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These decisions could stretch 30 years into the future and affect every Orleans resident, so taxpayers are encouraged to attend a public hearing soon.

The Orleans Select Board is seeking to salvage what they can from the joint dredging of Nauset Harbor and inlet with Eastham

The Select Board is now considering new rules and licensing for short-term rentals.

The proposed dredging, to enable fishermen and recreational boaters to safely reach the inlet, is about to enter permitting.

Rich Eldred The Cape Codder ORLEANS -- Orleans and Chatham are renegotiating their agreement on how to divvy up the revenue from off-road-vehicle permit sales for Nauset Beach South, with Chatham looking for a bigger share of those receipts. Just as the stormy seas have carved up the outer beach and Monomoy Island, the waves have sliced and diced the agreements of seasons past. “Historically we had five-year agreements with Chatham,” Town Administrator John Kelly reminded the select board...

ORLEANS — Itll cost more in boat fees to cruise in and out of Rock Harbor this summer, but probably not as much as anticipated when rate hike discussions began a few weeks back. The town was seeking to make operational costs for revenue-generating activities, such as moorings, Nauset and Skaket beaches, the transfer station, the (future) sewer and the harbor, transparent and, hopefully, self-supporting through the use of enterprise funds.  However, having the boat fees account for even jus...

Nauset Supt. Tom Conrad will retire in June after close to three decades with the system. CHRONICLE FILE PHOTO ORLEANS — Tom Conrad’s long service to the Nauset Public Schools, first as principal of the high school and then as superintendent, will end with his retirement in June. Conrad shared the news at a joint meeting of the Nauset school committees Feb. 3. “I have been truly blessed to be in public education over 43 years, 29 of which in the Nauset system,” he said. “I am totally...

27 January 2021 By: Ed Maroney Several of these signs are out along Route 6A in Brewster, whose select board and finance committee were scheduled to host a summit meeting Monday night with members of the regional school committee, high school building committee, and Nauset administration. ED MARONEY PHOTO ORLEANS — Confusing and conflicting information from both sides of the debate over the proposed renovation and expansion of Nauset Regional High School is roiling t...

The lingering aroma of printer’s ink may be succeeded by the scent of chocolate at 5 Namskaket Rd.  ED MARONEY PHOTO ORLEANS — Seventy-five years ago, Jack and Laura Johnson of Truro cooked up an idea for a weekly newspaper. Under its second owner, Malcolm Hobbs, The Cape Codder built a headquarters at 5 Namskaket Rd. in with ample space for a printery, including a giant ink tank. The building would shake as a press operator announced each run: “Caaaaape Cod-uh!” The press is long gone...

ORLEANS – Orleans is on an accelerated track o decide whether to purchase the Governor Prence Inn and use it for affordable housing. Town meeting voters in October agreed to spend up to $29,900 on a feasibility study to determine the best uses of the property, and Orleans has hired the Barrett Planning Group to conduct it. The group must report back to the Select Board by Jan. 29. Orleans entered a letter of intent with the owners that will allow the town to negotiate a purchase and sale agr...