Cape Cod Times
- 7-foot pot plant seized from couple's garden
Wednesday - 11/05/2014 - 12:55 AMFALMOUTH — A Sagamore Beach couple pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Falmouth District Court to a charge of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Cocaine, cash seized in Provincetown arrests
Wednesday - 11/05/2014 - 01:00 AMPROVINCETOWN — Two arrests Saturday led to the seizure of 12 grams of cocaine and $18,000 in cash, according to the Provincetown police.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Election Day snippets from across the Cape
Wednesday - 11/05/2014 - 01:04 AMIt might have been perfect election day weather: sunny with a touch of fall in the air; just right for getting out to the polls, holding a campaign sign or helping to rally voters.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Keating holds onto his seat
Wednesday - 11/05/2014 - 01:13 AMBOURNE — U.S. Rep. William Keating, D-Mass.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Mannal wins feisty race
Wednesday - 11/05/2014 - 01:17 AMBARNSTABLE — In what was a bitter and, at times, hostile race, incumbent Rep. Brian Mannal, D-Barnstable, defeated Republican Adam Chaprales in the 2nd Barnstable District.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - New delegates elected to assembly
Wednesday - 11/05/2014 - 01:20 AMThere were three contested races for the nonpartisan Barnstable County Assembly of Delegates on Tuesday, in Barnstable, Brewster and Harwich.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pie shop theft serves up 18-month sentence
Wednesday - 11/05/2014 - 01:22 AMBARNSTABLE — A Centerville man was sentenced to 18 months in the Barnstable County Correctional Facility for breaking into Centerville Pie Co. on Route 28 and stealing almost $1,900 from two locked safes.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Whelan wins 1st District seat
Wednesday - 11/05/2014 - 01:25 AMWEST YARMOUTH — A retired state police sergeant has won the race to represent the 1st Barnstable District.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Shaheen defeats Scott Brown in N.H., keeps US Senate seat
Tuesday - 11/04/2014 - 09:37 PMDemocratic US Sen Jeanne Shaheen defeated Republican challenger Scott Brown on Tuesday, winning a second term and blocking his return to Washington from a second state.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Massachusetts voters back paid sick time mandate
Tuesday - 11/04/2014 - 11:08 PMVoters have approved a ballot question that supporters say will give Massachusetts the nation's strongest requirement for providing paid sick time to workers.
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- Casino gambling stays
Wednesday - 11/05/2014 - 12:58 AMCasino gambling is coming to Massachusetts.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - DeMacedo handily wins Senate seat
Wednesday - 11/05/2014 - 01:02 AMAfter 16 years in the House, state Rep. Viriato "Vinny" deMacedo is moving up on Beacon Hill, winning the seat held by longtime Senate President Therese Murray.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Hyannis man dies in Plymouth jail
Wednesday - 11/05/2014 - 01:07 AMPLYMOUTH — A Hyannis man awaiting trial in Barnstable Superior Court on 23 counts related to a home invasion and rape case died in jail from an apparent suicide Monday, Plymouth County Assistant District Attorney Bridget Norton Middleton said.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Location corrected for repair shop
Wednesday - 11/05/2014 - 01:14 AMA map accompanying a story that ran Oct. 8 on Page A3 of the Times gave an incorrect location for the Wentworth property in Brewster. The proposed Wentworth Motor Sports Auto Repair shop would be on the corner of Southern Eagle Cartway and Main Street.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Mashpee man charged with OUI, fifth offense
Wednesday - 11/05/2014 - 01:19 AMFALMOUTH — A 55-year-old Mashpee man pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Falmouth District Court to his fifth drunken-driving offense.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - O'Keefe holds off rare challenger
Wednesday - 11/05/2014 - 01:21 AMHYANNIS — Cape and Islands District Attorney Michael O'Keefe staved off a feisty challenge from Cotuit defense attorney Richard Barry in Tuesday's election, ending the incumbent's first contested campaign since he was elected over Kevin Callahan in...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Vote: Extend Pilgrim safety zone
Wednesday - 11/05/2014 - 01:24 AMVoters in 12 Barnstable County towns, along with those in Nantucket and Dukes counties, were asked to support a nonbinding referendum question Tuesday that calls for the extension of the emergency planning zone around the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Wolf headed to state Senate re-election
Wednesday - 11/05/2014 - 01:27 AMDENNIS — By 10 p.m., state Sen. Daniel Wolf was ready to make his victory speech. His staff estimated he had 51 percent of the votes in the Mid- and Upper Cape towns.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Voters reject attempt to repeal Mass. casino gambling
Tuesday - 11/04/2014 - 10:50 PMCasino gambling is coming to Massachusetts: Voters rejected a ballot question that would have repealed the 2011 state law that allows for up to three regional resort casinos and a single slots parlor.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Mannal wins in 2nd Barnstable district
Tuesday - 11/04/2014 - 09:19 PMState Rep Brian Mannal had the numbers to win re-election to his 2nd Barnstable House District seat | Live Cape Cod election results
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- Cakounes wins county commisioner seat
Wednesday - 11/05/2014 - 12:56 AMHARWICH — With 10 out of 15 towns reporting by 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, farmer Leo Cakounes was leading in the race for a spot on the Barnstable County Board of Commissioners.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Dry chemicals used to extinguish chimney fire
Wednesday - 11/05/2014 - 01:02 AMBARNSTABLE — Firefighters extinguished a chimney fire Monday afternoon on Stoney Point Road, according to Barnstable fire Capt. Richard Ogonowsky. No one was injured.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Hunt wins third term
Wednesday - 11/05/2014 - 01:05 AMSANDWICH — In the ultimate numbers game, certified public account Randy Hunt collected enough votes Tuesday to return to Beacon Hill for a third term.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Majority in 3 towns favor legalizing pot
Wednesday - 11/05/2014 - 01:15 AMAs of the Times deadline, only three of the eight towns in the 4th Barnstable District had reported their results, but 72 percent of those voters had said "yes" to fully legalizing marijuana and regulating and taxing it like alcohol.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Mashpee library to add 10 ipad tablets
Wednesday - 11/05/2014 - 01:18 AMMASHPEE — Mashpee Public Library is buying 10 iPad tablets as part of an overall expansion of its technological offerings.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Orleans voters OK capital spending proposals
Wednesday - 11/05/2014 - 01:22 AMORLEANS — Voters approved all three capital spending proposals on the Tuesday ballot.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Prescribed burn planned today at Cape Cod Air Force Station
Wednesday - 11/05/2014 - 01:23 AMSAGAMORE — Cape Cod Air Force Station, which is where the PAVE PAWS radar station is located, plans to conduct a prescribed burn today, according to a press release.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Baker elected governor
Wednesday - 11/05/2014 - 01:38 AMBOSTON — Republican Charlie Baker has won the governor’s race in a nail-biter of an election that seesawed throughout the night and extended into early Wednesday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Voters reject measure to expand bottle deposit law
Tuesday - 11/04/2014 - 10:49 PMMassachusetts voters have turned down a proposal calling for the first expansion of the state's bottle-deposit law since it took effect more than three decades ago.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Clams or oysters--what gets your vote?
Tuesday - 11/04/2014 - 01:40 PMOn today's CapeCast: With Election Day upon us, we thought it was time to ask voters to choose between the ultimate Cape Cod contenders--oysters and clams! Which one would you vote for?
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