Ruth Bass: Boardwalks offer access - and protection - to intriguing places
White caps and sapphire water on the usually calm bay indicated that this was not a beach day. It was August on Cape Cod, and it would be windy out there on the sand - possibly quite chilly.
View ArticleVideos Break Huge Water Cleanup Plan Into Bite-Sized Pieces
Sandwich Health Director David Mason as a cartoon in the town's new video series. The animation was done by Robyn Whaples, the artist who designed the First Night buttons for many years.
View ArticleMore And More Waterfront Homeowners Opting For Fiber Dunes
There is nothing more relaxing than visiting Sandwich's iconic beaches to drink in familiar sights-endless sky, gulls wheeling overhead, and waves breaking across the fiber rolls. Also known as coir...
View ArticleWhat I've been up to lately, fitness-wise
A few weeks after the Hub on Wheels ride in Boston, I rode the Cape Caper in Bourne for the third year in a row, which goes through Falmouth, Woods Hole, Mashpee and Sandwich. The first time I did the...
View ArticleNWS Confirms Tornadoes in Mass., RI
Residents in Lincoln, Rhode Island and Sandwich, Massachusetts are preparing cleanup efforts after two separate tornadoes slammed through the towns. National Weather Service officials confirmed...
View ArticleEarly Voting Gets Going On The Upper Cape
The Sandwich Town Hall Annex saw a steady flow of early voters on Monday, October 22. Angela LeBeau gets a ballot from poll worker Bruce Barents as Town Clerk Taylor White looks on Mashpee residents...
View ArticleTornado warning for parts of Cape, Vineyard
Tornado Warning including East Falmouth MA, Forestdale MA, East Sandwich MA until 10:45 AM EDT pic.twitter.com/kTmNhbtnlC The National Weather Service has extended its tornado warning for parts of Cape...
View ArticleSandwich Announces Shellfish Joy For the Holidays
AmeriCorps volunteers and members of the town's Department of Natural Resources sort through the town's stock of oysters in Mill Creek in preparation for the upcoming winter shellfishing season. For...
View ArticleBoston police arrest six people during parade
OCTOBER 31, 2018: Patrick Connolly leaves Boston Municipal Court after his arraignment on Wednesday, October 31, 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts. A total of six people - all but one of them teenagers -...
View ArticleWorkers In Sandwich Race Against Tight Deadline To Place Vietnam Monument
An excavation crew readies a spot in Eaton Square, in front of Sandwich Town Hall, for the town's new Vietnam War Memorial. A ceremony to dedicate the memorial is set for Veterans Day, which is Sunday,...
View ArticleNo Injuries, Heavy Structural Damage In Two-Alarm Sandwich Fire
Firefighters from all surrounding towns were called to a two-alarm house fire at 22 Dogwood Drive in Sandwich on Friday night. Firefighters arrived at the scene in two minutes and found heavy fire on...
View ArticleTown Clerks Say Upper Cape Polls Are Busy
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View ArticleVoters Reelect Sen. deMacedo
Incumbent Viriato M. deMacedo defeated challenger Deborah Rudolf to keep his seat in the state Senate to represent the district that includes Plymouth, Falmouth, Bourne and Sandwich. Mr. DeMacedo won...
View ArticleMid-Cape voters return incumbents to office
Voter turnout was the big news on election day as people in the Mid-Cape went to the polls in droves. In Barnstable, 65 percent of voters went to the polls.
View ArticleSandwich Seeks Bids To Bring Bourne Sand To Town Neck
As of this week, the town is seeking a few good contractors to bid on transporting, depositing and grading much-needed sand for Town Neck Beach. The sand-about 3,900 cubic yards of it, according to the...
View ArticleTwo-Alarm Fire Consumes East Sandwich Home
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View ArticleArmy Corps announces meetings on Cape Cod Canal bridges
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has announced a series of public information meetings to be held next month to discuss the future of the Bourne and Sagamore bridges, the first major opportunity for...
View ArticleSandwich Vietnam Monument Becomes A Reality With Veterans Day Dedication
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View ArticleFaith And Science Communities Join Forces To Change The World
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View ArticleDevelopers Propose Green Housing, Shops For Forestdale
A realty group this week unveiled an ambitious mixed-use development proposal-including retail, housing, and energy and water treatment systems-for an 18-acre parcel of land off Route 130 in...
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