Town Meeting & Elections

Town Meeting & Elections

Prep, previews and recaps of Annual Town Meeting and Special Town Meetings, and information about Town Elections

Preview of Special Town Meeting — Oct. 17, 2022

Preview of Special Town Meeting — Oct. 17, 2022

Issue No. 12: Thirty-six articles are under consideration at the Special Town Meeting, including Short-Term Rental registration, a petition to restrict the use of chemical fertilizers and an HVAC upgrade to OES. Plus, what is Free Cash? Read on . . .

Oct 10, 2022

Crushing Victory For All — Onward to Summer!

Crushing Victory For All

Election Results! All 5 measures and 9 candidates were victorious. Overwhelming popular support was shown for the non-binding resolution asking the Town of Orleans to communicate to the state its opposition to pumping radioactive waste from the Pilgrim Nuclear plant into Cape Cod Bay.

May 18, 2022

Vote Today. — Easy parking, lovely road, why miss a chance to vote?

Vote Today.

Show up at the Council on Aging Senior Center, 150 Rock Harbor Road today, between 7 AM and 8 PM, and cast your ballot votes for five questions and nine candidates described below. Here's an easy link to the specimen ballot that is otherwise pretty darn impossible to

May 17, 2022

TOWN MEETING RECAP — May 9, 2022 — Voters gathered in the NRMS gym a week ago

TOWN MEETING RECAP — May 9, 2022

Issue No.10: Orleans voters considered more than 70 articles over the course of a four-hour meeting and approved Meetinghouse Pond sewering, affordable housing, and Universal PreSchool support, but the discussion returned again and again to our Town debt.

May 16, 2022

Health Board Urges Masks

Health Board Urges Masks

May 09, 2022

Point Your Canoe to Town Meeting — EXIT 89 wants to see you at TM

Point Your Canoe to Town Meeting

This isn't just a reminder to go to Orleans Town Meeting tonight. It's a plea. It's a push. Bring water, snacks, friends, pillows — whatever it takes to make you comfortable. Masks recommended. Things get going at 6 PM inside the Nauset Middle School Gym

May 09, 2022