EDITORIAL: Big hit to school transportation Nov 18, 2009
It means that, for example, Cape Cod Regional Technical High School in Harwich, which was budgeted to get $409,000 for transportation, now is in line to receive just over $137,000. The Nauset, Dennis-Yarmouth and Upper Cape Tech districts will see big hits, too. (Harwich Oracle, MA)
Barnstable loses out in coin flip; B-R going to football playoffs Nov 18, 2009
Tue Nov 17, 2009, 10:10 AM EST. Barnstable will have just one more game in its 2009 football season. (Cape Codder, MA)
Radio communications fix slated at Nauset high school Nov 17, 2009
Radio communications fix slated at Nauset high school - Harwich, MA - Harwich Oracle. Radio communications fix slated at Nauset high school. (Harwich Oracle, MA)
Let the parade begin Nov 17, 2009
In addition to being a sponsor, Quahog Republic employees will serve the Cape Cod waterfront restaurant s own quahog chowder. The company will also have a table during the Business Expo. (Kingston Mariner, MA)
West champs next up for Bourne volleyball team Nov 17, 2009
Wicked Local photo by David Colantuono. Senior Hannah Gasper had 10 kills, five blocks and two aces in Saturdays South Division 2 championship victory over Bishop Feehan. (Upper Cape Codder, MA)
Eyes on Osprey project results Nov 17, 2009
Mark Faherty of Wellfleet Bay Sanctuary and Ian Ives of Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary will present a slideshow, recap the data collected by local volunteers and update the progress on the Cape Cod Osprey Project 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18. The program will be at Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary 345 Bone Hill Road, Cummaquid. (Cape Codder, MA)
Mass. judge tosses lawsuit against Hasselbeck Nov 17, 2009
A federal lawsuit accused the co-host of ABC's "The View" of lifting content from a book written by self-published Cape Cod author Susan Hassett on the digestive disorder celiac disease. Hasselbeck's book was called "The G-Free Diet: A Gluten-Free Survival Guide" and appeared on best-seller lists this year. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Jack Driscoll, top lawyer fought for underprivileged Nov 17, 2009
Bringing the determination of a former football lineman to all avenues of life, John P. Driscoll Jr. could coach Harvard freshmen to be better players, inspire lawyers to give back more to the community, or skipper a sailboat to victory as it sliced through the waves off Cape Cod. Jack didn t let anybody off easily. (Boston Globe)
A Thanksgiving gift: Sagamore Bridge will be fully open Nov 17, 2009
Bill Delahunt is thanking Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation Jeffrey Mullan for quickly endorsing Delahunt's request to establish a task force to address traffic congestion in the Cape Cod Canal area. "It is vital to get all agencies and business groups working together on the planning of future work, the development of alternate routes, the upgading of adjacent roads and in coming up with a much better system of communication," Delahunt said. (Upper Cape Codder, MA)
Support swells for anti-bully legislation Nov 16, 2009
Another case that has drawn attention concerns a 12-year-old autistic boy from Cape Cod who went to his first dance at his school last year. Dancing by himself, the seventh-grader moved awkwardly, but he was having the time of his life. (Boston Globe)
Touches of class set this Brewster inn apart Nov 15, 2009
On the desk we found a booklet of information about restaurants and activities in the area, a book on Cape Cod, crystal highball glasses on a cut glass tray, and a price list for the mattress toppers and bed linens ... Our hosts saw us off with a gift bag containing homemade cookies, sea shells, and the words to Old Cape Cod. (Boston Globe)
Ravages of time, neglect taking a toll on historic NE gravestones Nov 15, 2009
Carlson, who has compiled an exhaustive inventory of Barnstable County s old gravestones, estimates that 1,100 stones, or at least 30 percent of the markers known to have existed before 1800 on Cape Cod, have been lost to neglect, accident, and the ravages of time ... The problem is not confined to Cape Cod ... By roaming Barnstable County graveyards and poring over old records in its town halls, Carlson has been able to compile a list of 40,000 headstones erected on Cape Cod before 1880. (Boston Globe)
