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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...

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...

The February blizzard caused Nauset public schools to close for a week, further pushing the school calendar toward the June 30 deadline.

As Snow Days Accumulate, Nauset Officials Discuss Options

ORLEANS – From extensive power outages to fallen wires, trees, limbs and other debris, there’s been no shortage of complications brought on by the...

Rocks with painted words, pictures and sayings were offered for walkers to drop along the shore. MACKENZIE BLUE PHOTOS

Walk For Peace Inspires Strong Community Turnout In Orleans

ORLEANS – Despite less-than-ideal weather on Saturday, March 7, community members gathered to take part in a citizen-led “Walk for Peace,” inspired...

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...

The Orleans veterans committee is working to settle on a list of names for inclusion on new Korean and Vietnam War memorials planned for Veterans Memorial Park. FILE PHOTO

Additional Names Sought For Korean, Vietnam War Memorials

ORLEANS – As the veterans committee continues to plan for the installation of new monuments in the renovated Veterans Memorial Park, an unexpected...

Budgets within the Nauset Regional School District are so far projecting increases for the new fiscal year, which starts July 1. FILE PHOTO

Nauset Draft Budgets Show Increases For FY27

ORLEANS – An early look at the Nauset school budgets for the 2027 fiscal year shows increases over 2026. The Nauset regional school committee in...

More than 100 people stood at the corner of Route 28 and Main Street in Orleans Sunday to protest the bombing of Iran. The protest was sponsored by the Nauset Citizens Alliance. JANET LEWIS PHOTOS

Orleans Protests Iran War

Andrea Aldana will move into the role of CEO and president of the Community Development Partnership on March 29. She assumes the role from Jay Coburn, who will retire next month. COURTESY PHOTO

Aldana Tapped To Lead Community Development Partnership

ORLEANS – Andrea Aldana doesn’t need to be told about the difficulties young professionals and families face securing housing on the Lower Cape....

The deadline for submitting articles for inclusion on the warrant for the Ma11 annual town meeting is March 2. FILE PHOTO

Orleans Begins Readying Spring Warrant

February 26, 2026

ORLEANS – It may be February, but spring town meeting preparations are already in full swing. Articles have begun trickling in for the warrant for...

An efficiency and regionalization study of Nauset Regional Middle School and the district’s five elementary schools has found that all of the buildings are aging and underutilized. A final report is due this spring. FILE PHOTO

Study: Schools Are Aging And Underutilized

February 25, 2026

ORLEANS – Elementary schools in the Nauset Regional School District, as well as the district’s middle school, are aging and underutilized,...

The Barnstable County Assembly of Delegates last week voted to petition the state legislature to allow for a high-end real estate transfer fee that will generate additional revenue to help towns address the region’s housing crisis. FILE PHOTO

Assembly Votes To Advance Transfer Fee Petition

February 25, 2026

BARNSTABLE – A petition will go before the state legislature seeking authorization allowing Cape towns to opt into a new high-end real estate...

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