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WELLFLEET — A fair amount of teasing was underway Saturday at the white shucking tent of Ian Holmes and Justin Lynch. Holmes and Lynch, both of Wellfleet, were among the dozen oyster vendors at the 14th annual Wellfleet OysterFest.

ORLEANS — A 44-year-old Orleans man with five previous convictions for drunken driving was arrested Wednesday on charges he stole a car and sped into a parking lot, where he nearly crashed into other cars, police said.

FALMOUTH — A 28-year-old Falmouth man pleaded guilty Friday in Falmouth District Court to a charge of possession of oxycodone with intent to distribute.

FALMOUTH — The Cape and Islands Veterans Outreach Center will hold a forum from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at St. Barnabas Church, 91 W. Main St., to give veterans advice on stress management, post-traumatic stress and healthful living.

MASHPEE — The Boys & Girls Club of Cape Cod, 31 Frank E. Hicks Drive, will host a free Narcan training and overdose prevention education session at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 3. The session will be presented by the AIDS Support Group of Cape Cod.

FALMOUTH — The Cape Cod Foundation's Falmouth Fund, which serves general needs for the town, is offering a grant-writing workshop to help area nonprofit organizations apply for funding in 2015.

ORLEANS — The annual business meeting of the Orleans Community Partnership will be held 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the town's former firehouse, 44 Main St.

As you read this, the fourth annual Nantucket Birding Festival, sponsored by the Linda Loring Nature Foundation on Eel Point Road on Nantucket, is smack-dab in the middle of field trips, and birders are out exploring every nook and cranny on that...

HARWICH — "It's gone," said Ed McManus.

FALMOUTH — A 26-year-old Wareham man pleaded guilty Friday in Falmouth District Court to stealing a Bourne woman's checkbook from a baby's diaper bag and then writing checks.