Cape Cod

More than a dozen flags honoring people of service were damaged just a few weeks after they went up in Barnstable, Massachusetts.

The North Chatham Post Office has been deemed a COVID-19 cluster after four employees have tested positive for the virus within the last several days.

The owner of a Maine boat carrying four fishermen that sank off Cape Cod last fall has asked a court to declare it is not at fault. The owner of the 82-foot Emmy Rose wants a Maine federal court judge to declare that it is not liable for damages in the sinking. The owner, Boat Aaron and Melissa Inc., said…

Two new COVID-19 testing sites on Cape Cod will be open by next week with the ability to test over 500 people a day and put a “dent” in what Sen. Julian Cyr and others have described as a testing desert in Barnstable County. But Cyr and other Cape Cod officials said Tuesday that the testing to become available in…

Two new COVID-19 testing sites on Cape Cod will be open by next week with the ability to test over 500 people a day and put a “dent” in what Sen. Julian Cyr and others have described as a testing desert in Barnstable County.

A group of 30 endangered sea turtles are being treated for hypothermia and pneumonia in Louisiana after a sudden cold spell nearly froze them in New England waters, caretakers say. The Audubon Nature Institute’s Coastal Wildlife Network announced this week that it took in the reptiles at a New Orleans rehabilitation facility after they were brought on a rough ride…

An investigation into what caused a fishing boat carrying four Maine fishermen to sink off Cape Cod will likely take weeks or months, the Coast Guard said Friday. The boat sank off Provincetown on Monday when it was en route to Gloucester, Massachusetts. Members of the Maine fishing community have been raising money for the families of the men lost…

The Emmy Rose, based in Portland, Maine, sank off Provincetown on Monday when it was en route to Gloucester, Massachusetts.

Cheryl Smith has been reunited with her class ring, 44 years after she lost it while swimming with friends at the beach.

A 23-year-old Stoughton woman died in a car crash on Cape Cod Thursday afternooon. A Nissan Sentra driving east on Route 25 in Bourne went of the road near Exit 3 around 3:15 p.m., according to state police The driver was the only person in the car. She was brought to Tobey Hospital in Wareham, where she was pronounced dead,…

Despite valiant efforts from veterinarians with the New England Aquarium, the rare loggerhead sea turtle found on a Cape Cod beach Friday has died. The 350-pound sea turtle was found on a beach in Truro Friday and taken to the New England Aquarium’s Sea Turtle Hospital in Quincy. The aquarium shared the news of its death on Facebook Tuesday...

A rare loggerhead turtle found on a Cape Cod beach has veterinarians with the New England Aquarium working around the clock. The turtle was found stranded on a Truro beach Friday and was taken to the New England Aquarium’s Sea Turtle Hospital in Quincy, aquarium officials said. “The fact that it made it through the first night is really...

A rare and massive loggerhead turtle found on a Cape Cod beach last week is now recovering thanks to the help of veterinarians with the New England Aquarium.

A state trooper is in the hospital after someone he pulled over shot him in the hand.

A driver is dead following a single car crash in Mashpee, Massacusetts Friday night. Mashpee Police responded to a report of a crash on Mashpee Neck Road shortly before 9:30p.m. According to police, the driver — identified as 27-year-old Dimas T. Cardoso — of Oaks Bluff, was headed southbound on Mashpee Neck Road when he apparently lost control of the car....

It’s called “surprise billing” — a patient unknowingly receives care from a doctor or hospital outside of their insurer’s network and is then billed for the care. A Cape Cod woman recently received a surprise bill of her own. “Porter was born March 15, and we call him our pandemic baby,” said Alex Foley of Yarmouth, Massachusetts. Her son was…

The westbound lane of Route 6 in Bourne, Massachusetts, was shut down Monday morning after a tractor trailer has caught on fire. The closure was near exit 2. The fire has been extinguished, and it appears that no one was injured, officials said.

A man with life-threatening injuries was rushed to a Providence hospital from Cape Cod after he was hit by a vehicle in Hyannis, Massachusetts, on Friday night fire officials said. The man, who is in his 40s, was hit by a car while he was walking on Falmouth Road near Bearse Road in Hyannis, according to the Hyannis Fire Department….

A popular Massachusetts getaway has been named one of the top family vacation destinations in the United States by Condé Nast Traveler. The popular travel magazine listed Cape Cod as one of the country’s seven best vacation spots for families. According to the article, the Cape has remained a favorite among vacationers for generations “for good reason.” Among the...

Cape Cod restaurant workers were left overwhelmed by a very generous tip.