Cape Cod

Four families have been displaced following a two-alarm fire in two units of a condominium complex in Dennis Port, Massachusetts. Firefighters responded to the complex on Old Wharf Road shortly before 12:30 a.m. on Tuesday. According to Dennis Fire Department, 11 people and a cat lived in the units. Firefighters were seen breaking through the windows to search for anyone…

The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy plans to open a shark museum at a site on Cape Cod that is currently home to a pirate museum. The conservancy announced Thursday it had signed a lease to take over space now occupied by the Expedition Whydah Museum in Provincetown, The Cape Cod Times reported. Barry Clifford, who discovered the pirate ship Whydah…

After a turbulent year-and-a-half, stores on Cape Cod are seeing a surge in business as customers eager to spend money emerge from their pandemic-induced seclusion. But store owners are struggling to find seasonal employees, forcing some of them to get creative and offer a bevy of hiring incentives to lure reluctant workers. American Sunglass, on Main Street in Falmouth, is…

With more Americans getting vaccinated each day, businesses on Cape Cod are bracing for a busy summer after a rocky year and a half. But employees are hard to find. Why?

New England scientists captured two critically endangered North Atlantic right whales swimming belly to belly, appearing to hug each other with their flippers. It’s behavior that’s very rarely seen on camera, and could be a sign of affection, the scientists said.

Video credit: Brian Skerry/National Geographic Magazine | Michael Moore/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

The sound of automatic weapons fire may soon be heard from Joint Base Cape Cod. The base has received approval from Washington to clear 170 acres of forest to build a machine gun range. The key stamp of approval from the feds comes despite opposition from many local residents and the head of the association to preserve Cape Cod. “This…

The sound of automatic weapons fire may soon be heard from Joint Base Cape Cod.

Don’t be alarmed by a low-flying helicopter over Cape Cod in the next month or so. Starting Monday, a helicopter will drop oral rabies vaccine baits intended for raccoons and other wildlife over portions of Barnstable and Plymouth counties, the Cape Cod Times reports. The distribution of the vaccine baits to the north and west of the Cape Cod...

Strong winds near the ocean made it a difficult job, but firefighters knocked down the blaze within a couple hours.

The fire at the hotel, just feet away from the ocean, began on the first floor but rose to the higher levels.

Repair work on the Sagamore Bridge is ahead of schedule and set to be completed Sunday, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Beginning Sunday, all lanes on the bridge are expected to be open to travel across the Cape Cod Canal. Due to the repairs being completed quicker than expected, the same team will begin work on...

As the summer draws closer, a nonprofit dedicated to finding ways to make Cape Cod beaches safer is considering testing a new battery-powered buoy designed to deter sharks, a seasonal problem that often closes beaches and terrifies swimmers. Cape Cod Ocean Community was formed after Arthur Medici, 26, of Revere, was killed by a shark at Newcomb Hollow Beach in…

Take a look inside AutoCamp’s Airstreams with ‘Luxe Life with Derek Z’.

AutoCamp is situated on Cape Cod close to the shore, just a few minutes from both Falmouth and Woods Hole. Cozy, classic, and a little bit wild, find out for yourself why this spot is one of the best places for making timeless memories. Jason Brown of Blue Flag gives ‘Luxe Life with Derek’ Z a tour.

Cape Cod has been hit hard by the pandemic, with many businesses struggling economically amid another spike in COVID-19 cases driven by variants. “It’s been hard, a lot of prayer,” said Joe Giampietro, who owns Beth’s Bakery and Cafe in Sandwich along with his wife, Beth.  The Giampietros are not alone. The pandemic has profoundly impacted many businesses on...

Officials on the Cape are working to prepare for a busy season, even amid a spike in COVID-19 cases in the area.

The springtime COVID-19 outbreak on Cape Cod “remains a deep and urgent worry” for officials in the region, particularly given the rising presence of more highly infectious variants across the country. One day after U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said the B.1.1.7 strain is now the “most common lineage” in the United States,...

Cape Cod is known for summer vacations, beaches, seafood, and ice cream — and now there’s springtime COVID concerns after a spike in the more contagious coronavirus variant first identified in Brazil. Massachusetts has 58 cases of the variant, known as P.1, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s the third highest total in the country....

Massachusetts has 58 cases of the variant, known as P.1, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s the third highest total in the country. Florida leads with 64, followed by Illinois with 59 cases. Of the Bay State’s 58 cases, a whopping 50 are in Barnstable County. There are four each in Essex and Middlesex counties.

Massachusetts has emerged as the leader in an unfortunate statistic related to the coronavirus pandemic. According to the Boston Globe, Massachusetts now contains the most cases in the country of the so-called Brazil variant, or P.1, with 54 cases that stem mostly from a cluster on Cape Cod. Last week’s public health report showed that nearly half of Barnstable...