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World War II veteran John Zippo will be the grand marshal of Chatham’s Independence Day parade. FILE PHOTO

WWII Vet Named Chatham Parade Marshal

CHATHAM – A World War II veteran, 102-year-old John Zippo, will be the grand marshal in the town’s Independence Day parade. The theme of this...

More Bidding Problems With 90 Bridge St.

CHATHAM – In order to preserve access to state grant funds, officials authorized the purchase of only a portion of the equipment needed for the...

Chatham Health Division Coordinator Dianne Langlois will retire on June 26.

After 38 Years, Health Division Coordinator Dianne Langlois To Retire

CHATHAM – After 38 years as the gatekeeper for the town’s health division, Dianne Langlois has learned a lot about septic systems, sanitary codes...

Outer Cape Health Services is planning to lease this location at 210 Main St. in East Orleans and relocate its Harwich-based medical facilities there this fall. WILLIAM F. GALVIN PHOTO

Outer Cape Health Is Moving To Orleans

HARWICH PORT – Outer Cape Health Services plans to relocate its health care facilities to a smaller building in East Orleans in the fall.Outer...

Captains’ Row founder Duncan Berry embraces Jeffrey Handler after approval of the Bishop’s Terrace restoration project. WILLIAM F. GALVIN PHOTO

Bishop’s Terrace, Baptist Church Projects Win Approval

WEST HARWICH – There are some major improvements coming to Captains’ Row following the historic district and historical commission’s approval of...

Association To Preserve Cape Cod Executive Director Andrew Gottlieb spoke about the organization's new The Cape We Shape program on June 17. WILLIAM F. GALVIN PHOTO

APCC Plans Citizen Campaign To Protect Cape Cod

HARWICH – Only about 14 percent of the land on Cape Cod remains undeveloped. With development continuing to place a burden on the health of the...

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Kevin Galligan said this week he will not seek re-election to the Orleans select board when his term ends in 2027. FILE PHOTO

Galligan Won’t Seek Re-election In 2027

ORLEANS – The scene at the Massachusetts Municipal Association's annual conference in January was a familiar one for Kevin Galligan. Too familiar,...

Soaring Eagle, medicine man for the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, stands over a new marker in Orleans’ Veterans Memorial Park during a dedication ceremony June 20. The marker is dedicated to honoring the town’s Indigenous history. RYAN BRAY PHOTO

Indigenous Ceremony Links Orleans’ Present To Its Storied Past

ORLEANS – On a cloudless afternoon last Saturday, traffic moved along all corners of Veterans Memorial Park. But inside the park at the...

The Orleans historical commission last week voted to place a one-year delay on the demolition of the buildings at 16 South Orleans Rd., which formerly housed the Cuffy’s retail store. RYAN BRAY PHOTO

Demo Delay Placed On Former Cuffy’s Buildings

ORLEANS – A historic building that once housed the Cuffy’s retail shop on South Orleans Road has been saved from demolition, at least for now. The...

Victoria Brown, founder of Dance Therapy 508 performs with the Drumma Queens of Cape Cod and Master Djembe Drummer Issa Coulibaly during Brewster’s Juneteenth event at Drummer Boy Park last Friday. CAMPBELL MULLIGAN PHOTOS

Brewster Celebrates Juneteenth

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Ping Michaels at the new pollinator garden she created for her Eagle Scout project. COURTESY PHOTO

Brewster Pollinator Garden Planted By Nauset High School Teen

BREWSTER – The corner of AP Newcomb and Abbey Road is sporting a new garden, thanks to the work of Ping Michaels and the Brewster Conservation...

Brewster Resolves School District Overpayments

BREWSTER – Officials have reached a resolution to Brewster’s overpayment of close to $400,000 to the Nauset regional school system as part of their...

The Team from Baskin’s Ace Hardware’s Brewster Store: Morgan Davis, Baskin’s paint manager; Kimberly Severance, a rep from vendor CMI; Lynn Colangione, CFO and co-owner of Baskin’s Hardware (in the back); Matt Pomocka, Brewster store manager; Tom Clark (in back), Brewster staff member; Brenden Meyer, Brewster assistant manager; Marcus Farias, general manager; and Lauren Baskin, president and co-owner. COURTESY PHOTO

Minding Your Business- Baskin’s Ace Hardware Store

The local legacy that the founders of Baskin’s Hardware created is something so special that has stood the test of time here on the Lower Cape. The...

MARY RICHMOND ILLUSTRATION

Nature Connection: Of Terrapins And Horseshoe Crabs

Imagine a time when local beaches were full of horseshoe crabs each June, mating and laying millions of eggs. At the same time thousands of...

MARY RICHMOND ILLUSTRATION

Nature Connection: Settling In For Summer

Mornings have gotten a little quieter as the bird chorus begins to wrap up. If you’re up before dawn, you may still hear a few robins, cardinals...

Nancy Doble Berbrick, age 105

Born in Bayside, Long Island, N.Y. Nancy Doble Berbrick was the daughter of Ralph Nelson Doble and Blanche Becker Doble. After seven years her...

