A yoga studio run out of a home in Falmouth has received unanimous approval from the zoning board of appeals to resume operations.
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After several months of trash and recycling pick-up delays, the Town of Falmouth has contracted with a new company, Waste Connections.
Mashpee/Wakeby Pond was put under advisory Sunday, June 26, due to the presence of a cyanobacteria bloom on the north shore of Wakeby Pond.
Sandwich town officials are hoping to enlist residents and visitors as “plank detectives” this summer to speed the process of returning 455 detached Sandwich Boardwalk boar…
A portion of the Mid-Cape Highway was closed Monday morning, June 27, after a tractor trailer crashed and rolled over near Exit 61 (formerly Exit 3).
An Attleboro man was arrested for assaulting people with a knife and slashing tires at Chapoquoit Beach in Falmouth on Sunday, June 26.
A 5-year-old boy was pulled from the waters of Snake Pond on Sunday night, June 26 after he was reported missing and later found fully submerged and not breathing.
Two high-mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicles (Humvees) were involved in a multi-vehicle accident on Joint Base Cape Cod around 6 PM on Saturday, June 25.
The Mashpee Fire Rescue Department and the town's harbormaster responded to a call for a water rescue at The Spit in Popponessett Bay on Saturday, June 25.
An electroshock fish census on May 18 by Massachusetts state fish biologist Steve Hurley revealed that Upper Childs River, the site of a restoration project led by the Falm…
Waste Connections, the third largest provider of solid waste collection in North America, will take over Falmouth’s trash and recycling curbside pickup from Republic Servic…
Summer seemed as ready to welcome Sandwich students as they were for it to begin on the last day of school on Thursday, June 23.
Take a walk down a path from the parking lot at Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School that leads into the woods. The walk will be punctuated by the appearance of tiny wh…
A Falmouth resident discovered a rare flying fish on a West Falmouth beach on Sunday, June 19.
Mashpee Town Planner Evan R. Lehrer presented amendments to the town’s floodplain variance bylaw at a planning board meeting on June 15.
R. Patrick Ellis, the longtime sponsor of the Fourth of July boat parade, is recommending the recreation department cancel the event this year, due to algae blooms that hav…
The Mashpee Zoning Board of Appeals voted to approve a change in the Mashpee Commons Chapter 40B housing unit regulations as an “insubstantial change” at the board’s meetin…
The Falmouth Harbormaster last week received a report of gas being siphoned from a motor boat in Eel River. With the price of gas at a new high, Marine and Environmental st…
The Bourne Conservation Commission has signed off on plans to improve water quality at Monks Park off Shore Road in Pocasset. The proposed plan is also expected to restore …
The town this week began returning the engraved planks from the busted portion of the Sandwich Boardwalk to their original donors.
A bullying prevention and intervention plan outlined by the Sandwich Public Schools seeks to define exactly what constitutes a bullying event as well as how those incidents…
A bicyclist was struck by a car on Teaticket Highway on Saturday, June 18.
Superintendent of Schools Lori S. Duerr announced last Friday, June 17, that Falmouth High School Assistant Principal Henry St. Julien will be the new director of Diversity…
The Steamship Authority board voted to approve a contract for a Woods Hole ferry terminal reconstruction project on Tuesday, June 21, to Lawrence-Lynch Corporation of Falmo…
Principal James Mulcahy has presented the student handbook for Sandwich Middle-High School to the school committee, solidifying the merger of the high school and STEM Academy.
Mention the Sandwich Town Charter to 10 people, and it is likely that the eyes of at least eight of those people will start to glaze over pretty quickly.
The Sandwich Department of Natural Resources will begin patrolling Peters Pond on Saturday, June 25, to enforce the town’s new ban on personal watercraft on the pond.
Cape Cod Community College is installing and pilot testing a closed-loop treatment system toilet. This toilet will be the first commercial application of its kind in North …
Falmouth attorney Laura M. Moynihan, who is working with the town’s affordable housing committee, presented two affordable housing programs—a home opportunity purchase prog…
Two men were injured when their car crashed into the Patriot Party Boats building at the juncture of Clinton and Scranton avenues at 12:30 AM on Saturday, June 18.
Participants in the 6th annual Washburn Challenge on Saturday, June 25, will again bicycle and kayak to raise funds for Alzheimer’s disease research. Its organizers hope to…
Members of the Bourne Community Engagement Committee met at the Bourne Veterans Memorial Community Center on Wednesday, June 22, to discuss appropriating funds toward Bourn…
The Bourne Recreation Authority has finalized its budget for the coming year. The authority’s board of directors decided that, in recognition of the historically high infla…
Since Mashpee Sewer Commission meetings restarted earlier this month after a two-month hiatus and new interim town engineer Raymond A. Jack began June 15, Mashpee’s sewer p…
The Mashpee Board of Health discussed proposed revisions to the state’s Title 5 septic system rules from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection during its…
First graders in teacher Evelyn O’Keefe’s class at Kenneth C. Coombs School recently took part in the “Postcards Across America” project, which evolved from a simple lesson…
Two donkeys got loose from a farm on Orchard Road in Mashpee and headed toward Willowbend Country Club Wednesday afternoon, June 22. A group of Mashpee police officers and …
As summer commences, tourists flow in, local restaurants and businesses are reporting varying levels of staffing. Some are struggling to fill positions; others are doing ju…
Falmouth Transportation Committee on Tuesday, June 21, heard updates on the McMahon Route 28/Main Street master plan. The main agenda included improving wayfinding signs ar…
Slowly but surely, restoration efforts for the Old Burying Ground in Falmouth are coming together.
After a successful event on May 22 to benefit Lisa Caines, a longtime US Postal Service worker in the Main Street area who was diagnosed with breast cancer in early Februar…
The Sandwich Board of Selectmen will be sending a letter to state officials reporting that the developers of a Forestdale affordable housing project are now current on all …
Dozens of residents filled the small space of the Sand Hill School Community Center on Monday night, June 21, in support of a proposed three-lot subdivision off Farmersville Road.
Offering a range of handcrafted soft goods and home furnishings gathered from around the world, Jarves & Main owner Leslie-jon Vickory calls the new store a collection …
Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School is offering summer programs for potential and accepted students who are interested in exploring vocational options and in learning …
During a public hearing on Tuesday, June 21, the attorney for Julian M. Suso argued that his client’s removal as Falmouth’s town manager by the select board was baseless.
Beach Superintendent Maggie Clayton reported to the beach committee on Wednesday last week, June 15, that of 57 lifeguard positions the Beach Department hoped to fill, only…
A mortality event for great shearwaters and double-crested cormorants is taking place in Falmouth, throughout Barnstable County and as far as south as Virginia, executive d…
Efforts are underway to attach a special plaque to the Town of Bourne archives building on Keene Street in Bourne Village. The plaque commemorates the building’s placement …
The membership of the Bourne Open Space Committee has been reduced for the second time in the group’s history. The all-volunteer committee has been decreased from nine memb…
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