2024
Spring/Summer Newsletter
– Leander Gould House Interview
– Summer Reading
– Monomoy and Half House
– The Fundamentals Still Apply
– Remembering Don Aikman
– Village News: Fred Ecker
Fall/Winter Newsletter
– Preservation, Service and Community at the Avis Chase property
– Breaking Point on Holway Street
– The Wreck of the Harry Messer
– Copper Beech: An Old Neighbor and Friend
– Holiday Recipe: Cape Cod Hermits
Holiday Bonus Feature
– 233 Main Street – The Little Cape House
2023
Spring/Summer Newsletter
– Our Founding Document
– Reflecting on Why Old Places Matter
– Where You Want To Be
– Wine, Cheese And Conversation Returns
– Remembering Norm Pacun
– Village News: Chatham Conservation Foundation
Fall/Winter Newsletter
– If The Walls Could Talk: Protect Our Past Film
– Thoreau and Chatham
– A Meander: Thoreau’s Cape Cod, Photos E.J. Horrocks
– Village News: Chatham Walks
2022
Spring/Summer Newsletter
– Homestead At 135 Main St
– Inns Of The Old Village
– True Colors: The Artist House Mural Project
– George Olmsted and Ann O’Connell Tribute
– Kids For Food Bids Adieu
– Village News: Kristin Andres/Association to Preserve Cape Cod
Fall/Winter Newsletter
– Walsh House
– Our Intriguing Past: Excerpts from the Chatham Monitor
– Christmas Eve On South Beach
– The Laughter Of Children: Gam Session from 2000
– OV National Register Historic District: An Appreciation
– Marty Fairbanks And Bill Koerner Tributes
– Holiday Recipe
2021
Spring/Summer Newsletter
– Hawes House History, Early Inns Of Chatham
– Old Village Borders
– Pandemic In The OV
– Kids For Food At 10 Years: Backstory
– In Memoriam: Donald Edge
– Village News: Nancy Phelps at The Eldredge Library 125th Anniversary Ribbon-Cutting, Chatham Conservation Foundation
Fall/Winter Newsletter
– Return To Monomoy
– Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
– Chimneys Of the Old Village
– Village News
2020
Spring/Summer Newsletter
– Chatham Selectmen
– Monomoy Lighthouse Part 1
– Village News: Kids For Food
Fall/Winter Newsletter
– ‘Twas the day before Christmas
– Monomoy Lighthouse Part 2
– Old Village History and The Chatham Historical Society
– Village News
2019
Spring/Summer Newsletter
– The Golden Egg
– How To Make Your Views Known To Boards And Commissions
– Ancient History: 1987 Breakthrough
– Chatham Alliance Forum
– The Bell
– Village News: Protect Our Past Launch, Village News: Bob Staake
2018
Spring/Summer Newsletter
– Chatham Sidewalks: Stepping On The Cracks
– Alliance Forum Report
– Shutters Sail From Chase Cottage To Mermaid Cottage
– Village News: John Whelan and Kim Roderiques: I Am Of Cape Cod
Fall/Winter Newsletter
– Where Have All the Children Gone
– Chatham Mayflower 400
– Chatham in 1922
– Bob Walsh Appreciation
– Charter Review Committee
– Village News: Charter Review Committee
2017
Spring/Summer Newsletter
– Irrigation Systems
– Them’s The Breaks
– How Our Waterfront is Doing
– Memories Of Eldredge’s Garage 1958-1961
– Those Were the Days: 1980s Gam Excerpts
– Mass Audubon Summer Programs
– Village News: Mary Ann Gray Retires, Water and Sewer Advisory Committee
Fall/Winter Newsletter
– Water Assessment with Larry Sampson
– The More Things Change: Chatham Information Booth
– Alliance Report
– Village Quiz: OV residents
– Good Neighbors
– Village News
2016
Spring/Summer Newsletter
– Opinion: ZBA Hearing
– Hallett Lane
– An Artist in Bloom: Maryalice Eizenberg
– Preservation Awards
– Village News: John Whelan
Fall/Winter Newsletter
– Water, Water …
– Chase Cottages Update
– Chatham In 1901
– Alliance Report
– Village News: Oyster Season with George Olmsted
2015
Spring/Summer Newsletter
– Water Street Steps
– The Freight Train
– Cape Cod Modern
– Why Not?
– Preservation Awards
– Preservation Toolbox
– Village News: Spencer Gray
Fall/Winter Newsletter
– Alliance Report
– After The Summer Comes The Fall
– The Old Mail Route
– Mill Pond Skiffs
– Preservation Toolbox
– Village News
2014
Spring/Summer Newsletter
– OVA Board Letter to Cape Cod Chronicle
– Watch Hill Way
– Tom’s Neck Hamiltons
– 1932 Street Names
– Village People
-Whirligigs In Chatham
– Sewer Update
– Preservation Toolbox
– Village News: Village Kids For Food
Fall/Winter Newsletter
– Mitchell River Bridge
– The Little Studio That Art Built
– Alliance Update
– Village People: Naomi Turner
– Chatham Packet Wharf
– Preservation Toolbox
– Village News: Water Street Steps, Silent No More
– Unlocking Voices of Older Poets
– Village News
2013
Spring/Summer Newsletter
– Letter From the Ova Board: Regulatory Boards Call
– Village Kids Food Drive!
