Eastham News

Multiple Cape towns are searching for a missing person in the water off Brewster, according to Dennis Deputy Fire Chief Robert Brown.

Beach stairs torn apart by storms this winter at Nauset Light Beach in Eastham and Marconi Beach in Wellfleet will be repaired by early June, allowing the facilities to open to the public, Cape Cod National Seashore Superintendent George Price announced today.

Despite a bruising town meeting and the failure of two articles that would have created a town water system, officials and advocates say they are not giving up.

More than ever, however, when duty calls, they also dive into water, drop into trenches and respond to terrorist attacks.

After a fierce debate that involved shouting and political maneuvering on town meeting floor, Eastham town meeting rejected a public water system - again.

Massachusetts has a greater percentage of college graduates than any state in the country.

It's rare for a group of police chiefs to agree on something, Eastham Police Chief Edward Kulhawik says, half in jest.

Kathryn Knight signs her paranormal romance "Silver Lake" from 7:30 to 11 a.m. today at Fitness Company, 747 Route 28 , Falmouth.

It's hard enough to get voters to the polls; was it really necessary to schedule several town elections just days or weeks after the Senate primary Tuesday? In Mashpee, selectmen decided to move the date of the annual town election, usually held on a Saturday in May, to coincide with the primary on April 30.

Anyone thirsty for a feisty debate about public water will find it at Eastham's annual town meeting Monday, where the focus will be on a proposed $114.8 million municipal water system.

The following statement was written jointly by the Eastham Board of Selectmen: Chairwoman Aimee J. Eckman, Vice Chairman John F. Knight, Wallace F. Adams II, Martin F. McDonald and Linda S. Burt.

Five Lower Cape police departments will initiate what they hope is an annual voluntary gun "buy back" program May 11-19, as a way to help prevent gun violence following the school shooting Dec.

At a fateful town meeting May 6, Eastham will decide whether it is necessary to spend $114 million on a townwide public water system.

OLENICZAK, Cameron, 22, 15 Charlie Noble Way, Eastham; admitted sufficient facts to operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol , April 18 in Orleans, continued without a finding for one year, 45-day license loss, $1,597.22 costs and $50 fee; negligent driving, dismissed; not responsible for another traffic violation.

Within seconds of approaching Ribbon, Cesar has drawn blood from the horse's jugular vein.

When U.S. News & World Report released its 2013 Best High Schools Rankings earlier this week, it was no surprise to see Sturgis Charter Public School in Hyannis and Nauset Regional High School in North Eastham once again on the list.

In one night, Brewster lost a school committee member and a school principal, but the Nauset Regional School District gained a new assistant superintendent.

When Cape Associates learned it had won the U.S. Small Business Administration's 2013 family-owned business of the year award for Massachusetts, it capped a month of expansion - and loss.

All of the Nauset estuary system including Nauset Harbor and Town Cove in both Eastham and Orleans have been closed to shellfishing for all species due to elevated levels of red tide toxins in the meat of sampled shellfish.

Voters will decide at the annual election Tuesday who should preside over town meetings for the next year: incumbent Bruce Bierhans, an attorney, or former Moderator Daniel Silverman.