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1 day ago | country1025.com | Michael Vyskocil

Cape Cod police departments are taking measures to target underage drinking on the Cape ahead of Independence Day celebrations. Beginning the week leading up to the Fourth of July, the Falmouth Police Department said its officers are taking "proactive steps to address underage drinking, disorderly behavior, vandalism, and other quality-of-life offenses that have plagued Falmouth's beaches and neighborhoods in recent years," according to a statement provided to the Patch of Falmouth.

1 week ago | country1025.com | Lauren Katulka

In a 2018 study of the top charting songs released in the previous four years, a whopping 40% of country tracks mentioned alcohol. That was far more than any other genre, including R&B, hip-hop, and rock. But country stars singing about booze is nothing new. Jimmie Rodgers, one of America's first country artists, sang “I'm goin' where the water drinks like cherry wine” in 1928's “Blue Yodel No. 1,” and there may be even earlier examples before musicians recorded their songs.

1 week ago | country1025.com | Michael Vyskocil

(Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)The sounds of Brood XIV cicadas across the Upper Cape will soon be going away. The periodical cicadas, known for their distinctive loud buzz, return every 17 years to the area, mainly around the Cape Cod Canal region. The buzzing sound they produce can reach volumes as loud as a lawnmower.

1 week ago | country1025.com | Michael Vyskocil

Costco Wholesale is evaluating its plans to open what would be the only location in Central Massachusetts for the retail chain. The Costco addition would be part of a larger revamp of The Mall at Whitney Field property in Leominster. In a statement provided to the Worcester Business Journal (WBJ), Leominster Mayor Dean Mazzarella said discussions between Costco and the property's owner, Hull Property Group in Atlanta, are continuing for the project.

1 week ago | country1025.com | Michael Vyskocil

The qualifying threshold for the Boston Marathon is about to get even more competitive. Qualifying for the 2027 Boston Marathon will include a significant rule change: Marks set at courses with substantial downhill elevation characteristics will result in an adjustment to their times. According to a Boston.com report, Boston Marathon qualifiers from races featuring 1,500 to 2,999 feet of net downhill elevation change will have five minutes added to their times.