As I write, Hurricane Lee has decided to veer a bit to the east, hopefully sparing us the worst of his wrath. It’s a funny thing, writing something about an event that won’t be read until a week later. There’s a time and space disconnect between writer and reader in such moments. I have no way of knowing what a week will bring, or even a day. Will we lose power, have flooded roads, lots of erosion? On this ...

The sun rose over the dunes, a bright orange ball of fire. I was out early to avoid the predicted heat that would soon settle in over the sand, but it was still quite humid and warm. The marsh to my right was lit up in beautiful shades of green with a tinge of gold, allowing thoughts of autumn to creep in on what surely felt like a midsummer morn. Song sparrows scratched about beneath bayberry bushes heavil...

CHATHAM – While expressing disappointment at the outcome of Monday’s special town meeting vote turning down a new council on aging building at 1610 Main St., select board members Tuesday expressed a willingness to explore future options for the facility. But first, they said, hit the pause button. “What I’d like to do is pause, really just pause,” said board member Shareen Davis. Jeffrey Dykens la...

Birgit Enlund Myers passed away peacefully Friday August 25, 2023 at Maplewood Senior Living in Darien, Connecticut following a prolonged illness. She was a resident of New Canaan for over 50 years. Birgit (Inga-Birgit) was born in December 1932 to Birger (1885-1971) and Anna Maria (1903-1973) Enlund in Falun, Sweden, where she grew up with her two sisters Inga-Marianne (1922-1975) and Inga-Britta (1926-1980) and...

Willard Gordon Smith Jr. passed away on September 5th, 2023 at the age of 92. Born on September 3rd, 1931 to Willard Sr. and Marion (Nickerson) Smith, Bill was a proud 10th-generation Cape Codder and a lifelong resident of East Harwich. As a young man, Bill served his country admirably, first in the Coast Guard and then in the United States Army. He loved to fly and worked on military aircraft during the Korean W...

Mary Ann Gray, 89, of Chatham, Massachusetts, a much-loved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, friend, mentor and inspiration to many, passed away on Thursday, September 14th, with her family by her side.  Mary Ann was born to the late James and Helen Woodward, on March 8, 1934, in New Britain, Connecticut. She graduated from New Britain High School in 1952 and received a BS in Nursing Science in 195...

Janet Ruth Hynes (Waller), 96, of South Yarmouth, MA, passed away on September 11, 2023 peacefully surrounded by loved ones. Janet was born in Newark, NJ on August 3, 1927 to Ashley and Marguerite Waller. Janet grew up in Bloomfield, NJ and then went on to graduate from Chestnut Hill College in PA in 1949. After graduating college Janet went to work at the Schering Corporation in the Pharmaceutical library, and i...

Phyllis DiPietro, 84, of Yarmouth Port died peacefully at home on September 13, 2023, in the embrace of her devoted husband, Raymond. Her three daughters were by her side as she courageously fought a whirlwind battle with pancreatic cancer and showed us what it means to be simultaneously calm and brave. She was endlessly supportive and the most thoughtful mother her girls could ever have. She will never be forgot...

Margot Karbel, 78, of Chatham and formerly of Wellesley, passed away on Tuesday, September 12th. Loving mother to Brian Karbel and Joanna Karbel, grandmother to Aiden and Nora Karbel, sister to John Michel, cousin to Christy Lauridsen and dear friend to countless members of Chatham, Wellesley and well beyond.   Margot was born in Silver Spring, Maryland to the late Nicholas and Margaret Michel. She graduated from...

     Two great Wellfleet theaters — Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater and the Harbor Stage Company — are coming together Sept. 22 through Oct. 14 to bring to the WHAT stage one of the most significant works of British playwright Harold Pinter, the 1978 play “Betrayal.”      Inspired by Pinter’s long-term extramarital affair with BBC presenter Joan Bakewell, which took place from 1962 to 1969, “Betrayal” explores ...

     The summer has come and gone, but that doesn’t mean there’s no place to go for a great night out.      On Sunday, Sept. 24 the Chatham Drama Guild will introduce the Club CDG Sunday Cabaret Series, an opportunity to not only enjoy great music in an intimate setting, but to get up and take the stage yourself with some of your favorite songs.      The inaugural evening of the three-evening series is called ...

Trout Unlimited – Cape Cod Chapter Women’s Fly Fishing Clinic Sept. 23 702 Main St. Chatham Community Center Chatham Sign up here: bonds7@comcast.net CapeCodTU.org        “ The last fly fishing clinic we had in Chatham was great,” said Robert Lewis, treasurer and spokesperson of the Trout Unlimited Cape Cod Chapter. Isn’t fly fishing a freshwater only sport? I asked naively. Lewis laughed. ...

Former Governor’s License Plate Added To Squire Wall CHATHAM – While friends and family paid tribute to Bill Richardson at a funeral mass in Santa Fe last Thursday, more than a dozen of the late New Mexico governor’s friends and former college classmates gathered at the Chatham Squire for a tribute of their own. Several of Mr. Richardson’s Delta Tau Delta fraternity brothers from Tufts University, their spo...

CHATHAM – Even with the largest town meeting turnout in memory, supporters of a new $11 million council on aging facility at 1610 Main St. could not muster enough votes to clear the two-thirds majority necessary for the proposal to succeed. It was the third time the project failed at town meeting. Monday’s 811-564 vote was 105 short of the two-thirds required to authorize borrowing the funding. The proposal...

Large and menacing off the Bahamas, Hurricane Lee had largely disintegrated before passing well to the east of Cape Cod Saturday, leaving a leafy mess but no appreciable damage. The storm brought down many tree limbs — including one in Searsport, Maine, that killed a motorist — causing spotty power outages on Cape Cod along with some short-lived road closures. Winds gusted to 65 mph, and about 3,000 customers ...

WEST CHATHAM – For more than 20 years, the Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen’s Alliance has lobbied for fisheries that are sustainable for the oceans and for local fishing families. Now the nonprofit group is taking steps to ensure its own sustainability. It recently announced the creation of an endowment designed to help fund the Alliance’s work in the future. Organizers have so far raised more than $1 million to...