Michael Rausch

6 days ago | capenews.net | Michael Rausch

The Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission (ABCC) has ruled in favor of Market Basket’s appeal of the Bourne Select Board’s decision to deny MB Spirits a liquor license in the Town of Bourne. The commission’s decision could impact business at Cataumet Fish Market, which was awarded the license in the wake of the select board’s decision. The ABCC’s ruling was announced in a memorandum dated April 29.

1 week ago | capenews.net | Michael Rausch

The Massachusetts House of Representatives has approved some state funding for the Pocasset Mental Health Center (PMHC), the facility nearly shut down by Massachusetts Governor Maura T. Healey in January. The House has approved a $50,000 allocation to improve the mental health rooms at the facility, also known as the Cape Cod & Islands Community Mental Health Center. The funding was in an amendment that was part of a larger budget mega-amendment. State Representative David T.

1 week ago | capenews.net | Michael Rausch

May Day, last Thursday, May 1, annually a day of celebration, quickly turned into “May Day!” an emergency call for help, as a prescribed burn on Joint Base Cape Cod went out of control. Firefighters from across Cape Cod and southeastern Massachusetts were called to the scene as the fire spread to hundreds of acres on the base. The fire started as a controlled burn, but then grew outside of the set boundaries of the prescribed area.

1 week ago | capenews.net | Michael Rausch

Elected officials and housing advocates gathered last week for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Cape View Way, a new housing development in Sagamore Beach. Among the attendees at the ceremony on April 24 were Bourne resident and US Representative William R. Keating (D-MA), state Representative Steven G. Xiarhos (R-Barnstable), Edward Augustus, secretary for the Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC), and Bourne Town Clerk Barry H. Johnson.

1 week ago | capenews.net | Michael Rausch

Editor’s Note: The slate is set for Bourne’s Annual Town Election, set for Tuesday, May 20. Two seats on the Bourne Select Board are up for grabs. This is the first installment in a series of articles, to be published in the coming weeks, profiling each of the candidates on the ballot. Careful financial planning of critical town projects to balance residents’ needs with the ultimate impact to people’s wallets is a top priority for Bourne Select Board member Peter J.