• Cape Cod March 16, 2024 10:12 am

    Man arrested in connection to shooting in Hyannis

    According to police, the 41-year-old man was shot by a 26-year-old Hyannis resident directly known to him.

  • Cape Cod February 3, 2024 5:48 pm

    Fishing boat runs aground on Cape Cod

    The United States Coast Guard determined there is no pollution after a fishing boat ran aground at a Cape Cod beach on Friday. Authorities say they were notified at around 2:30 a.m. from the Miss Megan fishing vessel that had three people onboard. The incident occurred at Ballston Beach in Truro, Massachusetts, the Coast Guard said. No injuries were reported….

  • Cape Cod January 26, 2024 5:11 pm

    Cape Cod school bus driver indicted on charges he sexually assaulted students

    An 80-year-old Cape Cod school bus driver has been indicted on sexual assault charges after he was accused of assaulting students in two separate incidents on his bus during September 2023, prosecutors said Friday. Jeffrey Hyland was indicted on two counts of aggravated indecent assault and battery on a child less than 14, two counts of reckless endangerment of a…

  • Cape Cod December 15, 2023 8:03 pm

    Mass. receives $372M in federal funds for Cape Cod bridge replacement

    Massachusetts has received hundreds of millions in federal funding as part of a plan to replace the two bridges to Cape Cod, leaders announced Friday. Gov. Maura Healey said her administration is celebrating after learning the state would get $372 million, the full amount it applied for from the Federal Multimodal Project Discretionary Grant program in August. “This is a…

  • Cape Cod December 14, 2023 1:12 pm

    Cape Cod emerging as new hot spot for white sharks

    The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy completed their research season for 2023, announcing they successfully tagged 34 white sharks off Cape Cod from July through late October. 304 individual sharks have been tagged off the coast of Cape Cod since the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries began its tagging program. Members of the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy attended the White Sharks…

  • Cape Cod December 5, 2023 4:15 pm

    MassDOT requests $1.06B grant for Sagamore Bridge replacement

    The Massachusetts Department of Transportation has filed an application requesting $1.06 billion in federal grant funding toward the project to replace the Cape Cod bridges. The replacement of the aging Sagamore Bridge and Bourne Bridge has become a priority for Massachusetts lawmakers, including Gov. Maura Healey. Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey have been pushing for federal funding for the…

  • eat new england November 18, 2023 12:24 am

    A charming Irish pub fit for Boston (or Galway) out on Cape Cod

    For New Englanders, it may seem like Irish pubs may be found in any part of the United States, but this isn’t exactly the case. The Northeast has a rich Irish heritage with countless pubs found in Boston, New York City and many of the smaller cities and towns with high Irish-American populations. But outside of the region, other...

  • Cape Cod November 18, 2023 12:24 am

    PHOTOS: Comfort food and pub grub at Bobby Byrne's in Mashpee

    Mashpee is a small town and Mashpee Commons is a bit of a drive from the ocean, so places like Bobby Byrne’s sometimes get overlooked. Locals sure know about it, however, as do shoppers to this pleasant little development, as it’s a perfect place to make a stop while taking a break from going in and out of all the...

  • Cape Cod November 9, 2023 5:30 pm

    Cape Cod man accused of raping 3 victims held on $200K bail

    A Cape Cod man faced a judge Thursday after being charged with 11 counts of rape. Prosecutors say 42-year-old Barry Viprino of Harwich, Massachusetts, was arraigned on charges stemming from the sexual assaults of three women this year. Police in Harwich learned of allegations from one woman in August, and two more victims came forward in October and November, according…

  • Cape Cod November 15, 2023 3:42 pm

    Cape Cod message in a bottle discovered 26 years later — in France

    More than 25 years after Ben Lyons tossed a message in a bottle off the shores of Cape Cod as part of a science project, it’s been found 3,300 miles across the Atlantic Ocean.

  • Cape Cod November 10, 2023 10:27 am

    A 5th grader tossed a message in a bottle off Cape Cod in 1997. Someone in France just found it.