Nicholas Dadoly

Nicholas Dadoly, 91, of Harwich, MA, died June 3, 2026. Born in Dracut, MA, on May 15, 1935, he was the son of the late Konstantine and Efthymia...

Alice Holland Webster 1932-2026

Alice Holland Webster of South Chatham, Mass., and formerly of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, died March 3 at home, surrounded by family and under...

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Norway and Iraq played a group stage match in Foxborough on June 16 during the 2026 FIFA World Cup. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTO

World Cup In Boston An Invigorating, Unifying Time

FOXBOROUGH – The Cape Cod Chronicle’s intrepid sports reporter (me, somehow) got a chance to see one of the World Cup games being held in our fair...

Other Local Sports

Orleans Surf’s Mackenzie Bowers steps into a kick against Falmouth during early-season Cape Cod Women’s Soccer League play last Thursday. Falmouth won 5-1. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTOS

Summer A Learning Experience For Monomoy Goalkeeper On Cape Cod...

FALMOUTH – The goalkeeper position in soccer is already hard — perhaps the toughest on the pitch. To perform between the posts behind just seven...

Samuel Higgins rises for a header during Mid-Cape United’s 1-0 loss against AC Independence on June 10. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTO

Late Goal Decides Mid-Cape United Home Opener Against League’s Best...

HARWICH – For nearly 90 minutes, Mid-Cape United hung with AC Independence during the former’s home opener at Monomoy Regional High School on June...

Caroline Keeffe-Jones, an Orleans native, helped Brown win the College Sailing Open Fleet Race National Championship in May and also received the sport’s award for best crew of the year. PHOTOS COURTESY CAROLINE KEEFFE-JONES

Orleans Native Wins Collegiate Sailing National Championship,...

Growing up on the Cape, Caroline Keeffe-Jones was always the skipper — the driver — when she sailed. An Orleans native, Keeffe-Jones had only ever...

Athlete of the Week

Chatham Anglers third baseman Gabe Fraser (Florida State/transfer portal) had a 4 for 5, two-homer, six-RBI performance Thursday in a 17-2 win against Cotuit and didn’t stop hitting in the days following. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTO

Athlete of the Week: Gabe Fraser

CHATHAM – Chatham Anglers third baseman Gabe Fraser (Florida State/transfer portal) went certifiably nuclear last week.The barrage began with a...

Adam Magpoc (San Diego State) became the Brewster Whitecaps’ career stolen bases leader Sunday with a pair of steals against the Falmouth Commodores. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTO

Athlete Of The Week: Adam Magpoc

BREWSTER – Adam Magpoc (San Diego State) had already established himself as a permanent fixture in the record books of the Brewster Whitecaps when...

Cape Cod Baseball League

Born and raised in Sweden, Björn Johannessen, left, is an assistant coach on Chatham Anglers manager Dennis Cook’s staff this season. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTO

Swedish Baseball’s Björn Johannessen Touches Down In Chatham

CHATHAM – Björn Johannessen kept calling and calling, but the baseball coach at Santa Barbara City College just wouldn’t pick up. Johannessen left...

Rayner Heinrich (Tarleton State) swings during the Orleans Firebirds’ 7-2 loss to Yarmouth-Dennis on Sunday. CAMPBELL MULLIGAN PHOTOS

Cape League: Former Big League Catcher Returns To Coach In Orleans

A trio of new players for Brewster walked into Stony Brook Field as the Whitecaps took on the Falmouth Commodores last Sunday.They wore street...

Our View: We Need More Sidewalks

Over this past weekend — a busy one, confirming that summer is in full blossom — we noticed several near misses of pedestrians and bicyclists by...

Letters To The Editor: June 25, 2026

A Tick Solution For The Cape?Editor:With changing climate and weather, tick season has lengthened, along with the window for disease, on the Cape...

Our View: Celebrating Freedom Means Facing Facts

In the countdown to our nation’s 250th Independence Day, Washington, D.C. is awash with flag-waving patriotism, albeit with the gilded Vegas-style...

Ping Michaels at the new pollinator garden she created for her Eagle Scout project. COURTESY PHOTO

Brewster Pollinator Garden Planted By Nauset High School Teen

BREWSTER – The corner of AP Newcomb and Abbey Road is sporting a new garden, thanks to the work of Ping Michaels and the Brewster Conservation...

More Bidding Problems With 90 Bridge St.

CHATHAM – In order to preserve access to state grant funds, officials authorized the purchase of only a portion of the equipment needed for the...

Chatham Health Division Coordinator Dianne Langlois will retire on June 26.

After 38 Years, Health Division Coordinator Dianne Langlois To Retire

CHATHAM – After 38 years as the gatekeeper for the town’s health division, Dianne Langlois has learned a lot about septic systems, sanitary codes...

Remember When June 25, 2026

Shellfish shanties along the Oyster River in Chatham, circa 1970s. PETER SMOLENS PHOTO/POSTCARD

Remember When June 18, 2026

Sears Park in Chatham, circa 1980.

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