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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, pledged to work with local nonprofits to connect inmates with mental health treatment and addiction treatm...
A judge denied Republican 1st Barnstable District state representative candidate Tracy Post's 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 […]