The Town of Bourne could be eligible for reimbursement from the federal government for costs associated with pandemic-related delays to the wastewater treatment facility pr…
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For nearly 26 years, customers of the Bourne Water District who visited the company’s Barlows Landing Road office came to know Nancy Ward. More importantly, she came to kno…
January has become the second deadliest month on Cape Cod when it comes to COVID-19, and two weeks remain before it is over.
Bourne Town Administrator Anthony E. Schiavi has released his recommended Fiscal Year 2022 budget. Mr. Schiavi’s recommendation features a modest increase over the current …
It is possible that the Bourne School Committee could welcome a student member to its ranks by the end of this year.
Recent News
A new liquor license policy proposed by the Bourne Board of Selectmen has come into question by the people it would affect most as well as law enforcement authorities. The …
A difference of opinion has emerged over how to approach hiring a new Bourne chief of police. The question has been raised as to whether the town should look outside the de…
Bids to perform repair work on the Gardner Bridge on Briarwood Lane are due to the Town of Bourne Friday, January 15. The town has allocated $200,000 to have the work done,…
The Bourne Fire Department announced that today is the official start to open burning season in the Town of Bourne. The season runs through May 1.
Family members described Devin J. Brito, a 24-year-old man who died of injuries from a car crash in Bourne on Friday night, January 8, as a stellar high school athlete with…
The man killed in a rollover crash on Route 25 Friday evening, January 8, has been identified.
The Bourne Fire Department responded to reports of flames coming from a chimney at 24 Wallace Avenue in Buzzards Bay at just before 2 PM on Saturday, January 9.
Remote learning will continue for another week for students in the Bourne Public Schools.
A single car rollover crash happened on Route 25 and resulted in the driver being helicoptered to the hospital with traumatic injuries.
Efforts to construct a new mixed-use development in Buzzards Bay can move forward now, after approval was given to install two underground fuel storage tanks.
Tumultuous would be too gentle a word to put on the year 2020. The impact of the COVID-19 coronavirus was devastatingly historic, but it was by no means the only story to i…
Nearly five times as many people have died from COVID-19 on Cape Cod in the first week of January as they did the first week of December.
Superintendent Kerri Ann Quinlan-Zhou said that she does not know how the new guidance will impact remote and hybrid students in Bourne.
New Year's Day "chill-seekers" gathered Friday, January 1, at Patuisset Beach for the 24th-annual Polar Plunge.
Republican Steven G. Xiarhos of West Barnstable was officially sworn in to serve as state representative for the 5th Barnstable District on Wednesday, January 6.
Jordan Hendricks is 12 years old, and Alberto Gomez, his “big brother,” is 38. They have been friends for four years since meeting through the Big Brothers Big Sisters of C…
The Town of Bourne has a new permanent department of public works superintendent. Town Administrator Anthony E. Schiavi has appointed Shawn Patterson to fill the post left …
The Bourne Capital Outlay Committee has approved its recommended $2,866,510 capital spending budget for Fiscal Year 2022 to be part of the town’s total FY22 general fund op…
First responders across the state are preparing to receive their first vaccinations next week as COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to climb, including a record number of n…
Gosnold at Cataumet inpatient rehabilitation center discharged just before Christmas several patients who tested positive for the coronavirus or who exhibited symptoms. The…
Community Briefs
Two regional organizations have teamed up to measure how Cape Cod businesses are faring during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A bill supported by Senator Susan Moran, An Act promoting a resilient health care system that puts patients first (S.2984) has been signed into law by Governor Charles D. B…
WE CAN, Women’s Empowerment through Cape Area Networking, an organization dedicated to helping Cape Cod women achieve lasting positive change for themselves and their famil…
The Fall River Diocese released a list of 75 clergy who have been credibly or publicly accused of sexual abuse of a minor on January 7.
The board of directors of Falmouth Road Race has named Jennifer Edwards executive director of the organization, effective January 1. She was most recently its general manager.
