A Delicious Way To Help Editor: We want to take a moment for a special thank you to all who purchased ice cream at Short 'n' Sweet on our last day, Oct. 14. Not only did you get some great ice cream but you helped support Habitat for Humanity of Cape Cod with a donation of $1,350. Again, many thanks to all for a wonderful season. We look forward to seeing you in 2020. Jan and John Newton South Chatham...

If you’re a parent or grandparent in Harwich, there’s a reasonably good chance that you’ve got fond memories of time spent at the Castle in the Clouds. It was—we speak in the past tense because it may have been demolished by the time you read this—one of the most creatively designed playgrounds on the Lower Cape. It inspired children for 25 years, which means that some of the kids who played there now have kids o...

Chatham Elementary School   Winter Clothing Exchange The school's annual winter clothing exchange will take place Nov. 14 to 21 on the stage in the gymnasium. Items for the exchange are being collected now. Gently used, clean children's sweatshirts, coats, snow pants, outerwear, boots, sneakers, skates, gloves, mittens and hats for children of all ages are welcome. Items should be washed prior to donatio...

ORLEANS — “Our family builds charming, neighborly rental homes that fit into their surrounding communities,” reads the letter to neighbors of 21 Great Oak Rd. in East Orleans. The request for a building permit, which was granted in late August, called for “construction of a new residential home.” That permit will be challenged Nov. 6 at the zoning board of appeals by an abutter who says the building, still u...

ORLEANS — For decades, the Peck family has been stewards of the hillside that runs down to Arey’s Pond and the Namequoit River, said to be the site of the town’s last Indian meetinghouse. In 2006, they sold the town 8.2 acres that became the Marion Hadley and Samuel Watson Peck Conservation Area. Last week, three members of the town’s open space committee tramped through the lightly-wooded north two acres of...

Margaret Ellen Borthwick Chase June 18, 1942 – August 13, 2019   Join us in a celebration of Margaret’s life on Saturday, October 26, 2019, 11am to 1pm at Nickerson Funeral Home, 87 Crowell Road, Chatham.  Interment to follow at 1:30 pm at Union Cemetery.   In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to her beloved American Heart Association. For online condolences, please visit www.nickersonfun...

EAST HARWICH– Stephen G. Howes, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on October 6, 2019 at his home in East Harwich after a short battle with Liver Cancer (Hepatocellular Carcinoma).  He was the beloved father of Andrew David Howes of South Chatham, and Amanda Jane Howes of East Harwich.  He was the oldest child of the late Edward Grafton and Mary Dahl Howes of South Chatham.  Stephen grew up in South ...

Isabelle Hickingbotham Monteleone     A Life Well-Lived: Isabelle Hickingbotham Monteleone died peacefully in her sleep October 11 at her home in East Harwich, almost exactly a year after family and friends held a 100th birthday celebration for her. She was born in Peru, Massachusetts, December 15, 1918, to Harry and Gladys Sherman Hickingbotham. She started life where water came from a hand pump in the house an...

HARWICH — Residents spoke in numbers more so than volume on Tuesday evening as the Cape Cod Commission staff held a public hearing at town hall to gather information on the designation of a West Harwich District of Critical Planning Concern. About 40 residents were in attendance but only a few spoke in the hearing that lasted approximately a half hour. The majority of that time was spent with commission staff ...

William K. Craig, Sr. , of Harwich Port, died at home on October 17, 2019.  He was 81 years old.  Bill was born June 12, 1938 to Edgar A. Craig and Olive K. Craig of North Easton and attended school in North Easton and Dean College in Franklin.  Other than the year he served in the U.S. Army, Bill spent every summer of his life in Harwich Port.  An outstanding athlete,...

            East Orleans - Barbara Pratt White (February 8, 1915- October 16, 2019) died peacefully in her family home. She was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., the daughter of Frederick Ashton Pratt and Mary Isabelle LaForce. She grew up in Chatham, N.J. and later moved to Annapolis, Md. with her husband, John Howell White.  Together they raised five children and opened their homes in Annapolis and East Orleans to many y...

EASTHAM – The results of a 100-page shark mitigation study were released to the public last week and among all the compiled data there was one clear message: There is no solution available that can guarantee the safety of beachgoers determined to venture into the water during peak shark season. The report, and its primary message, was the subject of a public forum held Oct. 16 at Nauset Regional High School, duri...

CHATHAM – Monomoy Regional Middle School and Chatham Elementary School will receive security upgrades thanks to a state public safety and education grant. The $60,000 grant will pay for magnetic key card lock, replacing existing keypad locks as well as convention locks with keys, according to Superintendent of Schools Scott Carpenter. Key card locks provide an “increased level of security,” he said. Althoug...

CHATHAM – There are Pumpkin People in Kate Gould Park again, and this Saturday they'll help usher in the Chatham Merchants Association's annual Oktoberfest celebration. Events in the park begin at 10:30 a.m. and run through 4:30 p.m., and will include seasonal food and beverages, games for kids and music with the Chatham Band, That '60s Band and more. There will also be a “Pumpkin Patch Sidewalk Stroll” sale S...

CHATHAM – Selectmen met for an hour in executive session Monday to discuss the fish pier observation deck project, which has missed numerous completion deadlines, the latest of which was Oct. 16. The board is “undertaking all appropriate steps” regarding the project with staff and town counsel, Selectmen Chair Shareen Davis said. She declined to be more specific. “We're keenly aware of where we're at with t...

CHATHAM – A half century ago, Florence Seldin's family rented a cottage every summer in Wellfleet and could walk to the water just up and over a dune. One year they returned and the path ended in a sheer cliff over the beach. “That certainly shows me what could happen here on Cape Cod,” Seldin said, referring to the threat to the peninsula from climate change. She was one of about 50 people who attended a w...