Shame on you for allowing Heritage Museums & Gardens to operate its “small-scale outdoor recreational facility.” Kudos to you, Mr. DiPersio and neighbors, for trying to…
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Hackers have for some time been infiltrating networks, locking them and then demanding a ransom to restore the systems. It happened to a friend of ours a few years ago, cos…
We’ve all heard, time and again, how vulnerable our coastline and downtown areas are to flooding. Especially during storms blowing out of the northeast; especially when the…
It’s regrettable that our town leaders now plan to place parking meters at Horizon’s Beach as a way to skim revenue from our residents and visitors to that area.
On May 14, 2019, the Sandwich Zoning Board of Appeals began a hearing for a special permit applied for by The Adventure Park at Heritage Museum and Gardens, LLC. The specia…
Several years ago, an Enterprise employee will tell you, he and his wife set off for a day trip on Martha’s Vineyard via the Steamship Authority.
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On Monday evening, June 17, town Planning and Development Department sponsored a community workshop. The issue addressed was to test the attitude of the audience to compact…
Never underestimate the power of an idea.
Because of our menacing great white shark and the seal overpopulation dilemma, Cape Cod is in the middle of an ecological, public safety, and economic crisis.
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Everyone arrested for trafficking killer drugs–like heroin and fentanyl—on the Upper Cape should be brought before a judge like Christopher Welch at Falmouth District Court.
Falmouth’s community preservation committee has been asked to consider the idea of allowing private homeowners to tap into Community Preservation Act funds to restore or pr…
On May 19, 155 determined young riders aged 3-14, along with more than 50 volunteers, assembled at the Sandwich Marina for the Third Annual Sandwich PMC Kids Ride. “PMC Kid…
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