EXIT 89

Special Town Meeting Postmortem — November 17, 2025

Issue No. 32 — Our postmortem of Special Town Meeting at which an optional new zoning code for downtown Orleans was adopted, funding for a Fire-Rescue land acquisition was approved, and a more energy-efficient building code failed.
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IT'S HAPPENING TONIGHT!

Doors open at 4 PM — a full two hours before the meeting begins. Town staff will be there to answer your questions about the Warrant.  Stuff to Help You: * EXIT 89's Preview of Special Town Meeting * A digital copy of the Warrant * The Orleans Town website's
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Here's the Right Link to the Warrant:

Apologies. We sent you down the wrong rabbit hole! Here's the correct link to the Special Town Meeting Warrant. It has been corrected already in EXIT 89's online edition. When is the meeting? Monday, November 17, 6PM at the Nauset Regional Middle School gym. If you
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Preview of Special Town Meeting — November 17, 2025

Issue No. 31 — preview of next week's Special Town Meeting on November 17 takes on a handful of complex articles addressing the housing crisis, downtown zoning, land for a new Fire-Rescue Station, the adoption of a stricter energy code, and CPC's funding of the Eldredge Park renovation.
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Getting Up to Speed

Issue No. 30 — Another Mighty Updates issue to get you up to speed on Orleans issues and projects that were approved at past Town Meetings. What's the status of our "new" fire-rescue building? Whatever happened to the fertilizer ban? And why is the Rock Harbor Wharf taking so long? Keep reading!
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