by WILLIAM F. GALVIN HARWICH – Art Week 2023 is a weeklong celebration of Harwich's creative community. The events planned for the April 29 through May 7 celebration are so abundant participants may need running shoes. "Art Week is a time when we celebrate art, the creatives and the community," said Cultural Affairs Director Kara Mewhinney. "Our department has been working hard to have events and programs of ...

HARWICH – The chamber of commerce has moved the Toast of Harwich to the fall, and Executive Director Cyndi Williams has developed a new event with a little country tang to take its place. The chamber is sponsoring a “Beer and Bones BBQ Competition” among restaurants in town on Saturday, June 10. A lot of interest has been expressed in Beer and Bones, Williams said. She recently announced the event on Facebo...

HARWICH – Harwich Elementary School fourth grader Nolan Wittenstein is learning about the cruel reality of the housing crisis on Cape Cod. The 10-year-old has made a commitment to help his best friend and his family avoid becoming homeless. Nolan said he was playing outside his home in East Harwich with his friend, who he met in school more than a year ago. They play soccer together, are Pokemon brothers, and...

HARWICH – Community preservation can be expensive, as the town is learning through the ongoing restoration of Brooks Academy, the more than 175-year-old former schoolhouse that is considered the jewel of Harwich Center. The building is the home to the Harwich Historical Society and the Brooks Academy Museum it operates. The Brooks Academy Museum Commission (BAMC) has developed plans for restoration of the bui...

HARWICH – It's spring and the herring are flowing upstream to spawning grounds. The counter installed at Johnson's Flume in 2019 along the Herring River had registered the passage of nearly 7,000 fish passing as of April 5. More than 1,500 herring passed through the flume that day. "The water levels are high," Natural Resources Director Heinz Proft said last Friday. "It's good that the run has started, bu...

HARWICH – On a split vote, the Community Preservation Committee reconsidered its funding recommendation for the affordable housing trust and agreed to increase the amount from $250,000 to $500,000. The vote came after the board of selectmen voted recently to ask the CPC to reconsider its initial recommendation. Board members present at last Thursday’s CPC meeting pledged to improve communications and informati...

Monomoy Regional High School seniors Colin Moore and Max Weinberg are organizing a 5K race in Chatham to raise funds so children with serious or life-threatening illnesses and their families can enjoy some respite at the 31-acre Camp Nan-Ke-Rafe, located next to Nickerson State Park in Brewster.   The camp belongs to Dream Day on Cape Cod, a nonprofit organization which has helped hundreds of families disconne...

HARWICH – Voters will be asked in the annual town meeting to amend the town's accessory dwelling bylaw, eliminating lot square footage requirements for units in the various zoning districts in town. The amendment would still require compliance with setback provisions in the applicable zoning district. The planning board voted on March 28 to recommend adoption of the amendment at the May 1 meeting next month. ...

HARWICH –  The town has received $616,255 in American Rescue Plan Act funds to begin the design work for a sewer collection system in Great Sand Lakes.  The Barnstable County Commissioners approved the use of the funds from a $10 million federal ARPA allocation to the county. To date, the commissioners have issued 12 ARPA awards to 11 towns totaling $8.8 million. In making the announcement, county officials...

HARWICH – Voters at the upcoming annual town meeting will be asked to approve $50 millions to expand the wastewater collection system in East Harwich. Another $6.5 million will be sought to install a dry sewer system along a stretch of Route 28 in West Harwich from the Dennis town line to the Herring River. That work is proposed as the town works with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) o...

    HARWICH – The software company Zudy, which has operated out of offices along Route 28 in South Harwich for the past several years, has been sold, according to CEO Trish Kennedy. Zudy has operated from the 940 Route 28 location since 2017. The company was initially founded in 2014 with offices in Miami. The company was established by Trish and Tom Kennedy of Brewster, who operated Backoffice Associa...

HARWICH – Selectmen Monday endorsed an annual town meeting petitioned article that expands education opportunities but rejected several petition articles related to the environment. When voters attend town meeting on May 1, they will be asked, for the second time, to broaden the distribution of school choice funds to cover homeschooling and private school. Other petition articles seek to localize fertilizer co...