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Orleans First Graders Take Charge In Spring Project
ORLEANS – Christian Epps could have picked any animal, but he chose to be a raccoon, at least for a day. The Orleans Elementary School student was just one of many first graders who spent the last few months researching and preparing a presentation on their favorite animal as part of the school’s annual wax museum project.
"Top Ten of New York Cabaret" Brian De Lorenzo Brings Award-Winning Vocals to Provincetown's CabaretFest
Talent America's "Performer of the Year" Brian De Lorenzo salutes Sammy Davis, Jr. & Frank Sinatra on Friday, June 7 at 3 PM. There are good shows and there are great shows, but once in a blue moon you’re at a cabaret and you know something extraordinary is going on.”
Orleans opens first-ever dolphin hospital, rescues stranded mammals from Cape Cod coast
ORLEANS, Mass. — It's the first of its kind dolphin hospital. The International Fund for Animal Welfare opened it in Orleans this past fall, as experts said there is a need for it. “We’ve known that we need this for six years,” said Brian Sharpe, the director of the...
A Guide To Senior Discounts: ‘You’ve Earned It. Ask For It!’
If you are over 50, have you gotten your share of the $460 million in senior discounts given through AARP last year?. That's the amount AARP members save with its discounts, including restaurants, gas, shopping and cell phone plans. While AARP may be the biggest source of senior discounts nationwide, there are many more available locally through businesses and even state and local governments.
Town Lays Out Plan For Summer Sewer Work
ORLEANS – Summer’s almost here, but sewering will continue in parts of the Meetinghouse Pond area into the fall. Work will continue May 20 with force main installation along Finlay Road, which Assistant Town Planner Michael Solitro said is expected to take about six weeks to complete. Other areas targeted for work this summer include Nauset Farms Way, Cole Place, Baxter Lane and the town hall parking lot, where a pump station servicing the area is being installed.
An historic opportunity to support Castle Hill by May 20
Fifty-three years ago, a handful of Cape Cod artists with big dreams and a small budget came together to purchase a 100-year-old horse barn in the heart of Truro to create the art school that would grow to become the Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill that we know and love today.
62-year-old man stabbed in Centerville, son arraigned. Here's what to know.
BARNSTABLE — A 24-year-old Barnstable man pleaded not guilty Wednesday in Barnstable District Court to charges that he stabbed and critically injured his 62-year-old father the day before at their Centerville home. Flanked by police, Ygor Barboza, 24, arrived at the courthouse Wednesday morning. He was arraigned on charges of armed...
Osprey rehab, beach hikes and more nature-based events happening on Cape Cod this week
Editor's note: This story was changed May 8 to fix an incorrect date provided to the Cape Cod Times. The free hike through Sandy Neck’s Great Marsh with the Barnstable Land Trust and Sandy Neck Park staff is at 10 a.m. May 15. Spring has officially sprung. May is here to stay (for another two weeks) and everything is feeling a little less dreary. ...
A Mermaid’s Tale : Julia Salinger at PAAM
When Julia Salinger was only a few months old her parents took her on a trip to the Outer Cape. Just an infant, her parents placed her in a basket and brought her to Newcomb Hollow Beach in Wellfleet, putting her down in the sand. As the tide came in the water began to lap at her impromptu beach bassinet as her parents weren’t paying attention. As the basket began to float and the salt water hit Salinger’s skin she grew a green iridescent tail, becoming one of the mermaids bobbing in the surf of the North Atlantic. When her parents plucked her from the surf, they noticed her new appendage and thought it a fitting omen for their baby daughter and her future. And that tale, and tail, brought Salinger back to the shores of the Outer Cape. And she considers that story her very first memory.
Karl Fehrle Named Chatham Parade Marshal
CHATHAM – Karl Fehrle, the 102-year-old member of the Chatham Band, will be the grand marshal in this year’s Independence Day parade. The Independence Day parade committee announced the choice this week. Fehrle, who will turn 103 years old in July, was the clear choice of all the nominations, the group said in an announcement. The group noted that he is a World War II veteran, volunteers in town and is known for his long tenure with the Chatham Band, where he plays a regular saxophone solo on “Over the Rainbow” during Friday night band concerts.
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