Flood-prone home on river raised one floor

NewburyportNews.com, Newburyport, MA - Fri Nov 06

Rather than spend another rainy season lamenting their thrice-flooded basement, two fed-up homeowners living along the Merrimack River floodplain decided to take drastic measures to secure their home against the seasonally rising river.

RE sales, mortgages on the rise

Barnstable Patriot - Fri Nov 06

The county-wide volume of real estate sales in October was up 4.3 percent from October 2008, according to Barnstable County Register of Deeds Jack Meade.

Progressive tax for health care plan

Cape Cod Times - Thu Nov 05

A recent My View commentary quite correctly identified the most difficult issue faced by the framers of the Cape Care Community Health Trust, which is, not surprisingly, the taxes necessary to fund it.

Controversy clear-cut in Yarmouthport

CapeCodOnline.com - Wed Nov 04

The view from the small neighborhood of stately homes at the end of Old Hyannis Road was a cornucopia of autumn colors, tucked away and unperturbed by the outside world.

'Taste' no longer feeds Woodman's scholarships

GloucesterTimes.com, Gloucester, MA - Wed Nov 04

After 20 years, the Taste of Essex is no more. But the L. Dexter Woodman Scholarship Fund, which usually hosts the annual event as one of its main fundraisers, will continue providing scholarships to local students.

Cape home sales surge for first time in a year

Cape Cod Times - Wed Nov 04

For the first time in a year, real estate sales volume on Cape Cod increased in October, according to numbers released yesterday by the Barnstable County Registry of Deeds.

Truro's former fire chief keeps pension

CapeCodOnline.com - Tue Nov 03

The county retirement board will allow former Truro fire chief E. Thomas Prada, 66, to keep his pension although he pleaded guilty June 24 to grabbing a female police dispatcher's breasts while she worked.

Christy Mihos is crazy but probably harmless so long as

Cape Cod Today - Tue Nov 03

Cape Cod Home Helpers Specializing in providing the best in home health care solutions for seniors and those recuperating from recent illness or injury in Barnstable County, MA.

Orleans District Court

Cape Cod Times - Tue Nov 03

FRAZZINI, Jami, 25, 339 Main St., Dennis; larceny of a value more than $250, check forgery and passing a false check, Jan.

Barnstable District Court

Cape Cod Times - Mon Nov 02

BETHUNE, Ricky L., 42, Worcester County House of Correction; guilty plea to two counts violating a protective order, June 1 and Sept.