Cape Cod

State authorities say they are aware and monitoring the situation, but that is not exactly comforting to people who have seen these drones hovering over their homes.

As citizens and lawmakers call for answers about mysterious drones seen flying for weeks over New Jersey and elsewhere, a Cape Cod police officer reported witnessing a similar case in Harwich, Massachusetts. A resident of the town called the Harwich Police Department Thursday, telling the authorities she saw between 10 and 15 drones flying overhead around 9 p.m. She said...

Police on Cape Cod say a woman threatened two teenagers on a golf course with what appeared to be a gun Wednesday afternoon. Authorities in Barnstable, Massachusetts, initially gave limited information, asking the public to avoid Race Lane between Route 149 and Osterville West Barnstable Road due to an active police investigation. Barnstable police later said they responded shortly after...

Two people are injured after a car crashed into a store on Cape Cod on Wednesday morning.

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A golf course in Dennis, Massachusetts, had to close one of its holes after it was damaged by vandals Tuesday evening. According to post on the course’s Facebook page, the Dennis Highlands golf course on Old Bass River Road suffered “major vandalism,” likely caused by ATVs. Photos show tire marks and damage to the green at hole #5. The hole...

Wildlife experts are puzzled by the discovery of a dead racoon on Cape Cod with porcupine quills. “It was very odd,” said Stephanie Ellis, director of Wild Care Wildlife Rehab Center. “The racoon had, like, a wash cloth on its rump, but even more interestingly, its muzzle and arms were filled with porcupine quills.” The racoon was found Sunday afternoon...

Porcupines haven’t been documented on Cape Cod in about 15 years, so how did a raccoon found dead in Eastham end up with quills in its muzzle and arms? The question raises the prospect that rabies has returned to the Cape.

(Note: This video has images of the dead raccoon that may be disturbing to some viewers.)

Forty-one dolphins were rescued and 13 died in a recent week on Cape Cod, according to a local animal rescue group, which said the intense workload highlights an extraordinary year of strandings.

Two of the people hurt have life-threatening injuries, according to fire officials.

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Five teenagers were hurt, two of them critically, in a violent, high-speed crash and ensuing car fire Monday night in Harwich, Massachusetts. The crash happened before 11 p.m. Monday, around the intersection of Queen Anne Road and Rebecca Road, where firefighters said that a car went off the road, drove through a guardrail and caught on fire. When police responded,...

A drunken and unlicensed driver crashed into a parked police cruiser, injuring herself and her passenger, in Barnstable, Massachusetts, early Saturday morning, police said. Gabriela Prodelik, a 20-year-old from Hyannis, hit the unoccupied cruiser about 1 a.m. on Lincoln Road, where the officers who’d been inside the cruiser were investigating a silent 911 call, according to Barnstable police. Prodelik and...

A driver is in critical condition after crashing their pickup truck during a police chase on Cape Cod Tuesday night, police said.

Authorities have identified the woman whose remains were found in a burning vehicle in the woods in Cape Cod on Monday, but haven’t shared what is believed to have led to her death.

Human remains were found inside a burning vehicle in Sandwich, Massachusetts, in the vicinity of Oakcrest Cove Recreation Area.

A pair of dolphins died in a series of strandings in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, this weekend, while a dozen other dolphins were saved on Cape Cod, wildlife rescuers said Monday.

Human remains were found inside a burning vehicle in the area of a Cape Cod park on Monday, authorities said.

Animal welfare workers rescued 10 dolphins across five Cape Cod towns after the animals were stranded Saturday. The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) said they got the first call for a stranded dolphin on Ellis Landing Beach in Brewster around 6:30 a.m. By noon, the team had responded to eight strandings – including on Sea Stree Beach in Dennis,...

A man accused of stabbing a teenage girl at a Cape Cod store on Thursday was held without bail following his arraignment on Friday, where a doctor recommended he be evaluated at Bridgewater State Hospital.

Kristin Carboni spends her days keeping a pack of dogs on the move. The Brewster, Massachusetts, homeowner runs a boarding and training business called Peace Love Dogs at her wooded property on Cape Cod. Earlier this year, Carboni and her husband decided to install an agility course to get the canine customers the exercise they need. However, before the dogs...

A man was arrested Thursday after allegedly stabbing a teenage girl at a Cape Cod store. Police in Barnstable, Massachusetts, said the stabbing happened Thursday at the Dollar Tree in Hyannis. They arrested 31-year-old Hyannis resident Nikolas Rescigno. The victim, described by police as a juvenile, was brought to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Witnesses told police the girl...