Truro News

This young killdeer, one of two surviving chicks from a nest in a Nantucket beach parking lot, is less than 2 weeks old and will not be able to fly until it has grown its flight feathers, which will take about another 20 days.

One property along the Upper Pamet River Valley has shown unusually high levels of sodium in well drinking water since the flooding from the early March breach at Ballston Beach on the Atlantic Ocean.

Astonishing news from Walvis Bay, Namibia, where scientists from the Namibian Dolphin Project on Tuesday confirmed the sighting of a grey whale .

Local police departments and at least one resident are succeeding where some politicians have failed: they are making the streets of our communities safer.

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.

Located in charming North Truro, right next to Provincetown, Southwind Court Cottages is just a few steps away from some of Cape Cod's finest attractions.

On July 30, 2012, Denver businessman Christopher Myers had no clue he was about to swim into the history books as the first person in 76 years to be bitten by a great white shark in Massachusetts.

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

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.

BASSETT, Kenneth, 46, 2 Opas Way, Orleans; admitted sufficient facts to operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol , March 22 in Orleans, continued without a finding for one year, 45-day license loss, $1,847.22 costs and $50 fee; negligent driving and another traffic violation, dismissed; responsible for another traffic ... (more)

The Barnstable County Assembly of Delegates approved a $27.9 million county operating budget this week for the fiscal year starting July 1. But before doing so, the Assembly defeated an amendment by Harwich Delegate Leo Cakounes to strip $93,778 that would have gone toward the salary and benefits of assistant county administrator Maggie Downey.

Jacoby first came to the Cape from Bard College in 1963 to work at Argo's Orleans Arena Theater.

Award-winning author Dennis Lehane will lend his star power to two towns this weekend - one on the Cape, one on the South Shore - that have been reading one of his books as part of townwide reading programs.

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.

Hamilton is one of the best places in the state to live, according to a recent ranking by the Boston Globe .

KOSTKA, Jillian, 27, 158 Whittier Drive, Dennis; larceny from a building, larceny by check of less than $250, check forgery and passing a false check, Aug.

Few places conjure vacation dreams like Cape Cod. Blue skies, rolling waves, sweeping beaches, and gracious New England architecture are just a few of the Cape's hallmarks.

Chatham is one of the latest senior centers to offer a weekly cafe lunch experience, designed to acquaint residents with their senior centers' programs and encourage healthful eating.