1998

The year Napster developer Shawn Fanning graduated from Harwich High School (now part of Monomoy Regional High School)

$1,130,000

The amount apiece two decoys (a pintail drake and a Canada goose) carved by late East Harwich artisan A. Elmer Crowell sold for in 2007

20,000+

Total audience for the 10 full-scale productions mounted annually at Cape Cod Theatre Company – home of the Harwich Jr. Theatre

34

Years of experience in high school athletics Paul “Spanky’’ Demanche, the recently appointed head coach of Monomoy football and the former Harwich High School coach and athletic director, brings to the school (Harwich regionalized with Chatham last year)

PRO

Dining options

Harwich boasts a bevy of fine-dining destinations on the Lower Cape’s cuisine scene, including Buca’s Tuscan Roadhouse, Ember, The Cape Sea Grille, L’Alouette, Viera, Mooncussers Tavern, The Port, and Twenty-Eight Atlantic. Brax Landing Restaurant is the place for waterfront cocktails and scrumptious brunches.

CON

96, 175, and 66

The number of names on the wait lists of 20-, 30-, and 40-foot boats for slips in Harwich, respectively. The town, a boater’s paradise, has three of the nicest harbors (Allen, Wychmere, and Saquatucket) on the Cape, but you’re going have to wait to enjoy them.

Scott Lajoie is a freelance writer on the Cape. He can be reached at ScottLajoie@hotmail.com.