HARWICH – The chamber of commerce is sponsoring a weekend of cultural activities at the end of the month centered upon the artisans at the Harwich Cultural Center, along with a number of bands that have played at the chamber’s Port Summer Nights concerts. “I’ve been thinking for a while now how to get people in here to see all that the cultural center offers and the full potential it has,” Chamber Executive Di...

HARWICH – Voters will deliberate on a 58-article annual town meeting warrant on Monday, May 2 that contains several weighty issues, including budget increases, a funding adjustment to the Monomoy Regional School District agreement and several petition articles that are expected to draw debate. On the financial side, the town’s total budget request is $78,798,398, which includes the Monomoy District and Cape Co...

HARWICH – A company that processes horseshoe crab blood for endotoxin detection testing is seeking to locate a facility in the town’s industrial district along Queen Anne Road. Charles River Laboratories, Inc. will go before the planning board on Tuesday, April 12 seeking a use special permit for scientific research and development in facilities at 195 Queen Anne Rd., adjacent to the town’s transfer station si...

HARWICH – The creative talent of Cape Cod Regional Technical High School students was on display last Wednesday as participants in the design and visual arts and fine arts programs exhibited their work. The work was also for sale, with funds raised from the event benefiting both the students and the Tom Noonan Scholarship and Toolship Fund. The display of artwork demonstrated how the school's programs tap i...

HARWICH – Herring have begun migrating from ocean waters to spawning grounds in the Herring River. The electronic counter at the Johnson’s Flume at the West Reservoir as of March 28 reported 545 of the anadromous fish passing through the ladder. While the migration is just getting underway, the number of fish heading into the  spawning headwaters of Hinckley’s, Seymour and Long ponds have been increasing over ...

Historic Building Would Become Apartments HARWICH – Despite two town meeting petition articles related to the West Harwich Schoolhouse, selectmen voted Monday night to enter in a purchase and sales agreement for the historic structure. The town received three requests for proposals to purchase the town-owned building on March 25. Selectmen voted 4-1 to enter into the agreement with the high bidder, John Car...

HARWICH – A three-way race has developed for town clerk, while the two incumbent selectmen will be unopposed on the May 17 annual town election ballot. There were strong indications the two seats on the board of selectmen would draw a challenge, but a race failed to materialize. Jeffery Handler, who took out nomination papers in February, chose not to run this year. Finance Committee member Mark Kelleher, who ...

HARWICH – A moratorium on the construction of new private docks and piers along the Herring River has been removed from proposed bylaw amendments slated to go before voters in May. The conservation commission worked over the past couple of years on amendments to the town’s water-dependent structures bylaw and the wetlands protection bylaw to better protect tidal wetland and small wetland resources. The morator...

HARWICH – A local resident wants to expand the use of school choice funds to include homeschooling and private schools. Daniel Baker filed a petition article for the May annual town meeting which instructs the selectmen to petition the state Legislature to amend state law to allow school choice funds to be paid to accredited homeschools and accredited private schools. Currently under state law school choice fu...

HARWICH – Expressing his dissatisfaction with the finance committee’s response to his Open Meeting Law complaint, West Barnstable resident Ron Beaty has officially filed his complaint with the Division of Open Government in the state Attorney General’s Office.  Beaty’s complaint is related to the finance committee’s continued discussion of the town’s fiscal 2023 budget after the adjournment of its March 3 meet...

HARWICH – It looked like Fourth of July at Red River Beach on Saturday with an overflow of vehicles and a mad rush to dive into Nantucket Sound. The first Polar Plunge sponsored by the Harwich Police Department to raise funds for the Special Olympics drew an estimated 200 to 250 people, with 100 of them braving the chilly waters for a good cause. “It was a great day,” said Deputy Police Chief Kevin Considine. ...

HARWICH – For years, Annalise Langelier has been drawn to behavioral science. Her curiosity about the way the mind works blossomed as a youngster, when her father Brian, a detective for the Marlborough Police Department, would present her with police cases or unusual scenarios designed to make her ponder how her father and his colleagues might respond in order to crack a case. “We kind of got in this ro...