Page 29 - Upper Cape News Today

Now that the recent US census is complete, the US Constitution requires that all states redraw both congressional and state legislative districts. The census data show that Massachusetts has not lost population, although there have been internal shifts. Case in point: it has been reported recently that the Cape has lost 3 percent of its population over the last 10 years. As the Constitution requires that all congressional districts within a state be about the same size, our congressional distri...

Two arrests were made shortly after the remains were found in June 3rd behind an abandoned mobile home on Quarry Road in Coburg. At that time, Mounties said enough evidence had been gathered to charge 37-year-old Henry Alexander Joseph Pottie and 28-year-old Sean Patrick Patterson with first-degree murder. The two men have remained in custody and are scheduled to face a preliminary inquiry in mid-January. Jamie Leard of Upper Cape was reported missing to police on May 25th and his vehicle was f...

/ Many protestors standing outside Forestdale School wore blue to represent water protection and the fragile “blue planet” they say would be harmed by the machine gun range.
 More than 120 people opposed to the Massachusetts Army National Guard’s plan to build a machine gun range on Joint Base Cape Cod gathered for a rally over the weekend. Many of the activists, lawmakers, and parents who came to Forestdale School in Sandwich voiced concerns about the Guard’s proposal to clear-cut 17...

Approximately 200 residents showed up Saturday, June 26 to protest a machine gun firing range proposed by the Massachusetts National Guard at Joint Base Cape Cod (JBCC).

Less than a year ago, with little meaningful public notice, the Massachusetts Army National Guard quietly released a fast-track environmental assessment of its multi-purpose machine gun range planned for the Upper Cape Water Supply Reserve at Joint Base Cape Cod. Since then, the base has ignored overwhelming public comments in opposition to the range. The Guard received 367 comments, 90% opposed, from the public. And in its official response to the public comments, the Guard brushed aside all ...

Advocates say theyll push for project implementation after the Cape Rail Study is published.

Swallow-tailed Kite The end of May brought so many unexpected birds that some of the rarest and most spectacular of them drew barely a mention in last week’s edition. Luckily for us, some of them stuck around, which gives me a chance to focus on the invasion of the kites, and the overall southern flavor of the birds on the Upper Cape this week. From Sandwich to Eastham, I’ve been getting and seeing a lot of reports of one of the most impressive of the vagrant birds we see here – the Swal...

Community, business and town leaders say they feel a machine gun range at JBCC is being pushed through without proper scientific evaluation.

Two men charged with first-degree murder in connection with the disappearance of Jamie Leard appeared in Moncton provincial court Wednesday afternoon and requested adjournments to secure legal representation.

RCMP have deemed the disappearance of 38-year-old Jamie Leard of Upper Cape, N.B., a homicide and have charged two men with first-degree murder.