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Cryptocurrency kiosks such as this one inside the Cumberland Farms on Main Street in Orleans could be prohibited with the passage of a new bylaw that is being drafted for this fall’s special town meeting. RYAN BRAY PHOTO

Proposed Article Would Ban Crypto Kiosks

ORLEANS – Should a proposed bylaw pass with voters at this fall’s special town meeting, it would mark the end for cryptocurrency kiosks in...

A rendering of Orleans’ new fire station calls for new living and office quarters on the left and a brick apparatus bay on the right. But residents were critical of the look of the new building last week. COURTESY GRAPHIC

Residents, Board Press For Lighter Touch In Fire Station Design

ORLEANS – Perry Antone’s home is located directly across the street from the town’s fire station on Eldredge Park Way. Sometimes that has its...

Members of the IFAW marine mammal rescue team kept watch at Skaket Beach last Tuesday, looking for signs that the dolphins might come ashore again. IFAW PHOTO

Historic Dolphin Stranding: What We Learned

BREWSTER – There are plausible theories, but no definitive explanations, for the largest recorded mass stranding of bottlenose dolphins in the...

Sarah Goyette and her son Asher are the new owners of one of two homes being built in Brewster by Habitat for Humanity of Cape Cod. CAMPBELL MULLIGAN PHOTO

Habitat Set To Build Brewster Homes

BREWSTER – Sarah Goyette laughed on Monday afternoon when asked how it felt on a scale from one to a jillion when she learned about her selection...

Letters to the Editor, July 23, 2026

Shameful Behavior At CemeteryEditor:I am writing to share a deeply upsetting and incredibly disrespectful experience I had recently while tending...

Shingle artist Carol Hutchings in front of the tree design built into the side of the new addition at the Monomoy Community Services building on Depot Road in Chatham. TIM WOOD PHOTO

A Tree Grows At MCS: Shingle Art Replaces Iconic Depot Road Tree

CHATHAM – When it came time to design a new addition to the Monomoy Community Services building on Depot Road, one problem cropped up almost...

The number of units in the planned housing on Stepping Stones Road has been reduced from 14 to 12. FILE PHOTO

Stepping Stones Housing Reduced; Number Of Units Cut By Two

CHATHAM – The number of units to be built in the planned affordable and attainable housing development on Stepping Stones Road has dropped from 14...

The traffic at Exit 82 (old Exit 10) on Route 6, at the Route 124 interchange, often comes to a stop when vehicles try to merge. The town is calling for a longer acceleration lane to be installed there. WILLIAM F. GALVIN PHOTO

Harwich Wants Improvements To Route 6 Interchange

HARWICH – The section of Route 6 east of Exit 82, the interchange with Route 124, is often referred to as a “parking lot” with traffic backups and...

Growing up is hard to do. MARY RICHMOND ILLUSTRATION

Nature Connection: The Trouble With Teenagers

As I write, the month of July is already a third over, and by the time you read this it will be closer to half over. Summer flies by in spite of...

Volunteers pack lunches to be delivered to kids across the Lower Cape in the kitchen of the Church of the Holy Spirit. FIONA MCFARLAND PHOTO

Food 4 Kids Feeding Hundreds Of Lower Cape Children Daily

ORLEANS – Mornings are busy at the Church of the Holy Spirit. Monday through Friday, volunteers arrive in staggered shifts to begin packing...

Maestra Alyssa Wang, music director of the Cape Symphony. COURTESY PHOTO

National Leaders, Cape Visionaries Launch Inaugural Chatham Summer...

CHATHAM – Some of the best conversations don’t happen in conference rooms. They happen over cocktails, among neighbors and friends, where ideas are...

The Chatham Orpheum Theater held its annual “Summer Evening” gala at the Wychmere Beach Club last Thursday, July 9. The sold-out event featured shrimp and sushi boats, a lavish buffet and dancing to the Mark Greel Band. Board members, benefactors and theatergoers mixed on the outdoor deck before dinner. Here, Patty Rottneier, Jennifer Brown, Maureen Shea and Dorothy Hearn enjoy the evening view. TIM WOOD PHOTOS

A Fine Summer Evening At Orpheum Gala

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Police Give Overview On Drone Use

ORLEANS – Imagine you’re going about your business when you see a drone flying overhead. It stops for about 30 seconds, then flies away. What do...

Chatham’s longtime Health Agent Judith Giorgio is retiring July 17 after 22 years on the job. TIM WOOD PHOTO

Chatham’s Longtime Health Agent Retires After 22 Years

CHATHAM – When she became the town’s health agent in 2004, Judith Giorgio had extensive experience in the field, but the changes in the job in the...

APCC Cyanobacteria Warnings, Methods Disputed By Brewster Board

BREWSTER – What began two summers ago as a dispute between Brewster health officials and the Association to Preserve Cape Cod over the...

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