Bourne

Customer service counters at Market Basket stores in New England have been spreading holiday cheer with their festive, over-the-top displays, and this year’s winner in the annual competition has been crowned. The Bourne, Massachusetts, location’s Barbie Dreamhouse garnered the most votes on the supermarket’s Facebook page, winning the honor of this year’s winner. Thousands of people voted for their...

Two people are injured and a juvenile is in police custody following a ‘domestic incident’ at a home in Bourne, Massachusetts, according to police. Authorities say the incident occurred in the 300 block of Old Plymouth Road. One person sustained injuries and another person had minor injuries, police said. Old Plymouth Road may be closed at times due to an…

There’s a new tradition at Bourne High School. The football team’s seniors gave special jerseys Thursday to teachers who‘ve played special roles in their lives.  For Ty Kelley, it was an easy choice: John McIntyre, his coach and a math teacher. “It helps out a lot when you’re in a tough situation you can just come talk to him...

A person is dead after being struck by a train on Cape Cod as Labor Day comes to an end. Bourne police said around 8 p.m. Monday that they are investigating the fatal incident involving a train hitting a person in the area of Aptucxet Trading Post and Perry Ave. MBTA Transit police later confirmed they are actively investigating what…

A car crash sent people to the hospital with serious injuries and briefly closed the Cape Cod-bound side of Massachusetts’ Sagamore Bridge for Friday afternoon, snarling traffic for people headed for a getaway. Three people were taken to hospitals from the three-car crash on Route 3, just before the bridge, according to Massachusetts State Police. All three of the people…

After previous efforts to secure federal funding for replacement of both Cape Cod bridges stumbled, Gov. Maura Healey and her deputies will shift to a phased approach that first targets money primarily for the Sagamore Bridge. Healey’s office said the administration will submit applications in the coming weeks for a combined $1.45 billion in federal grants, most of which would…

A Cape Cod man is facing indecent assault charges, accused of making sexual advances toward two girls, including licking one of them, at the beach earlier this week, according to Cape and Islands District Attorney Robert J. Galibois. Jeffrey Burgess, 60, of Bourne, was indicted on charges of assault and battery, indecent assault and battery on a child under 14,…

People on the Cape Cod side of Bourne, Massachusetts, are being told to boil any tap water they use until further notice after E. coli was detected in water samples. The announcement first came on Friday afternoon. On Monday, officials said the order remains in place for the time being. The town said any tap water from the Bourne Water…

A man suffered life-threatening injuries after being hit by a vehicle Friday on Cape Cod. Police in Bourne, Massachusetts, responded shortly before 4:30 p.m. to a crash on Trowbridge Road. The victim, a 52-year-old man, was airlifted to a trauma center with life-threatening injuries. Two vehicles were involved in the crash, police said. Both drivers remained at the scene and…

A blood drive really did just go to the dogs, and the organizers wouldn’t have it any other way. “It is a beautiful thing on a difficult day,” said State Rep. Steve Xiarhos, who organized the dog blood drive Wednesday at the Bourne Police Department to honor Yarmouth Police Sgt. Sean Gannon, who was shot and killed five years...

An elderly man had to be rescued after he was trapped overnight in his car in the middle of the woods, partially submerged in a small body of water, on Cape Cod, fire officials said.