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SANDWICH — An 83-year-old woman was hospitalized Thursday after a three-car crash at the intersection of Route 6A and Quaker Meetinghouse Road, police said.

ORLEANS — A 28-year-old Fall River man was arraigned Thursday in Orleans District Court on a larceny charge after he allegedly stole jewelry from an Orleans home where he was working for a subcontractor installing insulation.

NANTUCKET — A man with ties to Mississippi is being held without bail after he allegedly stabbed another man Tuesday morning on Nantucket.

ORLEANS — A Dennis woman was arraigned Thursday in Orleans District Court on charges of possession of heroin and child endangerment.

FALMOUTH — A Plymouth man was sentenced to one year in the Barnstable County Correctional Facility on Thursday after pleading guilty in Falmouth District Court to multiple counts of receiving stolen property, credit card fraud and check forgery.

FALMOUTH — A 49-year-old Mashpee man pleaded not guilty Thursday in Falmouth District Court to a drunken-driving charge.

NORTH FALMOUTH — Unlike military veterans who had traveled from Alaska and California to participate in Thursday's Wounded Warrior Project Soldier Ride in Falmouth, Curtis Frye III lives just around the corner.

SANDWICH — National Grid can hit the gas on installation of a high-pressure pipeline after the Board of Selectmen unanimously approved the utility's tree removal plan.

SANDWICH — Tree clearing in the median of Route 6 on the Upper Cape has raised eyebrows and wakened neighbors.

HARWICH — Selectmen have suspended the entertainment and liquor license of a popular Irish bar and inn for four days after police reported 22 separate complaints, including noise complaints, crowds drinking in the parking lot after hours and an...