The Cape Cod Times

A Massachusetts man who coerced multiple teenage girls to perform sexual acts and raped one of them while she was unconscious has been sentenced to 15 years in state prison.

A Massachusetts man has been convicted of raping a 13-year-old girl. The Cape Cod Times reports that 26-year-old John Dias IV, of Barnstable, was found guilty Tuesday of multiple charges including aggravated rape of a child.

A marine biologist is reporting a sharp rise in number of sunfish stranded on Cape Cod beaches.

A new playground in New Bedford, Massachusetts has been opened to honor the life of slain Yarmouth Police Sgt. Sean Gannon, who was killed in the line of duty last year. An official ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Thursday at Sgt. Sean M. Gannon Memorial Playground at Elwyn G. Campbell Elementary School. Gannon grew up across the street from the school.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it has discussed the possibility of giving the state control of two narrow and often backed-up bridges that carry traffic across the Cape Cod Canal. The Corps oversees the Bourne and Sagamore bridges. It issued a draft report this month that recommended replacing the nearly 85-year-old bridges, rather than rehabbing them.

Police are investigating two recent incidents of white supremacist vandalism in a Massachusetts town. Falmouth police found two swastikas, a drawing of a male genitalia and several large circles on the dock at the Megansett Yacht Club on Oct. 6.

A B-17 bomber, similar to the one that crashed in Connecticut, is spending the weekend in Massachusetts.

A Massachusetts lawmaker has filed a bill to name the new Cape Cod Rail Trail bridge in honor of a soldier listed as missing in action during the Korean War.

The Army Corps of Engineers says the iconic Bourne and Sagamore bridges need to be replaced.

Officials on Cape Cod are reflecting on the one-year anniversary of Massachusetts’ first fatal shark attack in more than 80 years. Cape Cod National Seashore Superintendent Brian Carlstrom tells The Cape Cod Times that the famous tourist region has improved its emergency response following the death of 26-year-old Revere resident Arthur Medici last Sept. 15 while bodyboarding off a beach in Wellfleet.

Officials in a Massachusetts town say about 4,000 immature oysters were stolen from a local creek, hindering a fledgling Cape Cod aquaculture program. The Cape Cod Times reports that Sandwich town officials realized the oysters were missing from Mill Creek when they went to check the floating cages near Sandwich Boardwalk earlier this month.

An increase in the number of great white sharks around Cape Cod has forced a longtime Massachusetts charity swim race to be rerouted. Cape Cod National Seashore officials have denied a permit for the 32nd annual Swim for Life & Paddler Flotilla. The race was originally slated to start off Long Point Beach in Provincetown Harbor.

August has officially been declared ‘Seal and Shark Awareness Month’ on Cape Cod after the Barnstable County Board of Commissioners voted in favor of the measure. The proposal was brought to the county by two Cape Cod residents. They said the measure would bring much needed awareness to the threat that sharks pose and incentivize elected officials and special interest...

Police in a Cape Cod town are investigating after three fake legs were placed near a memorial for the victim of a fatal shark attack last summer. Wellfleet police told the Cape Cod Times that the fake legs were placed near a memorial stone at the town-owned Newcomb Hollow Beach for Arthur Medici, who died last September when he was...

A man was arrested by Provincetown police after he allegedly punched a woman in the face and grabbed a child. The Cape Cod Times reported that Daniel Tripp, 40, yelled racial slurs at a group of young black people near town hall, and later grabbed one by the shirt. When a woman intervened, Tripp punched her in the face, according...

The single graduating student on a tiny Massachusetts island is nonetheless receiving the star treatment. Actress and comedian Jenny Slate will speak at this month’s graduation ceremony for Cuttyhunk Elementary School, a one-room schoolhouse on the island that has a year-round population of around 12.

The single graduating student on a tiny Massachusetts island is nonetheless receiving the star treatment. Actress and comedian Jenny Slate will speak at this month’s graduation ceremony for Cuttyhunk Elementary School, a one-room schoolhouse on the island that has a year-round population of around 12.

Voters in a Massachusetts town have narrowly rejected a proposal to spend $100,000 on a shark barrier at a beach where children take swimming lessons. The Cape Cod Times reports that Chatham town meeting voters on Tuesday rejected the article 113-112.

Authorities say a person has been pulled from the water off the coast of Cape Cod. The Cape Cod Times reports that rescue boats responded to waters near Nauset Light around 2 p.m. Sunday on a report of a person clinging to a paddleboard or kayak.

Members of a Massachusetts tribe have filed petitions to recall their elected leaders. The Cape Cod Times reports that Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Council member Aaron Tobey Jr. filed petitions Wednesday with the tribe’s Election Committee to recall Council Chairman Cedric Cromwell and Vice Chairwoman Jessie Baird.