Town Offices are closed on Monday, June 19th in honor of the Juneteenth holiday.

Beach Stickers Required June 23rd

Resident/Taxpayer beach stickers and Visitor beach passes will be required at the following guarded beaches from 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. from Friday, June 23rd through Sunday, September 3rd: Harding's Beach, Ridgevale Beach; Cockle Cove Beach, School House Pond (Resident/Taxpayer Only). 

Parking at the Lighthouse Beach Overlook is limited to 30 minutes. Vehicles displaying any Chatham Resident/Taxpayer sticker or beach Visitor pass may park in designated areas on Bridge Street from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. from July 1st through Labor Day to access Lighthouse Beach.

Resident/Taxpayer beach stickers and Visitor passes are available for purchase online  (choose resident or visitor options on the left of the screen). Resident/Taxpayer stickers are also available for purchase at the Sticker Office, Monday-Friday, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Sticker Office is located on the lower level of the Town Office Annex, 261 George Ryder Road.

Parking sign in front of a cinderblock structure

Eldredge Garage Project Update

The Eldredge Garage parking lot will be closed to all non-construction related vehicles beginning on Tuesday, June 20th for the demolition of the old gas station building. The work is expected to take 2-3 days.

Chatham Valet will be operating at the lot Saturday, June 17th through Monday, June 19th. Vehicles with a valid Chatham Resident/Taxpayer beach/transfer station/combination/recycling sticker can park at the lot for free.

Road Construction Next Week

Municipal Fish Pier

The upper and lower parking lots at the Fish Pier will be closed to parking during the overnight hours of 7 p.m. to 3 a.m. on Monday, June 19th (weather permitting) to allow for line painting.

Access on Barcliff Ave. Ext. will be restricted during painting of fog and centerlines.

Meetinghouse Road

Work is tentatively scheduled to continue at the Pump Station #3.

Crowell Road

Road work is expected to continue on Crowell Road between Lake Street and Kendrick Harvest Way. Paving is planned for Monday, June 19th and Thursday, June 22nd with curb and sidewalk work to follow.One lane closure with alternating traffic is expected throughout the week with detours in place when paving is occuring. Traffic will be detoured via Tip Cart Drive to Barcliff Avenue to Old Harbor Road to Orleans Road to Stony Hill Road.

Once the contractor is past Tip Cart Drive working toward Kendrick Harvest Way traffic will be detoured via Crowell Road to Main Street to old Harbor Road to Orleans Road to Stony Hill Road.

Thank you for your patience as this work continues.

Prevent Tick Bites this Summer

The MA Department of Public Health has Issued summer safety guidance on a number of common-sense precautions to keep you and your friends and family members safe this summer. This week: ticks!

Certain kinds of ticks can bite and make you sick with diseases such as Lyme disease and Powassan virus. Ticks are most commonly found in damp, grassy, brushy, or wooded areas, including your own backyard. Ticks only attach when you come into direct contact with them — they cannot jump or fly. Follow these steps to help protect yourself from tick bites:

Check yourself for ticks once a day — it’s the single most important thing you can do.
Use repellents with an EPA-registered active ingredient; always follow the directions on the label.
Weather permitting, wear long-sleeved, light-colored shirts and long pants tucked into socks. This will help keep ticks away from your skin and make it easier to spot ticks on your clothing.
After spending time outdoors, a shower can help rinse off a tick before it becomes attached and putting your clothes in the dryer on high heat for 10 minutes can help kill ticks.
Pets that spend time outdoors are exposed to ticks, too, and may bring ticks back inside. Talk to your veterinarian about the best ways to protect your animals from ticks and tick-borne disease.

Donors Needed - CCH Blood Drive

Cape Cod Healthcare and Chatham Works are teaming up to conduct a blood drive on Wednesday, June 21st from 12 noon to 6 p.m. at Chatham Works, 323 Orleans Road, in North Chatham.

Every pint of blood donated stays on Cape Cod to serve our community and save the lives of our family members, friends, and neighbors. And all donors receive a free T-shirt! Appointments (required) are available through Cape Cod Healthcare's donor portal.

Wild Edibles Walk with CCF

Explore the Twine Field and adjacents land with the Chatham Conservation Foundation on Friday, June 23rd at 4 p.m. to learn about at least 18 species of edible wild plants. This two hour ramble will be guided by Russ Cohen, author of "Wild Plants I Have Known...and Eaten." Keys to the identification of each species will be provided, along with information on edible portion(s), season(s) of availability and preparation methods, as well as guidelines for safe, ethical and environmentally-responsible foraging.

Tickets are $20 and available for purchase through the Conservation Foundation's website.

Centennial House Tour

The Chatham Historical Society will be hosting a Centennial House Tour as part of its Centennial Year Celebration. The tour will include several beautiful and historic homes across Town but which houses are included will not be revealed until 24 hours before the event! Non-refundable tickets are $100 per person and are available by online reservation. Proceeds of the event will go to the Historical Society and to maintaining the Atwood House. Please visit the Chatham Historical Society website for more information.

The Mainsheet

The name of our e-newsletter was selected from submissions by our community.
In nautical terms a mainsheet is the line connected to the boom which allows a sailor to control the speed of a boat. We think that is fitting for an e-newsletter that can be used to quickly send out important information to our community or at a more leisurely rate for less pressing matters. It reflects Chatham’s maritime history, is reminiscent of the front page of a newspaper, and it is a fun play on Main Street, where you go to be part of all that is happening in Town!

Town of Chatham website www.chatham-ma.gov