Barnstable News

Fireworks, dusk, Friday, Rock Harbor, Orleans. Rain date: Sunday. Wellfleet Fourth of July Parade, gathers at 9 a.m. Saturday at town pier; classic car parade precedes parade of homemade floats and marchers in costume through downtown.

CATTEN, Evan S., 25, 30 Jones Lane, Sandwich; assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and assault, June 9 in Sandwich, one year pretrial probation.

As has been the case for the past few elections, voters in some precincts will be headed to different places to cast their ballots.

EPOCH Assisted Living at Brewster Place has announced its 12th annual Summer Concert Series.

A local jewelry shop clerk chased after a woman yesterday afternoon until police officers stopped and arrested her for allegedly stealing a $2,000 ring from the Main Street store, police said.

Police are asking for help in tracking down a suspect in the rape of two young girls.

When the lights go out, Caryn Samuell and her family assume another car has crashed into the utility pole near their Cummaquid home and her art gallery.

How many groceries can an old shotgun buy? According to local law enforcement agencies, the answer is $50 worth.

The Robert F. Kennedy Children's Action Corps, for which I serve as the area director, offers a solution to the problem of the high cost of driver's education .

Not a good beach day, but a good day to check out your local library. Visitor to the Cape and Islands? Don't let that deter you from a visit to one of the many village libraries open on the Cape.

The Falmouth Police Department is investigating an incident that occurred in town at approximately 8:30 a.m., Thursday, June 11, 2009.

Robert John Cook exudes creative energy. Whether painting, making music or pitching an idea, the South Yarmouth artist seems perpetually on the verge of creating something new.

What are the odds of Mary Dunn Road's improvement being paid for by betterments from the local property owners? You might say they're 6,350 to 33.

BROWN, Kyle R., 20, 20 Kittiwake Lane, Eastham; breaking into a depository and larceny of a firearm Feb.

GORDON, Andrew A., 21, 19 Spring St., Hyannis; guilty plea to breaking and entering in the nighttime to commit a felony and larceny of a value more than $250 March 20 in Barnstable, nine months Barnstable County Correctional Facility .

SPRUCING UP People who attended last month's Memorial Day service at the JFK Memorial in Hyannis marveled at the brightness of the medallions on each face of the monument.

David Crocker is always looking for stuff a gear from the cannery that was just demolished at Freezer Point, for example, or an old radio, or a story about the rum-runners of Cape Cod during Prohibition.

Employees, hours and materials could be at stake at the Hyannis Public Library if town officials proceed with a proposed change to the library funding system, library supporters said this week.

Residents interested in the Town of Barnstable's 2010 budget will have an opportunity to be heard in two ways: in person and via telephone.

DRISCOLL, John J., 58, 21 Pleasant St., Hyannis; assault and battery March 30 in Barnstable, one year pretrial probation.