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Developing: Tech rescue team alerted for missing person search in Orleans »

ORLEANS – The Barnstable County Tech Rescue Team was activated early Friday afternoon for a missing person search in Orleans. The search is centered around Bay Ridge Lane. CWN is checking with Orleans Police for further details. The post Developing: Tech rescue team alerted for missing person search…

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Employee Arrested After Allegedly Pulling Gun on Customer at Hyannis Advanced Auto Parts Store [HN Video] »

HYANNIS, MASSACHUSETTS – [LATEST DETAILS] – According to report file in Barnstable District Court by Patrolman Nicholas Stoner of the Barnstable Police Department, on April 1, 2026, at around 4:37 p.m., officers were dispatched to Advanced Auto Parts at 306 Falmouth Road (Route 28) for a customer…

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Taunton Man Convicted of First-Degree Murder in Brutal 2023 Stabbing of Unarmed Falmouth Teen »

BARNSTABLE, MASSACHUSETTS — A Barnstable County jury has convicted Adrian Black of Taunton of first-degree murder, for the 2023 stabbing death of 19-year-old Milteer Hendricks of Falmouth, Cape & Islands District Attorney Robert J. Galibois announced today. The jury returned the verdict after deliberating…

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Taunton man convicted of first-degree murder in 2023 stabbing death of 19-year-old Falmouth teen »

FALMOUTH – From the Cape & Islands District Attorney’s office: Cape & Islands District Attorney Robert J. Galibois announced today that Adrian Black, of Taunton, was convicted of First-Degree Murder by a Barnstable County jury for his involvement in the death of a male in the town…

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Feds fine contractor $4.6 million for role in fatal Yarmouth cave-in accident »

BOSTON – One of the contractors working on the Yarmouth sewer construction project has been fined $4.6 million in connection with a fatal cave-in accident last November Revoli Construction, a water and sewer line contractor, was cited by the U.S. Department of Labor for what the government said was…

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Auto parts store employee accused of pulling firearm on customer Wednesday in Hyannis »

HYANNIS – An employee of the Advanced Auto Parts store in Hyannis is accused of pulling a firearm on a customer Wednesday. CWN has obstained the Barnstable Police Department report on this incident: 1. On April 1, 2026, I, Ptl. Stoner, was assigned to uniformed patrol in the Town of Barnstable…

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Two people treated and released after traffic crash at Route 6 ramps in Yarmouth »

YARMOUTH – Two people were treated and released after a traffic crash in Yarmouth about 8:20 PM Wednesday. The two-vehicle collision happened on Willow Street at the Route 6 ramps. The crash remains under investigation. Further details were not immediately available. The post Two people treated…

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Local fire departments receive state grants »

BOURNE – Bourne Fire is pleased to announce that Bourne Fire/Rescue has been awarded nearly $17,000 through the Massachusetts FY26 Firefighter Safety Equipment Grant Program. These funds will support the replacement of 1,000 feet of supply fire hose and a positive pressure ventilation fan that…

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Work requiring lane closures on Bourne Bridge to start April 27th »

BOURNE – From U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District announced today that critical maintenance work that requires lane restrictions is scheduled to begin at the end of April on the Bourne Bridge spanning the Cape Cod Canal in Bourne, Massachusetts.…

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Tisbury man arrested following traffic stop; brief failure to stop leads to warrant, drug and motor vehicle charges »

OAK BLUFFS – From Oak Bluffs Police: On Sunday, March 29, 2026, at approximately 2:48 a.m., an Oak Bluffs Police Department Patrol Officer attempted to initiate a motor vehicle stop with a 2016 Ford Focus for an inspection sticker violation on Edgartown Vineyard Haven Road near the Tisbury Town-Line.…

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