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One race in Dennis town election. Here's who won.
DENNIS — John Terrio was re-elected to the Select Board for a full three-year term in the Dennis town election Tuesday with 1,611 votes. He was on the board after running last year for an unexpired one-year term, defeating Wayne Bergeron. Terrio, who has been active in the community...
Cape Playhouse Launches 2024 Season
Get ready for an unforgettable 2024 season on the historic Cape Playhouse stage as acclaimed producer, director and playwright Eric Rosen creates an inaugural season which is sure to be remembered. The five-show lineup glows with music, comedy, mystery, fantastic storytelling and casts which will delight, thrill and amaze during...
No tax increases at Wellfleet's annual town meeting. Here's why you should go anyway.
WELLFLEET — For the first time in a long time, voters will have a reprieve from tax increases due to Proposition 2 ½ overrides or debt exclusions. There are none on this year’s annual town warrant. “I think it’s wonderful,” said Gary Sorkin, chairman of the Community Preservation Committee, which has recommended 13 articles on the warrant. ...
Yarmouth's election is May 21. Meet the five people competing for two Select Board seats.
The Yarmouth town election will be Tuesday, May 21, with polls open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. There will be no in-person early voting. The Select Board has five candidates running for two open seats as a result of the retirements of Dan Horgan and Peter Smith. The Dennis-Yarmouth Regional School Committee has one open seat. No candidates for School Committee were able to get enough signatures to appear on the ballot, but Glenn J. Martin...
3 Must-Try Winter Flounder Recipes
Winter flounder is the fish that first fueled my passion for saltwater fishing. As a young child in the late 1970’s, my earliest recollections of saltwater fishing were at the Powder Point Bridge in Duxbury, Massachusetts. While that bridge still remains the longest all-wooden bridge in the country, sadly, the flounder stocks that swim beneath it are a shadow of what they once were.
Navy veteran who escorted FDR to be honored on his 100th birthday
The scuttlebutt was true: something big was happening on the USS Baltimore. On July 21, 1944, Seaman First Class William “Willie” F. O’Connell watched with awe as President Franklin President Roosevelt was piped aboard in San Diego harbor. The U.S. Navy’s heavy cruiser escorted him on a secret mission to Hawaii, where he conferred with Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and General Douglas MacArthur on plans for the invasion of the Philippines later that year.
Under New Director, Orleans Is Seeing A Recreation Resurgence
ORLEANS – When Tom DeSiervo visited Orleans with his wife last fall, he saw opportunity. Now six months into his role as the town’s recreation director, he’s wasted little time seizing upon it. DeSiervo inherited a department that has struggled to create and maintain programming in recent...
Off-duty firefighters save hockey player after cardiac arrest
Two off-duty firefighters saved another player after he went into cardiac arrest during a hockey game. Plympton and Duxbury Firefighter Scott Hill and Braintree Firefighter Brian Oriola were both playing an amateur hockey game at Hobomock Arena in Pembroke when one of the players had a cardiac arrest, the Plympton Fire Department wrote on Faceobok. They both quickly recognized the emergency and began CPR. Another player grabbed an AED.
Funny lady Christine Ernst to help shape Cultural Center's new outreach classes
Christine Ernst, an arts educator and a storyteller ― best known for multiple one-woman shows about appreciating life’s idiosyncrasies ― is the new director of learning at the Cultural Center of Cape Cod. Ernst spoke of her first week on the job in her regular video blog (from her writer's shed in Forestdale), describing the steady stream of artists bringing gifts and good wishes to her predecessor, Diane Giardi, who is retiring. ...
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