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Vehicle overturns in Sandwich »

SANDWICH – A vehicle overturned on Route 6 in Sandwich Saturday evening. The crash happened on Route 6 eastbound between the Quaker Meetinghouse Road and Chase Road exits. The driver was evaluated for possible injuries. Traffic was reduced to one lane in the area until the vehicle could be removed.…

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Video: Traumatic injury victim MedFlighted from Wellfleet »

WELLFLEET – Wellfleet rescuers responded to a traumatic injury at a residence off Old Chequessett Neck Road late Saturday afternoon. Paramedics determined the injuries were serious enough to call for a MedFlight helicopter to land at the Marconi Station site to airlift the victim to an off-Cape…

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Home Depot in Barnstable evacuated after gas line struck inside the building »

BARNSTABLE – The Home Depot store on Independence Drive was evacuated about 3 PM Saturday afternoon after reports a gas line was struck inside the building. Fire crews shut off the main gas feed to the structure and ventilated the interior. National Grid was called to make repairs. No injuries…

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16 charged after takedown of major fentanyl and cocaine trafficking operation In Southeastern Mass. including Falmouth »

BOSTON, MA – From Mass Attorney General’s office: A joint operation on Tuesday, April 15, and Wednesday, April 16, 2025, led by the Massachusetts State Police Commonwealth Interstate Narcotics Reduction Enforcement Team (CINRET), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Raynham Police Department,…

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Brush fire singes deck of home in Orleans »

ORLEANS – A brush fire singed the deck of a home in Orleans late Friday evening. Firefighters were able to quickly douse the flames on Highview Lane. No injuries were reported. Further details were not immediately available. The post Brush fire singes deck of home in Orleans appeared first on CapeCod.com.

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APPX. 200 TROOPERS, COPS RAID MAJOR FENTANYL / COCAINE TRAFFICKING OPERATION IN SOUTHEASTERN MASS., INCLUDING FALMOUTH… »

Execution of Search Warrants at 20 Locations, a Majority of Which Were in Bristol County, Results in Seizure of Large Quantities of Cocaine, Fentanyl, Firearms, Ammunition, and U.S. Currency   BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS  –  [MASS. ATTORNEY GENERAL’S MEDIA STATEMENT]  – …

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Falmouth firefighters battle chimney fire »

FALMOUTH – Falmouth Firefighters were called to a chimney fire about 9:30 PM Friday. The fire at 269 Edgewater Drive West was knocked down but crews checked for fire spread in the walls on the second floor. No injuries were reported. The post Falmouth firefighters battle chimney fire appeared first…

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Motorcyclist seriously injured in collision with car in Falmouth »

FALMOUTH – A motorcyclist was seriously injured in a collision with a car in Falmouth. The crash happened shortly before 9:30 PM Friday on Thomas B. Landers Road near Geggatt Road. Rescuers called for a MedFlight helicopter to land at Falmouth Hospital to fly the victim to an off-Cape trauma center.…

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One person injured in traffic crash in Hyannis »

HYANNIS – Shortly before 6 PM Friday there was a 2-vehicle crash between a Toyota Rav4 and a Mitsubishi Outlander. The collision happened at Route 28 and Yarmouth Roa in Hyannis. One person was transported to Cape Cod Hospital with unknown injuries. There were several parties in the vehicles who…

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HN PHOTO NOTES: Comes now a beautiful couple, to be married despite the usual ugly violence on the green… »

Locksley Hall (1835) By Alfred, Lord Tennyson         Comrades, leave me here a little, while as yet ‘t is early morn: Leave me here, and when you want me, sound upon the bugle-horn. . ‘T is the place, and all around it, as of old,…