Centerville News

The authors seemed to get the most attention. Oprah Winfrey, 55, created bestsellers with her book club, and she has certainly helped turn some people into major stars , but she has also done a lot for small businesses as well.

Neighbors of Stewarts Creek, near the West End Rotary, will meet today to discuss, among other things, possible legal action against the town over sewer extensions planned for the area.

Imagine you found a cure for the common cold and nobody noticed. So it goes that the grass roots "Last Gasp" charity bike ride founded by Centerville resident Bill Murphy 18 years ago went unnoticed by the media this year.

The Town of Barnstable will hold a seasonal flu vaccine clinic from 9 to 11:30 a.m. tomorrow at St.

Broad Reach Healthcare in North Chatham has announced the return of outpatient speech and language pathology with Sara Leroy Igoe joining its rehabilitation team.

Maggie Bossi has spent so much time with the Chatham Chorale that there have been days when she has "felt like a bigamist." But Bossi and the Chorale, who began their relationship in 1985, are going to part ways when the concert season ends in the spring of 2010.

AMARA, Suzanne A., 23, 19 Old Stage Road, Centerville; assault and battery, Sept.

No good deed goes unpunished. Nobody knew that better than The Gleaners, a handful of crusty, kind-hearted men who freely gave their time and effort driving a vintage van to deliver "our daily bread" and assorted sweets to the needy in the mid-Cape areaand took a lot of grief for it from some of their crankier customers to whom "free" wasn't good ...

Veterans are invited to wear their uniforms when they attend a special service of recognition and prayer Wednesday, Nov.

Betty Gladstein showed up at the Chabad Jewish Center yesterday, looking to clean up some chalk her young daughter had left on the carpet Tuesday.

Everything could change Tuesday. Or everything could stay the same. Nov. 3 is Election Day in the Town of Barnstable, and if elections are supposed to be about choices, this ballot is packed with them.

Barnstable voters will decide on Tuesday whether they want to change the size of the town council and how they pick who will serve on the town's legislative board.

ALTVATER, Clarissa M., 18, Hampton, N.H.; assault and battery, Sunday in Chatham.

Martin W. Sandler will discuss "The Dust Bowl Through the Lens: How Photography Revealed and Helped Remedy a National Disaster" and sign copies of the book at the annual meeting of the Cape Cod Writers Center, Tuesday, at the Yarmouth House Restaurant, Route 28, West Yarmouth.

WHEEL GOOD NEWS A Cotuit lad has gotten his wish! Christian Barclay received enough donations to purchase his own specially modified bicycle.

NOT YOUR AVERAGE BUS SHED Waiting for the school bus at Bumps River Road and Powers Drive in Centerville has been made a more enjoyable experience for Hannah, Sydney and Ashleigh Maciolek by the work of architect and neighbor George Jessop.

The no's had it 2,528 to 755 in the special election on the Stewart's Creek sewer expansion project, but not enough turned out to make it count.

Barnstable police are encouraging town residents to lock their car doors after as many as 15 break-ins were reported this week around Centerville.

Mary Cox has joined the Centerville office of Coldwell Banker Joly, McAbee & Weinert as a real estate associate.

FOX, Nicole, 27, 154 Archie's Cartway, Brewster; guilty of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol , March 7 in Orleans, one year probation, 45-day license loss, $1,847.22 costs and $50 fee.