HARWICH – Voters at the upcoming annual town meeting will be asked to approve $50 millions to expand the wastewater collection system in East Harwich. Another $6.5 million will be sought to install a dry sewer system along a stretch of Route 28 in West Harwich from the Dennis town line to the Herring River. That work is proposed as the town works with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) o...

    HARWICH – The software company Zudy, which has operated out of offices along Route 28 in South Harwich for the past several years, has been sold, according to CEO Trish Kennedy. Zudy has operated from the 940 Route 28 location since 2017. The company was initially founded in 2014 with offices in Miami. The company was established by Trish and Tom Kennedy of Brewster, who operated Backoffice Associa...

HARWICH – Selectmen Monday endorsed an annual town meeting petitioned article that expands education opportunities but rejected several petition articles related to the environment. When voters attend town meeting on May 1, they will be asked, for the second time, to broaden the distribution of school choice funds to cover homeschooling and private school. Other petition articles seek to localize fertilizer co...

HARWICH – Four candidates will be vying for the two seats on the board of selectmen in this year's annual election. Incumbent Selectman Donald Howell will face off against Jeffrey Handler, Peter Piekarski and Judith Underwood in the May 16 election. There will not be a race for the two seats on the Monomoy Regional School Committee. Incumbents Meredith Henderson and Sharon Stout took out nomination papers for ...

HARWICH – Should the town clerk be an elected or appointed position? That question was raised a year ago when the incumbent elected town clerk Anita Docuette, who served in the position for 30 years, announced she would not seek another three-year term. Selectmen set aside that topic to instead address prevailing election and town meeting issues last spring. However, the board did delve into the subject to a d...

HARWICH — On Monday, Monomoy High School students eagerly queued up to play video games they were guaranteed to lose. They were taking part in the International Save-a-Life Tour, which uses two sophisticated simulators to demonstrate the risks of driving while distracted or intoxicated. And one after one, students struggled to control their virtual cars before crashing into a fence or building. “They go in ...

EAST HARWICH – T h e Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter School will hold its annual fundraising auction at the Wequassett Resort and Golf Club on Saturday, April 8 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. The event, l ive music, appetizers, a cash bar and games and door prizes is returning after a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Spokesperson Kate Ryan said she is very excited about the...

  by William F. Galvin HARWICH – The Royal Apartments building at the corner of Bank and Parallel streets will be getting an exterior facelift. The historic district and historical commission last week approved the changes to the building, which is located in the Harwich Center Historic District. The property, which had previously housed The Royal at Harwich Village senior living facility, was purchased ...

by William F. Galvin HARWICH – The cost of violating restrictions during periods of public water supply emergencies could be  increasing, but a proposal to include fines for those on private wells has been sidelined.  Selectmen Monday approved the inclusion of an article in the annual town meeting warrant that will increase fines for violations of water emergency rules from $50 to $100 for the first offe...

Navigate through the halls at Monomoy Regional High School and you’ll find a group of kids who are eager and excited to give back to their local communities. Working in conjunction with Stop and Shop, members of Monomoy’s SHORE post-graduate life skills special needs class maintain a food pantry offered to families in the Monomoy School District. The pantry, which operates weekly, offers a variety of free non-...

HARWICH – "It was a good day, a really good day," Deputy Police Chief Kevin Considine said of Saturday's Polar Plunge held at Red River Beach to raise funds for the Special Olympics. The event is expected to raise more than $45,000, he said, topping the $40,000 goal set for this year's plunge, put on by the Harwich Police Department. In the two years the annual event has been held, the department has raised mo...

HARWICH — Property owners adjacent to the Wequassett Resort and Golf Club are opposing a plan to redevelop three cottages along Round Cove. They say they are concerned about the financial impact to their property and the loss of personal enjoyment they have had for more than 30 years. "The impacts of this proposal on the Shelton family are really dramatic," said attorney Bill Riley, representing abutters Stanl...