Members of the Falmouth Public Works Department met with US Air Force officials on Tuesday, September 21, at the contaminated Fresh Pond Well to discuss a cleanup plan.
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The 6th Annual Liam Maguire’s Irish Pub Almost Five-Miler is set to take place on the morning of Saturday, October 2, and will be the group’s last-ever pub run.
A petition article on the November Town Meeting warrant is looking to regulate noise pollution caused by truck traffic.
Fifteen months after all homes in the Little Pond area of Falmouth were connected to the sewer system, sampling has shown that groundwater on the Maravista peninsula has de…
The Falmouth Select Board has approved a petitioner’s article for November Town Meeting that seeks to install flashing speed limit signs along Woods Hole Road and Palmer Avenue.
Editor’s Note: This is the last in a series of articles and editorials exploring domestic abuse.
A 7-foot tall glass obelisk that pays homage to the history of Sandwich was set to be revealed last night at the Dunbar Tea Room.
The Sandwich School District has updated its policy on face coverings to be consistent with the guidelines provided by the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
Police were called to Seafood Sam’s on Coast Guard Road for a fight in progress in the parking lot on Thursday last week, September 16, at 6:58 PM.
Sandwich town officials are looking to return some money to the community preservation coffers after being approved for a grant that will cut the costs of a planned land pu…
While it may have seemed that the town’s wastewater efforts had stopped during the COVID-19 pandemic, the town’s health director said that was not the case.
A program that grants Sandwich school nurses the ability to test students for COVID-19 in specific situations will ensure that students who do not have the virus will be ab…
After the Sandwich Planning Board informally discussed creating a bylaw to prevent the keeping of roosters on less than five acres of land, the planning director informed t…
A local Special Olympics coach is looking to expand socialization opportunities for his athletes by creating a unified chorus program that will connect singers who live wit…
A Falmouth man has been arraigned in Falmouth District Court on charges of larceny by embezzlement.
An inmate at the Barnstable County Correctional Facility on Joint Base Cape Cod stands accused of attempting to murder another inmate. Court records show that the accused c…
Two alternate members of the Bourne Planning Board have been named associate members of the board. William W. Meier and Shaun D. Handy have been unanimously appointed to th…
The call has gone out for Bourne residents who would be interested in serving on the committee to select candidates to be Bourne's next town administrator.
Members of the Bourne Charter Review Committee have agreed to present their recommendations for charter changes during this fall’s Special Town Meeting. The committee decid…
Fewer students in Bourne met or exceeded expectations in the spring 2021 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System, or MCAS, test compared with the results of the most …
The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education released its 2021 MCAS test scores this week. While the comparative results for the Bourne Public Schools show dips in …
Town Meeting members will consider earmarking money for a new fire station that could supplant the West Falmouth and North Falmouth stations.
The feasibility study for a project that would take sand from Old Harbor to bolster the Town Neck and Spring Hill beaches has been completed, and the town will now be seeki…
The town this week secured a key plank of support in its quest to replace the iconic—and deteriorating—Sandwich Boardwalk with a sturdier, more accessible structure.
A group of residents have formed a Neighborhood Support Team and are seeking volunteers to assist them with the sponsorship and support of three Afghan families that will b…
Bourne School Committee member Kari MacRae said at a board meeting Wednesday evening, September 22, that she will not resign from her position on the committee over controv…
The Pocasset Fire Station on Barlow’s Landing Road will soon be vacated indefinitely. The building has been deemed unsafe to house either firefighters or the department’s e…
Mashpee students scored generally lower on the statewide Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System, or MCAS, test in spring 2021 than in the most recent test in 2019. H…
A proposed permanent home for the Carousel of Light merry-go-round will once again be before Town Meeting, which will reconsider transferring a parcel of land at the corner…
The Sandwich Fire Department was called to Route 6 near exit 63, the old exit 4, at 9:25 AM on Thursday, September 23, for reports of a motorcycle crash.
The developers of an imposing three-story beach house in East Sandwich withdrew their application for a special permit from the zoning board of appeals last week.
Matthew J. Butchard, 27, of Woodridge Road was arrested on criminal harassment charges on Friday, September 17, at 1:12 PM after a Snapchat video showed him writing homopho…
Bourne School Committee member Kari MacRae said at a school committee meeting Wednesday night, September 22, that she will not resign from her position on the committee ove…
The Board of Selectmen recognized Nancy J. Sundman for her almost 53 years as executive assistant in the town administrator’s office on Tuesday evening, September 21. Her l…
Bourne Town Counsel Robert S. Troy has offered his opinion on a number of questions regarding potential changes to the Bourne town charter. Mr. Troy’s responses include rec…
The Mashpee Planning Board voted unanimously during its meeting on September 14 to approve a 4,860-square-foot commercial building as part of a special permit for the South…
When Mashpee Shellfish Constable Donovan McElligatt headed up the Mashpee River on August 27, to tend to some aids to navigation, he was struck by “the odor of almost raw s…
Cape Cod BMX will host a grand opening ceremony to celebrate its new race tract in South Sandwich on Saturday, September 25, beginning at 4 PM.
The Sandwich Zoning Board of Appeals last week approved a special permit for a drive-thru restaurant at 280 Route 130 that will serve Mediterranean food.
A Sandwich woman was seriously injured on Thursday, September 16, in a two-car crash at the intersection of Route 6A and Old County Road.
A shortage of bus drivers in the district and nationwide has Falmouth Public Schools continuing to seek out applicants.
Two Falmouth teenagers were found guilty of assault after they kicked and beat a Franklin teenager until—and after—he was unconscious at a party last summer in Falmouth.
The National Science Foundation has named Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution as the Center for Chemical Currencies of a Microbial Planet, or C-CoMP, one of six science an…
Many Sandwich School District parents awoke Tuesday morning, September 21, to an email from the superintendent notifying families of a potential threat received overnight.
The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe’s community and government center is closed temporarily due to an increase in positive COVID-19 case counts.
The Bourne teachers union will call for the resignation of Bourne School Committee member Kari MacRae at a committee meeting this Wednesday, September 22, after a TikTok vi…
The Sandwich and West Barnstable fire departments responded to an East Sandwich cottage at 9:36 PM on Sunday, September 19, after a ceiling fan caught fire.
US Representative William R. Keating (D-Bourne) announced on Friday, September 17, that the US Air Force will pay to clean up wells in Mashpee and Falmouth contaminated by …
Neighbors who filed suit to block a large taproom and beer distribution company from operating in their quiet, beachside neighborhood reached a settlement agreement with th…
Both sides involved in the dispute over Bourne’s adoption of a prohibition on sales of recreational marijuana have sought a final ruling from the state’s highest court. Bot…
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