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On March 24, 1987, Massachusetts First Lady Kitty Dukakis flipped the ceremonial switch bringing WFCC on the air. The photo ran on the Chronicle’s front page that week. FILE PHOTO

Cape Classical WFCC Being Sold To Christian Broadcaster

BREWSTER – Radio station WFCC-FM, which first broadcast nearly 40 years ago from studios in Chatham, and which was home to classical music...

Cape Cod Tech sophomore Caden Wiley advances with the ball during the Crusaders’ 11-8 loss to Tri-County on April 2. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTOS

‘Crusader Way’ Raising Cape Tech Boys Lacrosse To New Level

PLEASANT LAKE – All the Cape Cod Tech boys lacrosse team has to do to discern the kind of level their program has reached is turn toward their...

Erosion at the Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge headquarters on Morris Island. Coastal erosion was one of the main climate change concerns cited by respondents in a recent survey. FILE PHOTO

Survey: Erosion, Bigger Storms Top Climate Change Concerns

CHATHAM – Erosion, the possibility of a natural disaster and preservation of drinking water resources were the top concerns of recent surveys of...

You can ride a horse on trails, but you risk a fine if you ride on sidewalks. FILE PHOTO

No Peeking, Horses On Sidewalks Or Late-night Dancing: Town’s...

CHATHAM – No “peeking” or “spying” is allowed in town. Neither is the sale of balloons, the use of plastic straws, riding a horse on a sidewalk, or...

Elements of the proposed first phase of the Eldredge Park redesign will likely need to be cut or delayed to bring the project in at a reduced $3.6 million budget. PHOTO COURTESY TOWN OF ORLEANS

Reduced Scope For Eldredge Park Work Considered

ORLEANS – In an effort to deliver the first phase of the Eldredge Park redesign at a lower cost, the select board is exploring options for reducing...

Congressman Bill Keating takes the microphone to discuss the uncertainty the country is currently experiencing from the federal government. MACKENZIE BLUE PHOTOS

Keating Talks Federal Uncertainty At Legislative Breakfast

HYANNIS – With a packed house of Cape Cod business owners, local and state leaders addressed the greatest threat to small businesses everywhere:...

Brian Phillips Makes Third Run For Select Board

CHATHAM – In his third run for select board, Brian Phillips is planning to spend a lot of time going door to door to “get out there as much as...

Fencing has gone up around the Monomoy Regional Middle School as work begins replacing siding, trim and windows. TIM WOOD PHOTO

Board Balks At Cost Of Metal Roof For Middle School

HARWICH – The select board is withholding a recommendation on a town meeting article to replace the Monomoy Regional Middle School roof out of...

Junior Momoka Akatsuka readies a serve during Monomoy girls tennis’s 5-0 win against Bourne on March 31. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTOS

Monomoy Girls Tennis Starts Year With Two Sweeps

HARWICH – Only last year, Monomoy girls tennis head coach Bill Burke said the team’s group of singles players was probably the strongest he’d ever...

Chatham Select Board member Jeffrey Dykens. FILE PHOTO

FinCom, Select Board Debate Residential Tax Exemption; Working...

CHATHAM – Even though a residential property tax exemption is not likely to be officially implemented until the fall, residents are already...

Joe B. Glynn. COURTESY PHOTO

Joe B. Glynn Running As Nonpartisan Option For First Barnstable...

BREWSTER – Yarmouth resident Joe B. Glynn officially announced his candidacy in early March for the First Barnstable District State Representative...

A citizens’ petition brought by the Brewster Conservation Trust seeks to amend the Sea Camps comprehensive plan to change the use of 10 acres on the pond property to conservation and water supply protection. COURTESY PHOTO

Petitions Seek To Restrict Use Of Sea Camps Pond Property

BREWSTER – The future of the Sea Camps Pond property could shift to permanent conservation under two citizens’ petitions the Brewster Conservation...

Kristin Muller. COURTESY PHOTO

Muller Named Chatham Chamber’s New Director

CHATHAM – Kristin Muller has been appointed as the new executive director of the Chatham Chamber of Commerce and Merchants Association. Muller...

A weather balloon is launched from the National Weather Service’s Morris Island upper air station shortly before it was shut down in 2021. The facility had to be torn down due to encroaching erosion. A pilot program to re-establish weather balloon launching in town is being planned to operate from Chatham Airport. FILE PHOTO

Weather Balloon Pilot Program OK’d, To Launch From Chatham Airport

CHATHAM – Weather balloons will soon be flying in the skies above town once again. A pilot program will see a private contractor launching weather...

Organizers Daneen Law (left) and Anne Buchs address attendees from the bed of a pickup truck. ALAN POLLOCK PHOTOS

Dozens ‘Walk For Truth’ At Rock Harbor

ORLEANS – Under a chilly drizzle last Friday, dozens of people held signs and walked around the parking lot at Rock Harbor in what was billed as a...

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