Despite loss of funding, school resource officers continue at Nauset Regional High School Nov 15, 2009
By Debi Boucher Stetson. Sat Nov 14, 2009, 08:42 AM EST. (Harwich Oracle, MA)
A dubious hand Nov 15, 2009
It seems logical, therefore, to conclude that you could find an economic reason to build a casino almost anywhere, up to and including the bottom of Cape Cod Bay. Perhaps that could be the plot of the upcoming thriller: Oceans 1, or Deval and Clyde. (Boston Globe)
Special Olympics comes to Harwich Nov 14, 2009
There were seven high school programs from across Cape Cod in attendance with their enthusiastic students dressed in Special Olympics T-shirts and big smiles. Participating high schools included Bourne, Dennis-Yarmouth, Sandwich, Chatham, Nauset, the Latham School, and Harwich. (Harwich Oracle, MA)
South Shore Country Club director drives turnaround Nov 14, 2009
Normally only golf courses on Cape Cod stay open during the winter, and golfers would drive there from New Hampshire ... He helped build courses on Nantucket and Cape Cod. (Hingham Journal, MA)
Oil-ordering website touches nerve with rival suppliers Nov 14, 2009
Chris LeBoeuf of Falmouth Coal on Cape Cod discovered customers were going to the site and seeing his company listed, along with Madan s discounts. I was actually informed of them by another customer, who called and said, Your price is X. And I said, No, it s not. (Boston Globe)
MUSINGS: A look behind the concrete curtain Nov 14, 2009
These media days may not be as popular as they once were, as the only other press there were radio reporters from WATD and a station on Cape Cod. We were greeted by David Tarantino, the long-time spokesman for the power plant, who gave us a spiel on how the plant works and the safety features that are supposed to keep movie disasters like "The China Syndrome" and real-life disasters like Chernobyl from happening. (Allston Brighton TAB, MA)
Adult Leagues Nov 14, 2009
After a long, exhausting weekend, The Cape Cod Black Dog Women s over-30 hockey team celebrated its 2nd national championship with a gathering at the hospital bed of their captain, Laurie Raymond. Thu Nov 01, 2007, 01:43 PM EDT. (Upper Cape Codder, MA)
Lower Cape schools see big spikes in absenteeism due to flu Nov 14, 2009
The flu has been making the rounds at Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter School, which earlier this week had an absenteeism rate of 23 percent ... He said he held a meeting last week of all nine school nurses and health agents from the four Nauset towns of Brewster, Orleans, Eastham and Wellfleet, along with a representative of the Visiting Nurse Association of Cape Cod, to discuss the swine flu issue. (Harwich Oracle, MA)
John F. Reilly Jr., volunteer and insurance executive, 77 Nov 13, 2009
He loved Cape Cod and had three houses there over the past 41 years; he built the last one for his family on Bass River when he was 72, his son said. He also bought a farmhouse that dated back to the 1800s on Andover Street in Lowell, renovated it, and lived there since 1962. (Boston Globe)
Bill aims to limit power failures Nov 13, 2009
By David Riley GateHouse News Service Posted Nov 12, 2009 @ 05:21 PM. A bill headed to the governor's desk aims to prevent another winter with prolonged power failures like the one seen in parts of Massachusetts after a fierce ice storm last December. (Allston Brighton TAB, MA)
Backward Glances Nov 13, 2009
46 YEARS AGO (1963)- Barbara Martin took a group of 11 neighborhood children on a trip to Cape Cod Betty Cafferelli was crowned queen of the Hudson Policeman s Ball Louis F. Ghiloni, Marlborough recreational director, spoke on Senior Citizen Centers at meeting of the Hudson Civitan Club Rev. William Wolkovich s topic was A Serious Look at Laughter at a meeting of St. Michael s Sodality Dad s Day was observed at the Hudson-Milford football game, at which all fathers of players were admitted free... (Hudson Sun, MA)
Warming Drives Off Cape Cod's Namesake Nov 13, 2009
