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Orleans Natural Resources Committee Hears Pleasant Bay Survey Update, Herring Run Design Progress

ORLEANS — May 21, 2026 — Orleans Natural Resources Advisory Committee hears Pleasant Bay survey pitch and herring run design update. Owen Nichols of the Center for Coastal Studies told the committee at its May 21 meeting that a Friends of Pleasant Bay-funded 18-month ecological survey is just getting underway

Orleans ZBA Approves Thompson's Printing Permit, Opens 78-Unit Affordable Housing Hearing

ORLEANS — May 20, 2026 — Orleans ZBA opens first hearing on 78-unit affordable housing complex, declines safe harbor petition in 3-2 vote. The Orleans Zoning Board of Appeals unanimously approved a special permit at its May 20 meeting for Thompson's Printing to relocate to 102 South Orleans

Orleans Select Board Reorganizes Under New Chair Matt Runyon, Hears $2.8 Million DIF Pitch

ORLEANS — May 20, 2026 — Orleans Select Board reorganizes under new chair and receives DIF feasibility report projecting $824,000 in downtown economic development revenues within five years. At Wednesday's meeting, the board unanimously installed Matt Runyon as chair, Michael Hermann as vice chair, Mark Matheson as clerk, Kevin

Orleans Water Board Maintains Drought Restrictions, Awaits June State Report to Reassess

ORLEANS — May 20, 2026 — Orleans water board holds tight drought restrictions as residents push for looser watering rules. The Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners voted to maintain its Level 2 water restrictions at its May 20 meeting, declining to ease them despite a state drought task force upgrading Orleans

Orleans Conservation Commission Continues Boathouse Hearing to June 16

ORLEANS — May 19, 2026 — Orleans Conservation Commission continues contested Pleasant Bay boathouse case, approves three other actions. The commission voted 7-0 Tuesday to continue a Notice of Intent filed on behalf of Shawn Delude for a proposed renovation of a historic boathouse at 0 South Orleans Road — a structure

Orleans School Committee Approves Minutes, Draws $138,000 From Special Education Stabilization Fund

ORLEANS — May 18, 2026 — Orleans School Committee honors 30-year veteran chair and closes a special education budget gap with a $138,000 stabilization fund draw. At its May 18 meeting at Orleans Town Hall, the committee paid tribute to outgoing chair Gail Breer, whose service as principal, assistant superintendent,

Orleans CPC unanimously reinstates $26,620 Northwest Schoolhouse grant at brief meeting

ORLEANS — May 18, 2026 — Orleans Community Preservation Committee reinstates $26,620 schoolhouse grant in a meeting of minutes. The committee voted 5-0 on May 18 to reinstate grant 591-to-5L for the Northwest Schoolhouse, keeping $26,620 in Community Preservation Act funds active and available. The brief session

Orleans Panel Approves Bagels Shop Sign After Contentious Lighting Bylaw Deadlock

ORLEANS — May 14, 2026 — Orleans Architectural Review Committee approves Route 6A bagel shop sign after a tied vote unravels. The committee, chaired by Acting Chair Steve Salley and including members Richard Moranjel, Carol Marsh, Paige McMahon, Andrew, and Kelly, spent the bulk of its May 14 meeting debating whether to

Orleans Wastewater Panel Unanimously Backs Pleasant Bay Permit Agreement Update

ORLEANS — May 14, 2026 — Orleans wastewater panel backs Pleasant Bay permit update and mulls summer betterment preview. The Wastewater Management Advisory Committee voted 6-0 at its May 14 meeting to recommend that the Select Board approve an updated inter-municipal agreement tied to the Pleasant Bay watershed permit, which

Orleans Voters Approve $55 Million Fire Station Bond 365 to 154

ORLEANS — May 11, 2026 — Orleans voters authorized up to $55 million to build a new fire rescue station, passing the measure 365 to 154 at the May 11 Annual Town Meeting at Nauset Middle School. Fire Chief Jeff Deering told the roughly 500 voters present that the existing 1987 station

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