For expecting mothers, finding the right hospital to deliver at is a big decision. But for women on and near Cape Cod, Falmouth Hospital may no longer be an option, due to the coronavirus pandemic. “Our pregnancy journey wasn’t easy,” Alyssa Marini of Wareham said. When Marini found out the place she planned to deliver her baby—Falmouth Hospital—would stop...

The hospitals’ ownership decided to close its maternity and inpatient pediatric departments to make way for treating adults diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus. The change is effective April 6.

Residents on Cape Cod are petitioning to shut down the Sagamore and Bourne bridges amid the coronavirus outbreak to keep out-of-towners away to prevent an overflow of their hospitals, according to a Boston Herald report.  The petition to close the bridges has nearly 6,000 signatures. The petition states the bridge closures would help stop the spread of coronavirus. “Only year-round...

Massachusetts updates from Gov. Baker and Marylou Sudders.

With the country facing a growing pandemic, some Cape Cod residents are on edge as travelers begin to arrive, worrying they don’t have the resources to care for those who already call the region home.

Leaders on Cape Cod and the Islands are telling seasonal residents and visitors to stay away after two COVID-19 deaths were reported on the Cape this week.

Drive-through testing for the new coronavirus will be offered to patients on Cape Cod who have received doctors’ orders. Cape Cod Healthcare announced Monday afternoon that it had partnered with the Barnstable County Department of Health and Environment to provide the service to patients who had met a set of criteria. Qualifying patients must have been screened for COVID-19, received…

Visitors will not be allowed to see patients at any Cape Cod Healthcare location as of Sunday afternoon. The order was effective immediately at noon.  President and CEO of Cape Cod Healthcare Michael K. Lauf said the decision to no longer allow hospital visitors was to prevent the spread of coronavirus. The first case of the virus was confirmed in…

A Massachusetts police officer facing several allegations of sexual misconduct resigned from his position. Falmouth Police Officer Clifford Harris stepped down following a monthslong investigation into seven allegations of misconduct, the Cape Cod Times reported Sunday. The department’s Internal Affairs report found the allegations were sustained in four of the instances where his behavior was “unbecoming an officer” and...

Kim Roach was working on a tight schedule last fall when she hired National Floors Direct to replace the carpeting in her Cape rental home with vinyl flooring. “We had people moving in on November 15. We were having them come to the house on November 11 to do the work,” Roach says. “They said that it was a two-day…

After an attempt to spruce up her rental home didn’t go as planned, the owner couldn’t get a refund from her flooring company. So she called NBC10 Boston Responds.

Limited Friday morning sunshine will yield to advancing clouds during the afternoon as a spiraling upper level disturbance with strong atmospheric energy drops southeast out of the Central Great Lakes.  Poised to drop south of New England as it moves over the western Atlantic Ocean, this disturbance will spawn development of a new storm center at the surface, east...

Today (Friday): Sun to a veil of clouds, sprinkles late. Highs in the 40s.
Overnight Friday Night: Snow showers south, snow southeast, a couple inches on Cape. Lows around 30.
Saturday: Clouds to sun. Winter chill. Highs around 40, wind chill 30.
Sunday: Fair, pleasant. Highs in the 50s.

One person has died after a single-car crash with a utility pole in Yarmouth, Massachusetts Thursday morning.

A teenager who was reported missing on Cape Cod has been located, authorities said Thursday evening. Police in Sandwich, Massachusetts, had asked for the public’s help searching for 16-year-old John Newstead. Newstead was believed to have been walking in the area of Sandy Neck Road near the beach, police said in a Facebook post earlier Thursday evening. Shortly before 9:30…

One person is dead and another has life-threatening injuries after their car crashed early Saturday morning in Bourne, Massachusetts, police said.

Press Release...
On Sunday, February 9, 2020 at approximately 9am, the Harwich Police Department received a 911 call for an injured horse at a barn on Derby Lane in North Harwich....
Harwich Police Officer and a Dennis Animal Control Officer responded to the scene to investigate. The initial investigation revealed that someone entered the horse corral sometime overnight on Saturday and used...

Around 11:30 p.m., police arrived at a home on Dumont Drive to find a man with a gunshot wound, according to a news release. That man is in stable, but serious, condition, after he was brought to Cape Cod Hospital and underwent surgery.

For years, the town of Wareham, Massachusetts, called itself the “Gateway to Cape Cod.” As you roll into town, there is a giant gateway with that title carved into wood. The word “gateway” has become a part of the town’s culture. But a new advertising campaign is seeking to boost Wareham’s image with the slogan, “It’s Better Before the...

The town long known as the “gateway to the Cape” is hoping to attract tourists of its own with a new campaign.