Warming Drives Off Cape Cod's Namesake ... Warming Drives Off Cape Cod's Namesake ... Small-boat fishermen on Cape Cod caught most of their haddock and flounder, as well as the peninsula's namesake fish, in waters close to shore 20 years ago, said Tom Dempsey, of the Cape Cod Commercial Hook Fishermen's Association. (Newsmax)
The Chalkboard Nov 13, 2009
Middle/High: Meatball sub, french fries, veggie sticks or turkey sandwich, Cape Cod potato chips ... Middle/High: Chicken nuggets, potato puffs, veggie sticks or egg salad sandwich Cape Cod potato chips. (Hamilton Wenham Chronicle, MA)
Kitchen Call: Something fishy this way comes Nov 13, 2009
And creamy, white never pink or red chowder is a point of pride from Maine to Cape Cod. Each soup changes slightly from kitchen to kitchen, like the lyrics of folk songs alter slightly with each singer. (Georgetown Record, MA)
Warmer Cape Cod Losing Namesake Catch Nov 13, 2009
Small-boat fishermen on Cape Cod caught most of their haddock and flounder, as well as the peninsula's namesake fish, in waters close to shore 20 years ago, said Tom Dempsey, of the. Nowadays, they have to travel as far 100 miles (160 kilometers) offshore to find those same fish, he said. (CBS News)
How to cope with a robust flu season Nov 12, 2009
You can also write to: American Red Cross, Cape Cod and Islands Chapter, 286 South St., Hyannis MA 02601. This commentary was submitted by American Red Cross, Cape Cod and Islands Chapter. (Cape Codder, MA)
VETERANS DAY: Medford vets get up close and personal with MHS students Nov 12, 2009
Eastman and Ivers are active duty Air National Guard members stationed at Otis Air National Guard Base on Cape Cod. Eastman said less than 1 percent of the U.S population serves in the Armed Forces. (Medford Transcript, MA)
Events at Harwich COA Nov 12, 2009
On Nov. 17 at 11:30 a.m., the Alzheimer's Services of Cape Cod and the Islands will have memory screenings at Harwich Community Center. This screening is not for anyone who already has a diagnosis of dementia or Alzheimer's disease. (Harwich Oracle, MA)
PHOTO GALLERY: Honoring those who served Nov 12, 2009
Courtesy photo from Marilyn Lober Colucci. US Army veteran Charles Lober, served in WWII. Photo was taken in 1944. (Cape Codder, MA)
PHOTO GALLERY: Images from around Cape Cod, Nov. 8 Nov 12, 2009
Wicked Local photo by David Colantuono. No wake zone A swan glides through the water in North Falmouth. (Cape Codder, MA)
State slaps Dennis-Yarmouth with $700,000 transportation cut Nov 12, 2009
Cape Cod, with four regional school districts, will be especially hard hit if the latest round of state budget reductions stands ... District Expected 2010 After latest cuts Dennis-Yarmouth $985,648 $285,837 Cape Cod Tech $409,072 $137,341 Nauset $553,169 $207,725 Upper Cape Tech $351,188 $196,189. (Allston Brighton TAB, MA)
How good is Barnstable? Nov 12, 2009
How good is Barnstable. - Barnstable, MA - Wicked Local Barnstable. (Cape Codder, MA)
Man charged in stabbings to view records Nov 12, 2009
HYANNIS Community rallies to protest break-in Hundreds gathered to denounce a break-in at a Cape Cod Jewish center that police called a hate crime. Residents and religious leaders packed a Barnstable High School auditorium Tuesday, almost a week after three juveniles were arrested, accused of breaking into and vandalizing Chabad Jewish Center in Hyannis. (Boston Globe)
William V. Tripp III, lawyer immersed in charity work Nov 12, 2009
While spending the summer in Osterville the following year, he was on the beach when he met Roberta Allen, a University of Colorado student who was baby-sitting on Cape Cod ... It was a stroke of beautiful fate that she, a Colorado girl, and my dad, a New England boy, met on a Cape Cod beach back in 1957. (Boston Globe)
Warming drives off Cape Cod's namesake, other fish Nov 12, 2009
Small-boat fishermen on Cape Cod caught most of their haddock and flounder, as well as the peninsula's namesake fish, in waters close to shore 20 years ago, said Tom Dempsey, of the Cape Cod Commercial Hook Fishermen's Association. Nowadays, they have to travel as far 100 miles offshore to find those same fish, he said. (Concord Monitor)
EDITORIAL: Leaps and bounds Nov 11, 2009
