Timothy J. Wood

May 7, 2024 | capecodchronicle.com | Timothy J. Wood

A projection of the completed 90 Bridge St. project. Voters will be asked to approve a $11.4 million waterfront infrastructure bond to help cover the cost to finish the project. FILE PHOTO CHATHAM – A new Chatham Airport approach map, authorization of a new bond to pay for waterfront infrastructure, funding to upgrade the transfer station and a proposal to pay property owners to rent or live in their homes year round are among the highlights of Monday's 47-article annual town meeting warrant.

Apr 30, 2024 | capecodchronicle.com | Timothy J. Wood

Chatham doesn’t allow private shellfish grants, and the shellfish advisory committee decided last week not to rescind that policy. FILE PHOTO CHATHAM – There is one private aquaculture grant in town, and it’s likely to remain that way, at least for the time being. After a lengthy discussion, members of the shellfish advisory committee last week agreed to table a proposal to repeal the section of the town’s shellfish regulations which prohibit private grants.

Apr 24, 2024 | capecodchronicle.com | Timothy J. Wood

Browsers comb through books at last year’s Book and Media Swap. FILE PHOTO Last year saw many DVDs and video tapes available at the swap. FILE PHOTO Previous Next CHATHAM – After a hiatus due to the pandemic, last year’s Book and Media Swap was possibly the biggest ever; boxes and boxes of items were donated by residents who had used the lockdown to weed out their book and movie collections.

Apr 17, 2024 | capecodchronicle.com | Timothy J. Wood

LeeBeth, a 14-foot female great white shark, was tagged off South Carolina last summer. ATLANTIC WHITE SHARK CONSERVANCY PHOTO CHATHAM – Cape Cod isn’t the only place that’s seen an increase in the sightings of great white sharks. Researchers from Canada to Florida have been photographing and tagging the apex predators in recent years, and that’s helped the Chatham-based Atlantic White Shark Conservancy (AWSC) boost its catalog of individual white sharks to more than 700.

Apr 16, 2024 | capecodchronicle.com | Timothy J. Wood

Treatment facilities like this one will be needed to remove PFAS from public water supplies. Chatham recently awarded a contract to build a treatment facility after PFAS was detected in two town wells. EPA PHOTO CHATHAM – While PFAS levels coming directly out of one town well are slightly above new federal standards for the so-called forever chemicals, treating and blending the water brings the reading down to an undetectable level, according to officials.