Mid-March Snow - Everybody Got Some
The forecasting of Friday's mid-March snowstorm, March 10, was pretty much right on target, with accumulations as predicted. As residents shoveled out and faced the post-storm icy roads, wind, and...
View ArticleFinal Sandwich Skate Park Designs To Be Presented This Month
Skate park designer Kanten Russell is scheduled to present his final designs to the Board of Selectmen at the end of this month and Recreation Director Guy Boucher is calling for proponents of all ages...
View ArticleStorm Causes Upper Cape Power Outages
Although snow totals from Tuesday's northeaster were lower than expected on the Cape, wind from the storm caused scattered power outages on the Upper Cape. Eversource's online outage map at 5 PM showed...
View ArticlePolice chase driver from Cape Cod to Middleborough
A driver this morning led police on a chase from Cape Cod to Middleborough before being stopped and taken into custody, State Police said. The pursuit began around 9:30 a.m. in Barnstable and continued...
View ArticleBourne School Committee Considers Membership Reduction
Due in part to a lack of community interest in occupying vacant school committee seats, the Bourne School Committee is considering reducing the number of members from seven to five. Committee chairman...
View ArticleCape Lawmakers, Business Owners Discuss Economic Priorities
Congressman Bill Keating speaks to a room full of Upper Cape business owners during Legislative Breakfast Forum hosted by the Sandwich Chamber of Commerce. Congressman Bill Keating speaks to a room...
View ArticleEarly Files: A look back
It will be perceived by reference to our Legislative report that we are in prospect of having a shorter and better road to Sandwich than we have heretofore enjoyed. This is a matter of some consolation...
View ArticleHeartbreak In Fire's Aftermath
The house at 10 Alona Avenue in Monument Beach after the fire on March 17 that killed a woman and her dog The house at 10 Alona Avenue in Monument Beach after the fire on March 17 that killed a woman...
View ArticlePresident Trump's misplaced accusation that China stole our...
President Trump's misplaced accusation that China stole our steel jobs distracts from efforts to help workers: Charles Kleekamp SANDWICH, Massachusetts -- Donald Trump supporters deserve an honest...
View ArticleHead-On Crash In Sandwich Causes Serious Injuries
A head-on car crash at the intersection of Route 130 and Cotuit Road just before 8 PM on Thursday, March 23, resulted in serious injuries, and a request for four ambulances, extra manpower, and a...
View ArticleSandwich Fugitive From Justice Caught
A Sandwich man with five warrants from Connecticut was arrested by Sandwich police in Bourne and charged as a fugitive from justice. With direction from Watertown, Connecticut, Sandwich police were...
View ArticleProperties for around A 600,000
From a 16th-century thatched cottage with views over the Teign Valley in Devon to a Grade II-listed Victorian house overlooking the town of Welshpool in Wales. Water Street, Sandwich, MA, US.
View ArticleTransfer Station Board Reviews Four Proposals
Of those, Recycling Solutions LLC was ranked highest in an initial review Wednesday morning, March 22, by the station board of managers. The transfer station was previously run by the four Upper Cape...
View Article13 New Solar Projects from Current, powered by GE, Drive Clean Energy ...
Solar installations across the region will provide more than 17 megawatts of clean energy to help businesses reduce costs and greenhouse gas emissions Businesses across the Northeast are using the...
View ArticleRavens Among the Newest Breeding Birds on Cape Cod
When I was a weird little birder kid growing up in the wilds of Brockton, the Common Raven was an almost mythical bird to me. They lived in wilderness areas, like the big woods of northern Maine, where...
View ArticleSandwich's Public Safety Complex On Track For Summer Groundbreaking
Planning for the Town of Sandwich's new public safety complex is proceeding well and plans are to break ground on the $17 million project by this summer. Bids for construction are expected to go out in...
View ArticleWork Needed On Sandwich School Fields
Work needing to be done on the athletics fields in the Sandwich School District will stretch into the summer, in part to accommodate an already-tight facilities budget. The fields at all of the schools...
View ArticleTraining Program For Fishermen Teaches Safety And Survival Tips
Commercial fishing is one of the most dangerous professions in America. Consider this statistic: in the ten years from 2000 to 2010, 170 commercial fishermen in the U.S. lost their lives by falling...
View ArticleDavid Cooperridera s carvings on view at Green Briar Nature Center in East...
It's hard to believe that David C. Cooperrider has only been carving for five years. The art gallery at Green Briar Nature Center in East Sandwich, which is now exhibiting his work, is filled with his...
View ArticleTown Of Sandwich Brokers Deal To Buy New Conservation Acres
Voters at next month's Town Meeting will be asked to spend $125,000 in Community Preservation Act funds to buy these two parcels in East Sandwich near Talbot's Point. Voters at next month's Town...
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