East Sandwich News

A little figuring could go a long way to solving the town of Dennis' lighting dilemma.

At 52, David Brewer was athletic and outgoing, a retired member of the Coast Guard who loved the water and worked as assistant harbor master for the three-bay area of Osterville, Centerville and Cotuit.

Provincetown Community Television and Provincetown Council on Aging are collaborating on a new project to preserve the history and experiences of Provincetown seniors.

The state Division of Unemployment Assistance mistakenly sent checks totaling $3.4 million to 4,159 out-of-work residents who'd exhausted their benefits, thanks to a glitch in the office's archaic computer system, the Herald has learned.

Two fishermen who reported trouble with their boat yesterday were found and rescued by the Coast Guard last night, said Petty Officer Connie Terrell.

Sandwich Council on Aging is hosting a "Readers' Theater" production, called "Ciao Francesco," at 6 p.m. Nov.

A motorcyclist was taken to Cape Cod Hospital yesterday morning after colliding with a pickup truck on Route 6A, public safety officials said.

Now that it's an affront to some that political cartoonists criticize our Nobel Prize-winning commander in chief, I have this simple observation: Bob Gorrell hasn't changed his M.O. Just visit his Web site to peruse his cartoons going back to 2004.

Christine Cummings has opened a massage studio, The Nest at the Giving Tree, at 550 Route 6A in East Sandwich.

Power outages have been reported across the Cape today due to the severe weather.

Lee Hughes of East Sandwich suggests that Glenn Beck be removed from his position as a talk show host to stop him from poisoning the airwaves with right-wing claptrap.

Just when the tourists have left and locals are talking about how much Cape Cod has slowed down already, coupled in conversation with anticipation of a dreary winter ahead and how Hyannis is already turning into a ghost town just when we're practicing our annual tradition in negative projection poetry rears its beautiful head with off-season events ...

Its final note was going to be a big bang. A piano, just six years shy of being 100 years old, was set to be demolished as part of the $3 million town hall restoration project.

For a great evening of contemporary music, check out New England folk troubadour Jake Armerding at the Grange Hall Coffeehouse in East Sandwich.

TV host Glenn Beck himself states he is not a journalist, yet he is given a pulpit from which to spew his incendiary comments laced with racial overtones and misinformation.

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Anna the Red, best known for her incredible video-game themed Bento boxes , went and made a WALL-E on wheat.

This is supposed to be one heck of a leaf-peeping season. The wet spring and early summer, combined with this fall's bright sunny days and crisp nights could really turn up the wattage on leaf colors in a few weeks.

Elaine Romero, age 66, was brutally stabbed 45 times and ultimately bled to death, alone, at 5:30 a.m. on her neighbor's porch after attempting to flee for her life from her attacker - her own husband.

It was a beautiful afternoon with the temperature in the high 50's, clear sunny skies anda light breeze.