It’s simple math: the county is typically receiving just under 1,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine each week. There are an estimated 10,000 Cape residents aged 75 and older, and each will need two doses of the vaccine. Unless the supply of vaccine increases markedly, it won’t be until June that all 20,000 doses are administered and the vaccine can begin going to seniors 65 and older. “It’s a system that pits e...

CHATHAM – Recognizing that more resources need to be put into securing affordable housing, the community preservation committee endorsed a $1 million contribution to the town's affordable housing trust fund, $200,000 more than town officials requested. The committee recommended voters approve seven other requests for community preservation funds. Those requests, as well as a dozen other community preservation ...

Focus On Middle Road And Private Land CHATHAM — When it comes to housing, it’s all about location, location, location. Or is it? In its drive to create affordable and attainable housing in town, the select board once again finds itself pulled between the need to act quickly and the desire to find the best possible locale. The board heard presentations last week on a half dozen town-owned parcels where ...

CHATHAM – Cory Metters has taken out nomination papers for a third term on the select board. “I still very much enjoy being involved,” Metters said about serving on the board. With several major projects pending and recovery from the pandemic likely to be a major concern in the coming year, “I don't think this is the time for me to step away,” he said. The three-year terms of Metters and Dean Nicastro are u...

Morris Island Bluff Also Takes A Beating CHATHAM – The Feb. 2 Groundhog Day storm significantly widened a major washover on North Beach Island and continued to eat away at the bluff at the Morris Island headquarters of the Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge. Pavement around the National Weather Service building on Morris Island was removed just prior to the storm to prevent it from tumbling down the bluff. Th...

CHATHAM – Sometimes, you just know when the timing is right. That was the case when Suzy Nickerson decided to close her iconic Main Street shop Pentimento. “It was just timing,” she said. “Everything kind of came together at the right time.” Named for the Italian term used to describe the reappearance in a painting or other work of art of elements that the artist had previously covered, Pentimento opened...

The Monomoy Regional School Committee and the select boards in Chatham and Harwich will hold a joint meeting next week to discuss funding inequities in the district's elementary schools. The joint meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 10, at 6:30 p.m. In a unanimous vote last week, the school committee recognized the differential in the per pupil cost between the Chatham and Harwich elementary schools, a...

CHATHAM — Benjamin Goodspeed was a devoted family man, a town father, a skillful businessman and a classic Cape Codder. But most people will remember him as a trumpeter in the Chatham Band who shared his love for music for more than 80 remarkable years. Mr. Goodspeed died last Tuesday at the age of 96. A member of the Greatest Generation, he graduated from Chatham High School in 1941, working in an aircra...

The faltering roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccine to residents 75 and older this week has left many senior citizens aching from a dose of frustration, but state officials hope a new telephone hotline will help. As of early this week, state officials were urging people to visit www.mass.gov/CovidVaccine to check their eligibility to receive the vaccine, to choose a convenient clinic, and to sign up for an ap...

CHATHAM — Voters at the next annual town meeting will be asked to consider investing $7 million in wastewater improvements, and at least $4.5 million for stormwater treatment, all as part of the slow and steady drive to reduce pollution in town waterways. The select board unanimously endorsed the request to borrow $7 million to rebuild the pump station at the corner of Queen Anne Road and Oyster Pond Fu...

While COVID-19 case numbers, hospitalizations and other metrics offer hope that the pandemic is finally starting to ebb, other figures show the virus continues to spread easily in areas where people congregate. Speaking at last week’s meeting of the Cape Cod COVID Response Task Force, Barnstable County Human Services Deputy Director Vaira Harik observed that numbers of new cases had dropped somewhat, wit...

CHATHAM – Last March, artist Steve Lyons began noticing flashes of light on the left side of his peripheral vision. An exam revealed spots on his brain, and he was eventually diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer. Lyons, who lives in Chatham and has a gallery and studio on Main Street, began treatment at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. After learning about clinical trails ...