Falmouth News

Well, the folks on Beacon Hill are hoping that it will fund a five-year transportation plan designed to shore up and expand the commonwealth's infrastructure.

With no lab reports, videos or outside witnesses to rely on, the criminal case against Justin Mustafa came down to how much a six-person jury would believe the word of his accuser.

A bill before our Legislature, S.1626, coming up for a vote probably March 19, would limit the amount of torture allowed to be used on elephants in Massachusetts.

In just a few days, it will be St. Patrick's Day. Or, as most people from New England call it - Monday.

Falmouth made BuzzFeed's list of "24 Small New England Towns You Absolutely Need to Visit."

Three people were arrested Tuesday as a result of a three-month investigation into heroin distribution at a home on Mohawk Road.

Harwich Conservation Trust will offer a free guided walk in search of snowy owls from 1 to 2 p.m., with a spotting scope available.

A skilled nursing and rehabilitation center in Falmouth, located on Jones Road next door to the Morse Pond School, is planning to close its doors, a company spokesman confirmed this morning.

Last September, I was driving past Cedar Pond off Route 6 in Orleans. Roosting contentedly on the overhead electric wires were dozens of cormorants.

Selectman Kevin Murphy has decided not to run for re-election, ensuring that two new faces will be joining the board later this year.

The University of Massachusetts Police Department has released the names of three students the department arrested during the Barney Blowout this weekend.

Tony Camerio wanted some order and substance to dog hearings in Falmouth. There's nothing wrong with that.

Death is the great equalizer to life: It's the one constant everyone faces no matter their background, their fortune or their race.

A 27-year-old Falmouth woman is accused of stealing as much as $670 from customers paying cash for their rooms at the Holiday Inn on Jones Road, court records show.

"300: Rise of an Empire," the sequel to "300: A Chippendales Revue" , seems a bit less over the top than its predecessor - and that's a good thing.

In just three days of fishing for lost gear on the ocean bottom, volunteers retrieved 145 lobster traps, a marine battery, a toilet bowl, a steel boom, an engine block, and piles and piles of ropes, cables and nets.

That was Valerie Guertin's brother Bob, not Felicia Penn 's brother , who used to recover quarters people threw from the bulkhead back in the day.

A one-time showing of the documentary "Bag It" to kick off a plastic pollution awareness campaign.

An East Falmouth man who crashed his car into a tree Monday night is facing criminal charges for allegedly failing to stop for police before the wreck.

Four years after losing his bid for a sixth term in the House, former state Rep. Matthew Patrick announced Monday that he will run for the Plymouth and Barnstable District seat currently held by Senate President Therese Murray.