UPDATE @ 7:15 PM – 11/2/2023: According to Captain Ryan Clough of the Hyannis Fire Department, Hyannis Firefighters received a call from the Barnstable Police Department regarding an odor of smoke in the booking area. Responding firefighters found a … Continue reading →
SANDWICH PD MEDIA STATEMENT: Updated 11/2/2023 at 11am. The Sandwich Police Department is investigating the report of a sewing needle found inside a piece of Halloween Candy. Late in the evening on November 1, the Sandwich Police Department was called … Continue reading →
[DA’S MEDIA STATEMENT] Cape & Islands District Attorney Robert J. Galibois announced today that on Friday October 27, 2023, a Barnstable Grand Jury indicted Elie Jammal, 71, of Concord, MA, for his role in the July 9, 2023, sexual assault … Continue reading →
CENTERVILLE, Massachusetts – [HN photo notes] – Shortly before 2:00 p.m., a UPS driver was just driving away after delivering package on Cranberry Lane when a rotten branch suddenly broke loose, smashed through the driver’s side window, striking him. … Continue reading →
Halloween 2023 Main Street Hyannis, Massachusetts HN NOTE: No doubt about it, Hyannis has the cutest children on the entire planet! Which is just one more reason why we all need to continue making Hyannis the best little city on … Continue reading →
WEST YARMOUTH, Massachusetts – The following is HN reader dashcam footage that shows Sunday morning’s single vehicle crash into an apartment building at the intersection of Route 28 and Wendward Way. The driver had been reportedly coming from a Halloween … Continue reading →
WEST YARMOUTH, Massachusetts – [HN NOTES] – A man dressed in a jailbird costume, along with his female passenger, fortunately escaped serious injury after their car left the roadway, slammed through several fences, and struck an apartment building early this … Continue reading →
OSTERVILLE, Massachusetts – [HN Photo Notes] – Police, firefighters, and the harbormaster were searching the area of Dowses Beach at around 8:00 p.m. last evening after an empty boat was found washed up on a sandbar. The old boat … Continue reading →
SOUTH YARMOUTH, Massachusetts – Yarmouth Police patrol officers responded to a store alarm at the Yarmouth Mini Mart at 845 Route 28, at around 5:00 a.m. this morning. The store’s front door had been smashed in. There was surveillance footage … Continue reading →
OSTERVILLE, Massachusetts – [HN photo notes] – At around 4:00 a.m. this morning, Barnstable police squad cars responded to a report of a “naked” man banging on a woman’s door, saying he had been attacked. The woman’s residence was … Continue reading →
HYANNIS, Massachusetts – [HN NOTES & MULLINGS ON THE MATTER] – I hate to say it, but residents may ultimately find themselves “powerless” (no pun intended) after last evening’s “special town meeting,” where they obediently lined up like school children … Continue reading →
