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Cape, Islands community members voiced support for the Black boy who told Chatham police that Sheeran, who is white, attempted to drown him.

Cleber Mariano, 36, has pleaded guilty to second degree murder in the death of Danielle Taylor, 30, of Mashpee.

Former Trader Ed's manager John Shea was indicted over what authorities say was a racist tirade outside a Hyannis bar, caught on video that went viral

( June 5, 2023 ) Jim Barros and Rose Marie Samuels are asking a Superior Court judge to take another look at their civil suit against police chief Bill Pittman, town manager Libby Gibson and the …

Felix Reagan, 26, of Oak Bluffs was sentenced to serve at least six years in a maximum security facility in Lancaster after pleading guilty to 15 charges including indecent assault and battery on someone 14 years and older. Reagan was arraigned in July 2021 on 46 charges following indictments from a Dukes County grand jury.  […]

A complaint filed last summer in opposition to Edgartown Stop & Shop’s expansion project was dismissed Tuesday. The lawsuit, filed with Dukes County Superior Court on July 11 by Benjamin Hall Sr., names Stop & Shop, the Edgartown building inspector, Stop & Shop’s local attorney Geoghan Coogan, William J. Cummings, WJG Realty Trust, and the […]

The new Cape and Islands district attorney Barnstable County sheriff took their oaths of office Wednesday, marking a change of politics and perspective in regional law enforcement. DA Robert Gailbois and Sheriff Donna Buckley, both Democrats, were elected in November to positions held by Republicans for decades. In remarks during back-to-back swearing-in ceremonies at Cape Cod Community College, they touched on themes of compassionate justice. Buckley, the first woman elected to the role, pledge...

A judge denied Republican 1st Barnstable District state representative candidate Tracy Posts attempt to stop count of some Dennis mail-in ballots.

Two men were found guilty of a 2019 stabbing in Hyannis. A 2 1/2 week jury trial resulted in the guilty verdicts in Barnstable Superior Court.

On Monday in Dukes County Superior Court, George Pyden, 55, of Edgartown pleaded not guilty to three counts of larceny over $250 by single scheme, one count of larceny over $1,200 by single scheme, and four counts of workers compensation fraud. Pyden was arraigned via Zoom.  His attorney, Callan Stein, waived a formal reading of […]