ORLEANS – The story of Orleans did not begin with the arrival of the Pilgrims in the mid 1600s, but thousands of years earlier with the Nauset Tribe. But efforts to educate people about the town's Indigenous history have fallen short, according to Select Board Chair Michael Herman. At next month's special town meeting, an article will be put before voters in hopes of changing that. Article 16 seeks $15,000 ...
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ORLEANS – Garrett Dutton has played music festivals all over the world. But nothing compared to the first one he staged at Nauset Beach in 2018. "I live just up the road," said Dutton, better known to fans as "G. Love" of G. Love and Special Sauce. "I drove my car down, and I started crying. It was just unbelievable." The Cape Cod Roots and Blues Festival drew music fans from all across the region and parts...
Chatham Firm Tapped To Design CG36500 Building
By: Ryan Bray
ORLEANS – The Centers for Culture and History in Orleans has selected a firm to help engineer and design a new building to house its historic CG36500 lifeboat. In a statement Monday, CHO announced that Chatham-based SV Design will work to prepare a design for the building, which will house the aging lifeboat and also serve as a museum space. Jay Stradal, who chairs CHO's board of directors, said the nonprof...
Despite Delays, Underground Mall Project Moving Forward
By: Ryan Bray
ORLEANS – The site off of Route 6A that formerly housed the Underground Mall continues to be vacant. But the project could soon regain traction. Chris DeSisto of Maple Hurst Builders said last week that plans to redevelop the 3.6-acre property into housing are still in the works, and that plans could be filed at town hall to begin local review in the fall. "We're still proceeding with that job," he said in ...
Trust Seeks To Purchase Land Abutting Orleans Watershed
By: Ryan Bray
ORLEANS – On Eli Rogers Road, there is a parcel subdivided into four lots abutting the town's 500-acre watershed. When the neighboring property went up for sale this spring, the Orleans Conservation Trust knew that similar development could be possible. "Right next door, we have the example of what is likely to have happened if OCT didn't swoop in here," said the trust's executive director, Stephen O'Grady. ...
Bridge To Honor Fallen Coast Guard Vet
By: Ryan Bray
ORLEANS – On Sept. 26, 1918, the Coast Guard Cutter Tampa was crossing the Bristol Channel on its way to Wales, having successfully escorted a convoy from Gibraltar to the Irish Sea. That evening, just after 8 p.m., the ship was attacked by a single torpedo from a German U-boat. "It broke the Tampa's back, and it sank in three minutes, losing all lives onboard," said Kevin Higgins, who chairs the town's Vetera...
ORLEANS – A licensed clinical social worker, Asa Nadeau also has a master's degree in public health from Boston University. On Sept. 13, he came before the select board and the board of health hoping to put that experience to good use for the town. "I've been looking at getting involved," he said, "and I saw that this opportunity opened up." Nadeau was appointed to finish out a health board term recently va...
Article Seeks Funding For Pilgrim Lake Alum Treatment
By: Ryan Bray
ORLEANS – After a month-long closure, Pilgrim Lake reopened late last week to public swimming. But concerns remain from abutters and residents about the lake's water quality. Several people addressed the select board Sept. 6 urging officials to treat the lake with alum. The board voted the same night to place an article on the warrant for next month's special town meeting seeking $50,000 in free cash to pay fo...
Warrant Set For Orleans’ Special Town Meeting
By: Ryan Bray
ORLEANS – The slate has been set for next month's special town meeting, including two overrides and one debt exclusion request. The select board voted last week to place and support 33 articles on the warrant for the fall session, which is scheduled for Oct. 16. Approximately $3.3 million in spending is up for a vote, including $1.15 million to fund eight new firefighter positions for the Orleans Fire Depar...
Celebrate Our Waters Returns As Pond Coalition Turns 20
By: Ryan Bray
ORLEANS – When the Orleans Pond Coalition was formed in 2003, it envisioned a town-wide plan for wastewater management. Now in its 20th year, the organization has seen its goal has come to fruition in a big way. As part of its annual weekend-long Celebrate Our Waters event, the coalition is offering tours of the town’s new wastewater treatment facility on Overland Way. The new facility, which went online in Ma...
Eight New Firefighter Jobs Up For Vote In October
By: Ryan Bray
Grant Could Cover Salary, Benefits For Three Years ORLEANS – It’s been another long and trying summer for the Orleans Fire Department, which continues to wrestle with the pressures of inadequate staffing. But could next summer be different? That’s the hope, and all eyes are now fixed on next month’s special town meeting. An article is poised to go before voters Oct.16 seeking authorization to hire eight ...
New Fund Aims To Make Housing Work On Cape
By: Ryan Bray
‘Live And Work Cape Cod’ Sets Sites On Creating Workforce Housing ORLEANS – For Luke Chapman, it’s not enough to say that Orleans needs housing. As he sees it, the town’s needs are more specific. “I like starting with, ‘What’s the real problem we’re trying to solve?’ And if everybody can get really honest for a minute, the real problem we’re trying to solve is housing for the workforce.” Much is discusse...
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