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...

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...

CHATHAM – The third time wasn’t the charm for a new council on aging building at 1610 Main St. While an $11 million proposal to build a new center for active living at the site received a majority of votes at Monday’s special town meeting, it once again failed to meet the two-thirds threshold required to pass, falling 105 votes short. Controversy surrounded the end of the meeting when it was discovered, aft...

BARNSTABLE – Inside the third session courtroom in Barnstable Superior Court on Monday, community members and social justice advocates gathered in support of the 15-year old Black teen who reportedly was victimized in an alleged racial incident earlier this summer in Chatham. The gathering was held ahead of a bail hearing to address the status of a 14-year-old teen indicted last month on charges of attempted m...

CHATHAM – No new facts were raised in Tuesday’s public forum about the senior center project, but both sides used the session to repeat familiar refrains. While proponents say the new facility is needed, it’s affordable, and the location at 1610 Main St. is the right place, critics say it’s unnecessary, too expensive and poorly sited. In the end, it will come down to which side prevails at the Sept. 18 special to...

CHATHAM – Escorted by a flotilla of enthusiastic pleasure boaters, the tall ship Lynx made a grand entrance to Stage Harbor Tuesday afternoon, firing its ceremonial guns and passing by crowds of waving fans on the shore. The replica War of 1812 privateer welcomed crowds of those fans aboard for tours, and planned to do the same Wednesday. “The reception’s wonderful,” said Donald Peacock, the president of th...

On Monday, citizens and first responders around the Lower Cape gathered to remember the terror attacks that gripped the nation 22 years earlier on Sept. 11, 2001. In Chatham, the keynote speaker was retired U.S. Air Force Brigadier General Anthony Schiavi, who was leading the 102nd Fighter Wing at Otis Air National Guard Base on Sept. 11, 2001. His crews began arming aircraft and patrolling the skies even a...

CHATHAM – Months of debate, PR campaigns and strategizing by both supporters and opponents of a new council on aging facility at 1610 Main St. will come down to a final vote at Monday’s special town meeting. Discussion of the eight-article warrant begins at 6 p.m. at Monomoy Regional Middle School at 425 Crowell Rd. May’s town meeting, at which the proposal was rejected by one vote, brought out a near-re...

CHATHAM – Mary Cavanaugh, director of the Chatham Chamber of Commerce and Chatham Merchants Association since 2018, died unexpectedly Sunday. Mrs. Cavanaugh’s passing was announced in an email to chamber members Monday. “ Mary was the leader of our chamber and a key contributor and valued member of the Chatham community who touched our lives in so many ‘positive’ ways,” the email read. “Those of us who ...