Caleb Chase left West Harwich, built one of America's great coffee brands, and handed the town the Exchange. Seventy-one years later, Harwich had to choose between the building and Bell's Neck.
Thirty-five years ago this week, Hurricane Bob came up Buzzards Bay and took the summer with it. We're collecting your stories — and running them next Thursday, with your name on them.
No town parade, no public fireworks — Harwich does the Fourth in a quieter key: a free ballgame, a town band on the bandstand, and the best seal cruises on the Cape.
A 1778 house that outlasted sea captains, half a century of white-tablecloth dinners, and years of neglect is finally getting some attention — from a family that remembers it full of people.
