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Driver facing nearly a dozen charges after police chase on Cape Cod, over Sagamore Bridge
A Stoughton man, wanted on active warrants, is facing nearly a dozen charges after he led police on a high-speed chase through Cape Cod and over the Sagamore Bridge Tuesday afternoon.
Barnstable County median home listing price rose in April. See current median price here.
The median home in Barnstable County listed for $997,000 in April, up 1.2% from the previous month's $985,000, an analysis of data from Realtor.com shows. Compared to April 2023, the median home list price increased 11.4% from $895,000. The statistics in this article only pertain to houses listed for sale in Barnstable County, not houses...
Mashpee funding for sewer, police station plans: Here are Saturday's town election results
Mashpee voters overwhelmingly passed two Proposition 2½ overrides during Saturday's town election to pay for the second part of the town's sewage plans and to design and engineer a new police station. The first ballot question, which authorized the town to borrow $96.1 million to pay for the second...
News Roundup: Amazon-owned medical practice in Hyannis; MA Guard wants to sideline EPA
This week: Amazon does shopping and shipping... and now they’ve taken over a medical practice on Cape Cod. Aslo, a state representative from Barnstable accepts responsibility for a deceptive mailer. And the Massachusetts Army National Guard is trying to force the EPA out of the discussion about its proposed machine gun range.
'My responsibility.' Cape lawmaker points to his lack of oversight for campaign errors
Cape Cod Democrats have largely responded with silence after the state Office of Campaign and Political Finance cited state Rep. Christopher Flanagan, D-Dennis, and his campaign committee for violations of the Massachusetts campaign finance law. Flanagan has directly paid $9,000 in fines, the office confirmed, among other penalties. Cape Cod Republicans haven't been as reserved. ...
Rhododendron Festival returns to Cape Cod. Here's what to know for this year's event.
In the late 1920s, retired textile manufacturer Charles Owen Dexter bought an estate on Cape Cod after being advised by his doctor to enjoy his years after receiving a diagnosis of a dire heart condition. He decided to pursue a life of being a “gentleman farmer” and wound up creating over 200,000 varieties of rhododendrons. Described as "considered to be among the finest rhododendrons for home landscapes” in a 1946 New York Times article, the hybrids bloom...
Moderator Collapses After Harwich Town Meeting
HARWICH – Town Moderator Michael D. Ford collapsed shortly after the adjournment of Monday night’s annual town meeting. Ford was treated by the fire department and placed in an ambulance. Ford, who is serving in his 49th year as moderator, was communicating with fire officials as he was taken from the community center on a gurney to the ambulance. No further information was available on his condition.
Two unbeaten teams: Cape Cod, Islands high school girls lacrosse rankings
The Cape Cod and Islands girls lacrosse teams have some of the best talent in the state. As of Friday morning's updated MIAA power rankings, 12 Cape and Island teams would be in the postseason, with five of them being ranked in the top 10. Two teams have not yet suffered...
Library Sidewalk To Get Makeover; Trees Could Go, Despite Opposition
HARWICH – Trees were once again a matter of discussion on the second night of the annual town meeting. Voters turned down a tree preservation bylaw Monday, and on Tuesday night cutting down two trees which are buckling the sidewalk in front of Brooks Free Library became an issue.
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. ...
JFK's mortgage note for his Cape Cod 'Summer White House' is up for bid. Read the details
A rare piece of American memorabilia tied to the Hyannisport home of John F. Kennedy is now up for grabs to the highest bidder. The item is a mortgage note between JFK and his father, Joseph Kennedy Sr., dating to 1957, the year after JFK just missed winning his party's nomination for vice president under Adlai Stevenson. It was three years before JFK declared his own candidacy, and four years before he was inaugurated. ...
Three-bedroom home in Chatham sells for $3.4 million
A spacious new house located at 67 Capri Lane in Chatham has a new owner. The 2,560-square-foot property, built in 2022, was sold on April 16, 2024, for $3,400,000, or $1,328 per square foot. The layout of this two-story home consists of three bedrooms and three baths. The home's outer design showcases a a hip roof frame, with roofing materials crafted from asphalt. The lot size of the property measures an impressive 0.5-acre.
New Barnstable fire station to open in 2027
BARNSTABLE—The town’s fire district on Wednesday night unanimously approved spending $1.2 million to design a fire station big enough to accommodate population growth over the next 50 years. Rather than remodel its Barnstable Village station again, the fire district will oversee the design of a building this summer,...
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