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Capital Group Considers Future Of Town Buildings

Posted in: Bourne News
BOURNE- Moving the Bourne Recreation Department to the former Coady School in Bourne Village and offering the use of the Ella F. Hoxie Elementary School in Sagamore to the Waldorf School was just one of the options placed before the Bourne Capital Outlay Committee Wednesday.

Father Rodney Says Goodbye To Parish Family

Posted in: Bourne News
BOURNE- More than 1,300 people attended last Sunday’s 10:45 AM Mass at Corpus Christi Church in Sandwich, filling the pews and spilling into the back of the building, to worship and to say goodbye to Parochial Vicar Father Rodney E. Thibault.

Health Board Will Track Landfill’s Odor Control Efforts

Posted in: Bourne News, Top Stories
BOURNE- The message that was brought to selectmen from at least two landfill neighbors who came to Tuesday’s meeting was stark: if the Bourne facility cannot get its odor under control, it should be closed.

Going Homeless For The Holidays

Posted in: Bourne News, Front Page Stories
BOURNE- The Bourne Fire Department’s seventh annual “Homeless for the Holidays” food and toy drive got underway Wednesday.

Bourne Youngster Lends Helping Hand To Helping Paw

Posted in: Bourne News
BOURNE- The economic slowdown has been difficult for everyone, pets included.
“It’s tough when you’re trying to feed your family and you look down and Fluffy wants to eat, too,” said Lauren A. Biagiotti, manager of A Helping Paw animal shelter in East Wareham.

11 Town Businesses Fail Liquor Sales Compliance Check

Posted in: Bourne News
BOURNE- A law enforcement effort that was characterized as an “investigation,” not a “sting,” resulted in the sale of alcohol to a minor in 11 out of the 19 Bourne establishments that were visited.

Landfill Odor Attracts Attention Of DEP

Posted in: Top Stories, Bourne News
BOURNE- The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection is expected to issue an enforcement order in the wake of the odor emanating from the Bourne landfill last weekend.

ConCom Approves Boating Group’s Plans

Posted in: Bourne News, Top Stories
BOURNE- Bourne Community Boating received a unanimous go-ahead from the Bourne Conservation Commission last night.

Mooring Fee Increase Likely

Posted in: Bourne News, Front Page Stories
BOURNE- Bourne residents will be asked to approve higher mooring fees at the Spring Town Meeting.

Eelgrass Latest Delay To Narrows Dredging

Posted in: Bourne News
BOURNE- A recent study of the Cohasset Narrows Channel by the Army Corps of Engineers shows that a bonanza of underwater eelgrass may pose yet another roadblock to a long-delayed dredging of the waterway.

Countdown To Christmas Begins Next Week

Posted in: Bourne News, Front Page Stories
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.

Moving Freight By Rail A Growing Business

Posted in: Bourne News, Top Stories
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

Posted in: Top Stories, Bourne News

Police Investigating Dunkin’ Donuts Robbery

Posted in: Bourne News
BOURNE- A man armed with a small black handgun made off with more than $800 from the Dunkin’ Donuts at Main Street in Buzzards Bay Monday night.

Police Say To Weldon Park Speeders, ‘Watch Out’

Posted in: Bourne News
BOURNE- Speeders in Weldon Park be warned: Bourne selectmen have invoked a provision of state law that allows police to enforce all traffic laws on the development’s private ways.