Upper Cape Police Discuss Warrant Service Work
Imagine you're sitting in your car at a stop light, waiting for red to shift to green, when a police cruiser pulls up behind you. Through your rear-view mirror you see that the police officer is...
View ArticleSandwich Schools Prepare For New School Year
Summer is winding down in Sandwich as teachers and administrators prepare for the new school year, which starts on September 5. With the start of the new year, there are new things happening at each of...
View ArticleMashpee Historic District Says No To Pickleball Plan
The old Attaquin Hotel photographed in the mid-1890s. The hotel, aside from being the first post office in Mashpee, housed celebrities and even presidents during its time.
View ArticlePimlico Pond Road Among Few To Be Repaved This Year
Department of Public Works employees and vehicles, fixtures on Pimlico Pond Road for the past few months, finished their work this week leaving a smooth, clean roadway in their wake. But the Pimlico...
View ArticleSandwich Wastewater Efforts To Begin With Small, Simple Steps
The town's huge goals to clean up its waterways and provide wastewater treatment to its businesses and residents must start with simple steps that will not require that taxpayers dig into their...
View ArticleSandwich Schools Kick Off The New School Year
First and 2nd graders arrive for their first school day of the year at Forestdale School Tuesday morning. Second grader Colby Lippincott flashes a smile as he steps off the bus.
View ArticleSandwich Hosts Distinguished Labor Day Weekend Guests
The Mayoress Susan Graeme and The Right Worshipful Mayor of Sandwich, Kent, United Kingdom, and Speaker of the Cinque Ports Councillor Paul Graeme at Sandwich Town Hall. Led by Selectman Robert George,...
View ArticleBeloved Community Garden In Sandwich To Close This Fall
At the end of Jan Sebastian Drive's industrial park, past a gravel pit, a biofuel company, and satellite municipal offices, sits a little-known slice of Eden. Here, just beyond a rough-hewn wooden...
View ArticleNew Season Starting Up For Cape Cod Chorale
"If you can carry a tune in a bucket, you're welcome to join," said Danica Buckley, artistic director and conductor of the Cape Cod Chorale, which will begin rehearsals for its 2017-2018 on September...
View ArticleWork Underway On Public Safety Projects
The East Sandwich Fire Station went dark this week, fenced off and covered by black netting like a camera-shy movie star. Workers have also been busy clearing the area behind the station and placing...
View ArticleBomb-Making Materials Found In Forestdale Home
The Sandwich police and fire departments searched 30 Brightside Lane after receiving a tip that David Luongo, 31, was storing explosive materials there. The tip also indicated that Mr. Luongo had set...
View ArticleLayering Creates "Chaos And Structure" For Mashpee Artist
"Guy and Kid," an acrylic on paper, is one of several paintings by Richard Pawlak of Mashpee that will be featured at Creative Hands Gallery in East Sandwich. A wine-and-cheese reception, at which the...
View ArticleCape's Beloved Band Leader Was An Unconventional Choice
Querze's band poses in front of a store in Sagamore in 1921. Adolfo Querze stands to the far right in the front row holding his baton.
View ArticleChain Urgent Care Clinic Proposed On Davis Straits
Plans are in the works to build an urgent care and walk-in clinic on the site of this old gas station at the corner of Davis Straits and Dillingham Avenue. Plans are in the works to build an urgent...
View Article'Tick Days' To Be Shown At Sandwich Public Library
Sandwich Public Library will host a showing of "Tick Days" on Thursday, September 21, at 6:30 PM. The library is at 142 Main Street in Sandwich Village.
View ArticleThe Great Shark Highway: Episode Seven (Final Episode) - To Shark Or Not To...
In our final regular episode in our series, the Great Shark Highway, we explore how much of a danger beach-goers could potentially be in with sharks in Upper Cape waters, if any at all.
View ArticleNew Home Offered For Community Garden
The Town Of Sandwich is looking at a way to help community gardeners find a new field of endeavor when their current garden site closes this fall. Assistant Town Manager Douglas Lapp has proposed that...
View ArticleMaster Bike-Pedestrian Trail Planner Begins Work
Mr. Jackson said his firm has been designing bike trails for 15 years and had helped design and build more than 150 bikeways across the country. The company has designed several for New England towns...
View ArticleGroundbreaking Ceremony For Public Safety Campus Amidst Jose
Fire Chief William Carrico, retired Fire Chief George Russell, and retired Fire Chief Dennis Newman at the groundbreaking ceremony for the new public safety complex at the intersection of Cotuit Road...
View ArticleSandwich Selectmen Vote To Keep, And Keep Tabs On, Tourism Board
The Visitors Services Board can continue to exist as an autonomous entity, but the board of selectmen and the town manager's office will be monitoring its activities. That was the unanimous decision of...
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