HARWICH – The appeals board has unanimously approved a special permit for the 12-unit expansion at the Wequassett Resort and Golf Club, but the battle is not over yet.  Round Cove Resort Owner, the company that owns the hotel complex, must return to the planning board for a site plan review special permit. The resort has been seeking the necessary permits to demolish and rebuild three buildings along t...

  HARWICH – A major task for the bikeways committee this year will be getting the word out about the state’s new Vulnerable Road Users Law promulgated in April. The law requires motor vehicles to provide a “safe passing distance” of at least four feet when encountering people walking and bicycling along the edge of roadways.  But there is a much larger list of users to which motorists will have to yield, sa...

HARWICH PORT – Several major properties in the village have changed hands recently, including the building that houses the Hot Stove Saloon, which was acquired by one of Harwich Port’s largest property owners. Although Dennis Miller has added to his collection of properties with the recent purchase of the Hot Stove building at 551 Route 28, he has also sold a couple of his village holdings in the past couple o...

With time to spare, the Chronicle’s Summertime Helping Neighbors campaign reached its goal of raising $80,000 for the Family Pantry of Cape Cod before Labor Day, and there’s still time to give. “Every time we turn to our readers, they come through,” Cape Cod Chronicle Publisher Henry C. Hyora said Monday. “I know it shouldn’t surprise me anymore, but their generosity is really remarkable. It makes me proud.”...

  HARWICH – Treasure/Tax Collector Betty Clark MacLeay, hired six months ago, was terminated Aug. 21, the end of her probationary period. All new employees are under a six-month probationary period to determine if they are the best fit for the town, Select Board Chair Mary Anderson said on Monday. Clark MacLeay’s termination is a personnel issue and Anderson said she could not comment further.  The searc...

  HARWICH – The past several months have been a dysfunctional and confusing period for the golf committee, according to its members, and that has caught the attention of the select board.   Select Board Chair Mary Anderson said those conditions have also bred frustration for Director of Golf Roman Greer and Superintendent Shawn Fernandez.  “I had the very difficult experience of sitting down with them a ...

HARWICH  – Keep Pleasant Street pleasant. That was the plea from neighbors Monday when the select board hosted a discussion about expanding the municipal Schoolhouse Road parking lot in Harwich Port. Given the need for additional parking in that village, the board is examining the removal of a stand of trees to the rear of the municipal lot.  Those trees serve as a buffer between the commercial activities in t...

  EAST HARWICH  – There will be a new school opening its doors in September at the St. Peter’s Lutheran Church along Route 137. The Cape Cod Christian Academy, which has been operating since 2020, is relocating from its former Brewster facilities. The University Model School program has operated out of the Bible Alliance Church on Route 6A in Brewster since its inception. But Head of School Tracy Waters sai...

    HARWICH – Approximately 100 people squeezed into a room at the community center on Saturday to discuss such issues as overdevelopment, communication, access to government, and planning relating to community character. The end result of that session could be a call for a special town meeting to implement a moratorium on certain types of development. A newly formed community advocacy group called Har...

HARWICH – The former Stagg auto dealership property near the intersection of Routes 137 and 39 in East Harwich is under agreement to be sold. According to plans filed with the town, the commercial property and its massive metal building will host a lumber company. SBS Properties, a Brewster-based company, has an agreement to purchase the 3.08-acre parcel from Peter S. Stagg, trustee of Stagg Realty Trust. The...

HARWICH – The town is accepting applications for the new preschool family support program put in place by the May Town Meeting. The program's goal is to make preschool and childcare more affordable for residents, regardless of income. Each eligible child will receive a grant of up to $4,000 for the year, subject to certain limitations. "It's been great. There is a lot of interest as we already have 40 kids en...

EAST HARWICH – The number of Eastward Companies subdivisions in East Harwich has residents concerned about their village. Resident Patrick Otton read a petition at last week's planning board meeting opposing a preliminary subdivision plan filed by the Chatham development company for eight residential lots on 8.82 acres off Orleans Road. "Eastward Companies have a long history of development insensitive to the...