The needs of struggling Cape Codders keep growing by leaps and bounds ... In a few weeks, The Cape Codder and its sister publication Harwich Oracle will roll out Gifts of Hope 2009, the annual campaign that seeks to raise money and bolster the coffers of the LCOC.. (Harwich Oracle, MA)
Fontbonne next for No. 1 seeded Bourne volleyball team Nov 11, 2009
Wicked Local photo by David Colantuono. Sophomore Alanah Durr blocks a shot in Bournes 3-0 win over Hanover Monday. (Upper Cape Codder, MA)
Veterans Day Spotlight: Harwich veteran pays it forward Nov 11, 2009
It promises to be a special day of recognition, but it won t be anything new for Cole, who routinely participates in events for veterans and who volunteers every other week as a shuttle driver for Cape Cod veterans who need to get to the Providence (R.I.) VA Medical Center. These are veterans who require medical care beyond what the Veterans Administration Outpatient Clinic in Hyannis can provide. (Harwich Oracle, MA)
Mass. Maritime Academy administers first H1N1 flu shots Nov 11, 2009
Maritime Academy administers first H1N1 flu shots - Bourne, MA - The Bourne Courier. Maritime Academy administers first H1N1 flu shots. (Upper Cape Codder, MA)
Veterans Day ceremonies around the Cape Nov 11, 2009
Guest speaker will be Dana Eldridge of East Orleans, a Korean War veteran and author of A Cape Cod Kinship: Two Centuries, Two Wars, Two Men. The ceremony will close with the playing of Taps by Jordan Barnes. (Cape Codder, MA)
$9m footbridge seen in light of $2.7m in cuts for homeless Nov 10, 2009
7 million in state budget cuts, dozens of homeless people on Cape Cod will spend their days wandering in the cold, and another shelter in Western Massachusetts will lose its security detail. The shelter where I volunteer (Housing Families Inc.) scrambles to afford tutoring supplies for its children, or even gas for the van that ferries the children between their schools and after-school tutoring. (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
BLOG SPOT: Tourney time for locals Nov 10, 2009
Thu Nov 05, 2009, 08:01 AM EST. Read the latest post on. (Harwich Oracle, MA)
Pour Favor: Novembers Wicked Wines to Delight at Thanksgiving Nov 10, 2009
Westport Rivers is a small, family run winery down on Cape Cod. Their coastal, cool climate location and diverse terroirs (yes, plural. (Somerville Journal, MA)
PHOTO GALLERY: Honors for fallen Marine Nov 9, 2009
Jones spent his summers on Cape Cod and his parents moved to Mashpee several years ago. Loading commenting interface. (Upper Cape Codder, MA)
Casino builder has Massachusetts roots Nov 8, 2009
Nunes said he spent every summer growing up on Cape Cod, and is close to the Kennedy family. He described the late Sen. (Allston Brighton TAB, MA)
Cape reps seek reversal of school transportation cut Nov 8, 2009
The Dennis-Yarmouth, Nauset, Cape Cod Tech and Upper Cape Tech districts are affected. In the letter, the representatives ask the governor to reconsider his cut or explore the use of federal stimulus funds to offset the account. (Harwich Oracle, MA)
Frank was there when partner arrested Nov 7, 2009
HYANNIS 3 charged in Jewish center vandalism Three juveniles have been charged with breaking into and vandalizing a Cape Cod Jewish center. Police said that images of Adolf Hitler and anti-Semitic symbols found on the rabbi s computer were downloaded during the break-in at the Chabad Jewish Center in Hyannis. (Boston Globe)
Developer: Proposed wind farm site is too windy Nov 7, 2009
From a blustery perch over a Cape Cod beach, Chuckie Green gestures toward a stretch of horizon where he says construction of the nation's first offshore wind farm would destroy his Indian tribe's religion. The Wampanoag - the tribe that welcomed the Pilgrims in the 17th century and known as "The People of the First Light" - practice sacred rituals requiring an unblocked view of the sunrise. (Fresno Bee)
Geek Girl offers technology makeover Nov 7, 2009
Since then Geek Girl camps have become popular and have been held on Cape Cod and the South Shore. Now the Geek Girls are reaching out to assist non-profits on Cape Cod ... At a lot of non-profits on Cape Cod if you go into their place everything is mismatched because it s all donated stuff, says Geek Girl Camp Founder Leslie Fishlock. (Cape Codder, MA)
Insider: The skeptical season Nov 7, 2009
