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'There can be safety concerns.' Sympathy, caution from Cape Codders after Riviello death
Editor's note: This story has been updated July 1, 2024, to add a statement from Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital Plymouth. Around 7 a.m. on June 18, as a heat wave settled over Massachusetts, Rodney Riviello put aside his coffee cup, got up from his customary chair in the Manomet home he shared with his wife, Julie, and headed out for a morning walk. He never returned home, and his disappearance launched a massive search by police, family,...
Animal rescuers save more than 100 dolphins during mass stranding event around Cape Cod
Animal rescuers were able to coax more than 100 dolphins away from shallow waters around Cape Cod over the weekend after about 125 of the Atlantic white-sided dolphins became stranded.An estimated 13 dolphins died and one had to be euthanized, according to the International Fund for Animal Welfare, which helped lead the rescue attempt. The nonprofit said it was the largest mass-stranding it had dealt with on the Cape during its 26-year history in the area. There's no set reason for why these dolphins became stranded, rescuers said. Cape Cod is known as a global stranding hotspot due to...
77th Horse Show to be held at a ‘Marion Treasure’
MARION — The 77th annual Marion Horse Show will be held on Sunday, July 7 at 8 a.m. at Washburn Memorial Park. According to the event website, the show was first held in 1947 as a fundraiser for local youth groups. Participants of all ages will be able to...
Hydrangeas, VP Kamala Harris, and more: Some of our most-read Cape Cod stories of the week
It was a busy week on the Cape and Islands with sporting events and summer fun activities getting underway. From Cape league baseball action to plays, news was being made both outdoors and indoors. In case you missed it, we've rounded up a showcase of the most read stories the Cape Cod Times website has to offer from the week that was on Cape Cod. This past week, hydrangeas made their beautiful presence felt ahead of an...
Town ‘pulls the plug’ on Tremont Pond
Toward the end of April, residents of the neighborhood surrounding Tremont Pond noticed the 50-acre body of water drained, almost like the plug had been removed from a bathtub drain. “The water in the Tremont Pond dam impoundment suddenly drained,” said Weaver Street resident Lisa Lindman. The draining left a...
'Blown away.' Cape Verde prime minister to visit Falmouth museum, recognize center
There will be nothing but "Cape Verdean morbeza" for Cape Verde Prime Minister José Ulisses de Pina Correia e Silva when he arrives on Cape Cod Thursday, said Cape Cod Cape Verdean Museum & Cultural Center Co-Founder Barbara Burgo. "Morbeza in our Cape Verdean culture means warmth and generosity — the kind of camaraderie that you can't explain in words," said Burgo. ...
Old Rochester subcommittee violates Open Meeting Law
MATTAPOISETT — On a Tuesday in March 2021, the Old Rochester Regional School District Equity Subcommittee held a two-hour long public meeting. The meeting minutes – the formal record of the committee’s activities – spanned 63 words. The Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General found those...
Two founding members and an original IPA headline land trust’s 50th
MATTAPOISETT — Eleven people formed the Mattapoisett Land Trust in 1974. Fifty years later, the surviving two of those 11 were honored at a party Sunday, June 30 celebrating the 50th anniversary of the organization. Town and state officials spoke at the event, like State Representative Bill Straus, who...
A night of fireworks at Silvershell Beach
MARION — With the summer heating up and Independence Day quickly approaching, Silvershell beach will soon be awash in reds, whites and blues of the town’s annual firework display on Saturday, July 6. The show typically starts around dusk, according to Marion Executive Assistant Donna Hemphill. This year’s...
Opinion/Your Turn: Call for officials to halt Holtec evaporation of radioactive water
The hubris of Holtec is endless. As a limited liability company from New Jersey, Holtec came to Plymouth promising to be a ‘good neighbor’ and work with our community with ‘openness and transparency’ after purchasing the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station for decommissioning in 2019. Holtec has not been a good neighbor at all. To save money, Holtec planned to dump over a million gallons of radioactive and chemically contaminated industrial wastewater into Cape Cod Bay rather than...
Museum Pieces: Independence, fireworks, and fire engines
“As the sun dips to dusk, downtown Edgartown pairs pyrotechnics with a picturesque backdrop of its iconic lighthouse and seascape.” –MV Times, June 28, 2023. Edgartown Lighthouse is part of Martha’s Vineyard Museum’s roster of stewardship. We keep two lighthouses: East Chop Light and Edgartown Light. We invite you to visit both this summer. Lighthouses can call forth innumerable memories and stories, and like everything, some are good and some, perhaps, not so good. But let’s admit that life wouldn’t be so miraculous without experiencing both. You may have a story about your wedding photos or ceremony, another may have a story about a shipwreck, another of how it guided them home (or watching the fireworks from the lighthouse beach!). The Edgartown Light has been part of the Fourth of July setting for decades, and has come to represent many things to many different people.
New water quality technology makes its debut in Buzzards Bay
Every five days, Lisa Kingston, a 62-year-old critical care nurse, drives to the Onset pier to collect samples in the murky waters of Buzzards Bay. “This is our oxygen bottle and this is our salinity bottle. We pull this — bloop, bloop, bloop, bloop, bloop —” she says, imitating the sound of water, “and that fills up.”
Learn about the history museum in the Mattapoisett Free Public Library’s backyard
MATTAPOISETT — Discover a gem in the Mattapoisett Free Public Library’s own backyard. On Wednesday, July 24 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., curator Connor Gaudet will give a presentation at the library on the Mattapoisett Museum, a local history museum. The Mattapoisett Museum is housed in an 1821...
State Rep Xiarhos Files Bill Regarding State Oversight Of Onshore Electric Infrastructure
BARNSTABLE – Barnstable State Representative Steve Xiarhos filed legislation this week requiring state officials to develop statewide compliance standards and safety protocols to mitigate potential environmental and public safety hazards from the rollout of onshore electric infrastructure supporting offshore wind energy. Bill HD5210 was filed in response to concerns...
Busy day in Wareham includes fully involved garage fire
WAREHAM – On Friday, June 28, at about 10:50 AM, Engine 5 with the on-duty crew, and C-2 (Assistant Chief Haskell) responded to Tobey Road for a spill of over 100 gallons of diesel fuel (below). A/C Haskell determined that duty crew would be tied up for long period of time, and ordered the recall of off-duty career and call personnel, to staff the station.
Oak Bluffs School (former) and Grounds Improvements – Oak Bluffs MA
Schools, Education and Health, Parks and Recreation, Landscaping and Tree Planting. Works Progress Administration (WPA), Public Works Funding, Work Relief Programs, Public Works Administration (PWA) Started:. Completed:. Quality of Information:. Site Survival:. Description. The old Oak Bluffs school at 55 School Street in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts was constructed as a...
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