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WELLFLEET — A plan will soon be under development for how to react if something goes wrong with the proposed flooding of the Herring River estuary.

BARNSTABLE — A Yarmouth firefighter-paramedic who police say has six previous arraignments on his adult record now faces a charge that he broke into his neighbor's house.

Because of an editing error, a fact box on Page A1 of Wednesday's Times gave the wrong website for the Center for RecyclingWorks Massachusetts. It is recyclingworksma.com.

HYANNIS — With the federal government now drawing up emergency measures to address a cod disaster in waters from Maine to Rhode Island, the New England Fishery Management Council approved two plans in the hope that one of them would provide a...

CENTERVILLE — A popular display at the intersection of Route 28 and Old Stage Road can stay put, according to Barnstable and state officials.

EAST SANDWICH — Gov. Deval Patrick escaped the city on Thursday to enjoy a quintessential autumn afternoon with Pete Hanlon at his cranberry farm, before continuing to Ocean Spray headquarters in Middleboro.

An East Falmouth woman was ordered held in lieu of a combined $4,500 bail Wednesday after pleading not guilty to charges stemming from a string of incidents between Friday and Monday, including shoplifting and cashing about $3,200 in forged checks,...

Three Afghan military officers who sought refuge in Canada after taking off from a military training exercise at Joint Base Cape Cod said Wednesday they were trying to escape Taliban violence at home but now face the wrath of their own government as well.

Two men were arrested Tuesday after Barnstable police officers allegedly saw them beat a man on Main Street.

Chatham firefighters responded to a blaze in a restaurant at the Chatham Municipal Airport Wednesday night.