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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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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...

Family Pantry volunteers sort donated clothing. FIONA MCFARLAND PHOTO

Nothing Is Left To Waste At Second Glance Thrift Store

WEST HARWICH – The Second Glance Thrift Store off of Route 28 is an impressive space. Racks of clothing and jewelry greet the eye when you first...

Members of the Effortless Steppa, a Brockton-based dance group, perform at last year’s festival.

Cape Verdean Festival In Brooks Park On Saturday

HARWICH – After its upstart performance at the World Cup, Cape Verde will be in the spotlight locally this weekend.The eighth annual Cape Verdean...

Jeff Gregg of GHD, Inc, the town sewer engineers, presented an updated comprehensive wastewater plan to town officials on Monday. WILLIAM F. GALVIN PHOTO

Wanted: Sewer Treatment, Discharge Spots

HARWICH – The town needs to lock down a means of treatment for its wastewater and identify locations where it will place its effluent recharge,...

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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 lunches...

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...

Orleans Health and Human Services Director Alex Fitch updates the select board July 1 on plans for a new regional strategic planning committee to help the towns of Orleans, Brewster, Chatham, Harwich and Dennis collaboratively utilize their opioid abatement funding. RYAN BRAY PHOTO

Towns Seek Collaborative Approach On Opioid Abatement; Five-Town...

ORLEANS – Communities across Cape Cod have been receiving opioid abatement funding since 2022, the result of a class action lawsuit filed against...

Winona Demello Kangas and Leppelin Brown paint shells provided by the Friends of Pleasant Bay at Brewster Conservation Day, held last Saturday. Sponsored by the Brewster Conservation Trust and held at the Sea Camps Bay Property, the theme of this year’s event was “Conservation Begins at Home.” CAMPBELL MULLIGAN PHOTOS

Bringing The Conservation Message Home

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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...

Most of the bottlenose dolphins that stranded on Cape Cod Bay beaches earlier this week were able to swim free at high tide, but five or six perished on the flats. ALAN POLLOCK PHOTOS

Rescuers Respond To Historic Dolphin Stranding

BREWSTER – While beachgoers sunbathed nearby, a drama unfolded on the shore of Cape Cod Bay earlier this week as rescuers responded to a historic...

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...

Laura Axelrod will portray Emily in “Our Town.”

With ‘Our Town,’ Shakespeare Fest Honors The Nation’s Anniversary

Would you be astonished to learn that one of the plays being performed in this month's Cape Cod Shakespeare Festival in Chatham (CCSFC) is not by...

Author Jenn Bouchard. COURTESY PHOTO

Summer Reads And Witchy Picture Books

This sizzling hot July, the beach is on everyone’s minds — even authors. For those who love novels set on Cape Cod and for those who love novels...

Celebrating the life of Jerry Gordon

Please join us in celebrating the life of Jerry Gordon Husband- Coach - Friend - PoppySaturday July 18,20262-6pmAt our home- the Nantucket...

Lee Gainey Edwards Dunbar

Cotuit- Lee Gainey Edwards Dunbar, 77, died peacefully while surrounded by family on June 30th after a courageous battle against cancer.Lee was the...

Susan Fuller (Briggs) Pierce

Susan Fuller (Briggs) Pierce, 81, passed away June 4, 2026. A nurse, artist, caregiver, and woman of deep faith, Susan devoted her life to helping...

Helping Neighbors

Other Local Sports

Nauset Storm’s Benjamin Kane dribbles toward Breakers FC’s Laird Parker during Nauset’s 11-0 win Sunday. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTOS

Nauset Storm Rally From Traffic-Induced Forfeit With Goal Frenzy

NORTH EASTHAM – Everyone — everyone — knows how pervasive, infuriating and debilitating traffic on Cape Cod during the summer can be. That natural...

Mav Russo and Sandy Kelly stand near the net after winning the final match of the women’s advanced bracket at Friends of Chatham Pickleball’s second annual Picklefest tournament Saturday. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTOS

Winners Crowned, Charity Money Raised At Second Annual Chatham...

CHATHAM – Nearly 50 pickleballers dinked and slammed their way to glory Saturday during a competition for charity held by the game’s local sporting...

Athlete of the Week

Cody Holbert scored five times as part of Nauset Storm’s 11-0 win against Breakers FC on Sunday. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTO

Athlete Of The Week: Cody Holbert

NORTH EASTHAM – Cody Holbert seemed to genuinely not be able to miss the net during a five-goal output as part of Nauset Storm’s 11-0 win against...

Orleans first baseman Dominic Cadiz (UCLA), pictured at Fenway Park the day prior, went 6-for-6 with a home run and a walk-off base hit in the Firebirds’ 10-9 win over Chatham last Friday. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTO

Athlete Of The Week: Dominic Cadiz

ORLEANS – Firebirds first baseman Dominic Cadiz (UCLA) couldn’t be quieted at the plate Friday against Chatham in a game that, for Orleans, flipped...

Cape Cod Baseball League

Orleans manager Kelly Nicholson looks on as second baseman Adam Magpoc stands in the batter’s box against Yarmouth-Dennis last Saturday. Nicholson was Magpoc’s math teacher at Loyola High School in Los Angeles. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTOS

Math Teacher, Student Reunite As Manager, Player For Orleans Firebirds

ORLEANS – Walking around the halls of Loyola High School in Los Angeles, Adam Magpoc always knew his algebra teacher, Kelly Nicholson, was a...

Adrian Beltre Jr. (San Diego) stands on the infield dirt at Fenway Park during the Orleans Firebirds’ and the Cape Cod Baseball League’s day of workouts at the historic ballpark June 2. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTO

Fenway Day A Return To Familiar Place For Some Firebirds

BOSTON – For some participating players, the Cape Cod Baseball League’s Fenway Day on June 2 constituted their first ever visits to the historic...

Brady Miller, a Harwich native and Boston College student, made his first home start for the Mariners on Sunday against the Chatham Anglers. Harwich won, 3-2. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTOS

‘Awesome To Be On This Field’: Harwich Native Brady Miller Makes...

HARWICH – Brady Miller has played on these fields before. For Nauset at home at Eldredge Park and away at Dennis-Yarmouth’s Red Wilson Field, or in...

Our View: Letting Go

It’s easy to forget, given the extent of development on the Cape and the crowds that pour into the region in the summer, that we are surrounded by...

Letters To The Editor: July 16, 2026

Bike Regs Will Improve SafetyEditor:Recently The Cape Cod Chronicle published both an article by the Harwich Bikeways Committee and a letter from a...

Our View: A Misguided Decision

From the very first issue of the Chatham Shopper News, the precursor to The Cape Cod Chronicle, dated Dec. 1, 1965: “The five-corner intersection...

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...

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Chronicle Mailed Late This Week

Because of a software problem with the U.S. Postal Service, this week's edition of The Cape Cod Chronicle was mailed on Thursday, a day later than...

Remember When July 16, 2026

A view of Chatham Harbor from the fish pier, circa 1970. J. LAZARUS POSTCARD

Remember When July 9, 2026

Captain Eelgrass and Lady “Gull Diva” won the funniest entry award at the 1990 Chatham Independence Day parade. FILE PHOTO

Cape Cod Tech class of 2026 graduate Kaiel Smith speaks during the recent annual board meeting for Behavioral Health Innovators, a nonprofit that provides services to Cape youth experiencing mental health or substance use challenges. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTO

Teen Mental Health, Substance Use Support Group Marks 10 Years;...

PLEASANT LAKE – With more than 40 percent of Massachusetts teens reporting feelings of persistent sadness or hopelessness, an organization that...

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