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A fire that broke out at an unoccupied home on Great Pond Place in Eastham Thursday evening caused about $240,000 in damage, according to the fire department.

FALMOUTH — A Mashpee man who police say was found with $10,000 worth of heroin in his pockets after he refused to stop his car for police is facing multiple criminal charges in Falmouth District Court.

FALMOUTH — A charge of rape against a 21-year-old East Falmouth man was dismissed in Falmouth District Court on Wednesday.

Citizens groups from both sides of the Cape Cod Canal have sent a petition to federal officials saying security at the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station should be tightened or the plant should be shut down.

SANDWICH — A hotel, a fishing museum, an assisted living facility, whale-watch tours and high-end housing are just some of the ideas pitched for land surrounding the Sandwich Marina.

A week after losing the Republican nomination to Ron Beaty Jr. by 13 percentage points, Mashpee financial consultant Allen Waters is testing the waters for a possible write-in candidacy in the Cape & Islands state Senate District.

ORLEANS — The Board of Selectmen has approved what it hopes will be an acceptable plan for piping plovers on the southern end of Nauset Beach that will allow oversand vehicles to drive past nests next summer.

HYANNIS— Town councilors once again decided to hold off on a vote that would determine the reopening of the West Barnstable gun range located in the 1,100-acre West Barnstable Conservation Area on Service Road that was closed at the end of 2012.

After lending nearly $600 to his Republican state Senate campaign and spending all of it, West Barnstable resident Ron Beaty asked his Democratic opponent, state Sen.

YARMOUTH PORT — The family of a teenager fighting cancer is looking for more people to join "Nick's Avengers" for the Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk on Sunday.