A massive elm tree nicknamed Herbie is long gone, but he’s going to live on, thanks to cloned trees. The Elm Research Institute in New Hampshire worked with Frank Knight, the tree warden in Yarmouth, Maine, to collect cuttings from what was once the tallest and oldest elm in New England. The tree survived 14 bouts of Dutch elm before…

The man accused of leading several Massachusetts police departments on a wild chase that resulted in several crashes before it came to an end on Cape Cod faced a judge Monday. Jermaine Omoregie, 30, of Boston’s Mattapan neighborhood, pleaded not guilty on all charges and was ordered held in jail for at least 90 days, since he has three open…

A 30-year-old Mattapan man was arrested by state police after leading them on a chase that involved three different departments, a shortcut through a park and ride and a 17-year-old passenger.

A man was arrested on drunken driving charges for the second time early Monday morning after smashing his car into a pipe on a Cape Cod construction site, according to police in Yarmouth. As officers approached the wreck, he allegedly kept telling them, “I’m sorry. I’m really sorry.”

A man was arrested on drug-possession charges after an early morning police chase in Cape Cod Sunday, police said. Officers found crack cocaine, what appears to be a crude pipe and hallucinogenic mushrooms in the Ford F-150 pickup truck that led officers into the parking lot of a West Yarmouth resort, according to a statement from the Yarmouth Police Department...

Police on Cape Cod say a 97-year-old woman who went missing Tuesday has been found safe.

One week after tornadoes tore through Cape Cod, the clean-up continues — but some residents felt vindicated with the confirmation of a third tornado path right through their yards.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker on Tuesday rolled out a $1 million emergency loan fund to assist small businesses impacted by the tornadoes and severe weather that slammed Cape Cod last week. The Cape Cod Small Business Emergency Loan Fund will provide emergency capital to local small businesses to assist with operations and repairs, Baker’s office said in a press release.

A third tornado hit Cape Cod last week, the National Weather Service confirmed Monday, this one touching down at the same time as another tornado. Officials had previously said that two tornadoes tore through part of the region on July 23.

An EF-1 tornado pried off the roof of a hotel building on Cape Cod, tore down huge trees and knocked out power for thousands Tuesday in the middle of the high tourism season. However, there were no initial reports of injuries. Emergency crews were fanning out across the Mid-Cape to contend with the damage after the tornado touched down in...

People are already lining up for the big clam festival in Yarmouth, Maine — and it’s still more than two weeks away. The parade crowds are now so large that rows of people collect along Yarmouth’s Main Street seven or eight rows deep.

A pedestrian who was hit by a car in Maine has died, and the driver has been charged with drunken driving.

Police are investigating after a 2-month-old baby died in Yarmouth, Massachusetts, on Tuesday morning. Yarmouth police said they received a 911 call just before 7 a.m. reporting that a 2-month-old was not breathing, was unconscious, and that CPR had been started.

The Florida Highway Patrol says a sports utility vehicle driven by an 82-year-old Cape Cod man ripped through a wooden barrier separating a parking lot from the beach and hit four children in the sand. Lt. Kim Montes says the children and their parents were preparing to leave the beach Wednesday when William Johnson attempted a U-turn. He drifted onto...

The Florida Highway Patrol says a sports utility vehicle driven by an 82-year-old Cape Cod man ripped through a wooden barrier separating a parking lot from the beach and hit four children in the sand. Lt. Kim Montes says the children and their parents were preparing to leave the beach Wednesday when William Johnson attempted a U-turn. He drifted onto...

The annual Cape Cod St. Patrick’s Parade will honor a Yarmouth police officer who was killed last year in the line of duty.

The Yarmouth Police Department are investigating the theft of a 6- to 7-foot whale jaw bone. Police responded to a call from the International Fund for Animal Welfare Headquarters of a stolen right whale jaw bone.

A woman in Yarmouth, Mass. died on Tuesday after becoming pinned between her car and garage door.

A man suffered life-threatening injuries and lost a portion of his leg Friday morning after he was trapped in a wood chipper, officials said. Police in Yarmouth, Massachusetts received a call at 9:49 a.m. about a man seriously injured from a wood chipper outside a home on Highbank Road. At the scene, they found a landscaping employee bleeding “profusely” and...

Officials in Yarmouth are mulling over the possibility of drafting a bylaw to handle an uptick in complaints about blighted properties.