Mashpee News

As Lakeville voters go to the polls today to vote on whether to host an Indian casino, a national expert who once called the shots on Native American gambling said federal officials will have no choice but to approve a casino for the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head .

The Taunton City Council approved a deal that will pay the city upward of $13 million per year, and possibly more, should the Mashpee Wampanoag get all the approvals it needs to build an Indian casino in the city.

A key state legislator on Wednesday criticized the chairman of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission for suggesting the state might approve less than three casino resorts if updated financial analyses indicate the market would be too diluted with three.

The Mashpee Police Department filed charges today in Falmouth District Court against a mental health worker who allegedly assaulted a severely developmentally disabled adult at a group home in town.

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.

If you've played golf in New England, you've probably played a course designed by Geoffrey Cornish .

Steve decosta/Standard-Times special On Howland Road in Lakeville, the sign offers advice for both Lakeville and Freetown voters.

There could be a disposition early next month in the long-lingering case of two men accused of an April 2011 shooting in Mashpee.

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

For the first time in its 42-year history, the Mashpee Veterans of Foreign Wars post has voted a woman to its top leadership position.

Thomas K. Lynch , who has served on the county's legislative body for 11 years, is as I write this on his way to becoming Barnstable's new town manager, which means he will have to resign from the assembly since the town charter bans its town manager from holding an elected position at the same time.

Joyce Landscaping Inc. of Marstons Mills has announced that Peter Stephens of Mashpee, David Desley of Marstons Mills and Tony Colozzi of Mashpee recently passed the Massachusetts Hoisting License exam to operate power machinery.

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

ARRAIGNMENTS LUMBERT, JOSHUA T., 28, 16 Holly Lane, East Falmouth; removal/alteration of machinery ID number, receiving stolen property over $250, April 2 in Falmouth.

House Music, television, current events, music promotions, the collapsed music industry... the independent and underground music scene... the upcoming release of the album "DEEP Soul Chants & Hollers"... these were among the topics on this evenings interview by Meliisa Jordan of Mwalim DaPhunkeeProfessor on THIS IZ HOW WE DO IT Radio.

Many of the speakers at Preserve Taunton's Future's public forum Wednesday professed to be neither pro- nor anti-gaming, instead recommending that those in attendance research the issue themselves and make up their own minds.

Bloomfield's report accuses Sturgis of "cherry picking" students from the Cape's school districts and presents data which he cites as proof of the financial damage Sturgis has done to the Cape's local and regional school districts.

The Wampanaog Tribe of Gay Head unveiled its preliminary plan for a casino in either Freetown of Lakeville at a meeting of residents for both communities this evening.

By day, he's a stade, square an unassuming academic.... yeah, right... the latest project from the keyboardist, main songwriter and vocalist from The GROOVALOTTOS is a soloproject that takes us intop the dephts of House Music with "DEEP Soul Chants & Hollers" . The first born project from the newly built Downstreeter Studios in Mashpee, "DEEP Soul ... (more)

The group of friends went to Mashpee High School together. The National Weather Service says today will be cloudy with a slight chance of showers this morning then a chance of showers with isolated thunderstorms this afternoon.