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A ROUND CA PE COD
Arts
From the fine art galleries in Harwich Port, to weekly summer concerts by the Town
Band in Harwich Center, to the Cape Cod Theatre Company, home of the renowned
Harwich Junior Theatre, Harwich fully embraces both visual and performing arts.
Summertime events include the weekly “Art in the Park,” featuring works by local
artists, Brooks Park Art and Crafts Festivals, TD Bank Monday Night Summer Concert
Series at Brooks Park, and the popular Musical Stroll Nights along Route 28 in
Harwich Port that take place weekly throughout July and August.
Culture
The Harwich Historical Society at Brooks Academy Museum features historic
document collections and extensive photo archives, a reconstructed barn dedicated
to Harwich bird carver A. Elmer Crowell, and Cape Cod’s largest exhibit on the
history of cranberry farming. The historical society also hosts a seasonal weekly
farmers’ market on its grounds. Brooks Free Library (739 Main St., Harwich) in
Harwich Center offer special lectures, book clubs, and story times, while the
Harwich Mariners of the Cape Cod Baseball League play each summer at the nearby
Whitehouse Field (75 Oak St., Harwich).
Education
After merging with neighboring Chatham in 2014 to create the Monomoy School
District, Harwich’s public schools include its own Harwich Elementary School for
children from pre-kindergarten through fourth grade, and the shared Monomoy
Regional Middle School in Chatham, and Monomoy Regional High School, located
in Harwich. Harwich is also home to the high-rated Lighthouse Charter School, a
Commonwealth Charter school for grades six through eight, and the Cape Cod
Regional Technical High School, which has recently completed construction on a
new 220,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art building. There is also private Catholic
early education available in Harwich at the Holy Trinity Regional.
Geography
Harwich is one of the four Lower Cape towns and it is situated on Nantucket Sound,
on the southern side of Cape Cod. Harwich is bordered by Dennis to the west,
Chatham to the east, and by Brewster to the north, with which it shares Long Pond, a
large and popular freshwater pond with crystal clear water and a sandy bottom.
The Harwich Conservation Trust is dedicated to preserving the town’s land and
restoring natural habitats so residents and visitors can explore and enjoy the scenic
beauty of Harwich. The trust offers lectures and guided walks and maintains over a
dozen trails and wildlife sanctuaries throughout town, which are open to the public and
offer a wide range of landscapes to discover.
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