Chatham, MA

FALMOUTH – Two people were seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash which left one car on its roof. The crash happened sometime before 8 PM on Nathan Ellis Highway (Route 151) at Doran Way. Firefighters had to extricate two people from the wreckage. At least one was transported to Falmouth Hospital under a trauma alert. Motorists were urged to avoid the area and seek alternate routes. Falmouth Police are investigating the cause of the crash.

A free-standing cottage located just off the beach in Provincetown is on the market for less than the median home price last month in Massachusetts. The catch? It’s listed for $2,059 per square foot. The studio cottage offers 170 square feet of indoor living space including a compact kitchen, bathroom...

Rick Murray, owner of The Crown and Anchor in Provincetown, Mass., oversees several bars, clubs, a hotel and restaurant and is struggling to find staff for the summer season. He joins 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss the staff shortage, the attempts the business has made to attract workers, and other challenges his business is facing.

WELLFLEET – Two people were injured in a crash in Wellfleet sometime after 10 AM Tuesday. The crash happened on Route 6 at the intersection of Cottontail Road. The victims were transported by ambulance to Cape Cod Hospital. The cause of the crash, which caused traffic delays, is under investigation by Wellfleet Police.

MASHPEE — Willowbend Country Club will donate $10,000 to the Boys &Girls Club of Cape Cod at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday in honor of the late philanthropist and wife of the New England Patriots owner. The club is making the donation in honor of Myra Kraft, who was a longtime Willowbend...

YARMOUTH – The men and women of the Yarmouth Police Department would like to thank Sergeant Gerard “Gerry” Britt for his 33 years of dedicated service to the Town of Yarmouth. Sergeant Britt retired on Friday, June 18th. Sergeant Britt served as a patrol officer, field training officer and supervisor, department instructor, peer support member and supervisor, drug recognition expert, and patrol supervisor. Congratulations and best of luck in your retirement!

ORLEANS -- Rock Harbor in Orleans, an historic port with a long-standing commercial fishing fleet, is in serious need of an upgrade. “It looks like yesteryear, but it’s a thriving harbor,” said Harbormaster Nate Sears. Among the challenges is a deteriorating wooden bulkhead, a lack of docking space forcing vessels...

Barnstable is currently training six recruits to work as lifeguards at the town’s beaches this season. Recreation Director Patti Machado is praying they all pass. Assuming every participant is eligible for hiring, Machado said, the town still won’t have enough lifeguards to cover all of its beaches. The shortage means that at least one beach out of the town’s 13, likely Hamblin Pond in Marstons Mills, will be swim-at-your-own risk this year.

DENNIS PORT – Summer 2021 officially began Monday as the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce kicked off the season with the 13th Annual Quahog Day. Doug the Quahog arrived at the Pelham House Resort in Dennis with his usual security entourage and made a prediction of 100 days of summer.

DENNIS PORT — Doug the Quahog, Cape Cod's clammy Nostradamus of summer weather, has spoken: We're in for beautiful weather this season. The soothsaying bivalve was the star of a slightly odd, foggy and jubilant ceremony overlooking Nantucket Sound Monday at the Pelham House Resort. HGTV host and Dennis selectman Chris Lambton was emcee of the prognostication proceedings, sponsored by the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce.

FALMOUTH — Zoning changes for a solar energy plant, adoption of a domestic partnership policy and a task force to study early childhood education and child care programs for town residents are among 24 warrant articles that will be considered by town meeting voters on Monday, June 28. The meeting,...

TRURO — Great white sharks made themselves known over the weekend and public safety officials are urging caution as people hit the beaches in the first official week of summer. Sightings of great whites off beaches in Truro resulted in lifeguards closing those areas to swimming at both town beaches...

Where Bourne’s first win, 3-0 against Hyannis on Sunday, leaned on pitching to hold off opposing bats for the shutout, its successes Monday came from the batter’s box. Eight different Braves recorded a hit Monday as Bourne (2-0) beat Brewster (0-1-1) 9-1 on the road to become the only team on the Cape with two wins in a young season. A trio of Braves — Virginia Tech’s Tanner Schobel, UCONN’s Reggie Crawford and Quinnipiac’s Colton Bender — had multi-hit games, reaching base on a hit four, three and two times, respectively.

One man’s trash is another man’s treasure, but this particular piece will need a specific type of owner to turn it into anything but trash. If you are in the market for a new table, you could be the proud owner of the worst table ever made, according to this Brewster, Massachusetts seller on Facebook Marketplace.

A giant oak tree falls in Cotuit. It’s a 75-foot painted mural that stretches over three walls at the Cahoon Museum of American Art, and is the centerpiece of the museum’s new exhibit “The Greenhouse.”. The site-specific installation was created by internationally known contemporary artist Ethan Murrow and three artist...

He tagline for my column says it “chronicles community building on Cape Cod,” and indeed, that’s been the primary focus for almost all my reflections in this space for nearly a decade. For the past 15 months, though, it seems as if it’s been “all-COVID, all the time.” How to get out of that rut?