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FALMOUTH — A new nonprofit aims to maintain Falmouth's history by encouraging smart redevelopment of historic properties that might otherwise be demolished.

HYANNIS — After two years of contentious hearings, the Barnstable Conservation Commission has approved a scaled-down plan to chop off part of Sampsons Island in Cotuit and move the material east to Dead Neck.

NORTH TRURO — A master plan to provide bicyclists and pedestrians with safer and more enjoyable experiences in Wellfleet, Truro and Provincetown is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2015, about four years after the idea first arose.

A few months after graduating from college and moving to Washington, D.C., John Chapman read a newspaper story from his home state of Massachusetts about a Hingham woman who had hit it big as the assistant press secretary to President Ronald Reagan.

CHATHAM — An open casting call for "The Finest Hours," a Disney film about the 1952 Pendleton rescue, will be held Saturday afternoon at Monomoy Regional Middle School.

Cape Cod Healthcare officials hope to put a new vehicle on the road early next year — a bloodmobile that will be able to scoot in and out of the Cape's small businesses to collect blood from donors in the community.

In the aftermath of last year's Boston Marathon bombings, U.S. Rep.

HYANNIS — A 44-year-old woman is being held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing after allegedly stabbing a male friend eight times in a motel room Wednesday morning.

FALMOUTH — A 29-year-old Dedham woman admitted sufficient facts Wednesday in Falmouth District Court to a charge of possession of heroin.

SOUTH YARMOUTH – With just a handful of days left to win voter endorsement, candidates in two Barnstable County races focused on issues of greatest concern to Cape residents during a Candidates Night hosted by the Yarmouth Area Chamber of Commerce.