Brewster News

Voters will consider ways to save money and the environment during the town's 13-article special town meeting Thursday.

Bob Carlson's fingertip lightly brushed Samuel Freeman's 297-year-old headstone.

Two gas explosions early this morning slightly injured one worker at the Tri-Town Septic Treatment Facility on Overland Way.

Three apartments had to be evacuated yesterday after Brewster firefighters were called to help someone who was having trouble breathing after setting off a flea bomb.

A simple read through of the connections Mr. Hester has with the Cape and Islands District Attorney's office at the bottom should explain to anyone why the trooper has avoided the fate any other citizen would have met and was not prosecuted.

In his landmark text, "The History of News," New York University Professor Mitchell Stephens chronicles, among other things, the close relationship between newspapers and crime coverage, starting in the 17th century: "Some news stories have focused on crime ... for as long as news has been exchanged.

BRESSETTE, Tabitha A., 32, 140 Old Valley Road, Brewster; assault and battery, Oct.

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HUSSETT, Peter J., 56, 552 Westgate Road, Brewster; guilty of two counts assault and battery, May 4 in Brewster, one year probation, $780 costs and $400 fees.

Barnstable Municipal Airport's new terminal project was pushed back another four months because of delays in permitting and development of its business plan showing the airport can cover the project's costs.

BOBOSINK, Brock T., 32, 227 Clay Hole Road, Brewster; guilty of larceny of a value more than $250, April 9 in Orleans, 18 months probation; shoplifting, dismissed.

Town meeting voters last night overwhelmingly approved a plan that would sell the current town hall to the Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter School, merge two elementary schools into one and move town offices into the other school.

When former police Officer Joseph Houston was fired, town officials thought it was the last they'd heard of him.

The Family Schools Nurturing and challenging children and their families on Cape Cod since 1980.

In response to the Oct. 14 My View, "Brewster's best shot at conservation," beware of the latest zoning bylaw proposal before the Brewster voters.

Voters will have plenty to debate as this Monday's special town meeting has everything from articles that literally shake the foundations of government, to measures that seek to harness the wind and mine the pockets of tourism to come up with new sources of revenue.

Nobody knew who or what would show up at yesterday's Blessing of the Animals at the Federated Church.

Cape lawmakers sent a letter to Gov. Deval Patrick today asking him to give top federal funding priority to the OpenCape Project, which would provide a broadband network for all the Cape and Islands.

FOX, Nicole, 27, 154 Archie's Cartway, Brewster; guilty of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol , March 7 in Orleans, one year probation, 45-day license loss, $1,847.22 costs and $50 fee.

The Seaside Treasures Quilt Show will be helod this weekend at Cultural Center of Cape Cod in South Yamouth.