Falmouth News

A Jeep burst into flames in Bourne early Saturday morning after striking a guardrail.

Lady, Be Good ! is chock-full of toe-tapping tunes and snazzy dance numbers. But it doesn't rank as one of the best Gershwin musical comedies.

This photo released by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation shows Andy Serkis as Caesar in a scene from the film, "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes."

Hal Brooks has been the artistic director of the Cape Cod Theatre Project in Falmouth for three years.

Carol Chittenden, who started the Falmouth book store Eight Cousins with her mother in 1986, plans on handing over the ownership reins at the start of next year.

Did you wake up to thunder last night?? I did! Severe storms in western New England weakened as they moved east but rumbles did make it into eastern MA in some communities.

The last wooden whaleship in the world, the Charles W. Morgan, will be anchored in Provincetown waters Friday through Sunday in connection with the Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum's exhibit "Forgotten Port: Provincetown's Whaling Heritage," at the museum on High Pole Hill Road.

Pregnant women in Falmouth received a warning about tests of the town's drinking water last summer, which showed increasesed levels of two byproducts - trihalomethanes and haloacetic acids.

Island officials are concerned about the Massachusetts Trial Court's decision to drastically reduce a juvenile probation officer's hours on Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard.

A week after attending fundraisers in Sandwich and on Nantucket with former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, gubernatorial candidate Charlie Baker returned to Cape Cod on Tuesday for the company of Republicans working on the ground to see him elected.

Former state Rep. Matthew Patrick did not refer to his Republican opponent by name in the race to succeed outgoing Senate President Therese Murray.

A tip from a cabbie early Saturday morning led Falmouth police to find a broken window at Falmouth Self Service Laundry and a man inside eating a bag of chips.

Despite an iffy forecast, the sun shone upon our market last week. A beautiful start to the holiday.

Artistic director Hal Brooks has announced that the 20th Season of the Cape Cod Theatre Project , featuring staged readings of new work by Cory Hinkle, Hamish Linklater , Seth Moore and the Lobbyists and Alena Smith, has finished casting.

Cape Cod Times/Steve Heaslip 070313sh09 OSTERVILLE-- 07/03/13 Camp counselor Clayton Maul sports a patriotic face painting at the short but sweet July 3rd Parade in Osterville down Seaview Avenue getting the Independence Day events started on the Cape.

One person was seriously injured in a head-on collision Thursday morning on Route 28, according to the Falmouth Fire Department.

Hurricane Arthur may be threatening Cape Cod's Fourth of July festivities, but there are plenty of ways you can get the most out of the holiday without getting wet! 1. Shop: For a day of shopping Friday followed by a family game night , the Cape Cod Mall in Hyannis will be open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Mashpee Commons from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. In ... (more)

EDITOR'S NOTE: The possibility of Hurricane Arthur moving near the Cape and Islands region prompted some towns to change the date of their July Fourth celebrations.

In the summer, everything happens outdoors on Cape Cod, but this Fourth of July people might have to celebrate the holiday inside.

To celebrate its heritage and culture, the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe, known as the People of the First Light, will host its 93rd annual Pow Wow Friday through Sunday, with the theme of "Honoring Our Waterways."