Cape Cod

The westbound lane of Route 6 in Bourne, Massachusetts, was shut down Monday morning after a tractor trailer has caught on fire. The closure was near exit 2. The fire has been extinguished, and it appears that no one was injured, officials said.

A man with life-threatening injuries was rushed to a Providence hospital from Cape Cod after he was hit by a vehicle in Hyannis, Massachusetts, on Friday night fire officials said. The man, who is in his 40s, was hit by a car while he was walking on Falmouth Road near Bearse Road in Hyannis, according to the Hyannis Fire Department….

A popular Massachusetts getaway has been named one of the top family vacation destinations in the United States by Condé Nast Traveler. The popular travel magazine listed Cape Cod as one of the country’s seven best vacation spots for families. According to the article, the Cape has remained a favorite among vacationers for generations “for good reason.” Among the...

Cape Cod restaurant workers were left overwhelmed by a very generous tip.

Nick Muto has fished up and down the New England coast and there is nothing that gets his blood boiling more than the sight of a seal. Muto, whose two boats fish for groundfish such as skate and monkfish as well as lobster, is among a growing group of anglers, beach goers and local officials who are quick to blame…

A Cape Cod high school has announced it will resume in-person learning after a weekend party caused school officials to have students work remotely on Monday. Falmouth High School Principal Mary Whalen Gans said in a message to the school community that the high school would be fully remote on Monday, Oct. 5, as officials investigated the extent of a…

Big waves attracted surfers to beaches like Good Harbor in Gloucester, where many people turned out to see what a glancing blow from Hurricane Teddy can bring.

Monday: Sunny. Highs in the 60s. Overnight Monday: Clear and cool. Lows either side of 40. Tuesday: Windy, sun and clouds, big waves. Highs around 70.

Hurricane Teddy is expected to make its closest pass about 400 miles east of New England, but the greatest impacts of weather over the next few days are still tied closely to the storm.  Monday dawned with sub-freezing temperatures in most of central, northern and deep interior southern New England – these temperatures not a product of the hurricane, but…

A high school student on Cape Cod has tested positive for COVID-19, district officials said Sunday night. The student attends Monomoy Regional High School in Harwich, Massachusetts, according to a statement from the Monomoy Regional School District. All students and staff in the classes attended by the positive student will be operating remotely for the near future, as they’ll...

A Cape Cod man has been charged in connection with an August fireworks incident in which another person was injured inside his apartment. Jeffrey D. Roberts, of Mashpee, was arraigned Thursday in Falmouth District Court, the Massachusetts Department of Fire Services said in a statement. Roberts was charged with possession of fireworks, possession of an explosive device, and production of…

The Mikash is a boat in the center of a storm. It was taken from outside Mike White’s shop in Barnstable, Massachusetts, on Tuesday. White has seen survelliance video. “It shows him backing up to my boat early in the morning and driving down the hill with it,” White said. Jason Kokosinski doesn’t deny that part. He also brought it...

A boat was involved in a bizarre dispute on Cape Cod. A man who was arrested in the case says he’s the real victim.

A dolphin was stranded on a Cape Cod beach Saturday and needed to be rescued. The dolphin was stranded around noon in Eastham, Massachusetts. The International Fund for Animal Welfare rescued the dolphin and released it back into the water in Provincetown at Herring Cove Beach later in the day. Video from the scene showed the dolphin needed a little…

Businesses, some of which are seasonal, are now hoping the nice weather will continue into the fall, so that they’ll continue to make up lost revenue from the coronavirus pandemic.

A 26-year-old motorcyclist from South Chatham has died after a crash late Sunday night. The Massachusetts woman was involved in a crash with a Jeep Grand Cherokee at the intersection of Sandwich Road and Cranberry Highway in Bourne around 10 p.m. Sunday, according to police. She was brought to a hospital off of Cape Cod, where she later died from…

The crashed happened late Sunday night at the intersection of Sandwich Road and Cranberry Highway in Bourne, Massachusetts.

Cape Cod business leaders on Cape Cod have a message: it’s not just a great place to visit in the summer.

Officials in a Cape Cod town have approved the installation of a memorial bench to honor a man killed in a shark attack two years ago. The Wellfleet Select Board recently voted unanimously to install the bench in memory of Arthur Medici, 26, at Newcomb Hollow Beach, the Cape Cod Times reports. Medici, who lived in Revere, was attacked by…

The Wellfleet Select Board recently voted unanimously to install the bench in memory of Arthur Medici at Newcomb Hollow Beach, the Cape Cod Times reported.