I didn’t think I needed the potato clock. I mean, everything I really need is close by: I can buy my printer paper across the street from here. If I […]
Orleans
ROAD TRIP
Far Out Is Closer Than You Think
In Orleans, a foray into vinyl, potato power, and other ways to change the world
I didn’t think I needed the potato clock. I mean, everything I really need is close by: I can buy my printer paper across the street from here. If I […]
SCHOOLS
Nauset Students Advocate for Drama Teacher’s Return
Although Hamilton’s contract won’t be renewed, school committee says program is not at risk
ORLEANS — Eight students filed into the bright yellow Nauset Room at the middle school here during the May 22 meeting of the Nauset Regional School Committee. Three more appeared […]
BLUE ECONOMY
Rock Harbor Redevelopment Is Delayed by Weather
With a new bulkhead installed, wharf will be operational by mid-June
ORLEANS — The wharf renovation on the Orleans side of Rock Harbor that was expected to be completed by early May won’t be finished before the summer boating season begins, […]
IMPROVEMENTS
As Seasonal Workers Arrive, Seashore Park Inn Becomes Habitable
Town officials say new owners are on track to meet health and safety requirements
ORLEANS — Seasonal workers have begun arriving on Cape Cod to provide much-needed support for the region’s businesses over the summer. “We expect to have close to 5,000 this summer, […]
HOLDING SPACE
When a Maker Sets Up Shop
A collective in Orleans invites everyone in for ‘low stakes’ crafting
When Mariah Fidalgo and her husband, Tom Rommé, came to visit her parents in her hometown of Orleans in the spring of 2020, they packed for a two-week stay. They […]
MEET THE MAKER
Making a Scallop Dredge, Al Youngren-Style
In the Orleans workshop of a veteran fisherman who knows all the angles
ORLEANS — On a rusty table fashioned from what once held the shaft of a windmill, Al Youngren sketches the outline of a scallop dredge with a piece of white […]
HOUSING
Lottery Open for 62 Affordable Units at ‘Phare’ in Orleans
Apartments are being built on land sold by Cape Cod 5 to for-profit developer Pennrose
This article was updated on March 4. ORLEANS — Applications are now open for a new affordable housing development at the site of the old Cape Cod 5 Bank headquarters […]
OBJECT STUDY
Vases, Tins, and Jugs That Forever Give
An exhibition of 22 artists in Orleans explores the influence of Giorgio Morandi
Kevin Rita, owner of Garvey Rita Art & Antiques in Orleans, went to Bologna, Italy last fall and visited Museo Morandi, a museum dedicated to the work of Italian painter […]
NAUSET SCHOOLS
Glenn Brand Is Unanimous Choice for Superintendent
Pending contract negotiations, he will succeed Brooke Clenchy on July 1
ORLEANS — The Nauset Regional School Committee and members of the four town elementary school committees that make up the Nauset district voted unanimously last week to offer the superintendent’s […]
REAL ESTATE
Bank Sells Mortgage on Troubled Seashore Park Inn
Tech entrepreneurs now hold the note on a motel used for seasonal worker housing
ORLEANS — Software entrepreneurs Patricia and Thomas R. Kennedy, who live in Miami Beach, Fla. but own properties in Brewster and Harwich, have purchased the mortgage note for the financially […]
EARTH KEEPERS
Middle Schoolers Study Indigenous Past and Present
Farming, cooking, and time outdoors are part of ‘place-based education’
ORLEANS — A pair of place-based education classes at Nauset Regional Middle School aim to help students gain a deeper understanding of their home by putting Indigenous knowledge at the […]
RECREATION
Orleans OKs First Step in $32M Eldredge Park Renovation
A master plan calls for the town and regional schools to collaborate
ORLEANS — A planned $32-million overhaul of recreation facilities and playing fields at Eldredge Park and on the grounds of the Nauset Regional Middle School and Orleans Elementary School has […]
ON THE BALLOT
‘Dark Money,’ Wind Power, and Question No. 7
A Hingham man’s solo campaign is behind a nonbinding referendum
ORLEANS — Until they saw the roadside signs urging them to “Vote NO Question 7,” most Outer Cape voters had no idea there was a seventh question on the Nov. […]
RIGHT TO FARM
Orleans Agricultural Council Tosses Out Proposed Rules
Local backyard farmers show up and push back
ORLEANS — The flap over the noisy roosters in this “right to farm” town may not be over, but the agricultural advisory council’s plan to institute some requirements on local […]