    Nearly three decades after a middle school student tossed a message in a bottle off the shores of Cape Cod, the letter has been returned – with a response.

  • Cape Cod November 2, 2023 7:20 pm

    Fugitive convicted of homicide arrested at Cape Cod migrant shelter

    Federal officials have arrested a Venezuelan fugitive previously convicted of homicide after he was found living in state-provided housing on Joint Base Cape Cod in Bourne, Massachusetts. According to U.S Immigration and Customers, Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston arrested the man on Oct. 27. The man, 38, had not disclosed the conviction to U.S. Border Patrol when he was…

  • Cape Cod October 20, 2023 3:19 pm

    4 hurt as pickup truck crashes into bank in Yarmouth in ‘major accident'

    A pickup truck crashed into a building in Yarmouth, Massachusetts, on Friday, leaving four people injured, police said. The cause of the crash at the TD Bank on Route 28 was under investigation, Yarmouth police said, noting that no one was seriously injured. They initially called the crash between Woods and Forest roads, which temporarily closed the highway, “a major…

  • Cape Cod October 19, 2023 7:05 am

    Not replacing crumbling Cape Cod bridges ‘would be catastrophic,' lawmakers warn

    Failing to replace Cape Cod’s two deteriorating bridges “would be catastrophic,” according to a new report released by Massachusetts’ U.S senators this week. Massachusetts lawmakers have been fighting to win federal funding to replace the 90-year-old bridges, which carries the vast majority of Cape Cod’s more than 5 million visitors each year. The bridge replacement project has been estimated...

  • Cape Cod October 12, 2023 1:05 pm

    Documentary about Mass. diver swallowed by whale set to debut

    The story of Cape Cod commercial lobster diver Michael Packard being briefly swallowed by a humpback whale while in the water off the coast is being told in a feature-length documentary called, “In the Whale.”

  • Cape Cod October 10, 2023 12:54 pm

    19-year-old pleads not guilty to charges in deadly Dennis boat crash

    The 19-year-old charged in a deadly boat crash in Dennis, Massachusetts, pleaded not guilty to all charges at a hearing Tuesday morning. Prosecutors allege David K. Sullivan was driving the boat that crashed in Sesuit Harbor on July 21, killing 17-year-old Sadie Mauro. She would have been a senior in high school this year. At the hearing in Barnstable Superior…

  • Cape Cod October 5, 2023 11:24 am

    Falmouth employee dies after crashing town pickup truck

    A worker for the town of Falmouth, Massachusetts, died after crashing a Department of Public Works pickup truck Wednesday, officials said. The truck crashed into a tree off Davisville Road about 2:19 p.m., Falmouth police said Thursday. The driver, a town employee who wasn’t identified, was critically hurt and died at Falmouth Hospital. Police are investigating what caused the...

  • Dennis October 4, 2023 12:12 am

    19-year-old charged in Cape Cod boat crash that killed teen girl

    A 19-year-old has been indicted for allegedly driving a boat under the influence in a crash that left a 17-year-old girl dead this summer off Cape Cod, prosecutors announced Tuesday. David K. Sullivan, a teenager from Medfield, was indicted by a Barnstable County grand jury on Friday, the Cape & Islands District Attorney said. He faces charges including operating a…

  • Cape Cod October 2, 2023 6:40 pm

    95-year-old painter threatened with eviction from Cape Cod dune shack wins five-year reprieve

    A 95-year-old painter and his family who were threatened with eviction from their dune shack at the Cape Cod National Seashore in Massachusetts have won a reprieve. Lawyers for the painter worked out a deal with federal officials allowing Salvatore Del Deo and his family to continue living in the shack for another five years. The shack is one of...

  • Massachusetts September 29, 2023 1:11 pm

    Two stranded dolphins rescued from river in Cape Cod

    Animal rescue experts rescued and released two dolphins that were found stranded in a river on Cape Cod this week. The International Fund for Animal Welfare received reports around 9 a.m. Thursday that several dolphins were seen swimming near the mouth of the Herring River in Wellfleet. Staff and volunteers from the agency responded and found two dolphins in a…

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