In Honor of Our Veterans

Chatham Town Offices and the Community Center will be closed on Friday, November 10th in honor of Veterans Day.

Please join us in the Community Center gymnasium on Saturday, November 11th at 11 a.m. for our community observance in honor of all who have served our country.

We thank the following members of Team Chatham for their service:

Jason Holm, Deputy Harbormaster, United States Coast Guard
Joshua Wisniewski, Police Officer, United States Coast Guard
Clint Collier, Police Officer, United States Coast Guard
John Kondratowicz, Emergency Manager, United States Coast Guard
William Glover, Police Sergeant, United States Army
Ronald Tayson, Assistant Harbormaster, United States Army
William Massey, Police Sergeant, United States Navy
Skip Woods, Wharfinger, United States Navy
John Summers, Assistant Harbormaster, United States Navy
Jim Horne, Marine Operations Supervisor, United States Marine Corps
Dustin McGlinn, Fire Fighter, United States Marine Corps
Wallace Bicknell, Assistant Wharfinger, United States Marine Corps
Tyler Baker, Fire Fighter, United States Marine Corps

Veterans Day Ceremony November 11 at 11 a.m. at the Community Center

Joint Select Board/Board of Health Meeting

The Select Board and Board of Health will meet in a joint session on Tuesday, November 14th during the Select Board's regularly scheduled meeting beginning at 5:30 p.m. in the large meeting room of the Town Office Annex, 261 George Ryder Road, and available for remote participation through the link in the posted agenda.

The Boards will review the recent change to Section 6.2 the Board of Health's Nitrogen Loading Regulations which clarifies that houses with more that one bedroom per 10,000 sq. ft. not be allowed an additional bedroom.

The Board of Health approved the changes to the Regulations after holding an advertised public hearing on July 17th with an effective date of August 1st.

Holiday Shopping Fair at the Community Center on November 18 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Red Octagonal Stop Sign against a blue sky

Upcoming Public Hearings

The Select Board will hold public hearings during their regular Tuesday evening meetings, beginning at 5:30 p.m. in the large meeting room at the Town Office Annex, 261 George Ryder Road:

November 14th

To consider the placement of new traffic signs:

New Stop Signs and Stop Bars on Forest Beach Road Extension at the intersection with Woodland Road and on Forest Beach Road Extension at the intersection with Forest Beach Road.

New Safe Bicycle Passing signs on Crowell Road, east side near Chatham Drama Guild; Old Queen Anne Road, west of Skyline Drive; Ridgevale Road, west side in wooded area; Forest Beach Road, west side in vicinity of #48; Cedar Street, west side in vicinity of crosswalk; Cockle Cove Road, west side in vicinity of #30; Champlain Road, west of Windy Hill Road; Stage Harbor Road, across from Cedar Swamp Road; Bridge Street, easy side in vicinity of conservation pull off; Main Street, east side in vicinity of Holway Street; Main Street, downtown in vicinity of Eldredge Garage Parking lot; Shore Road, east side in vicinity of Wilkey Way; Barcliff Avenue, north side in vicinity of Shore Road; Barcliff Avenue, south side in vicinity of Tipcart Drive; and Pleasant Street, west side in vicinity of #68.

November 28th

To consider a petition from Verizon New England, Inc. and NSTAR Electric Company d/b/a Eversource Energy to upgrade three (3) existing poles - 47/30,47/31, 47/32 - with associated storm guying on the west side of Morris Island Road, and install three (3) new poles - 47/30A, 47/31A, 47/32A - with associated guyingalong the east side of Morris Island Road to support the existing poles.

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Marker at the site of the Chatham Naval Air Station

Aviation History Month Continues

Chatham became an important part of aviation history on May 9, 1919 when a large seaplane, known as the NC-4, taxied into the Chatham Naval Air Station after landing at sea some 80 miles offshore due to fuel pump failure.

The Naval aircraft piloted by Lt. Elmer Stone, USCG, was one of three flying boats to take off from the Naval Air Station in Rockaway, NY on May 3, 1919 on the first leg of the their flight to Halifax, Nova Scotia in their attempt be the first to fly across the Atlantic.

The NC-4 was repaired and left Chatham on May 14, 1919. Once the reunited with the NC-1 and NC-3, the three planes left Newfoundland on May 15th and headed for the Azores, the longest leg of the crossing at 1,200 miles. The NC-1 and NC-3 were forced down by bad weather – the crew of the NC-1 was rescued by a Greek freighter and the crew of NC-3 taxied 205 miles through high winds and seas to the Azores. Only the NC-4 successfully reached the Azores by flight and completed the first trans-Atlantic crossing on 27 May 1919, when it entered the harbor in Lisbon, Portugal.

The crossing was commemorated in an event at Chatham Municipal Airport in the 1980’s and at the site of the Chatham Naval Air Station on its 100th anniversary.

Exterior of Chatham Railroad Museum and Caboose

Railroad Museum Wrapping-Up

The Chatham Railroad Museum is wrapping up a successful season on First Night this year! The Museum will have trains running from 1-4 p.m. on December 31st.

5,953 visitors enjoyed the Museum this season, the highest number since 2016. Those visitors generously donated a record $5,880.88, which was up a whopping 41% from 2022. According to data collected visitors came from 37 state and 11 different countries making our Railroad Museum and international attraction!

We extend many thanks and deep gratitude to the legion of volunteers that make the Railroad Museum a treasured part of our community for all of their hardwork and dedication.

Person in orange safety vest standing on a pipe in the ground in front of an excavator

Sewer Construction Update

Week of November 13th-17th

Site work is expected to continue at Pump Station #3 (Meetinghouse Road) and Pump Station #4 (Twine Field Road). No impact to traffic is expected.

No road work is planned on Crowell Road.

Site work is expected to continue at the Queen Anne Road Pump Station (40 Queen Anne Road; south side of Queen Anne Road and Oyster Pond Furlong intersection). No impact to traffic is expected.

Chatham Drama Guild presents THe Mousetrap though November 26th

Scrabble tiles spelling Medicare with Open Enrollment in blue script above them

Open Enrollment Ends Soon

Medicare open enrollment continues through December 7 and state certified SHINE counselors are available at the Chatham Center for Active Living by appointment to help you understand your health coverage, review cost increases, and find out what's new with Medicare.

Now is the time to review your coverage! Make an appointment today to meet with a SHINE counselor at no cost by calling the Center for Active Living at 508-945-5190.

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!

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