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Meals On Wheels driver shortage creates waiting list for meals on Cape, Islands
The Meals on Wheels program for Cape Cod and the Islands is facing a crisis for the first time in a very long while. In the more than 50 years that Elder Services of Cape Cod and the Islands has been delivering meals to seniors it is just the second time that people wanting meals have been put on a waiting list. ...
Lingering since the pandemic, postal woes show gradual improvement
Mary Spencer ordered an important medication through the mail in March. When neither her package, nor any other mail, arrived for more than a week, the 71-year-old Duxbury resident visited the post office in Waterbury while she was in town and picked up her medication and other correspondence. Once there,...
Cape and Islands DA fined $5,000 for two ethics violations
The State Ethics Commission said Robert Galibois “cast himself in a favorable public light” after a car crash with a press release and promoted a campaign donor's rental apartments to his staff. The Cape and Islands District Attorney admitted to two separate ethics violations committed shortly after he...
Truro DPW vote is back on after voter challenges are resolved. When and where to vote.
Editor's note: A correction to the square feet of a proposed public works facility was made May 2, 2024. After a series of voter registration challenges and a larger-than-expected turnout forced Truro to reschedule its November town meeting, the town is now gearing up for a weekend of back-to-back meetings with a combined tally of 57 articles between both warrants. ...
More than two years after buying Sea Camps, Brewster voters to decide what's next
After many months of discussion and public input, Brewster is ready to ask voters about the future of the former Sea Camps properties — the 55-acre Bay property at 3057 Main St./Route 6A, and the 66-acre Pond property at 500 W.H. Besse Cartway. Plans for both properties will be voted on at the May 11 annual town meeting. Residents should note that the meeting is taking place on a Saturday afternoon. ...
Massachusetts man sentenced for organizing Northeast Kingdom drug ring
Burlington, VT- A Massachusetts man was sentenced to nearly 8 years in prison for selling cocaine and fentanyl in the Northeast Kingdom. Juan Carlos Ortiz, 29, from Springfield, MA, had previously pleaded guilty to the charges of selling drugs between November 2021 and August 2022 under a plea agreement. According to court records, Ortiz organized a group of 13 people in a drug-distributing network that sold mostly in the Northeast Kingdom, including Orleans, Essex, and Caledonia Counties.
Right whale expert Charles 'Stormy' Mayo retires after 48 years of Cape coastal study
Charles "Stormy" Mayo has been obsessed with whales since he was a child. He grew up in Provincetown and could see humpback whales breaching in Cape Cod Bay. He went on to become the first on-board naturalist for a whale watch fleet. Forty-eight years ago, Mayo co-founded the Provincetown-based nonprofit...
Fallon Health plans to expand inclusive care program into Southeastern Massachusetts
Fallon Health, a not-for-profit healthcare services organization based in Worcester with more than 45 years of experience providing care, has plans to open a new Summit ElderCare PACE Center in Dartmouth by the end of this year. PACE, a Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly, provides services to adults 55 and older, including adults with complex medical needs, so they can age with dignity in their home or community. It's the biggest PACE program in Massachusetts. ...
'Remarkably beautiful.' New town seal in Yarmouth passes town meeting
SOUTH YARMOUTH — Yarmouth will have a new town seal, updated wetlands bylaws, new hybrid police cruisers, a potential school budget Proposition 2 ½ override and wastewater improvements as a result of near unanimous approvals at the annual town meeting Tuesday night. All 33 articles on the warrant passed with limited objections in just under three hours at the Dennis-Yarmouth Intermediate School in South Yarmouth. The school budget override of $880,000 is needed to reach the $43.8...
Brewster Police Develop Strategic Plan
BREWSTER – Every Police Department should have a strategy. Thanks to work by Ostman Business Strategy, a consulting firm run by John Ostman, the Brewster Police Department now has one. Brewster Police Chief Heath Eldredge now has 48 strategies to implement, with 19 objectives, five strategic goals, 157 action plans all under one overarching vision.
Highland Light reopens to public after renovation: What to know about the Truro lighthouse
Highland Light in Truro is looking pretty spiffy these days. According to the Cape Cod National Seashore, the legendary lighthouse has a new breathable coating, and masonry has been repaired, part of a recent renovation project that will be celebrated at a rededication ceremony at 10 a.m. on May 3.
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