Below are the latest news articles mentioning heroin, fentanyl, Narcan, opioid or overdose from all the local Cape Cod news sources. Most of these stories should be related to recent heroin related arrests, heroin or fentanyl overdoses, opioid addiction and the use of Narcan on Cape Cod.
FALMOUTH – The Cape Cod Foundation’s Eighth Annual Ride for Opioid Addiction Recovery, or ROAR, is set to take place on Sunday, September 8, 2024. The ride will bring motorcycle riders together to help individuals struggling with opioid addiction in the region at a route starting at Falmouth…
This Saturday is Overdose Awareness Day in the Commonwealth and local officials are highlighting available resources for those in need. Opioid use, and especially deadlier fentanyl, has seen an uptick on Cape Cod in recent years, but Barnstable County Substance Use Prevention Program Manager Angela Rossi…
August 31 is Overdose Awareness Day Saturday, Local Expert Says Those Suffering are Not Alone
Opioid Settlement Funds Working Group Update to Town Council 09-05-2024
[FPD MEDIA STATEMENT] Falmouth Police Officers, working with the Massachusetts State Police and the DEA Cape Cod Drug Enforcement Taskforce, arrested Kane Washington (31, Falmouth) yesterday after a four month long investigation. Mr. Washington was stopped in his car and found to…
FALMOUTH – From Falmouth Police: As part of its ongoing enforcement against street level narcotics dealing, the Falmouth Police Drug Task Force seized 8.2 grams of Crack Cocaine, 1.5 grams of Fentanyl and over $7400.00 , as the result of a motor vehicle stop on Gifford St. A local Falmouth man,…
HYANNIS, MASSACHUSETTS – [HN PHOTO NOTES & MULLINGS] – HN has been to too many overdoses and dangerous drug reactions to count or remember. It’s a daily and nightly occurrence on the Cape, and Hyannis sees more than its fair share. Very few things surprise me anymore, but Sunday…
Above HN photos: A young man examines his cellphone after driving a vehicle into a telephone pole in the East End of Main Street this morning, around 4:00 a.m. He escaped uninjured but the pole holding up high tension power lines was heavily damaged and will need to be replaced. …
Two Somerville men were arrested Wednesday for allegedly trafficking Fentanyl and Cocaine, according to a Barnstable Police Department media statement. The arrest was the result of an investigation during the past several months, where the Barnstable PD partnered with the Massachusetts State Police Gang…
HYANNIS – From Barnstable Police: Over the past several months the Barnstable Police Department has partnered with the Massachusetts State Police Gang Unit, Massachusetts State Police Cape & Islands Detective Unit, and the Drug Enforcement Administration Cape Cod Task Force; in an effort to…
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BOURNE – A teenager was injured in an equestrian accident in Bourne around 9 AM Sunday. Rescuers…
MARSTONS MILLS, MASSACHUSETTS – [HN VIDEO NOTES] – A pizza run turned into a nightmare last…
HARWICH – A windsurfer ran into distress in the strong winds off Bank Street Beach in Harwich sometime…
Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Near Sandwich. (Photograph copyright 2025 by Dan Routh)
FALMOUTH – Firefighters were called to a fully involved shed fire sometime after 1 AM Sunday. Crew…
All photos by Jane Sheehy Emplit/CWN The post Sunday photo essay: The sun goes out with the tide appeared…
BARNSTABLE – A vehicle fled from Barnstable Police and failed to stop until it crashed. It all…
