Lower Cape News Headlines

08 April 2024 - HARWICH, MA - Harwich is brimming with pride after being awarded the 2025 Excellence in Conservation Award from the Massachusetts Land Trust Coalitio. Years in the making, the Robert F. Smith Cold Brook Preserve restoration project is almost completed. Harwich Conservation Trustee President Tom Evans and Executive Director Michael Lach discuss the journey and the appreciation for the many staff and volunteers that made it happen.

04 April, 2025 - BREWSTER, MA - Migratory herring will have an easier time returning home to Brewster's Herring River this year, as the town completes work on the herring run. It finished repairs on four weirs in time for this spring's piscine visits, with the remainder of the project slated for a fall completion. The work also shored up a 100-plus year old retaining walls and along the way uncovered a previously-unknown wooden sluice-way that has been shared with the Mass Historical Commission.

5 MARCH 2025 -- WELLFLEET, MA -- Grace Hopkins travels the world to capture abstract images and reproduces them in various mediums - from canvas to glass, emphasizing color, form, and composition. Her unedited photographs reflect spontaneity and are influenced by her travels and Quakerism, seeking layers and depth.