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CHATHAM – There’s a new place for kids to play outdoors in town, and soon, there will be a new place for adults, too. A new playground at Volunteer Park in West Chatham is now complete, and the finishing touches are being applied to a new pickleball court off Stepping Stones Road.

Grammy Award winning jazz musician and actor Harry Connick Jr. is parting ways with his Cape Cod vacation home. The waterfront 5,308-square-foot mansion at 23 Oyster Pond Lane in Chatham has hit the market with a listing for $12.5 million. Connick and his wife, actress and former model Jill Goodacre, bought the mansion in 2006 for $5.6 million.

Mother-daughter design duo Hunter Hill conjures a sentimental summer-camp vibe in a Cape Cod guest bedroom. Sign up for our weekly home and property newsletter, featuring homes for sale, neighborhood happenings, and more. Karen Cacciatore has never experienced sleepaway camp, but she adores a summer-camp aesthetic. The cozy but breezy...

One of the most successful pirates of all time died at sea in a dramatic storm, leaving all his treasure buried under the ocean floor. Hundreds of years later, a Cape Cod man followed a real-life treasure map to find it — and now you can go to his museum to see real-life pirate booty.

As the unofficial start to the summer arrives, experts are warning of an increase in shark activity along the popular Memorial Day weekend spot in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.  Researchers with the New England Aquarium on Thursday issued an advisory for people returning to the pristine waters on Cape Cod. John Chisholm, an adjunct scientist at the Aquarium’s Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life, said that while researchers have not spotted a white shark this season, they are certain of their presence. Daring grandma makes 17-hour swim in shark-infested waters off San Francisco “Although we haven’t seen a white shark just yet this season, we know they’re here,”...

Meet Rosco, the seasoned veteran of sniffing out good times and enjoying leisurely strolls like a true connoisseur! This Texas senior may have a few miles on his paws, but let me tell ya, he’s still got plenty of pep in his step and a whole lot of love to give.

Cape Symphony Executive Director Michael Albaugh says they’ve sorted through hundreds of applicants, but have finally found their 5 finalists to potentially take over as Artistic Director for the organization. Each will guest conduct a portion of the upcoming season, which is jam packed for what Albaugh says will be another exciting year. See the candidates here.

He's a beloved singer/actor who has spent summers on Cape Cod for nearly 20 years. Now Harry Connick Jr. has listed his five-bedroom home in Chatham for $12.5 million. Celebrities love spending the summer on the Cape. The Farrelly Brothers own several homes on the Cape, Meg Ryan has summered there multiple times and Taylor Swift even purchased a Hyannis Port house (for a few months anyway).

Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start of summer and a time to be on the lookout for sharks

Cape Symphony Executive Director Michael Albaugh says they’ve sorted through hundreds of applicants, but have finally found their 5 finalists to potentially take over as Artistic Director for the organization. Each will guest conduct a portion of the upcoming season, which is jam packed for what Albaugh says will be another exciting year. See the […] The post VIDEO: Sunday Journal – Cape Symphony Finalizes Artistic Director Candidates, 2024 Season, and more appeared first on CapeCod.com.

BOSTON — Multiple shark sightings and animals found with shark bites prompted the New England Aquarium to issue a warning to Massachusetts beachgoers ahead of Memorial Day weekend. This week, a fishing charter company spotted a minke whale with a shark bite off Chatham and one of the aquarium's...

As expected with the first week of May, striper fishing around Cape Cod and the Islands has really taken off. Tuesday’s new moon saw the start of some widespread worm hatches on the Upper Cape, which will probably fizzle out by the weekend. However, points east and north on the Lower and Outer Cape may still have that to look forward to. If you can afford to spend 30 minutes by the water’s edge at sunset, don’t hesitate to do so. The backwaters are teeming with life. Buzzards Bay is still ablaze with hungry stripers feeding on top in the mornings and evenings, and soon enough, the beaches of Vineyard and Nantucket Sounds will be seeing bigger bass moving in and out of the estuaries as squid set up in the rips.

PROVINCETOWN – Another blow has been reported for the critically endangered North Atlantic right whales that calls the Cape and Islands home. The remains of an adult individual were found about 75 miles off the southeastern shore of Nova Scotia. Cause of death has not been determined, but it’s...

Gail Sullivan of Studio G Architects discusses her firm’s involvement in creating affordable housing at Maurice Campground. She emphasizes that shelter is only one function of housing. Many tradesmen need storage for the equipment vital to their work. Their families want outdoor space for children to play. As more needs are met through architectural planning, […] The post SHORT: When architecture fosters community, a house serves as much more than just shelter appeared first on CapeCod.com.

ORLEANS – Christian Epps could have picked any animal, but he chose to be a raccoon, at least for a day. The Orleans Elementary School student was just one of many first graders who spent the last few months researching and preparing a presentation on their favorite animal as part of the school’s annual wax museum project.

ORLEANS, Mass. — It's the first of its kind dolphin hospital. The International Fund for Animal Welfare opened it in Orleans this past fall, as experts said there is a need for it. “We’ve known that we need this for six years,” said Brian Sharpe, the director of the...

The article adopting a new approach zone map for Chatham Airport, on the warrant of Monday’s annual town meeting in Chatham, seems a logical step in bringing the facility in line with current state and federal regulations and standards. The previous map dates from 1958; the fact that it hasn’t been updated until now is a head scratcher, since the Federal Aviation Administration-approved approach changed years ago. Previous airport commissions obviously fell down on the job. Replacing the map is an administrative correction that won’t change how aircraft take off and land at Chatham Airport, and will not change the types of planes that can use the facility (that’s governed by the length of the runway). The change will technically add about 360 full or partial properties to the approach zone, although those parcels were, as far as the FAA is concerned, there already. Those owners who may have trees on their properties that do or could intrude on airspace have already been notified, according to the commission. Approving the new map won’t change the current plan to remove trees within the vertical glide path; frankly, we’re stunned that anyone would oppose that, since it has a direct bearing on safety on the ground and in the air, which is, ostensibly, the chief concern of airport critics. Town meeting should approve the new map, and critics should bring their concerns about the vegetation removal process to the Cape Cod Commission, which will soon hold a hearing on the town’s referral.

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