Attorney Pat Butler of Centerville died New Year's Day. He was 54. Butler, a partner with Nutter, McClennen & Fish LLP and manager of its Hyannis office, was known as the outside authority on the Cape Cod ...
The Legislature returns, like the swallows of Capistrano, for a new session on Wednesday and is expected to quickly go out on a limb for a possible added statewide tax on gasoline to bail out daily commuters ...
Well, you know, we're all doing what we can. The problem with New Year's resolutions is that people sit alone in dark, cold rooms and try to come up with ways to "improve" things.
Cape Cod begins the year 2009 with a tear in its beer, as Classic Rock station WKPE-FM is now Cape Country 104, which began airing the likes of Garth Brooks, Carrie Underwood, et al, as of midnight, Dec.
PILOT'S PLEASURE Carl A. Vogel, director of Island Airline operations, explains the workings of the Garmin G1000 avionics system that occupies much of the console and simplifies real-time readings of weather, ...
Carole Fiola, Governor's Councilor for southeastern Massachusetts, is seeking public comment on the nomination of Superior Court Judge Ralph C. Gants of Lexington to associate justice of the state Supreme ...
Asa Grill & Reputation requested and received a change from an annual to a seasonal all-alcohol common victualler license from the licensing board Dec.
26 article on helping the homeless that reported the Town of Barnstable has "budgeted" $10,000 for the effort, that money does not come from the annual operating budget but from various trust funds established ...
They've been there, they've done that, and some of them want to keep doing it. Four of the elected town leaders who can run for another term in November told the Patriot they will do so.
Bleak December tax collections, and bleaker projections for the remainder of the year prompted an announcement by Governor Deval Patrick that further cuts in state spending, possibly including local aid, are ...
Last known as the Hyannisport Brewing Company, but known by many other names over the year, the building at 720 Main Street in Hyannis was torn down Dec.
He may not have marked it up to mark it down, but the owner of Sid's Discount Furniture in Hyannis may also not have paid $245,000 in state sales taxes.
A WIN FOR WIND POWER If anyone thought it would be a cold day in December before Diana Duffley connected her Country Garden wind turbine to the grid, they were proved right this week.
TREASURE HUNT On a beautiful Cape Cod summer afternoon a young lad searches the shores of the Landing at Long Pasture at the end of Bone Hill Road in Cummaquid .
THE CHILDREN OF THE FUTURE Susan Chalker's fourth grade class pauses for one last photo on the playground equipment before the buses arrive on the final day of school at Osterville Bay.
HIS CUP'S HALF FULL Hyannis native Bill Rosary holds up one of his very many hand-inscribed cups, this one reading "God Bless America." Sandy Neck access at issue for cottagers News A new order of conditions ...
NOTES FROM THE HEART Through song and poetry, Joanita Nemayian, a Kenyan performer, expresses her excitement over her country's independence and her wishes for future peace.
MORE THAN A SCOUT PROJECT Barnstable High School senior and Eagle Scout Ralph Bousquet shares a moment with BHS astronomy teacher Mike Gyra alongside the raised flower garden Bousquet built in the Cobb Astro ...
PASSING IT ON Dave Chase, president of the Hyannis Youth and Community Center Foundation, beams after handing his golden shovel to Angela Dias of Hyannis.
On Dec 21, myself and three others Deacon Dick Murphy of St. Francis Xavier Church in Hyannis, Doug White of Cape Cod Covenant Church and my daughter, Shawnna Burt, slept outside of the Hyannis Salvation Army ...
At least a decade has gone by since this columnist, following a weeklong trip to Montreal, suggested the New England consortium of states consider tapping into Canada's abundant hydroelectric power.
A Happy New Year to our Patrons all! Again have we reached one of those goals, set upon the highway of our journey to immortality the arrival at which, is always a fitting season for reflection, retrospection ...
Craigville Beach saw a new lifeguard on duty during last weekend's snowstorm. The snowy sentinel was already enforcing the new ban on lighting up, as not a single smoker could be seen.
Acting Deputy Chief Richard Pfautz of the Barnstable Fire Department and Captain Sean Greene from the Centerville Osterville Marstons Mills Fire Department were among 40 graduates from the 18th Massachusetts ...
The Black Spot on Ocean Street in Hyannis was among 22 establishments that sell alcohol to be charged with selling to a minor in a series of Barnstable police sting operations this summer.
Meetings in town hall's Selectmen's Conference Room soon will be able to be billed as "broadcast live." New equipment installed with funds from cable franchise fees paid through Comcast is almost ready.
Congratulations to Cape author Carlo D'Este , whose Warlord: A Life of Winston Churchill at War is a non-fiction dual featured selection of the Book of the Month Club.
LOOKING UP SANTA AT THE LIBRARY Grace Ferguson, age 4, of Arlington enjoys a visit with Santa at the Osterville Village Library during Friday's Christmas Open House and Stroll.
HEAVEN ONLY KNOWS what Madeline has gotten up to, but Miss Clavel seems shocked in Harwich Junior Theater's Madeline's Christmas, The Musical! Adorable cast sings and dances in the season Harwich Junior Theatre ...