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Select Board Seeks Clarity On Conflicting Claims About Nauset Project

27 January 2021 By: Ed Maroney Several of these signs are out along Route 6A in Brewster, whose select board and finance committee were scheduled to host a summit meeting Monday night with members of the regional school committee, high school building committee, and Nauset administration. ED MARONEY PHOTO ORLEANS Confusing and conflicting information from both sides of the debate over the proposed renovation and expansion of Nauset Regional High School is roiling the waters in the four district towns. What appeared to be a final word (“No”) on further funding extensions from the Massachusetts State Building Authority was actually much more nuanced. Claims that approving the project at town meetings would require a two-thirds margin turn out be wrong.

Chequessett Chocolate Eyes Conversion of Former Newspaper Printery

The lingering aroma of printer’s ink may be succeeded by the scent of chocolate at 5 Namskaket Rd.  ED MARONEY PHOTO ORLEANS Seventy-five years ago, Jack and Laura Johnson of Truro cooked up an idea for a weekly newspaper. Under its second owner, Malcolm Hobbs, The Cape Codder built a headquarters at 5 Namskaket Rd. in with ample space for a printery, including a giant ink tank. The building would shake as a press operator announced each run: “Caaaaape Cod-uh!” The press is long gone, stilled and sold by an off-Cape corporation that came to own the paper. Today, the Codder is printed in Auburn, near Worcester, the old printery converted to a fitness and wellness center.

Orleans, Mass, looking at Prence Motel property for affordable housing

ORLEANS – Orleans is on an accelerated track o decide whether to purchase the Governor Prence Inn and use it for affordable housing. Town meeting voters in October agreed to spend up to $29,900 on a feasibility study to determine the best uses of the property, and Orleans has hired the Barrett Planning Group to conduct it. The group must report back to the Select Board by Jan. 29. Orleans entered a letter of intent with the owners that will allow the town to negotiate a purchase and sale agreement by the May town meeting, pending the outcome of the feasibility study. The Governor Prence Inn operated on Route 6A in downtown Orleans from 1959 to 2019. It didn’t open last year due to the pandemic and the owners approached the town about a possible purchase.  

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