Latest Barnstable County, Massachusetts Stories
PROVINCETOWN, Mass., Sept. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The Massachusetts port of Provincetown is receiving the first grant award of the Fishing for Energy initiative, a program which has provided commercial fishermen a cost-free way to recycle old and unusable fishing gear at 11 Massachusetts ports. The grant will be used to improve efforts to remove derelict fishing gear from the waters between Long Point and the breakwater in Provincetown harbor. This announcement marks an expansion of the...
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Census Bureau today released updated demographic information on the coastal communities potentially impacted by Hurricane Earl. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090226/CENSUSLOGO) (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090226/CENSUSLOGO) Based on the current projected path of Hurricane Earl, currently a Category 3 storm, the Census Bureau calculates about 26 million people in 68 counties, stretching from North Carolina...
HYANNIS, Mass., July 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Cape Air adds a new island destination in the Caribbean with two daily flights between the Island of Anguilla and San Juan, Puerto Rico beginning on December 22, 2010. "This is our 13th year of providing inter-island service in the Caribbean and all of us at Cape Air are excited about our newest destination," says Cape Air President Dan Wolf. "We have ensured that our Anguilla flight schedule allows for easy connections with major carriers arriving in...
HYANNIS, Mass., June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Cape Air's Midwest expansion continues with their newest route between Kirksville, Missouri and Lambert-St. Louis International Airport. "With American Airlines as our Midwest code share partner our operation is continuing to grow with passengers finding Cape Air a convenient alternative to driving to and from St. Louis," says Cape Air's President and CEO, Dan Wolf. "Beginning on September 17th we plan to offer three daily round trips between...
HYANNIS, Mass, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Beginning November 8th Cape Air, one of the largest independent airlines in the United States, launches air service from Lambert-St. Louis International Airport to Cape Girardeau, Missouri and the towns of Quincy and Marion, Illinois. "A Cape Air welcome to the mid-west," says Cape Air founder and CEO, Dan Wolf. "This is an exciting move for all of us. Our aircraft are in place and pilots, along with our airport personnel, are ready to greet our...
Passenger Vehicles Screened for Explosives in a Three-Week Pilot FALMOUTH, Mass., Oct. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Transportation Security Administration (TSA), in partnership with the Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority, will begin testing advanced explosives detection technology today as part of TSA's Security Enhancement and Capabilities Augmentation Program (SEACAP). During the three-week pilot program, TSA will conduct explosives screening on passenger...
CONCORD, Mass., Sept. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District continues deck repairs and paving on the Sagamore Bridge spanning the Cape Cod Canal in Bourne, Mass., but will adjust the work schedule for the next three weekends to allow extra traffic lanes to help reduce traffic congestion on Cape Cod. Work on the bridge started on Monday, Sept. 14, 2009. Additional message boards have been activated on highway approaches to the Sagamore and...
WOODS HOLE, Mass., Sept. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Senate President Therese Murray, the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), and key state officials gathered at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) today to break ground on a $25 million renovation of the MBL's central research training facility, the Loeb Laboratory. This renovation will create 250 regional construction jobs over the next 15 months and will greatly enhance the MBL's and the state's...
CONCORD, Mass., Sept. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Deck repairs and paving on the Sagamore Bridge spanning the Cape Cod Canal in Bourne, Mass., continue. Work on the bridge started on Monday, Sept. 14, 2009. Phase I (of three phases) work accomplished to date includes removal of all existing granite curb from existing sidewalk, nearly complete removal of existing roadway pavement, staging and scaffolding to demolish parapet walls and sidewalk concrete on the North and South abutments. Additional...
HYANNIS, Mass., April 30 /PRNewswire/ -- A malicious and seductive butler, a desperate mother trying to overcome her guilt, a motivated young man in search of a long-lost love, two family members who discover a paradise of free and uncontrollable love, a handsome and troubled young man born into a dysfunctional family and a young woman trying to find herself in the midst of a bitter love triangle: All these characters live at Sandcastles, an exclusive and private development in Cape Cod....
