Mad Minute stories from Wednesday, July 26th
A man is accused of drunkenly strolling down a Maine road wearing a black-hooded sweatshirt and a clown mask and brandishing a machete taped to where his arm had been amputated. Maine State Police say...
View ArticleThree ways to turn midday meal into an adventure
JAZZ IT UP: The Boston Lighthouse Brunch Cruise and the Cape Cod Central Railroad Sunday Brunch Train, far left, offer great scenery and food. The Cape Cod Central Railroad Sunday Brunch Train: starts...
View ArticleBarnstable Post Office to mark 225 years
Here in the 21st century we take for granted the timely and accurate delivery of the mail to our home, post office box, or place of business. Like clockwork, the mail arrives each day, rain or shine,...
View ArticlePan-Mass Challenge Riders Come Through Sandwich
Thousands of bicyclists participating in this year's Pan-Mass Challenge bike-a-thon spent the night at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Bourne on Saturday, August 5. Sunday morning at dawn, riders...
View ArticleNew Bike Racks Coming To Sandwich Beaches, Recreation Areas
Sandwich has been awarded more than $4,000 in state and federal grants to purchase 14 hitch-style bike racks for beach and conservation areas. The Cape Cod Commission administers the grant program,...
View ArticleUpper Cape Jewelry Artists Featured At Sandwich Gallery
Sagamore Beach artist Michelle Kindberg created this multi-layer necklace , while Falmouth artist Laura Bergeron created her piece by layering antique buttons. Both artists will be featured at a...
View ArticleA Look Back At James F. Peebles
Ground will be broken by the end of the year for the construction of the school that will replace the crumbling James F. Peebles Elementary School, a school that has served the students of Bourne since...
View ArticleThree Young Seals Released Back Into The Wild At Scusset
A huge crowd watches as three rescued and rehabilitated seal pups are released back into the wild at Scusset Beach this week. Volunteers use what are called "crowder boards" to corral the seals toward...
View ArticleBourne Selectmen Throw Support Behind Letter Backing Bike Path Extension
A letter from state Representative David T. Vieira to Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation Stephanie Pollock backing the extension of the Shining Sea Bikeway has been given the support of the...
View ArticleSafe Routes To School Helps Upper Cape Students Learn Street Safety
Bournedale Elementary School teachers and members of the Bourne Police Department helped young students walk to school safely in partnership with Safe Routes to School back in June. Bournedale...
View ArticleKnowlton's Garage In Sagamore Demolished
Another eyesore has been removed from the town's landscape. Knowlton's Garage on Sandwich Road in Sagamore, which went up in flames nearly three years ago and has been boarded up since then, has been...
View ArticleRoad trip: 50-mile ride off Cape
Last Sunday I joined three friends for a 50-mile ride starting from the off-Cape Side of the Cape Cod Canal. Naturally I got mixed up with directions on my way there and I ended up in Sandwich heading...
View ArticleAffordable Housing Complex In Mashpee Envisioned For Falmouth Road
As early as November, the town could know what kind of affordable housing project would best fit its 950 Falmouth Road site. In July, the Mashpee Affordable Housing Trust, made up of mostly selectmen...
View ArticleUpper Cape Gears Up For Solar Eclipse
Willa Carter and May Carter of Falmouth test out their solar eclipse glasses in preparation for Monday's event. The eclipse is expected to begin at 1:29 PM and end at 4:01 PM, with the greatest extent...
View ArticlePolice investigate swastikas in Sandwich, Mashpee
As the violent outcome of a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday draws the country's attention, police on Cape Cod are investigating two acts of vandalism involving...
View ArticlePartial Eclipse Rivets Upper Cape
Justin Roderick of Falmouth and Whitney Williams of Yarmouth, employees at Zoe's Pizza in Mashpee Commons, view the eclipse through pinhole cameras outside the restaurant. A group of 3rd and 4th...
View ArticleEnvironmental Secretary Visits Sandwich
Secretary Matthew A. Beaton of the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs visited Sandwich and enjoyed a tour of the fish hatchery with several selectman. Secretary Beaton also was...
View ArticleOak Bluffs: Peaceful celebrations
How peacefully two of the major events of the summer in our town were celebrated: Illumination Night and the fireworks show. Kudos to the Oak Bluffs police department, and the fire and EMS departments...
View ArticleGOP attorney to run against Maura Healey
The founder of an intellectual property law firm said he wants to increase focus on the opioid crisis and cyber crimes, and faulted Healey for being "soft on crime." In an announcement letter, Shores...
View ArticleCommission Considers Reopening Ryder Trails To Hikers, Dogs
The board members, with the support of Natural Resources Director David J. DeConto, agreed last week to look into the matter at the request of resident Curtis Rencurrel. Mr. Rencurrel, who put together...
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