CENTERVILLE – Barnstable Police Officer Peter Ginnetty was welcomed home by dozens of well wishers who lined the roadway along the Route 6/Route 149 roundabout. He is lucky to be alive after …

WELLFLEET – Wellfleet Police are investigating a rollover crash that happened early Tuesday morning. A vehicle was found on its roof on Briar Lane by Mill Hill Road about 1 AM. The driver was…

HYANNIS – A large gas main was compromised in Hyannis about 2:30 PM Wednesday. Main Street was closed between Old Colony Way and Barnstable Road. National Grid workers were enroute to mitigat…

BARNSTABLE – Barnstable Police are investigating two traffic crashes Tuesday evening. About 7:45 PM a vehicle reportedly struck two pedestrians at Main Street and Old Colony Way in Hyannis. T…

BARNSTABLE – From Barnstable Fire: The Barnstable Fire Department is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a $1,386,845.10 Fiscal Year 2025 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Res…

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Long before there was a yearly Chowder Festival held on Cape Cod there was one restaurant which could lay claim to being the king of clam chowder. Mildred’s chowder was so beloved that everyone fro…

YARMOUTH – A vehicle reportedly struck a sign and pole in Yarmouth just after 9 PM Monday. The crash happened on Route 28 near Camp Street. Four people were evaluated but all declined to go t…

HARWICH – About 750 Eversource customers lost power around 6:30 PM Monday. The utility listed the outage as due to maintenance and expected service to be restored by around 8:30 PM.

BOURNE – A vehicle apparently lost control and rolled on its roof in Bourne around 9 AM Sunday. The crash happened on MacArthur Boulevard (Route 28) southbound between Barlows Landing Road an…

WEST BARNSTABLE – Firefighters responded to a Hollyhock Drive residence just after 10 AM Sunday to find smoke coming from the building. A fire, possibly electrical in nature was discovered in…

SPRINGFIELD – From Mass Department of Fire Services: Fire service leaders from across Western Mass and New England gathered at the Big E fair Thursday to promote Fire Prevention Week and emph…

STOW, MA – From Mass Department of Fire Services: The Department of Fire Services has launched a new, public-facing database to document violations of the State Fire Code and Massachusetts Ge…

BOURNE – From Bourne Police: Bourne Poiice, Bourne Fire, and Bourne Department of Natural Resources responded to Kingman Marina Friday morning for a report of a boat that and become submerged…

FALMOUTH – From Falmouth Police: On Sunday, September 27, 2026, at approximately 6:53 AM, the Falmouth Police Department responded to the beach in front of the Falmouth Yacht Club on Clinton …

PROVINCETOWN – From Provincetown Fire: Welcome Squad 2- renewed and reimagined- a vital storm resource:

YARMOUTH – A pedestrian was struck by a car and seriously injured in Yarmouth sometime before 7:30 PM Saturday. The incident happened on Route 28 near Main Street not far from the Dennis to…

YARMOUTH – From Yarmouth Police: We received significant rainfall overnight and will continue to throughout the day. Heavy rain reduces visibility and areas of flooded roadways develop. Pleas…

BOURNE – A brush fire scorched about a 1/4 acre in Bourne. The fire was reported sometime after 6:30 PM at the Bourne Scenic Park. A brush breaker from Onset along with a unit from the Mass D…

YARMOUTH – From the Massachusetts Environmental Police (MEP): On Saturday September 19, 2026 at 11:45 PM, the Massachusetts Environmental Police conducted a boarding of a recreational fishing…

(HYANNIS) – An early-season nor’easter was expected to impact Cape Cod, the Islands, and other parts of coastal Massachusetts throughout the weekend with high winds, coastal flooding, and heavy rai…

High Wind Watch URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 333 PM EDT Wed Sep 23 2026 …HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENINGR…

BREWSTER – Officials responded to a three-vehicle crash on Main Street (Route 6A) by the entrance to Nickerson State Park about 12:15 PM Tuesday. Firefighters had to extricate at least one pe…

