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A Massachusetts man accused of beating his father to death was ordered held without bail Tuesday after pleading not guilty. Stephen Walcott Jr., 42, of Brockton, is charged with murdering Stephen Walcott Sr., 70, in his East Bridgewater home on Monday. Police went to the father’s home on Cedar Street around 6:30 p.m. Monday for a well-being check and discovered…

A Massachusetts man is charged with killing his father after a situation the whole family tried to avoid.

Authorities are investigating after a 31-year-old woman was found dead at a Falmouth, Massachusetts resort Monday evening, the district attorney said. Falmouth Police responded to CapeWind Waterfront Resort around 6:40 p.m. Monday for a well-being check after receiving a call from a friend of the resident, the office of Cape & Islands District Attorney Michael O’Keefe said. Upon arrival,...

A suspect was taken into custody Tuesday morning after a man was found dead in East Bridgewater, according to authorities.

A four-year-old child was seriously injured in a crash Thursday morning in Falmouth, Massachusetts involving a sedan and commercial truck. Falmouth police responded to the crash on Route 151 near the ramp to Route 28 at around 9 a.m. The child, a passenger in one of the vehicles, was flown to a Boston-are hospital. The crash remains under investigation. No…

Police are looking for a suspect in an armed robbery at a gas station in Falmouth, Massachusetts, on Saturday. The man reportedly displayed a gun and fired a single shot into the attendant booth at Excel Gas and Repair at 94 East Falmouth Highway around 9 p.m. Friday, police said. He then fled on foot with approximately $200 in cash,…

The suspect reportedly displayed a gun and fired a single shot into the attendant booth at Excel Gas and Repair at 94 East Falmouth Highway around 9 p.m. Friday, police said.

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

The body of a Massachusetts man has been recovered on the shores of a remote lake in Maine. Officials said James Fulginiti, 64 of Falmouth, had not been seen by friends for several days. A local campground owner drove a boat to Fulginiti’s camp on Little Beaver Pond, and found Fulginiti’s dog alone and Fulginiti’s boat stuck in the...

A missing Massachusetts man has been found dead on the edge of a remote lake in Maine after seemingly trying to retrieve a boat that drifted away from shore, authorities announced. The 64-year-old Falmouth resident, James P. Fulginiti, was staying at a boat-access-only camp in Magalloway Plantation and hadn’t been seen for several days, according to the Maine Department...

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…

A woman was badly hurt after her vehicle backed over her on Cape Cod. The victim, an 80-year-old woman, was injured around 6:15 p.m. off Woods Hole Road in Falmouth, Massachusetts, authorities said. She thought her car was in park, then it rolled back after she got out, trapping her under a tire, according to fire officials in Falmouth. Crews…

Two more lifeguards who work for the town of Falmouth have tested positive for the coronavirus, bringing the total who have tested positive to 10, town officials said. Last week, eight lifeguards tested positive following a party July 21 and the town set up free testing for all 117 Beach Department staff members, the Cape Cod Times reports. The town…

Businesses on Cape Cod could be in further financial trouble if a recent surge of COVID-19 cases continues.

Eight town lifeguards in Falmouth, Massachusetts have tested positive for the coronavirus after allegedly attending a party with other staff members, the Cape Cod Times reports. According to the paper, Maggie Clayton, acting beach superintendent, said during a select board meeting there had been eight “verbal positive” coronavirus cases among 117 staff members. Clayton said she heard of the first…

After an underage drinking party was held over the weekend in Spencer, Massachusetts, police are investigating whether the intent was to expose young people to the novel coronavirus.

A home in Falmouth, Massachusetts sustained heavy damage Sunday in a fire caused by a lightning strike. Lightning struck the single-family home on Tashmoo Drive just after 5 p.m., igniting the fire, according to the Falmouth Fire Department. Several lighting strikes were reported in town, the department said. Heavy fire was reported throughout the home, which caused significant damage. No…

Investigators are focusing on accidental causes after a person was found dead in a house fire in Falmouth Sunday night. The house was engulfed in flames upon arrival, according to the Falmouth Fire Department, who received a call just before 5 p.m. about the fire at 663 Gifford St. Firefighters removed the deceased person from the home, which is most…

A person was found dead in a house fire in Falmouth Sunday night, according to the Fire Department, and the home is likely destroyed.

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...