• Shannon Hubbard, seen inset over Chatham Elementary School
    Cape Cod October 16, 2024 7:18 pm

    Cape Cod woman and daughter, 1, die in upstate NY house fire: ‘unimaginable loss'

    A Cape Cod woman and her one-year-old daughter were killed in a fire in a rural, Upstate New York town over the weekend, according to police. Shannon Hubbard, 35, of Brewster, Massachusetts, died following the fire on Sunday night, New York State Police announced. The Hubbard family was on vacation in Clinton, New York, at the time, and Shannon’s husband...

  • Chatham July 18, 2024 10:33 am

    Vermont man accused of threatening family with gun during road rage incident in Mass.

    A Vermont man is accused of threatening a family with a gun during a road rage incident on Cape Cod earlier this week. The incident happened just after 4 p.m. Tuesday on Route 28 in West Chatham, according to police. After the victim provided officers with a description of the suspect and the vehicle he was driving, officers stopped Tracy…

  • Chatham September 13, 2023 5:17 pm

    Teen out of jail in alleged racist attempted drowning at Cape Cod pond

    A white 14-year-old accused of trying to drown a Black youth in a racist attack on a Cape Cod pond was released to the custody of his father at a Monday court appearance. John Sheeran was indicted by a grand jury on charges of attempted murder and assault with a dangerous weapon over the July 19 incident at Goose Pond…

  • Goose Pond in Chatham, Massachusetts, on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023.
    Massachusetts September 5, 2023 10:02 pm

    New details in alleged hate-fueled attempted drowning on Cape Cod

    A pair of youths were seen pushing another into the water of a Cape Cod pond in July, according to court documents in an attempted murder case being brought against one of the children. John Sheeran, 14, has been indicted by a grand jury on charges of attempted murder and assault with a dangerous weapon over the July 19 incident…

  • The town offices in Chatham, Massachusetts, seen in a file photo.
    Massachusetts September 1, 2023 9:00 pm

    Chatham ‘disturbed' over alleged hate-fueled attempted drowning

    The town of Chatham, Massachusetts, is reckoning with the alleged attempted murder of a child, who is Black, at a local pond in what authorities say was a racially motivated incident. Both Chatham’s select board and the Monomoy Regional School District released statements Friday saying their communities stand for diversity and inclusion after a grand jury indicted a 14-year-old...

  • File photo
    Cape Cod August 31, 2023 6:44 pm

    Teen indicted in racist murder attempt on Cape Cod, DA says

    A 14-year-old white boy has been indicted after allegedly trying to drown a Black juvenile in what authorities say was a murder attempt motivated by race. The Cape and Islands District Attorney’s Office says the charges were brought against the teen, whose name was not released but who is “known to the court,” in an attack that happened July 19…

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