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CHATHAM - The shifting sands of fate once blessed more than 40 families with cottages along North Beach.

On today's CapeCast: Climb aboard for a sea journey to beautiful Penikese Island--a Buzzards Bay jewel that once was home to a leper colony. Find out what's going on there today!

Local activists say the state agreed to check if current monitors for radioactive emissions from the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station can detect any leaks headed for the Cape.

Bridge Street near the Mitchell River Bridge in Chatham will be closed to all through traffic starting Wednesday while the drawbridge is replaced, according to town officials.

COTUIT — Barnstable's Public Works Department will do roadwork on Old Post Road starting today, according to a department statement.

A 24-year-old Buzzards Bay man was ordered held in lieu of $1,000 bail Monday after pleading not guilty to assaulting and intimidating a woman Saturday in Bourne.

In August 2013, state Sen. Daniel Wolf held a fundraiser at the Cape Cod Maritime Museum for his fledgling gubernatorial campaign. It would prove to be the campaign's last public event.

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CUMMAQUID — As the claw of a backhoe dug into the roof and walls of the Cummaquid Golf Club clubhouse on Monday, members took photographs, chatted and did what they say is typical at the 119-year-old course: They laughed and golfed.

SANDWICH — Tucked into a $2.2 billion environmental bond bill signed into law by Gov. Deval Patrick Aug. 13 is $5 million earmarked for beach restoration at Town Neck Beach.