ORLEANS – From the Cape & Islands District Attorney’s Office: Cape & Islands District Attorney Robert J. Galibois announced today that 76-year-old Richard Alberts, of Orleans, …

BREWSTER – The Barnstable County Tech Rescue Team (BCTRT) was alerted after 10 AM Wednesday to respond to Brewster. According to reports, a missing elderly woman with dementia is missing afte…

DENNIS – From Dennis Police: Please avoid the area of New Boston Rd and Beach Street. A large truck has struck over head wires bringing them down across the roadway. Power is currently out in…

BREWSTER – Officials responded to a three-vehicle crash on Main Street (Route 6A) by the entrance to Nickerson State Park about 12:15 PM Tuesday. Firefighters had to extricate at least one pe…

ORLEANS – A fire raged through a house reportedly under renovation in Orleans about 3:30 AM Monday morning. Mutual aid responded to the scene and to cover the Orleans fire station. There were…

YARMOUTH – A car apparently lost control and struck the guardrail on Eoute 6 in Yarmouth Saturday afternoon. The crash happened westbound past the Union Street/Station Avenue exit sometime af…

YARMOUTH — Thousands of people gathered in Yarmouth over the past several days to pay tribute to the men and women who served and sacrificed during the Vietnam War as The Wall That Heals made its o…

EASTHAM – Eastham officials responding to a report of smoke in the area discovered a front end loader fully involved at Brewster Sand & Gravel on Nauset Road sometime after 7 PM Friday. N…

BOURNE – From Barnstable County Sheriff’s Office: The U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration has awarded the Barnstable County Sheriff’s Office $3.75 million over…

WAREHAM – From Mass State Police: At 830 AM on September 19th, multiple 911 calls came in reporting a man who appeared to have an axe on Route 195 East in the area of the Wareham rest stop. T…

ORLEANS – A fire raged through a house reportedly under renvation in Orleans about 3:30 AM Monday morning. Mutual aid responded to the scene and to cover the Orleans fire station. There were …

YARMOUTH PORT – At about 2:10 PM Sunday, two vehicles collided head on in Yarmouth Port. The crash happened on Main Street (Route 6A) between Union St. & Weir Rd. Two people were transpor…

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Chapin Beach in Dennis is one of the most popular spots on Cape Cod and one of the most beautiful beaches one can find.  With its proximity to amazing sunsets along with the expansive tidal fl…

PLYMOUTH – From Plymouth Police and Fire: Fire Chief Neil Foley and Police Chief Dana Flynn report that the Plymouth Police and Fire departments responded to a serious motor vehicle cras…

TRURO – The Barnstable County Tech Rescue Team (BCTRT) was activated sometime after 2:30 PM Friday for a missing person search in Truro. A woman was reported possibly lost in the woods near M…

HARWICH – From Harwich Police: Harwich Cranberry Festival Parking and Traffic Saturday, September 19 and Sunday September 20 The Harwich Police Department would like to provide residents and …

YARMOUTH – Two vehicles collided shortly before noon Thursday on Station Avenue near Long Pond Drive by the D-Y Regional High School football field. No injuries were reported but traffic was …

SANDWICH – From Sandwich Police: On September 17, 2026 Sandwich Police Detectives, with assistance from the Massachusetts State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and the Stat…

BREWSTER – Multiple emergency units rushed to the scene of a head-on crash in Brewster around 9:30 PM Thursday. The collision happened on Main Street (Route 6A) at Crosby Lane drawing mutual …

HARWICH – A car bumped the corner of a building in Harwich Thursday afternoon. It happened on Lower County Road by Pine Street. No injuries were reported. This was the fourth significant traf…

HYANNIS – From Barnstable Police: The Barnstable Police Department would like to provide an update on the officer who was struck by a motor vehicle on Sunday September 13, 2026 while assistin…

YARMOUTH – Two vehicles collided shortly before noon Thursday on Station Avenue near Long Pond Drive by the D-Y Regional High School football field. No injuries were reported but traffic was …