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The Chatham Community Center serves as the town’s main personal care site. The select board last week rejected a proposal to develop a local full-scale emergency shelter. FILE PHOTO

Chatham To Stick With Current Emergency Shelter Plan

December 10, 2025

CHATHAM – The town will continue to rely on a regional shelter for prolonged emergencies, while the community center will remain an emergency...

The Coast Guard has been shuttling Santa Claus from the outer beach, where his reindeer and sleigh are parked, to the Chatham Fish Pier for many years now. This year was a bit different, with the agency not only giving Santa a ride but also escorting him in with a helicopter flyover. TIM WOOD PHOTOS

Santa Gets Coast Guard Escort Into Chatham

December 10, 2025

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The newest rendering of the renovated Center for Active Living. CATALYST ARCHITECTS

Board OKs New CFAL Renovation Plan; Will Require $1.85M Debt Exclusion

December 10, 2025

CHATHAM – The select board hopes that by controlling costs while adding back some key features, they’ve come up with the special sauce that will...

Major changes to the 28-unit condominium project at 606 Route 28 in Harwich won planning board support. Attorney Marian Rose and Rob Demarcco Jeffrey Wyman of Campanelli Company explained the changes proposed to the project in the planning board session on Dec. 9. WILLIAM F. GALVIN PHOTO

Downsized Sundae School Project Wins Support

December 17, 2025

HARWICH – Major adjustments to the proposed 28-unit condominium development on the Sundae School Ice Cream property in Harwich Port, including a...

A Cooper's hawk made its way into Harwich Conservation Trust's otter den at the Robert F. Smith Cold Brook Preserve on Nov. 11, triggering a motion sensor camera in the underground chamber. HARWICH CONSERVATION TRUST PHOTOS

'Totally Unreal' - Hawk Seen In HCT Otter Den Baffles Experts

December 10, 2025

HARWICH – Let's say you are a private detective, working an otter den case at the Robert F. Smith Cold Brook Preserve. Your job is to keep an eye...

A schematic rendering of the latest version of the proposed Snow Inn Hotel redevelopment project

Snow Inn Project Goes Before Cape Cod Commission Dec. 16

December 10, 2025

HARWICH – A Cape Cod Commission subcommittee will begin the development of regional impact review for the latest version of the redevelopment of...

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Peter Haig takes to the microphone at last month's special town meeting to weigh in on an article seeking adoption of the state's specialized energy code. RYAN BRAY PHOTO

Clean Energy Advocates Press Ahead Following No Vote On Code

December 15, 2025

ORLEANS – For the second time since 2023, town meeting voters last month said no to an article seeking adoption of a specialized energy code. But...

The Community Of Jesus and two other nonprofits have each filed motions to dismiss a federal civil suit alleging their involvement in unpaid child labor and trafficking relative to the construction of the Community’s performing arts center in Brewster. FILE PHOTO

Community Of Jesus, Nonprofits Seeks Suit Dismissal

December 10, 2025

ORLEANS – The three defendants in a federal civil suit alleging unpaid child labor and trafficking in relation to the construction of the Community...

The select board in Orleans voted last week to expand the town's early education and care program to include children from birth to age four. FILE PHOTO

Select Board Votes To Expand Early Education Program

December 10, 2025

ORLEANS – Ashley Bilodeau lives in town with her partner and almost 2-year-old daughter. For the past 12 years, she’s owned and operated her own...

Frank Bridges. COURTESY PHOTO

Longtime FinCom Vice Chair Frank Bridges Steps Down

December 10, 2025

BREWSTER – Frank Bridges may have stepped down from serving as the vice chair of the finance committee in June, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t...

Demolition began on the two structures located at 2342 Main St. earlier this month. MACKENZIE BLUE PHOTO

Demolition Begins On BCT’s Newest Project

December 10, 2025

BREWSTER – By this summer, the Brewster Conservation Trust is hopeful residents will have a new sight to behold at 2342 Main St. Demolition began...

The graduating class of Brewster’s inaugural Civics Academy attended an official graduation ceremony at the select board’s Dec. 1 meeting. COURTESY PHOTO

Inaugural Civics Academy Class Graduates

December 10, 2025

BREWSTER – Twenty-four Brewster residents now possess an in-depth understanding of town government, along with the certificate to prove it. The...

Scrooge (Jay Stewart) with the Ghost of Christmas Past (Juliet Seeley).
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Theater Review: ‘Christmas Carol By Candlelight’ At 204 Instills...

December 16, 2025

Step into the old Harwich Middle School auditorium — now the 204 Cultural Arts Municipal Building — and you may feel a rush of memories before the...

