L.A.'s Chefs Remember Their Favorite and Most Mortifying School Lunches
L.A.'s food obsessed and the people who cook for them were all at The Taste this past weekend, enjoying a wide sampling of the city's best food and drink. We asked the cooks what they remembered most...
View ArticleFour Companies Vying To Design New Sandwich Skate Park
Recreation department staff this week closed the bids for design of the town's proposed skate park and began sifting through proposals they received from four architectural, design and engineering...
View ArticleBookLovers: September/October Brings Authors to SouthCoast
Mark your calendars - or your calendar apps - BookLovers, because September and October are jam-packed with author events in SouthCoast. And I'm not blanketing this entire time period under "fall,"...
View ArticleHop off beaten paths for Northeast's foliage
The Northeast's fall foliage dazzles locals and draws millions of tourists, but many flock to the same tired vantage points. Those willing to venture off the beaten path will be rewarded with stunning...
View ArticleSandwich Schools Preparing Emergency Buckets
The Sandwich School Safety Committee, with help from the Wareham Home Depot, will be stocking the schools with emergency buckets that will be used in the event of a lockdown situation. According to...
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11, In memory of the deadliest attack on our nation, Battleship Cove will conduct a remembrance ceremony at the 9/11 Memorial site at Battleship Cove. Battleship Cove is the official memorial for the...
View ArticleWith new bridges to Cape Cod far off, officials ponder stopgap projects to...
Any final decision about replacing the two bridges across the Cape Cod Canal or building a third is probably years away. But those traffic jams that can paralyze the roads across and around the canal...
View ArticleTeaching Space Moves Outdoors At Bournedale
Third grader Naia Coelho tests out the magnetic race track she made with her classmates in the outdoor classroom at Bournedale Elementary School. Robert Gendron, the 20-month-old son of Bournedale...
View ArticleEarly Files 9-9-16: A blast from the Patriot's past
We must have that railroad. We are determined that we will have it. Although the Old Colony Railroad comes not within thirty miles of us, yet the travel is very perceptibly increased – more than...
View ArticleMutual Aid Requested For Brush Fire In Sandwich
The Sandwich Fire Department was alerted to a brush fire in the "hollow" adjacent to the power lines off of Popple Bottom Road in Sandwich at 4:25 PM on Saturday, September 17, by the Sandwich Fire...
View ArticleBroad-winged Hawks Are Migrating Along the East Coast, But You Won't Spot...
There's a jaw-dropping bird migration spectacle that only happens in September, and I'm afraid you'll have to cross the bridge to catch a glimpse of it. The problem is, Broad-winged Hawks hate to fly...
View ArticleGovernor Signs MacDonald Retirement Legislation
Special legislation granting a disability retirement for Bourne patrolman Jared P. MacDonald, who was shot while on duty last winter, has been signed by Governor Charles D. Baker Jr. Gov. Baker signed...
View ArticleTwo Pairs Square Off At Pot Debate
Communications director for the Yes on 4 Campaign Jim Borghesani makes a point at the panel discussion on the legalization of marijuana in Massachusetts at the Council on Aging in Sandwich on September...
View ArticleLeaf-peeping in New England: 5 places to check out
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View ArticleRounding Up the Week's Local and Regional News
WCAI's Kathryn Eident hosts a roundup of the week's top news. Her guests include Patrick Cassidy of the Cape Cod Times, Jim DeArruda of the New Bedford Standard Times; Sara Brown of the Vineyard...
View ArticleBird sightings on Cape Cod
A Northern wheatear was found in a difficult-to-access- area of Sandwich. This small Arctic nesting songbird typically migrates from northern Canada east across the Atlantic Ocean to Africa for the...
View ArticleRoad Determination Clears Way For Home Project In Sagamore
A difference of opinion over an ancient way in Sagamore has been settled by the Bourne Planning Board. The board ruled during its meeting last Thursday evening, September 15, that Freeman Lane, off...
View ArticleCommittee Remains Mute On Charter School Cap, Marijuana
The Sandwich School Committee was scheduled to weigh in this week on two ballot questions coming before voters in November: one concerning lifting the cap on the number of charter schools in the state...
View ArticleGrand Jury Indicts Sandwich Man On OUI Charges
A Barnstable County grand jury has returned an indictment against William R. Dickey, 55, of East Sandwich on charges of drunk driving. It was Mr. Dickey's eighth operating under the influence of liquor...
View ArticleMy first Metric Century ride
Last Sunday I joined a ride put on by the Narragansett Bay Wheelmen club from Bourne High School. There were about 100 riders and the weather was cool and sunny.
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