Mary Ann Bragg

Provincetown

News Editor of Cape Cod Times, Provincetown Banner. Making Provincetown my home since 2002. Native West Virginian. Send story ideas to [email protected]

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Sandwich seafood restaurant fire started in kitchen. Here's what the investigation found.

4 days ago | capecodtimes.com | Mary Ann Bragg

The fire that destroyed Captain Scott's Seafood Restaurant in Sandwich on May 4 was likely accidental. Investigators believe the fire started in the kitchen, possibly due to electrical or mechanical failure. The fire, reported at 5:27 a.m., took over seven hours to extinguish. The cause of a four-alarm fire that destroyed a Sandwich seafood restaurant on May 4 was probably accidental and will likely remain classified as undetermined, according to a state fire agency.
Housing, drinking water at issue with Truro zoning of 70 acres. 'We know it's a crisis.'

1 month ago | capecodtimes.com | Mary Ann Bragg

Truro will now be among the Cape Cod towns to try out electronic voting at town meeting with an affirmative vote Saturday to spend $20,000 to rent equipment next year. As one town meeting voter joked aloud Saturday, the town needed electronic voting — after one lengthy vote recount around 2 p.m. on whether to accept the state's new seasonal community designation. Voters approved the designation.
Brush fire on Cape Cod base reported. Prescribed burn was planned.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Mary Ann Bragg

At least two Cape Cod fire departments were called to Joint Base Cape Cod Thursday afternoon, May 1, sending brush trucks and tankers, according to the fire departments. At the Joint Base Cape Cod Fire Department, an "active fire" was in progress, a person who answered the phone said at about 5:40 p.m. A fire official was not immediately available at the department.
New cancer center to open at Cape Cod Hospital. 'Everything will be here.'

1 month ago | capecodtimes.com | Mary Ann Bragg

Cape Cod Hospital's new $215 million Edwin Barbey Patient Care Pavilion will consolidate and expand cancer treatment services. The first two floors, opening May 12, will house radiation oncology and medical oncology. The pavilion will also house cardiovascular care and additional medical/surgical beds on the top two floors, opening in November. The $215 million four-story Edwin Barbey Patient Care Pavilion will house the cancer treatment center on the first two floors.
Hyannis man killed in Route 6 head-on crash after 2nd car crosses median

2 months ago | capecodtimes.com | Mary Ann Bragg

A Centerville man pleaded not guilty Friday in Orleans District Court to manslaughter while driving under the influence after a 48-year-old Hyannis man was killed in a two-car crash on Route 6 Thursday evening in Harwich.
JFK Jr., right whales, Mashpee brewery among Cape Cod Times press awards

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Mary Ann Bragg

PORTLAND, MAINE — Cape Cod Times reporters and photographers won seven awards Saturday at the annual New England Newspaper and Press Association awards banquet. The New England Better Newspaper Competition was for association members' work published from Aug. 1, 2023, to July 31, 2024.
JFK Jr., right whales, Mashpee brewery among Cape Cod Times press awards

2 months ago | capecodtimes.com | Mary Ann Bragg

The New England Better Newspaper Competition was for association members' work published from Aug. 1, 2023, to July 31, 2024. Photographer Ron Schloerb won first place for a sports feature photo entitled "Referee Protection."The regional "Whitewashed" series won second place in investigative /enterprise reporting with Times reporter Jeannette Hinkle recognized alongside Brad Petrishen and Kinga Borondy at the Worcester Telegram & Gazette.
Two arrested for Anthony's Cummaquid Inn fire. Yarmouth restaurant burned down in November

2 months ago | capecodtimes.com | Mary Ann Bragg

Isabella Medeiros, 18, of West Yarmouth and Jacob Ladner, 22, of Forestdale, were expected to be arraigned Tuesday in Barnstable District Court. When arrested, they faced charges of burning of a non-dwelling building, breaking and entering in the daytime for a felony, wanton destruction of property over $1,200, and trespassing, according to the police. Search warrants issued for the phones of the two people led to evidence needed to make the arrests, the Yarmouth police said.
Vineyard babysitter charged with manslaughter after death of 2-year-old

2 months ago | capecodtimes.com | Mary Ann Bragg

On March 13, Cotton called 911 at 1:16 p.m. saying a child she was babysitting was not breathing and needed help, according to a statement from Galibois. Rescuers from Oak Bluffs police and rescue found Cotton performing CPR on the child in the back passenger seat of her car. They took over the lifesaving effort and took the child to Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. A medical helicopter flew the child, in critical condition, to Massachusetts General Hospital.
High tides on Lieutenant Island Road in Wellfleet strands FedEx driver

Mar 1, 2025 | capecodtimes.com | Mary Ann Bragg

A delivery truck driver was rescued from his flooding truck Saturday in South Wellfleet, on a road that regularly floods at high tide. The fire department was called at 11:33 a.m. to Lieutenant Island Road. A flooded delivery truck was reported with the driver inside, according to the fire department. A Times reporter at the scene reported it was a white, half-submerged FedEx delivery truck. Two firefighters put a rescue boat in the water to go and help the the driver.