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Nature Connection: Window Watching

December 13, 2025

There are times in our lives when watching out our windows may be the closest way we can get to nature. Trapped indoors by illness or injury, we...

The Wequassett’s Elf Crew were all smiles at last week’s first Gingerbread House Party. Pictured here are Robby Savonen, Chef Siena Bos and Alison Saffer.
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Wequassett Hosts Gingerbread House Party

December 10, 2025

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Barbara Lynn (McCluney) Arell

December 10, 2025

Barbara Lynn (McCluney) Arell was born in Würzburg, Germany, on September 19, 1955, and passed away on November 21, 2025, after a courageous battle...

Kathleen Patricia O’Day

December 10, 2025

Kathleen Patricia O’Day, 77, of Brewster, passed away peacefully on December 5, 2025, with her family by her side. True to form, she left this...

Roberta Vincent Shupe

December 10, 2025

August 18, 1937 – December 4, 2025Bert, a Special WomanRoberta, “Bert,” Shupe passed Thursday, December 4th after living a wonderful long life of...

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Other Local Sports

The Santa Stampede 5K, hosted Saturday by the Orleans Chamber of Commerce, began with a kids’ race before the official timed event. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTOS

More Than 200 Race In Orleans Santa Stampede 5K

December 10, 2025

ORLEANS – More than 200 people participated Saturday in the annual Santa Stampede 5K, hosted by the Orleans Chamber of Commerce.With Christmas...

High School Sports

Seventh-seed Cape Cod Tech (9-4) defeated first-seed South Shore (7-6) 30-24 on Dec. 3 to win the MVADA small school title, the first football championship in program history. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTOS

Cape Tech Captures First Football Championship In Program History

December 10, 2025

NEW BEDFORD – First-seed South Shore led early in the fourth quarter of the vocational playoffs small school title game Dec. 3 as seventh-seed Cape...

Junior Amanda McIsaac rises for a layup during Monomoy’s scrimmage Monday against Sturgis East. Monomoy won the practice game 68-7. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTOS

Under New Coach, Monomoy Girls Basketball Excited About Potential

December 10, 2025

HARWICH – With a new head coach, the Monomoy girls basketball team is looking to tap into their talent and mount a return to the...

After four seasons and four trips to the MIAA Division 4 state tournament semifinals, Kyle Cappallo resigned recently as head coach of the Monomoy varsity field hockey team. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTO

Monomoy Field Hockey Coach Resigns

December 10, 2025

HARWICH – After four seasons leading one of the Cape’s most consistently successful high school sports programs, Kyle Cappallo resigned as head...

Athlete of the Week

Cape Cod Tech junior quarterback Daniel Handville impacted the vocational small school state championship in the air and on the ground in the 30-24 win for the seventh-seed Crusaders (9-4) over first-seed South Shore (7-6) on Dec. 3 EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTO

Athlete Of The Week: Daniel Handville

December 10, 2025

NEW BEDFORD – After Cape Cod Tech defeated Upper Cape Tech 14-6 on Nov. 27 to win the Golden Wrench and the Mayflower Athletic Conference Small...

Our View: Monomoy Theatre Gaslighting

December 10, 2025

There was great sadness when the Monomoy Theatre closed in 2018, but that was tempered with optimism when the new owner of the downtown Chatham...

Letters To The Editor: Dec. 11, 2025

December 10, 2025

Community Problem At Dog Park Editor:We are asking Brewster Dog Park users to keep a watchful eye on their four-legged friends and clean up their...

Major changes to the 28-unit condominium project at 606 Route 28 in Harwich won planning board support. Attorney Marian Rose and Rob Demarcco Jeffrey Wyman of Campanelli Company explained the changes proposed to the project in the planning board session on Dec. 9. WILLIAM F. GALVIN PHOTO

Downsized Sundae School Project Wins Support

December 17, 2025

HARWICH – Major adjustments to the proposed 28-unit condominium development on the Sundae School Ice Cream property in Harwich Port, including a...

MARY RICHMOND ILLUSTRATION

Nature Connection: Window Watching

December 13, 2025

There are times in our lives when watching out our windows may be the closest way we can get to nature. Trapped indoors by illness or injury, we...

The Monomoy Regional School Committee named three finalists for superintendent Thursday. FILE PHOTO

Monomoy Superintendent Finalists Named

December 12, 2025

The three finalists to replace Scott Carpenter as superintendent of the Monomoy Regional School District were announced by the school committee at...

The Monomoy Regional School Committee named three finalists for superintendent Thursday. FILE PHOTO

Monomoy Superintendent Finalists Named

December 12, 2025

The three finalists to replace Scott Carpenter as superintendent of the Monomoy Regional School District were announced by the school committee at...

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