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SmokeSygnals of Mashpee wins Small Business of Year award for creative work for museums
From Provincetown’s Pilgrim Monument and Museum to the National Museum of the American Indian to the Museum De Lakenhal in the Netherlands, SmokeSygnals, a Cape Cod production company, is creating art, exhibits, curriculum and videos that tell the true stories of Indigenous people, messages that are reaching international audiences. Named Small Business of the Year by Cape & Islands SCORE, SmokeSygnals will be recognized at a ceremony on May 8. But they are already getting rave reviews...
Vehicle Crashes Through Wall At Staples
ORLEANS – No injuries were reported from a crash late Saturday morning in which a motorist drove through a brick wall at Staples off Route 6A. The crash took place at approximately 11:40 a.m. Orleans Fire Chief Geof Deering said that the lone male occupant was helped out of the vehicle by fire personnel and evaluated on scene, but declined transport to Cape Cod Hospital.
Cape and Islands district attorney pays $5,000 fine for violating state conflict of interest law
The ethics commission said Galibpis violated the conflict of interest law “by using public resources to attempt to cast himself in a favorable public light after he was involved in a motor vehicle accident and to promote a campaign donor’s rental apartments to office staff.”
Eastham voters approve $44 million budget, hiring two police officers
NORTH EASTHAM — After no small amount of discussion, voters approved a hefty $44,180,055 operating budget on Saturday at a chilly town meeting. It was the first of many articles that brought voters to the microphones set up in the football field at Nauset Regional High School. The budget represents a 14.26% increase from last year, an increase based mainly on education costs. Special education costs for out-of-district placements are going to cost $335,000, and Eastham student...
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. ...
Want to buy an e-bike? If you live on Cape Cod or Martha's Vineyard, you could get 90% off
Income-eligible residents of the Cape and Martha’s Vineyard could qualify for an e-bike rebate program, which promises to cover 75% to 90% of the costs of the purchase, in an effort to promote environmentally-friendly and equitable access to transportation. The initiative, created by Cape Light Compact, an energy services organization operating on the Vineyard and Cape Cod, has received $341,157 in funding from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center for the rebate program. ...
May In Harwich Is A Wonderland
HARWICH – The chamber of commerce will be demonstrating throughout the month of May that “Harwich is a Wonderland.”. The central event is “Wonder Land,” an adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland” to be performed at the Pilgrim Congregational Church Friday, May 10 through Sunday, May 12.
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.
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