– Spaulding Dunbar’s Yachting Legacy
– Chatham Alliance
-Preservation Toolbox
– Village News: Dennis McFadden/Chatham Historical Society
2012
Spring/Summer Newsletter
– Water Street Town Landing
– Village Kids For Food Drive
– Packet Wharf Plaque Makes Headway
– Mill Pond and The Old Village
– Village News/Upcoming Events: Chatham Tercentennial Edition of the newly revised “Step by Step”, Horrocks’ Dusk To Dawn The Old Village At Night
– Preservation Awards
– Village News: MassAudubon, Historian Noel Beyle “Mayor of West Eastham”
Fall/Winter Newsletter
– Indian History in The Old Village
– The Mckinley House: Face Forward
– Avis Chase Historic Preservation Restriction
– Avis Chase Legacy And The AWCA
– The Chatham Alliance
– Preservation Toolbox
– Village News
2011
Fall/Winter Newsletter
– Ave Atque Vale!
– Old Village Historic House Signs
– New Water Street Plaque
– The Monomoy Branting Club
2010
Spring Newsletter
– Sidewalks in a Recession
– Formula Business Establishment Bylaw
– New No Parking Areas for School Street
– Progress on Zoning Bylaw
– Mill Creek Footbridge Spans A Summer
– The Night The Old Village Woke Up
2009
Mitchell River Bridge Newsletter
– The Mitchell River Wooden Drawbridge: The Last of Its Kind
– Friends of the Mitchell River Bridge
– “It’s Just a Bridge”, Or Is It?
– 1858-2009 Timeline
– Spaulding Dunbar and the Rebuilding of the Mitchell River Bridge 1976-1982
Spring Newsletter
– Fee For Parking on Bridge Street
– Lighthouse Beach: An Experiment in Safety
– Chatham’s Government: On the Funny Side/Dead Serious
– New Footbridge Over Mill Creek
– Oral History Workshop
2008
Spring Newsletter
– Town Meeting Issues: Affordable Housing Zoning Bylaw Rewrite, Outdoor Display Bylaw
– Troubled Bridge Over Waters: Footbridge Over Mill Creek
– Spring in the Old Village
Summer Newsletter
– Affordable Housing and the Display Bylaw
– OVA Summer Programs
– Andrew Hardings Lane Beach Update
– Oral History Project Call
– When Architecture Turns to “Kitsch”
– Saving Historic Materials: Vintage Clothing and Accessories
Winter Newsletter
– Clarifying National Register District Rules
– Wastewater Costs
– Planning Board’s Zoning Bylaw Review Update
– Charter Review Committee in Action
– Of Widows’ Walks and the Calico Cat
– Clair Baisly: A Voice for Old Village Preservation
– Footbridge Over Mill Creek: A Story of Neighborhood Support
2007
Summer Newsletter
– Tenth Anniversary Celebration
– OVA Joins the July 4th Parade
– Beach is Ready
– Wastewater Report
– Oral Histories
– OV Communications Committee
Winter Newsletter
– 10th Anniversary Celebration
– Aikman and Walsh on Charter Review Committee
– Editorial: balancing growth and preservation
– Solving the Parking Mess
– Wastewater Management Report: Time for Action
– Zoning Bylaw Rewrite
– Saving Historic Materials: Documents, Photographs, Books
2006
Summer Newsletter
– While Chatham Slept: Cape Cod Commission
– Editorial: Property Rights Palaces
– “Mega-Mansions”
– Zoning Bylaws Update
– Water Street Extension
– Cape Cod Commission Review at 43 Holway Street
– Andrew Hardings Lane dredging
– OV Lower Main Street Officially 100% Residential, Two Neighbors
2005
Winter Newsletter
– Dolphin Hotel development
– Antenna Proposed for Lighthouse Site
– Preservation Awards Applications
– President’s Letter: from summer resort to residential community
– More About Zoning
– A Poet’s Thoughts on Change
– Editorial: The Changing Face of Chatham
– Long Range Planning Committee
– Oral History Sampling: Dan Buckley, Alice Weidman, Lucille Howes, Anita Eldredge, Dick Temple
2004
Spring Newsletter
– We’re Online
– Andrew Hardings Beach Closing Set for July 2: Perry Beach Property Purchase and Conservation Easement
– Iced Tea and Cool Conversation: Solving Problems Together, Preservation In Chatham
– President’s Letter: Member donations for Perry property purchase
– Art and Artists of the Old Village
– Anne Rogers
– Annual Meeting: Ted Keon
Winter Newsletter
– Chatham Beach Watchers
– Zoning
– President’s Letter: House Lifting
– Honoring Richard Batchelder
– Oral History Project
– Special Zoning Bylaw Insert
– Planning Board televised meetings
– Artist Nancy Poydar
2003
Spring Newsletter
– Focus Group Talks: Zoning, Housing, Planning Board, Board of Health Issues, Big Schmooze
– Web Site in the Future, President’s Letter: Town issues, OV Member issues of importance
– National Register District Nomination Being Bound and Donated
– The Overlook
– Architect’s Corner: Accessory Structures
