New Pilot Program In Sandwich Aims To Feed Hungry Children Through The Summer
An organization that helps Sandwich families is working to make sure that dozens of children in town will not go hungry this summer. Despite being considered a well-to-do community, a total of 784...
View ArticleChristopher Wilson is buying in the future of Sandwich
Glass manufacturer Deming Jarves left an indelible imprint on Sandwich in the 19th century with his Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. Part of the town's historic district is still known as Jarvesville.
View ArticleA Hearty Yankee, Through And Through
Carolyn Crowell lives on Charles Street in the two-story farm house where she grew up, on the hill overlooking the back side of Sandwich's 50-acre Crow Farm. Her father, David Crowell, who founded Crow...
View ArticleSandwich Man Leads Police On Dangerous Car Chase Before Capture
Sandwich police responded to a call at 10:37 AM on June 10 about a man found unconscious in his car with an uncapped needle next to him at Ryder Conservation area. Officer Perkins and Sergeant Gilrein...
View ArticleBourne Schools Relinquish Otis Memorial To The Town
An unoccupied school building on Joint Base Cape Cod will no longer be under the care and control of the Bourne school department. At a meeting of the Bourne School Committee on Wednesday, June 6, the...
View ArticleRenovated Fire Station Is Now Open
Sandwich Deputy Fire Chief John Burke stands in the day room at the East Sandwich Fire Station. The building has just reopened after it was renovated and expanded into a fully manned station.
View ArticleWitness: Fisherman deliberately hit swan with boat
Police are investigating a report that a fisherman deliberately struck a swan with his boat on a Massachusetts pond, causing injuries that led to the bird's euthanization. A witness tells the Cape Cod...
View ArticleWastewater Issues, Funding Will Go To Sandwich Voters This Fall
The Sandwich Board of Selectmen tentatively agreed on Thursday, June 14, to bring a wastewater financing proposal to the voters at a Special Town Meeting this fall. Although the selectmen did not...
View ArticleRestaurant, Arts Alliance Collaboration A Good Fit
Bill Cifrino and his wife, Mary Hunt-Cifrino, of Sagamore Beach look at an art exhibit set up near the entrance to the dining room of the Fishermen's View restaurant in Sandwich. Bill Cifrino and his...
View ArticleTurtle Sisters Author Pens Pond Guide
"A Guide to the Best Ponds on Cape Cod AND the Best Ways of Preserving Them" is the newest release from author and illustrator Susan Baur of Falmouth, creator of the Turtle Sisters series. This latest...
View ArticleSchool resource officer proposed in Sandwich
SANDWICH – The Sandwich School District 430 is exploring the possibility of having a police officer at the high school. Principal Tom Sodaro attended the June 11 City Council meeting to see how council...
View ArticleMeet Artist Arlene Weibel
Arlene Weibel of Mashpee is the artist of the week at the Gallery on Main in Falmouth. The above oil painting by Ms.
View ArticleSummer Eats Program Aims To Fill In The Food Gap
For a few years now, Brenda B. Swain, director of Falmouth Service Center, and Kerin S. Delaney, assistant director, and Susan Hauptman, director of human services, have worked to get Falmouth listed...
View ArticleKickoff Features Notescape, Jeff's Hot Six
The a cappella quintet Notescape will appear, along with Jeff's Hot Six, in a summer reading kick-off party at the Sandwich Town Hall. The a cappella quintet Notescape will appear, along with Jeff's...
View ArticleProperties for sale for around A 700,000
From a shingle-fronted house with a private beach in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, to a Grade II-listed cottage in Oxfordshire with landscaped gardens, eight of the best properties for sale for around A...
View ArticleNew Sandwich Harbormaster Already Knows Marina's Ropes
The search for a new Sandwich harbormaster netted 19 candidates from across the country, but as it turned out, the best of them was already on the job. The board of selectmen on Thursday, June 28,...
View ArticleSandwichFest Kicks Off Summer As The Heat Arrives
Last year it was the morning rainstorm; this year it was the heat and humidity, but weather never seems to be a factor in the success of Sandwich's annual street fair, and the 10th annual Chamber of...
View ArticleFirefighters Called To Utility Pole And Brush Fire
The Sandwich Fire Department received multiple 911 calls about a utility pole fire on Cotuit Road by the Peters Pond Campground at 7:10 PM on Saturday, June 30, a fire official said. The utility pole...
View ArticleSave Morse Pond Group Rallies Against Proposed Gosnold Relocation
Falmouth residents concerned about the Gosnold Treatment Center's proposed relocation to 359 Jones Road are considering hiring a lawyer to help them in their efforts to block the project. The proposed...
View ArticleMashpee Makes It An Independence Day Weekend
Enjoying their watermelon are Henry Conn, 10, of Colorado, Griffen Szucs, 8, Taylor Szuca, 5, Becca Byrrows and Owen Szucs, 6, of Sandwich. Four-year-old twins Noah and Chase Raneo wait for the...
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