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Feds award $5 million to restore wetlands at 2 defunct Cape Cod cranberry bogs
Massachusetts will rip up two defunct cranberry bogs and restore wetlands on Cape Cod thanks to a $5 million federal grant. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grant will fund projects to restore coastal habitats, tidal flow and fish passage by removing dams and other restrictive structures in Bourne and Yarmouth.
Cape Cod Cocaine Supplier Suspected of Drug Trafficking Arrested in Large-Scale DEA, Police Raid
The streets of Cape Cod are a little cleaner today as a large-scale drug bust results in a hefty haul for the Barnstable Police and the DEA. On April 23, Charles Curtis, a 36-year-old from Cotuit, was cuffed and stuffed on drug trafficking and possession charges. During a search warrant...
The airport in Hyannis plans to expand. What's the strategy for PFAS contamination there?
Editor's note: The spelling of a last name was corrected in this story on April 25, 2024. Grainy footage documenting an all-Cape fire training exercise at the Cape Cod Gateway Airport shows firefighters wearing black coats wrestling long hoses from red trucks towards the infernos they had set. Some of the fires blazed on...
School override, town seal change on docket at Yarmouth town meeting
The Yarmouth town meeting warrant on April 30 has 33 articles seeking approval of minimal budget increases, a new sewer bylaw, an updated wetlands bylaw, more firefighters and new police cruisers. Voters will also be asked to approve a new town seal and apply for a planning and design grant...
Check your plants and pipes: Freeze watch for Cape Cod tonight
It's going to be a cold night on Cape Cod. The National Weather Service has issued a freeze watch for Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket counties, in effect from late Thursday night through Friday morning. Temperatures as low as 28 degrees are possible. According to the National Weather Service, "Frost and...
A bright blue 1977 VW bus is home to Cape Cod's newest mobile coffee shop
After April 27, if you spot a blue 1977 Volkswagen bus chugging down Route 6 or Route 28, chances are it’s the Press Ahead Coffee van heading to its location or event for the day. Adoringly named Mrs. Potts, the bus is owned and operated by Jim and Denise Pressman, a West Dennis couple embarking on a new caffeinated adventure together. ...
Our View: A Loss For Harwich
Over the more than nine years Harwich Water//Wastewater Superintendent Dan Pelletier served the town — initially as water superintendent and then as overseer of both water and wastewater — he has been an exemplary public servant. There was no one who better understood the steps necessary to provide the very expensive sewering infrastructure required to protect the town’s drinking water, ponds and embayments. His departure is a major loss to Harwich.
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