS – A New Hampshire man was arrested early Monday morning after leading police on a pursuit that began in Wellfleet. The man, 55, was stopped...

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