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Robert A. Welsh III, the first justice presiding in Orleans District Court, is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday in Brighton Municipal Court on two charges of assault and battery. FILE PHOTO

Orleans Judge Charged With Assault and Battery

ORLEANS – Orleans District Court’s top judge has been placed on administrative duty as he faces charges of assault and battery. The Suffolk County...

Randi Potash and supporters outside the polls Tuesday. TIM WOOD PHOTO

Potash Wins Seat On Chatham Select Board

CHATHAM – Topping a four-candidate field, Randi Potash won a three-year term on the select board in Thursday’s annual town election. Based on...

CBI Farm Manager Shane Chambers with his Persian cucumbers. RICH ELDRED PHOTOS

From Sprouts To Support: Inn Farm Partnership Feeds The Hungry

BREWSTER – Sprouts have sprung across the Cape, and while seeds are started, not everyone has the acreage for gardening. With that in mind, the...

This aerial photo shows the town’s section of North Beach on the right. That part of the beach lacks regulations governing large gatherings. SPENCER KENNARD PHOTO

Gap Leaves Gatherings On North Beach Unregulated

CHATHAM – Gatherings of more than 20 people on North Beach Island require a special permit from the police department. Parties, weddings and...

The new water treatment plant off Training Field Road. TIM WOOD PHOTOS

New Treatment Plant Aims To Protect Chatham’s Drinking Water; Open...

CHATHAM – In a newly built, nondescript brick building off Training Field Road, final preparations are underway to start an operation that will...

Our View: A Healthy Cultural Life

Members of The Chronicle staff had a blast last Thursday at Cape Rep Theatre in Brewster. “Chronicle Night” allowed theater patrons to mingle with our staff prior to the...

The revised site plan for the proposed Pennrose affordable housing development on Meetinghouse Road in Chatham. CROWLEY COTTRELL/PENNROSE GRAPHIC

New Meetinghouse Road Plans Draw Praise, Criticism

CHATHAM – New plans for the 42-unit affordable housing development on Meetinghouse Road garnered both praise and criticism at a zoning board of...

A rendering of the Pennrose project at 456 Queen Anne Road and the location of the overflow parking that would be provided on affordable housing trust land. PENNROSE GRAPHIC

Trust To Provide Off-site Parking For Pennrose Project

by William F. GalvinHARWICH – The affordable housing trust has agreed to use a section of its land outside the 5.4 acres it is leasing to Pennrose...

Town Clerk Emily Mitchell conducted election equipment testing on Thursday, May 7 as required by state regulations before elections. WILLIAM F. GALVIN PHOTO

Voters Go To The Polls Tuesday In Harwich

HARWICH – The annual town elections will get underway on Tuesday, May 19 at 7 a.m. at the community center. While there is only one contested race...

Nauset senior Violet Roche will end her high school athletic career with the school records for every jumping event across indoor and outdoor track and field. PHOTO COURTESY BILL JOHNSON/AFTERITCLICKS

Nauset Track Record Holder Concluding Storied Career

NORTH EASTHAM – One of the very first times Violet Roche ever jumped during a track and field meet, she gashed her leg open. A freshman at that...

Select board vice chair Jeffrey Dykens addressed town meeting Monday. TIM WOOD PHOTO

Town Meeting Sends Mixed Signals On Housing

CHATHAM – Voters at Monday’s annual town meeting were supportive of locally sponsored affordable housing projects but refused to provide funds for...

Tim Counihan speaks from town meeting floor during Monday night’s annual town meeting in Orleans. CAMPBELL MULLIGAN PHOTO

Orleans Voters OK Fire Station Construction

ORLEANS – There’s little argument that Orleans needs a new fire station. But at an estimated cost of $55 million, many in attendance at Monday’s...

A total of 586 voters attended Monday’s annual town meeting at the Monomoy Regional Middle School gymnasium. TIM WOOD PHOTO

CFAL Funding, Airport Study Approved; Voters Endorse RTE Delay

CHATHAM – A round of applause greeted approval of funding to complete the expansion and renovation of the Center for Active Living during Monday’s...

Bearberry is in bloom everywhere right now. MARY RICHMOND PHOTO

Nature Connection: Finding Spring In All The Right Places

Spring is such a fickle season here on the Cape. It’s true that some years the herring arrive ahead of the shadbush coming into bloom and the...

Main Street Mahjong owner Jill Boudreau inside her Chatham shop, which opened in November 2025. ELIZABETH VAN WYE PHOTOS

Chatham Shop Taps Into The Mahjong Craze

CHATHAM – The game of mahjong, developed in China in the 19th century and popularized in the US in the 1920s, is riding a phenomenal wave of...

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