Marstons-Mills News

Instruction in piping and drumming is also offered to prospective members of all ages and abilities including beginners.

I have noticed that during the past month or so the Cape Cod Times has seemed to be focusing a lot of time on police, fire and the sheriff's department.

While the town council and its sycophants may revel in victory; Joakim and Chirigotisa s wins were hollow, as voters in the western part of town opted not make change piecemeal, but instead toss them all out on their ears.

Note to Governor Patrick; "Where is the leadership?", "Am I talking to the leadership?", and "Who's in charge?" will not be tolerated in Barnstable.

The time is right for a taxpayer association in Barnstable. As we all know, many voters and taxpayers today lack time to be involved.

A group of parents concerned about a lack of recreational activities for children with special needs asked the Town of Barnstable this week to lease space in the former Marstons Mills East Elementary School.

BERKEWITZ, Charles, 26, 24 Prince Ave., Marstons Mills; possession of Diazepam, Aug.

Traffic signals will finally replace emergency vehicles' lights at three of the area's most hazardous intersections.

Having buried five classmates in two years, Barnstable High School students are well versed in the lessons of stress and sorrow.

25 from 2 to 4 p.m. and range from Sandy Neck Beach, where a recently late lobsterman is discovered, to several local businesses, to wind up at The Bee-Hive Tavern.

I wish the media would stop referring to "Ted Kennedy's Senate seat." It's not Ted Kennedy's seat and it never was; it's our seat, the people's. The fact that we hired Ted Kennedy to fill it for all those years was the result of decisions by successive majorities of voters, but it was never "his" seat.

A Cape Cod woman has been issued a summons to appear before a court magistrate for allegedly causing Wednesday's fatal accident on Interstate 195 that killed a New Bedford woman.

A 21-year-old woman from the Cape will face motor vehicle homicide charges after a 3-car crash in Dartmouth.

A 47-year-old Marstons Mills man was taken to Cape Cod Hospital last night with non-life-threatening injuries after his motorcycle struck a tree on Pimlico Pond Road near Notre Dame Road.

MAKING CHANGE Fiona Jensen of Cotuit and Adam Liss, director of Cape Stress Reduction, have combined forces to bring a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction course to Barnstable High School next spring.

Janet Joakim and Hank Farnham wrote items in todaya s Patriot. I invite everyone to read the items along with Annie Fannya s equally ludicrous self-serving letter to the editor.

The DEP's image is so tarnished the agency must operate under assumed names for credibility; to wit, the Massachusetts Estuaries Project.

Here's hoping October will keep up the good work. The Cape Cod and Islands Commission on the Status of Women needs a 13th commissioner, according to chair Jan Barton of Marstons Mills, who's also a town councilor.

Hallelujah! I have seen the light! It only took me - well, I will not say how many gazillions of precious hours I have wasted before arriving at this point.

More than 450 museums, galleries, theaters and other cultural groups are participating in the second Fall for the Arts Festival today through Sunday in all 15 Cape towns.