Just last week a story in the Cape Cod Times said that (shock and surprise) the investors, not the Wampanoags, will reap the bulk of the profits from any Massachusetts casino. Well of course they will. (Kingston Mariner, MA)
Mass. Commission Ruling Means Delay for Cape Wind Nov 7, 2009
"The historical significance of Nantucket Sound relates to the Native American exploration and settlement of Cape Cod and the Islands and with the central events of the Wampanoag origin story," Simon wrote. She also pointed to the sound as a "significant and distinguishable entity integral to Wampanoag folklife traditions, practices, cosmology and religion.". (Newsmax)
Budget trims lead homeless shelters across Mass. to cut services and beds Nov 7, 2009
Cape Cod s largest shelter expects to end its day program, meaning dozens of people are likely to spend their days wandering in the cold ... There are similar concerns on Cape Cod, where the largest shelter provider expects to end its day programs, meaning about 35 people who stay at the NOAH Center in Hyannis will no longer have job training courses, mental health services, or a place to stay warm during the day. (Boston Globe)
At Your Library: Browsing leads to new discoveries Nov 6, 2009
Current and recent issues of Barron s, Boston Globe, Cape Cod Chronicle, Cape Cod Times, Cape Verdean News, The Cape Codder, Christian Science Monitor, Harwich Oracle, Investor s Business Daily, New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal, are displayed. Back issues are around the corner and are kept for varying periods of time. (Harwich Oracle, MA)
Columbine survivor to speak Nov. 12 Nov 6, 2009
Several Medfield High School students who heard Craig Scott speak earlier this year at a Massachusetts Association of Student Councils conference on Cape Cod led the charge to bring Rachel s Challenge to Medfield. Others heard him recently at Medway High School. (Medfield Press, MA)
District attorney says hospital death investigation could be lengthy Nov 6, 2009
Cape and Islands District Attorney Michael O Keefe is expecting the investigation of David Ryan s death at Cape Cod Hospital to take a couple of months. Ryan, 35, of Mashpee died after an altercation with a Cape Cod Hospital employee earlier in October ... Ryan died at Cape Cod Hospital Thursday, Oct. 29. (Cape Codder, MA)
POLL: Are you seeing signs in your home town that the recession is ending? Nov 6, 2009
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Silent auction and Homecoming night at Peirce Nov 5, 2009
Interested in a romantic weekend getaway to a Cape Cod Cottage. A semester of music lessons at Tufts University for your child or yourself. (Arlington Advocate, MA)
Harwich Oracle Letters to the Editor Nov 5, 2009
Cape Cod has hundreds of miles of beaches. If each town dedicated some dog friendly beach (year round) the beach in question would not be so popular. (Harwich Oracle, MA)
PHOTO GALLERY: Young Guns prevails in Yogi Bowl XX (11/04/09) Nov 5, 2009
PHOTO GALLERY: Young Guns prevails in Yogi Bowl XX - Bourne, MA - The Bourne Courier. Wicked Local photo by Paul Gately. (Allston Brighton TAB, MA)
Mass. chases stimulus cash for broadband Nov 5, 2009
Beginning a two-day visit to Washington, Patrick met with Commerce Secretary Gary Locke to lobby for projects totaling $154 million that would expand high-speed Internet availability in Western Massachusetts and Boston and on Cape Cod. State Police detective named US marshal President Obama nominated Detective Lieutenant John Gibbons of the Massachusetts State Police yesterday to be US marshal for Massachusetts. (Boston Globe)
PHOTO GALLERY: Falmouth Clippers begin to pick up the pie... (11/05/09) Nov 5, 2009
PHOTO GALLERY: Falmouth Clippers begin to pick up the pieces - Cape Cod, MA - Wicked Local - Cape Cod. Sponsored By. (Allston Brighton TAB, MA)
MARSHFIELD COLUMN: History of the White family Nov 5, 2009
Well, just before they landed in the harbor of Cape Cod. This William and Susannah (they were worshipers of God). (Marshfield Mariner, MA)
The Chalkboard Nov 5, 2009
Middle/High: Steak and cheese sub, steamed veggies, hash brown patty or egg salad sandwich, Cape Cod potato chips. Wednesday, Nov. 11. (Hamilton Wenham Chronicle, MA)
