Local Tribe Holding Weekend Elections
The Mashpee Wampanoags are holding an election this weekend to select two new members of the tribal council.
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The Mashpee Wampanoags are holding an election this weekend to select two new members of the tribal council.
Officials have confirmed a case of swine flu on the Cape.
A solid .50"-1" of rain is likely and this water will easily be absorbed by the snow pack to only become heavier and add more stress to the rooftops. As the storm deepens over us tonight and pulls away, a change over to snow will occur mainly after midnight..with northern New England having the best chance of any substantial snowfall. SNH could see 1-2" with N. MA a coating to an 1" at best as the storm departs.
Federal officials are looking at some sites on Cape Cod to determine if unexploded ordnance was left behind from Army training during World War II.
Arctic air is on the move today. The Arctic front currently in Northern New England will push off the coast this afternoon. Ocean effect snowshowers for the Outer Cape could provide some minor accumulations...D-2". Significant cold air will settle into the region overnight with clear skies and diminishing wind. Lows drop to 0 at the coast to -20 to -25 in NW sheltered valleys. Many suburbs outside Boston drop down to -5 to -15 by dawn tomorrow
The newly fallen snow is adding to the chill this morning in the single digits and teens. 850 mb temps near -15C will help keep temps in the teens and lwr 20's today. We are tracking an arctic front currently in place ver the Great lakes and Canadian border. This will approach from the west tonight with increasing clouds and a chance of a few flurries by dawn. Once this front pushes off the coast tomorrow..the cold arctic air will begin to plunge into the region with the coldest air to be found Sunday Night-Early Tuesday.
A woman was found unconscious in a Harwich motel room on Friday after police said she was beaten and sexually assaulted.
One Tuesday, new mom Lisa Nickowal was able to hold her baby for the first time since a scare on Sunday.
A Cape Cod man was killed when he walked in front of a bus at a Walt Disney World resort.
we will have to watch for snow to quickly push into southern New England quickly by afternoon. I am expecting 2-5" to be on the ground by sunset with snowfall and wind quickly becoming heavy into the evening
It's a staggering number – 50% of students in some Cape Cod schools are struggling when it comes to getting enough food to eat.
The snow will ease up this evening in intensity...light snow/flurries..Heavier west of Boston...but watch for another band of heavy snow to slide down the coast early tomorrow just before dawn. It will be snowing tomorrow morning at the coast and this could last until 9-10 AM...with additional minor accumulations....but low visibility..and just a few inches can make driving hazardous from the Cape to the South Shore. Expect a slow go.
Cape Cod is back on its feet Tuesday evening, after enduring a knockdown punch from winter Monday.
Some parts of the Cape woke up to a foot of snow Tuesday morning, the first day of winter.
A cold front is pushing through New England tonight. An upper level short wave is providing enough instability and lift that showers are developing along this boundary. On the cooler side of the front, light snow has developed in Pittsfield, Springfield, Orange, Hartford, Windsor Locks, and Gardner. Worcester will be changing over to snow this evening as well. In fact this upper level disturbance has the potential to provide scattered rain/snow showers across much of the region as the front approaches the coast. As temperatures fall behind the front, there is the potential for black ice to develop after midnight
Investigators suspect a serial arsonist may be targeting homes on the Cape with a very unusual motive.
Two men were rescued by helicopter from a disabled boat 100 miles southeast of Nantucket Tuesday.
Since last Wednesday, nearly 100 of the endangered animals have washed up on Cape Cod beaches, all of them on the bay-side.
More than a dozen hypothermic sea turtles are being nursed back to health after being rescued from Cape Cod beaches.
There was a close call at a construction site in Harwichport Thursday morning.
