By Dave Watkins in News — 02 Oct 2026

Select Board drafts 40A zoning challenge

Select Board approves letter opposing state housing law. Harwich selectmen weighed a legal challenge to the state's revised 40A zoning law, drafted with a retired land-use attorney, as the board revealed the town secured a two-year reprieve from the 40B affordable-housing mandate despite falling short of the required housing stock.Harwich News
Conservation board continues Snow Inn hotel hearing to Oct. 21. Harwich conservation commissioners pushed back a decision on Witchmere Harbor Real Estate's 72-room hotel redevelopment of the Snow Inn after a commissioner challenged the applicant's math on how much nitrogen the project would actually keep out of the harbor.Harwich News

Tue, Oct 6: Monomoy JV soccer visits Martha's Vineyard Oct. 6. Monomoy Regional's junior varsity soccer team is scheduled to play Martha's Vineyard Regional in a non-conference match on October 6, according to MaxPreps game scheduling data.MaxPreps

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