– Andrew Hardings Lane Beach News
Winter Newsletter
– Going Online
– Historical Commissions Discuss National Register Districts
– From The President: Membership Numbers
– In Memory of Alton Gould
– Planning Board Notice Request
– Town Hearings User Friendly Hearing Request
– Editorial: Commitment to Restoration
– OVA Gift to Chatham Historical Society
– Architect’s Corner: Uplifting Sites
– Autumn in the Old Village
2002
Spring Newsletter
– Demolition Request 47 Eliphamets Lane
– Candace Jenkins Consultant for National Register District Application
– Our History’s Our History
– Sailors Cemetery
– Community Preservation Act
– Lighthouse Beach
– 83 Holway Street
– Historic Business District
– National Register Certificates
– Andrew Hardings Lane
– Beach Erosion
– Survey: Planning for the Next Five Years
Winter Newsletter
– Coast Guard Station Expansion
– Grant For Storm Water Drains Denied
– National Register News from a Distance
– From The President: the “Copper Shop”, Old Village Property data
– Wastewater
– National Trust Preservation Conference: Taming the Teardown Trend
– Survey Results
– Mill Cove book published
– Special Supplement: Andrew Hardings Lane and Beach, Chatham Harbor and South Beach
2001
Summer Newsletter
– National Register District Meeting Invitation
– Main Street Reconstruction
– The Shuttle
– Long Range Plan
– A Family Album of the 20s
– Capewide National Register District Working Committee
Winter Newsletter
– National Register News: Final Step
– On The Easter Front: 9/11
– The Old Village Remembers World War II
– Town Meeting: Conservation, Preservation, Affordable Housing
– A House, Yes
– Board Members “Abroad”
– 58 School Street
– Shuttle trial
– OV House Signs
– Old Village Tennis 1920-1940
– Architect’s Corner: Rescuing Old Houses
2000
Winter Newsletter I
– Co-President Bob Walsh
– Chatham Alliance
– OV Survey to be Updated and Expanded
– Snow Fences at Andrew Hardings Lane
– From Our New Co-President
– Architect’s Corner: Restoration Troubleshooting
– Wastewater Management Basics
– Calico Cat
– Renovating: New Foundations
Summer Newsletter
– Survey of Village Properties Nears Completion
– Bridge Street Intersection
– Wastewater Management Report
– View From the Old Village
– Ode to the Mass. Highway Department
– Eliphelet’s Lane: Slaughterhouse, Last Shanty
– Tall Tales from the OV: The Gam 1970’s Style
– On Rum Running
– Architect’s Corner: Form and Function
– Town Landing Regulations
Winter Newsletter II
– National Register District Nomination
– Telephone Poles
– Board of Health
– Wastewater Management Update
– We The People of the OV
– Presentation to Selectmen on the Proposed OV National Register District
– Ernie Bridges Shares Chatham Memories
– Christmas at the School Street School
– Christmas Past
– Chatham Alliance Plans Meetings
1999
Summer Newsletter
– National Register District Survey
– Around the Old Village: Beach Sand, Long Range Plan, Parking and Pedestrians
– Wastewater Needs Assessment
– Rules: Lessons from a Kindergarten Classroom
– Appeal Filed in 46 Water Street ZBA Decision
– Main Street Reconstruction Project Timeline
1998
Spring Newsletter
– On The Road With Carol and Elinor
– Public Hearings: What’s Not Working and Why
– Historic Preservation Easements
– Old Village Inns
– Architect’s Corner: Dormers
– Hawes House
– Zenas Hawes, Innkeeper and Hero
– Memories of the Good Old Days
– Historic Survey of Old Village Homes
Fall Newsletter
– Around the Old Village
– Partnerships and Alliances
– Andrew Hardings Lane Today: The Little Beach That Refused to Die
– OV Architectural Advisory Committee
– On The Wild Side
– Architect’s Corner: the Entry
– Softball and Charades
– Cocktails at Hawes House
– Recollections from the Hawes House Gang
– Coast Guard Thank You
1997
Spring Newsletter
– Building Inspector Visits
– We’re Incorporated!
– Fundraising/Guided Tour Book
– Final Thoughts on the Trolley
– Preservation Initiatives: Town and State
– Tales from Andrew Hardings Lane Beach: Clarence Carter
– Water Street Old Timers Georgie and Wes Eldredge
– Privy at 63 Water Street
– The Village Mill
– Architect’s Corner: A Sense of Scale
Fall Newsletter
-Main Street Reconstruction
– We’re Non-Profit!
– Preservation Options
– Historic and National Register Districts
– Memories of a Village School Girl
– Architect’s Corner: Framing
– Old Village Airport
– Step By Step
1996
Fall Newsletter
– Launched and Under Sail
– Bob Staake logo
– Ten Years Ago in The Old Village
– Good Walter Eldredge
– Architect’s Corner: Trim