Orleans News

Routes 6A and 28 merge at Canal Road and, all too often, the cars they carry also collide.

A committee of engineers and scientists is questioning the science behind the town's expensive sewer plans.

Half a mile of Nauset Spit reopened yesterday to eligible beachgoers who drive on the barrier beach, according to Park Superintendent Paul Fulcher.

RICE, James C. Jr., 20, 75 Rob Crowell Road, Dennis; assault and battery, June 15 in Dennis, dismissed.

The Cape is going to receive more than $2 million in federal stimulus money for nonprofit community health centers and an environmental project in Brewster, according to U.S. Rep.

"He just loved the Cape. He loved the beach. He loved the water. He loved his boat," said Richard West Sr., the father of Christopher West, a commercial fisherman for the past 15 to 20 years.

Besides groceries, sushi, coffee and pizza, Stop & Shop wants to sell gasoline near its supermarket in Cranberry Cove Plaza off Route 6A.

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The Nauset Beach-Side Motel, a landmark since the 1940s and 1950s near Nauset Beach, may be welcoming its last summer of sand-encrusted swimmers.

Jennifer Rabold and her husband could work and live anywhere in the world with their backgrounds in technology and education and two young sons.

A county retirement board will likely review the pension application of former Truro Fire Chief E. Thomas Prada now that he has been convicted of assault and battery.

A smoky fire near Mattress World sent fire engines from three towns to Skaket Corners shopping center this afternoon.

A legal struggle has begun that five Lower Cape towns are watching carefully. Last Thursday, the Wellfleet Board of Selectmen signed a preliminary denial of a new 10-year contract with Comcast for a license to provide cable service in Wellfleet, according to Wellfleet Cable Advisory Commission chairman Tom Cole.

Former Truro Fire Chief E. Thomas Prada will write two letters of apology - one to the victim and another to selectmen - for grabbing a female police dispatcher's breasts without her consent in February 2008 as part of a plea deal finalized yesterday in Orleans District Court.

A 27-year-old Centerville woman pleaded not guilty yesterday morning in Orleans District Court to charges she repeatedly raped a 2-year-old girl she was baby-sitting in Dennis.

Rescue crews responded to a one-car accident on the Mid-Cape Highway last night.

Departing Nauset Supt. Michael Gradone got a day-long send off Wednesday during a tour of Nauset schools from Wellfleet to Brewster.

The Jonathan Young Windmill looks at home on Town Cove in Orleans, but the historic landmark has moved around since its construction in the early 1700s.

Conklin & de Decker recently announced the 2009 edition of their Aircraft Performance Comparator.

Last week, we sailed out on Sarah, the 1886 Crosby Catboat replica built at the Cape Cod Maritime Museum in Hyannis a couple of years ago, just for a nice time and to make a little contribution to the museum.