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Traffic crash reported on Station Avenue in Yarmouth by Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School »

YARMOUTH – A traffic crash was reported on Station Avenue by the Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School about 2 PM Thursday. An ambulance was requested to the scene. Station Avenue was closed between Regional Avenue and Wood Avenue. CWN will bring you further details as we get them. The post Traffic…

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Police respond to Bourne High School for report of a student with a knife »

BOURNE – From Bourne Police: On Thursday, April 9, 2026, at approximately 0816 AM, Bourne Police Department School Resource Officers were contacted by Bourne High School staff relaying that a juvenile student had brought a knife to school. A subsequent call from school staff to Bourne Police Department…

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No injuries reported after crane overturns in Cotuit »

COTUIT – A crane reportedly overturned in Cotuit about 8:30 AM Thursday. The incident happened on Main Street near Old Shore Road. No injuries were reported but traffic detours were expected until a heavy-duty wrecker could respond to right the vehicle. Barnstable Police are investigating. There…

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*** WATCH *** Barnstable Cop Suddenly Calls Out Foot Pursuit After Three Males Leap from Rolling RAV4 and Vanish into Woods »

BARNSTABLE, MASSACHUSETTS – Around 1:30 a.m. Thursday, a Barnstable police patrolman was checking the Route 132 Park & Ride lot at the junction of Route 6 when he spotted a gray Toyota RAV4 creeping past with heavily fogged windows. What happened next unfolded in a matter of seconds. Three males…

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Video: 20-Year-Old Hyannis Man Arrested for String of Motor Vehicle Breaks for the third time »

HYANNIS – From Barnstable Police: On April 8, 2026 20-year-old Jakari Sylvia of Hyannis was arrested for a string of motor vehicle break ins. Over the past several weeks there has been close to a dozen break ins to motor vehicles in the Old Strawberry Hill Road area of Hyannis. In the early morning…

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“Texas” Driver’s Sketchy Cape Cod Pit Stop Ends with Loaded Handgun Under Seat, Story Full of Holes, Cops Say… »

SOUTH YARMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS — A Saturday-night traffic stop on Old Town House Road turned up a loaded, unholstered “purple-and-black” Taurus 9mm pistol after Yarmouth police grew suspicious of a silver Audi with Texas plates that had been lingering at a house known for narcotics trafficking.…

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Breaking: Firefighters respond to vehicle fire in garage in Marstons Mills »

MARSTONS MILLS – Centerville-Osterville-Marstons Mills (C-O-MM) firefighters responded to a house on Wheeler Road in Marstons Mills about 3 PM for reports of a vehicle on fire in a garage. Flames were visible on arrival. All occupants evacuated the house safely but 1 person was taken to Cape Cod…

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Man taken to hospital after car goes into drainage ditch in Brewster »

BREWSTER – One man was taken to Cape Cod Hospital after a car ended up in a drainage ditch in Brewster. It happened about 12:10 PM at Main Street (Route 6A) & Lower Road. The Tesla sedan was partially in the water and the driver had to be extricated before being transported by ambulance. Brewster…

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Controlled burn scheduled for Thursday at Crowes Pasture in Dennis »

DENNIS – From the Town of Dennis: The Dennis Department of Natural Resources, in conjunction with the State Department of Conservation and Recreation and the Dennis Fire Department, will be conducting a controlled burn of the pasturelands at Crowes Pasture Conservation Area on Thursday, April 9,…

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Two people seriously injured in overnight crash in Sandwich »

SANDWICH – Two people were seriously injured in a traffic crash around 12:20 AM Wednesday. At least one person was ejected after the crash on Route 6 westbound between Route 130 and the Sagamore Bridge. A MedFlight helicopter was called to land at the former Henry T. Wing School to airlift a victim…

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