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Catch the Cape Cod Baseball League All-Star Game at in Falmouth on Saturday
The Cape League’s best will be in action at the 2024 Cape Cod Baseball League All-Star Game at Guv Fuller Field on Saturday, July 27, where the East Division will take on the West Division in the 33rd edition of the event. Gates open at 1:30 p.m. with All-Star Game festivities kicking off with an autograph session beginning at 2 p.m. Fans can get signatures from all the game’s participants and then can venture to the field...
Car Crashes Into Oak Bluffs Home
A person was taken into police custody early Friday morning after a car ran into a home on Samoset avenue in Oak Bluffs. Firefighters responded to the corner of Kennebec avenue and Samoset avenue at 12:44 a.m. for a report of a Dodge Charger hitting a house, Oak Bluffs deputy fire Chief Stephen Foster said. There was no one in the home at the time.
Review: Three days left to see 'Little Shop of Horrors' showing in Falmouth or Cotuit
FALMOUTH — Your eyes don’t deceive you — there’s another exceptional performance of “Little Shop of Horrors” opening on the Cape this week. In Falmouth, the nationally renowned College Light Opera Company (CLOC) is taking on the horror comedy as one of nine productions this summer season. The result is a hilarious, sonically stunning, thought-provoking show featuring the best young performers from across the country. Name of show: “Little Shop of Horrors” by Howard Ashman; music and...
Accident leads to up-Island power outages
Up-Island police responded to two accidents overnight on Thursday evening, one that cut power in multiple towns. In West Tisbury, police responded to a single motor-vehicle accident on State Road close to midnight. Chief Matt Mincone said that the driver — 23-year-old Isabelle Cole from Chelmsford — crashed into a utility pole. A witness told police that the vehicle had flipped over and was smoking from one of the tires.
Strategy To Combat Algal Blooms Gets An Update
WOODS HOLE – A new strategy has been released at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution for dealing with Harmful Algal Blooms including cyanobacteria. WHOI says these blooms are a well-established and severe threat to human health, economies and marine and freshwater ecosystems in the United States. The new report, available here, builds upon the initial […] The post Strategy To Combat Algal Blooms Gets An Update appeared first on CapeCod.com.
Two vehicle crash reported on Bearse’s Way in Hyannis
HYANNIS – Friday afternoon about 3:15 PM, there was a two-vehicle crash on Bearses Way at the rear entrance to the Olive Garden Restaurant in Hyannis. There were no injuries. Barnstable Police are investigating the crash. Photos by John P. Carroll/CWN. Cape Wide News was created in 1998 by...
Where were sharks spotted off Cape Cod since July 19?
Mark the shark was one of several detected and spotted along Cape Cod over the last week. The 12-foot-long white shark first tagged by the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy in Chatham was detected swimming off the coast of North Beach Island in Chatham twice, according to the conservancy’s shark-tracking app Sharktivity.
Blade debris or seaweed? Vineyard Wind says no offshore blade pieces ended up on Cape Cod
After reports of debris from Vineyard Wind's broken turbine blade washing ashore on Cape Cod, the company said there is no evidence of related flotsam on local sands. The GE Vernova blade suffered a catastrophic failure on July 13, sending pieces of fiberglass, foam and Balsa wood into the ocean. As a result, debris...
Jewel comes to the Campground
Working to sustain and maintain the beautiful Campground in Oak Bluffs, with its charming and colorful architecture and storied history, is part and parcel of Kelly Feirtag’s job as general manager of the MV Camp Meeting Association (MVCMA). No small task, but it’s not her first Grand Illumination by a long shot.
Portuguese-American Club: The Feast
It all started in 1288, when Queen Isabel of Aragon married King Denis of Portugal. Isabel devoted herself to serving the community by feeding the poor, against her husband’s wishes. The queen sold the jewels off her crown to buy food without the king knowing. One day, the king followed her to town, and asked what she was hiding. Scared of his punishment, Isabel tucked the bread into the folds of her dress and told him she had roses. When the king demanded she show him, she opened her dress and, miraculously, roses appeared.
Dorothy’s Corner hosts second annual Gullah Geechee Dinner Party
On July 19, Dorothy’s Corner marked a significant milestone with their second annual Gullah Geechee Dinner Party, paying homage to Dorothy West and celebrating seven remarkable individuals who have left an indelible mark on 20th-century Black vacationers history. Among the honorees were Abigail McGrath, Lee Van Allen, Dr. Lorna Andrade, Dr. Frances Gaskin, Jocelyn Coleman Walton, Dolores Allen Littles, and Anita Christian.
Harbor Homes Eyes New Oak Bluffs Shelter Location
The Vineyard’s only homelessness prevention nonprofit is under agreement to buy 112 Dukes County avenue in Oak Bluffs, where — if local and regional authorities approve — it plans to build a permanent winter shelter for up to 25 guests. Harbor Homes of Martha’s Vineyard has been...
Tick-Borne Alpha-Gal Syndrome Continues to Soar
A new support group on the Island hopes to offer community and medical support to the growing population of Islanders diagnosed with alpha-gal syndrome, a tick-borne allergy that leaves people unable to digest red meat. The alpha-gal support group met for the first time last Wednesday, July 17 at the...
AB’s “boys of summer” play in Massachusetts State Tournament
Although they all went to different grade schools, the boys on the Acton Boxborough Youth Baseball (ABYB) U12 Little League World Series (LLWS) baseball team have united to do something that hasn’t happened since the year they were born: to possibly represent Massachusetts in the Little League World Series. They are now just two steps away from the big show in Williamsport PA.
Oak Bluffs Council on Aging: August 2024
9 am, Exercise with Patience Campbell and Marilyn Miller. Coffee and tea all day, 9 am to 3 pm. Refreshments are served during all of our programs. Blood Pressure Clinic with Nurse Faith Laskaris, August 5 and 19, 12:30 – 1:30 pm. Tech Time with Clair Yi-Pellegrino, 11 am...
Up-Island Council on Aging: August 2024
There’s always something happening at the Howes House! We are open Monday – Friday, 8:30 am – 4 pm. Closed on holidays. 9:15 am, Yoga with Martha Abbott (Zoom). Email spiritmovesyou@gmail.com for sign-in information. 9 am and 9:35 am, Strength and Fitness with Katryn (Zoom). Thirty-minute classes...
Coordinated campaign aims to crack down on speeders in Mass., N.H., and Maine
National highway administrators remind drivers to slow down and reach their destination safely. A regional task force organized by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is working with local law enforcement to stop speeding in its tracks. Officials from the NHTSA, law enforcement representatives, and highway safety officials from...
Mass. Lottery’s Biggest Prize Winner Ever
What's the most amount of money you'll part with for a scratch ticket? Massachusetts has offered a $50 instant ticket for about 18 months now, but I've only purchased one. Scratch tickets are a great gift idea for gambling enthusiasts and are super fun to receive as well, but we all know Powerball is where the big money is at.
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