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Orleans Water Board Adopts Sewer Abatement Policy, Backs $5.2 Million in Town Meeting Articles

ORLEANS — April 15, 2026 — Orleans water and sewer board unanimously adopts its first formal sewer abatement policy and endorses $5.2 million in town meeting articles. The Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners voted 6-0 at its April 15 meeting to establish a policy allowing credits on sewer bills

Orleans EDC Backs First-Ever $150,000 Economic Development Budget Line at Town Meeting

ORLEANS — April 14, 2026 — Orleans Economic Development Committee backs first-ever $150,000 town budget line for economic development. The committee, meeting April 14, expressed unanimous support for a proposed FY27 appropriation that Economic Development Communications Director Amanda said would fund the town's first standalone economic development budget

Orleans Planning Board Advances Growth Incentive Zone Study for Downtown Development

ORLEANS — April 14, 2026 — Orleans Planning Board explores Cape Cod Commission Growth Incentive Zone to boost downtown investment. Assistant Planner Elizabeth Jenkins told the board at its April 14 meeting that current Cape Cod Commission Development of Regional Impact thresholds — mandatory review at 10,000 square feet of commercial space,

Orleans School Committee Votes to Open Kindergarten to Outside Students for First Time

ORLEANS — April 13, 2026 — Orleans School Committee votes to participate in school choice for the first time in at least seven years. The committee voted unanimously Monday to open six kindergarten seats to non-resident students under the state's inter-district school choice program for fiscal year 2027

Orleans Fire Rescue Building Committee Schedules May Meeting Amid $60M Budget Debate

ORLEANS — April 13, 2026 — Orleans fire station budget could reach $60 million as committee weighs design and sewer questions. The Orleans Fire Rescue Building Committee received a conceptual project development budget Monday showing total costs of $52 million to $60 million for a new fire station — well above the $45

Orleans ARC Approves CVS Sign Swap, Clarifies It Cannot Force Lighting Upgrades

ORLEANS — April 9, 2026 — Orleans Architectural Review Committee approves CVS sign update and confronts limits of its lighting enforcement authority. The board voted 4-0 at its April 9 meeting to approve a logo refresh for CVS Pharmacy at 108 Route 6A, permitting the chain's updated heart-emblem

Orleans Finance Panel Backs Water-Use Database as Basis for Sewer Nitrogen Credits

ORLEANS — April 9, 2026 — Orleans Finance Committee receives favorable water-use database analysis ahead of town meeting sewer vote. Consultant Mike Giggey presented findings from a five-year water consumption database covering 24 Pleasant Bay sub-watersheds, concluding the data are statistically consistent enough to serve as the formal basis

Orleans Historical Commission Votes to Review Hundreds of Unprotected Historic Properties

ORLEANS — April 8, 2026 — Orleans Historical Commission moves to close a gap leaving dozens of pre-1900 buildings unprotected from demolition. The commission voted 5-0 at its April 8 meeting to form a subcommittee — the chair and member Charles Ellis — to evaluate a proposal by contracted architectural historian Eric

Snow Library Trustees Back Community Refrigerator Funded by Barnstable County Grant

ORLEANS — April 7, 2026 — Snow Library trustees signal support for a Health Department-backed free community refrigerator to be installed in the library vestibule. At the April 7 meeting, Heather Holbrook, assistant health agent with Orleans Health and Human Services, and Alex Fitch presented the plan, which would place a

Orleans Conservation Commission approves Grieco pool, Roberge seawall work in unanimous votes

ORLEANS — April 7, 2026 — Orleans Conservation Commission continues lakeside teardown, approves pool and seawall work in packed April 7 session. The six-member commission, chaired by Drusilla Henson with Conservation Agent John Jannell, voted 6-0 on all formal actions at its April 7 meeting in the Nauset Room. The

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