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Mass Coastal’s “Energy Train” heads over the Buzzards Bay Railroad Bridge, and the Cape Cod Canal, as it brings four cars filled with some 200 tons of Upper Cape trash from the Otis Regional Transfer Station to the SEMASS trash-to-energy facility in Rochester. PETER COOK/ENTERPRISE

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Mooring Fee Increase Likely
BOURNE- Bourne residents will be asked to approve higher mooring fees at the Spring Town Meeting.

School Committee Votes 4-3 To Explore School Choice
SANDWICH- The Sandwich School Committee could soon hold serious discussions about the possibility of becoming a school choice district.

Human Rights Club Chosen For Pilot Program
MASHPEE- Mashpee High School’s Human Rights Club is planning to step up its activities in the district this year, and will soon start educating younger peers about the issues they will face as adults.

Countdown To Christmas Begins Next Week
BOURNE- Bourne residents will be kicking off the Christmas season next week, providing people with a number of activities to put them into the holiday spirit.

Planning Session Focuses On Environment
FALMOUTH- Population growth on Cape Cod has virtually stopped for the time being, according to Wesley J. Ewell, and this gives Falmouth a chance to right some previous environmental wrongs.

Family, Friends Pay Tribute To Raleigh Costa
FALMOUTH- A crowd of family, friends, and public officials stood on a busy section of Teaticket Highway Friday morning to pay tribute to community activist Raleigh D. Costa and to unveil the new sign that names the Coonamessett River bridge after him.

Blogs Give Parents Window To The Classroom
FALMOUTH- The typical response from children when asked by their parents, “What did you do in school today?” is usually some variation of “nothing.”

Town’s Nonprofits Challenged In Bid To Help Others In Need
MASHPEE- Local nonprofit organizations and charitable initiatives are bracing for what could be a lean holiday season, thanks to a still-sluggish economy.

Cumberland Farms Hopes To Sidestep Denial
BOURNE- Cumberland Farms’ efforts to add gasoline pumps to its Buzzards Bay location are not over, in spite of last week’s denial of a special permit by the Bourne Planning Board.

‘Jeopardy!’ Takes Note Of Cicada Jewelers
SANDWICH- A pair of Sandwich teens who earned national attention this summer when they turned a profit selling jewelry made from dead cicadas are now a permanent part of pop culture history.

Wetlands And Wildlife Topic Of Listening Session
FALMOUTH- The wetlands and wildlife element of the Local Comprehensive Plan will be the topic of the latest listening session at town hall tonight at 7.

Economy Dominates Luncheon With Legislators
FALMOUTH- State Senate President Therese Murray and other local and state legislators delivered some bad economic news at the Falmouth Chamber of Commerce’s annual legislative luncheon at the Casino in Falmouth Heights on Friday.

Mystery Postcards, Chapter Two
FALMOUTH- Mysterious postcards received by Falmouth Town Meeting members last week have also turned up in mailboxes this week in Amherst and Brookline.

Sand Makes First Stop In Journey To Menauhant Beach
FALMOUTH- A group of men responsible for the project to dredge the Woods Hole channel entrance watched with anticipation from the deck of a fishing vessel Monday as a tugboat pushed and pulled the scow Mighty Quinn to a location off Menauhant Beach.

Mr. Dupuis Considered For Schools Superintendent Position
FALMOUTH- The Falmouth School Committee will consider Marc P. Dupuis, acting superintendent of Falmouth Public Schools, for the permanent position.

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Sandwich Officials Tight-Lipped About Money Lost To Hacking
SANDWICH- Police and town officials are remaining tight-lipped about a security breach that resulted in thousands of dollars being transferred from the town’s bank accounts into bank accounts in Florida, Georgia, and even Russia.

Falmouth School Committee Juggles Space Needs
Options considered involve shifting grades to other buildings.

Community Fund Sets Goal At $110,000, EOS Foundation Offers $20,000 Grant
FALMOUTH- During last year’s annual Christmas Parade, shopping carts full of groceries, pushed by workers and volunteers from the Falmouth Service Center, went rolling down Main Street.

Eastern Box Turtle Slows Pace Of Development In Mashpee
MASHPEE- One day this July Theresa A. McDonald found a turtle on the doorstep of her home on Cranberry Ridge Road.

Moving Freight By Rail A Growing Business
BOURNE- The clickety-clack tells you you are on the Falmouth line, said locomotive engineer Patrick Doyle as he sat in a MassCoastal Energy Train cab, keeping an eye on both his controls and the track.

Mass Coastal Energy Train

Falmouth Man On President-Elect’s Transition Team
FALMOUTH- Gregory C. Watson of Shore Street, Falmouth, has been selected to serve as a member of President-elect Barack H. Obama’s national Transition Team focused on energy and natural resources.

Flipside
A blues duo from Falmouth, MA.

High-Quality Sand From Woods Hole Strategically Placed To Feed Menauhant Beach
FALMOUTH- Bruce A. Mogardo stood atop an 8-foot-high, 200-foot-long pile of sand yesterday that was, until a few weeks ago, at the bottom of the Woods Hole entrance passage.

Mashpee Tax Rate Set At $6.99 Per $1,000 Valuation, Up 41 Cents
MASHPEE- The Mashpee Board of Selectmen on Monday evening heard initial predictions on the property tax levy for this fiscal year and re-approved the single tax rate for residential and commercial properties.

Tribal Council Denounces Binghams’ Land Claim Suit
MASHPEE- The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Council has issued its first formal statement about the lawsuit filed recently by two tribe members seeking to reclaim state- and town-owned land in Mashpee.

Next Steps For Main Street
BOURNE- Creating a Growth Incentive Zone, along with some more immediate steps that need to be taken to move Bourne’s plans for its downtown forward, were on the agenda for discussion at Wednesday’s gathering of the Cape Cod Canal Region Chamber of Commerce’s Bourne Committee.

Board Wants Answers On Sprinkler Delay
BOURNE- The owner of the Parrot Bar and Grille building on Route 28A in Cataumet is expected to come before selectmen on Tuesday to explain why the structure is not as yet compliant with the state’s fire sprinkler law.

Cape Police, Attorneys Clash For A Cause
SANDWICH- For the last seven years, local police officers and defense attorneys have come together with state police and prosecutors on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving for a good cause.

Falmouth Harbor from Patriot Party Boats

Woods Hole Harbor from the Landfall

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