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Chatham board stalls vote on Penrose housing plan
Chatham Zoning Board delays vote on 42-unit Penrose affordable housing plan over sidewalk dispute.
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Chatham panel continues Wayside Inn tent permit
Chatham panel delays Wayside Inn tent renewal over historic district fit.
Obituaries
Obituary notices, week of August 10, 2026 through August 16, 2026
Two Chatham obituaries were posted this week: Avellar, Eric Nelson, 62, and Mitchell, Stephen W., 73, both of Chatham, Massachusetts, who died August 8, 2026. Mitchell's arrangements are with Nickerson Funeral Home of Chatham; Avellar's are with Chapman Family Funeral Homes of South Yar…
Obituaries
Obituary notices, week of July 27, 2026 through August 2, 2026
One Chatham obituary was published this week: Schock, Peter Taggart Jr., 38, of Chatham, who died July 28, 2026. His notice was posted through Nickerson Funeral Home and listed on Echovita's Chatham, Massachusetts obituary index. No biographical detail beyond his age and date of death, …
Obituaries
Obituary notices, week of 2026-07-20 through 2026-07-26
Two Chatham, Massachusetts obituary notices were published this week: Vario, John Peter, 70, who died July 20, 2026, and Dell, Glen A., 90, who died July 23, 2026. Both notices were posted through Nickerson Funeral Home of Chatham and listed on Echovita. No additional biographical or se…
Sports
Chatham Soccer League has opened registration for its Spring 2026 season.
Chatham Soccer League, the town's volunteer youth soccer nonprofit since 1993, has opened registration for its Spring 2026 season. CSL's recreational program serves players ages 3 to 14 each fall and spring and also offers pickup soccer and camps at other times of year. The league descr…
Obituaries
Obituary notices, week of July 13 through July 19, 2026
Two Chatham obituaries were published this week: Devlin, Bruce Wayne, 69, and Eaves, Robert H., 94. Both died in mid-July 2026 and were of Chatham, Massachusetts; both notices were posted through Nickerson Funeral Home via Echovita. No other Chatham-resident obituaries were found this w…
Real Estate
Chatham real estate data gap leaves sales trends unreported this period
No deed transfer data was available from the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds for Chatham properties recorded June 19 through July 18, 2026. As a result, Chatham Townbrief cannot report sales counts, price ranges, top transactions or neighborhood trends for this period. This gap refl…
Obituaries
Obituary notices, week of July 6, 2026 through July 12, 2026
One Chatham obituary was published during the week of July 6–12, 2026: McDermott, Mary, 72, of Chatham, who died July 7, 2026. Funeral arrangements are under the care of Nickerson Funeral Home. No additional biographical details were available from the scraped source text; the full obit…
Morning Brief
Chatham Enters Fourth of July Weekend With Quiet News Cycle
Chatham heads into Independence Day weekend with municipal offices closed and no substantive local news in the coverage window. No town hall, school, library, or community-organization announcements reached the Townbrief Chatham inbox for Friday, July 3. Residents are encouraged to visi…
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