Buzzards Bay News

Few people alive today can remember a time before a canal separated Cape Cod from "off Cape," a nomenclature including both Plymouth and China.

When the sun broke through on July 3 and created the first good beach day in a month, a 650-foot stretch of Swift's Beach with a commanding view of Buzzards Bay stood empty.

The state's proposed ocean management plan would open Buzzards Bay to multiple uses ranging from natural gas pipelines to sand mining to renewable energy projects.

A draft of the state's historic ocean management plan being released today would prohibit Boston developer Jay Cashman from building his proposed, large-scale, commercial wind farm in the upper portion of Buzzards Bay.

The Kruzenshtern is a 376-foot in length, four-masted barque rig, and the second largest traditional sail training vessel in the world still in operation.

JOHN SLADEWSKI/The Standard-Times The Ocean Explorium in New Bedford has opened new exhibits with tanks full of interesting and colorful sea life, such as these clown fish.

After six years of service, Tom Moccia is stepping down today as president of the Buzzards Bay Vitalization Association.

Treasures that washed ashore this week; flotsam we hope the next tide carries away: Local heroes Although we often take it for granted, Cape Cod is blessed with top-notch professionals, serving in a variety of fields.

When the ribbon is cut today at the new Cape Cod Canal Region Chamber of Commerce information center, it will not only signal the completion of the Sagamore "flyover" project, but also place a much-needed resource for residents and visitors alike at both entrances to the Cape.

Massachusetts Maritime Academy Class of 2009 valedictorian Richard Stewart could have given a commencement speech yesterday in which he bragged about his perfect 4.0 grade point average.

HASKELL, Shane, 49, 196 Main St., Rear Apt., Buzzards Bay; three counts of threatening to commit crime Dec.

In 2002, Jacob Azarian of Buzzards Bay was given a 1979 class ring from the Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School by a friend who had found it with a metal detector at Queen Sewell Park in Buzzards Bay.

PATTERSON, Alvin R. Jr., 23, 247 N. Falmouth Highway No. 3, North Falmouth; violating abuse prevention order April 4 in Falmouth.

Out in the wild, tiny northern red-bellied cooters would most certainly become lunch for opportunistic predators.

The five-armed creatures appeared by the thousands last Sunday at Scusset Beach State Reservation - spiny-skinned organisms so resilient that if one of their arms gets lopped off, it grows right back.

A Duxbury man remains in critical condition this afternoon at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston after his scooter hit a car Thursday at the West End rotary, a hospital spokeswoman said.

"Tips on Composting With Worms." 10 January 2009. HowStuffWorks.com. 12 June 2009.

At about 11:41pm, on Saturday, June 6, 2009, officers from Area A-1 responded to a radio call for a fight in the area of 225 State Street.

The Tobey Hospital Guild recently announced $3,000 in scholarship awards for students who are pursuing a career in health care.

Imagine special trains from Boston carrying bicycles and their riders to Cape Cod for a weekend stay.