Bourne News

A 42-year-old Buzzards Bay man was taken to a trauma center in Rhode Island late last night after his car crashed into a guard rail.

The state emergency administrations does have plans to stop Cape Codders from using the Sagamore Bridge " for a period of hours to prevent people from driving into the contaminated area ," presumably meaning Plymouth.

The story that day in newspapers across America began: BOURNE, Mass., May 29 -- Chanting "Housing now," more than 300 marchers caused a traffic jam today on the Sagamore Bridge spanning the Cape Cod Canal.

SPRAGUE, Kenneth R., 25, New Bedford; no inspection sticker, driving with registration suspended, number plate violation to conceal identification, driving uninsured motor vehicle, March 23 in Bourne.

From left, U.S. Army Pfc. Jon Hamelburg, Pfc. Sean Aguiar, Spc. Chris Beach, Sgt.

It's time to think about packing up the car, dropping the dog at the kennel and heading out on vacation for many North Central Massachusetts residents.

With their brown or green uniforms and colorful badges, a Girl Scout is hard to visually miss.

A two-car crash at 2:48 p.m. one mile east of the Sagamore Bridge caused one SUV to roll over the guardrail of the westbound lane, said Bourne fire Lt.

All four traffic lanes on the Sagamore Bridge, spanning the Cape Cod Canal in Bourne, opened last Saturday, according to officials with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District.

Marine Private Daniel McGuire was born in Middleboro and grew up on the Cape. He played a little bit of lacrosse, and loved theatre.

At their regular meeting Tuesday night, selectmen announced that the additional $25,000 approved by voters at town meeting to put lifeguards at two additional beaches would only be enough for one beach - and it wouldn't be Gray Gables.

CHENEY, Elizabeth M., 42, 10 Oakwood Drive, Sagamore Beach; guilty to assault and battery with dangerous weapon , guilty to intimidating witness, guilty to assault and battery, guilty to assault and battery on person over age 60 and disabled with injury, June 14 in Bourne, six months in Barnstable County Correctional Facility, suspended, one year ... (more)

Steve Heaslip/Cape Cod Times file A flag flutters over a decorated veteran's grave.

A 78-year-old Cape Cod man has been convicted of first degree murder for hiring someone to kill his wife more than three decades ago.

CAIN, Nicole L., 38, 3 Hartwell Drive, East Falmouth; aggravated assault and battery, Nov.

More than 2,000 runners and walkers took part in "A Walk to Home Base" -- an annual run-walk to home plate of Fenway Park to help soldiers suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

2008: The town creates a "vision" for Main Street but, because of budget issues at the state level, doesn't receive a promised $750,000 to implement it.

David W. Oliveira/Standard-Times special Dick Wheeler, 81, noted kayaker, paddles downriver from the head of Westport on a tour of the Buzzards Bay shoreline that he started Saturday.

May 19, 2012, 7:00pm All four traffic lanes on the Sagamore Bridge, spanning the Cape Cod Canal in Bourne, Mass., are now open as of 6pm today, according to officials with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District.

Max Yerger, 21, of Westerly, R.I., an alleged hit-and-run driver, is given a field sobriety test following an incident in Buzzards Bay early Friday morning.