Orleans sewer project, rates, taxes and betterments up for discussion
These decisions could stretch 30 years into the future and affect every Orleans resident, so taxpayers are encouraged to attend a public hearing soon.
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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 last week. “And then after 2007 when the cut occurred we shortened those windows to three-year ...