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Fire damages garage in Sandwich »

SANDWICH – A fire damaged the garage of a house in Sandwich late Monday morning. Fire crews were called to a Green House Road residence around 11:10 AM. The fire was quickly extinguished. One person was evaluated by EMTs at the scene. Further details were not immediately available. The post Fire…

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Car fire closes Bourne Bridge »

BOURNE – A fully involved car fire shutdown the Bourne Bridge just before 10 AM Monday. The post Car fire closes Bourne Bridge appeared first on CapeCod.com.

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A CAPE CRIME MOST FOUL:  TRAVELING FAMILY STRANDED IN GOVERNMENT IMPOSED GAS & FOOD DESERT »

ABOVE HN PHOTO: 2:25 a.m. at the Yarmouth/Barnstable town line… a young family with two young children were traveling all the way from New York when they began to run out of gasoline on Route 6, somewhere near the Barnstable/Yarmouth town line. A cellphone search directed them off the highway to…

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Downed power lines spark brush fire, cause large outage in Sandwich »

SANDWICH – Downed power lines caused a brush fire and knocked out power to nearly 5,000 Eversource customers in Sandwich. Eversource is investigating what caused the wires to come down on Great Hill Road at Farmersville Road around 9:20 PM Sunday. CWN is continuing to check with Eversource for…

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High Surf Advisory today, marginal risk for severe weather »

High Surf Advisory Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 708 AM EDT Sun Jun 23 2024 …HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EDT MONDAY… * WHAT…Large breaking waves of 4 to 9 feet expected in the surf zone. * WHERE…Ocean exposed beaches…

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***  WATCH ***  CAPE POLICE INVESTIGATING TWO OVERNIGHT STOLEN VEHICLE CRASHES… »

CAPE COD, MASSACHUSETTS – [HN VIDEO NOTES] –  It was another wild overnight across the Mid-Cape last evening. There were the usual loud parties and drunks, along with a few motor vehicle crashes sprinkled in for good measure. And according to radio transmissions, the crash injuries last evening…

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Sunday photo essay: Yarmouth sand sculpture trail 2024 »

All photos by Jane Sheehy Emplit/CWN The post Sunday photo essay: Yarmouth sand sculpture trail 2024 appeared first on CapeCod.com.

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Sad update: Body of missing man from Plymouth found »

PLYMOUTH – Police Chief Dana Flynn and Fire Chief Neil Foley regret to report that the body of a missing 69-year-old man was located in Plymouth today after a four-day search. Rodney Riviello of Plymouth was found deceased Saturday afternoon outdoors in Plymouth. He had been missing since Tuesday,…

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Driver killed in early morning crash on Route 3 in Plymouth »

PLYMOUTH – An early morning crash on Route 3 in Plymouth killed a Plymouth woman. The collision happened southbound just past Long Pond Road (Exit 13) shortly after 4:30 AM. Mass State Police report that Troopers from the Bourne Barracks responded to the single car crash. The vehicle operator,…

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Fire damages exterior of house in Hyannis »

HYANNIS – A fire damaged the exterior of a house in Hyannis sometime after 7 PM Friday. Barnstable Police arrived at 163 Spring Street and used extinguishers to knock down the flames on the porch. Firefighters checked to make sure the fire hadn’t spread into the wall of the house. No injuries…

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