Northern Goshawk and Sedge Wren Highlight the First Round of Christmas Bird...
A Northern Goshawk was among the marquee birds sighted at this week's 85th annual Cape Cod Christmas Bird Count. Like the postal carrier in the famous creed, "neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom...
View ArticleCrowd Of Well-Wishers See The TS Kennedy Off One Day Late
The TS Kennedy leaves port at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy just before sunrise on Monday, January 9, after being delayed 24 hours due to the weekend snowstorm. A large crowd assembles before dawn...
View ArticleNative Conservancy Signs Land Access Agreement
Members of the Dennis Conservation Trust and the Native Land Conservancy, Inc. gather at Sturgis Public Library to sign a Cultural Respect Agreement. The agreement is intended to enable a right of...
View ArticleGrist Mill Ticket Booth To Be Auctioned Off
The old ticket booth from the Dexter Grist Mill is up for sale. This image is from the town, who, for the convenience of prospective bidders, added the dimensions of the structure.
View ArticleSandwich Opiate Overdoses, Deaths Up In 2016
According to the Massachusetts public health website, there were two fatal overdoses in 2015 in town. Public Outreach Officer Lauren Gilrein said that there were four fatal overdoses in Sandwich in 2016.
View ArticleAbsence Rates Draw Concern From Mashpee School Officials
Mashpee High School students arrive at school Thursday morning. During the last school year, 37.4 percent of the high school's students were absent 10 or more days.
View ArticleCounty Explores Tackling Cape's Wastewater Challenge
The new chairman of the Barnstable County Board of Regional Commissioners, Leo G. Cakounes, is seeking a more focused approach to wastewater treatment issues, including the creation of a database that...
View ArticleBird sightings on Cape Cod
Highlights from the Buzzards Bay Christmas Bird Count included a sedge wren in Sandwich, a king eider in Falmouth, and a rufous hummingbird continuing at a private feeder in Falmouth. The 85th annual...
View ArticleTwo Injured In Sandwich Crash
At 10:05 AM, the Sandwich Fire Department was called to the scene of a head-on crash at the intersection of Farmersville Road and Stowe Road. One driver had to be extricated from their car and was...
View ArticleEnterprise Reporter Heading To Washington For Women's March
Enterprise reporter Karen B. Hunter of Sandwich and two other women-Susan M. Houghton from Falmouth and Elizabeth S. Wood from Acton-will be climbing into a blue Toyota Prius at 7 AM tomorrow and...
View ArticleHighway, playground top West Barnstable Civic Association meeting Updated at
While the annual membership meeting, which drew roughly 60 attendees, provided updates on several ongoing reconstruction projects surrounding the West Barnstable Community Building, Hank Farnham,...
View ArticlePot Company Files Formal Application To Open In Sandwich
A medical marijuana company is considering setting up shop at this address along Route 130, not too far from the Exit 2 ramps, in Sandwich. A medical marijuana company is considering setting up shop at...
View ArticleConCom Steps Back From Dune Controversy
Residents living along this stretch of Town Neck Beach want the conservation commission to forbid people from walking over the dune to reach the beach. Residents living along this stretch of Town Neck...
View ArticleMassachusetts chief medical examiner Dr. Henry N. Nields.
The Massachusetts chief medical examiner, Dr. Henry N. Nields, announced his retirement Thursday after a decade-long tenure in which he was widely admired as a dedicated, hard-working public servant...
View ArticleSpaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Cape Cod Completes Expansion, Renovation
With the expansions and renovations to Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Cape Cod now complete, the 60-bed inpatient facility is poised to increase its capacity to provide 80,000 additional therapy...
View ArticleDesigners Ready To Roll Out Sandwich Skate Park Plans
Designs for a new skate park based on suggestions from Sandwich skaters and bikers will be unveiled Thursday, February 2, at a community skate park meeting hosted by the town. The third and final...
View ArticleEarly Files: A look back at past Patriot editions
Shall the Town of Barnstable be divided? This important question has been in the hands of a Committee appointed at the last November meeting, and their report may be expected next Monday. What their...
View ArticleUCT Responds To Industry Need With New HVAC Building, Program
Construction has commenced on another building on the campus of Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School. The new heating, ventilation, air conditioning facility will train students for careers in that...
View ArticleSandwich Student Substance Use Survey Results Released
A survey taken by students at the Sandwich High School and STEM Academy indicates that even as students are trying drugs and alcohol, they recognize that their friends and family would not approve. The...
View ArticleEarly Files: A look back at Patriot editions of the past
Salt Hay is likely to rise! Not in consequence of any foreign demand; but, according to the speculations of the Sandwich Observer, the construction of the Rail Road to that town is to open a market for...
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