A conversation on diversity and inclusion in the workplace via Zoom link presented by Dr. Angela Crutchfield of PESSCE Unlimited, LLC, is planned for Thursday, January 28, …
January is National Mentoring Month and usually finds Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cape Cod & the Islands busy gearing up for its annual Celebration of Mentoring, hosted…
A gift of $50,000 from Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation, $20,000 from the Cape and Islands Association of REALTORS and nearly $10,000 from Shepley Wood Products and Barns…
State Fire Marshal Peter J. Ostroskey announced that, for the first time on record, no children died in fires in Massachusetts in 2020. Historically, children and seniors h…
Cape Cod Jewish institutions present a virtual dramatic performance of “Matzo Ball Diaries” by The Braid, formerly known as the Jewish Women’s Theater of Los Angeles, on Su…
The Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition is holding a Bike for Prevention Bike-A-Thon.
Project Green Schools announced the application period is now open for the annual 2021 Green Difference Awards, a program to recognize and honor outstanding environmental e…
Jennifer Downing of Acushnet has been appointed to lead the Buzzards Bay Coalition’s public engagement and outreach efforts. She officially began her tenure with the coalit…
Cape Cod Hospital and Falmouth Hospital are in urgent need of blood donations, and numerous blood drives are being held across Cape Cod in January to benefit Cape Cod Healt…
Cape Cod 5 recently announced grants totaling $27,500 from its foundation to support Cape Cod Healthcare and Outer Cape Health Services in their COVID-19 testing strategies.
At a time when nonprofits are finding new creative ways to get through this year, WeThrive provides a shared housing resource allowing LGBTQ folks and some allies to secure…
Due to the holidays, The Enterprise will be delivered a day early during the weeks of Christmas and New Years. That also means that most stories will be available early on …
Mirroring the surge in COVID-19 cases this winter will be an escalation of residents needing help to keep a roof over their heads, the Housing Assistance Corporation warns.
The Bourne Department of Integrated Solid Waste Management announces the following holiday schedule for the landfill, C&D transfer station and the residential recycling…
The Salvation Army is facing a perfect storm this year as it contends with a massive spike in demand for services coupled with a precipitous decline in donations at Red Ket…
The Arc of Greater Plymouth and Upper Cape Cod in East Falmouth is continuing to support families through its holiday giving programs. The organization delivered 60 turkeys…
Barnstable County general counsel Robert S. Troy will not seek reappointment as of next month.
Because of the pandemic, the Cooperative Bank of Cape Cod did not hold food and toy drives in its branch locations but instead donated $1,000 each to 10 food pantries acros…
Kinlin Grover Real Estate has launched its Season of Giving program aimed at providing help to those in need through community support of local food banks, soup kitchens an…
A gift of “Hymns of Hope,” a recorded concert by Irish tenor John McDermott, will support three local agencies—Champ Homes, the Cape Cod Council of Churches and Duffy Healt…
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- Bourne Committee Approves Fiscal Year 2022 Capital Budget
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- Several Upper Cape School Districts To Go Remote Next Week
- Questions Surround New Brewery In Bourne
- Connecticut Couple To Be Charged With Shoplifting In Bourne
- Bourne Sewer Commissioners Wary Of Buzzards Bay Coalition Project
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- 2020: The Year In Photos
- Bourne Senior Spotlight: Cavan Cronin
- Bourne Senior Spotlight: George Meli
- Little Bay Dredging Underway In Bourne
- Bourne Commissioners Formally Approve Sewer Rate Reduction
- Cape Cod Sees Record Number Of COVID-19 Hospitalizations
- Bourne Natural Resources Department Details Five-Year Capital Funding Plan
- Cheers To Bourne's Retiring Police Chief Woodside
- Legislature Still Mulling Removal Provision For Assembly
- Senior Spotlight: Shawn McDonough
- Senior Spotlight: Nicolas Santucci
- Polar Plunge Still On With COVID-19 Modifications
- Tighter COVID Restrictions Called 'Crushing Mandate' For Businesses
- Four Rhode Island Men Arrested For Stealing At Lobster Trap In Bourne
- Governor Further Tightens Restrictions On Restaurant, Retail Capacity
- Bridge Replacement Language Included In COVID-19 Stimulus Bill
- Governor Warns Heading Into Holidays: 'We Simply Cannot Afford Another Spike'
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- Bourne Superintendent: Students Not Regressing Academically
- Opposition Greets National Guard Firing Range Presentation
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