Brewster

A man has died after a crash Monday afternoon on Cape Cod. The crash closed Route 6 in both directions near Exit 85, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation said on social media. Tuesday, state police said the driver of a Toyota Tundra, identified as 57-year-old Edward Footer of Chatham, died at the scene of the crash, which involved three vehicles….

8/27/24 UPDATE: Tuesday, state police said the driver of a Toyota Tundra, identified as 57-year-old Edward Footer of Chatham, died at the scene of the crash, which involved three vehicles. A crash Monday evening has closed Route 6 on Cape Cod. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation had limited details on the crash in Brewster but said the highway is closed…

A police officer accused of distributing child sex abuse material was arrested Wednesday after working a shift on Cape Cod. Prosecutors say members of the Massachusetts State Police Cyber Crimes Unit arrested Matthew Marshall, an officer with the Brewster Police Department, following his duty shift that ended Wednesday afternoon. Marshall is facing charges of possession of child pornography, dissemination of…

The International Fund for Animal Welfare says a dolphin that was found stranded on Cape Cod was released after being treated at a new facility. The Dolphin Rescue Center, described by IFAW as a “first-of-its-kind short-term rehabilitation facility,” opened last year in Orleans, Massachusetts. A dolphin that was stranded this weekend in Brewster became the facility’s first patient, IFAW...

A dolphin that was found stranded on Cape Cod was released back into the wild after being treated at the Dolphin Rescue Center.

Sally Snowman served as lighthouse keeper for Boston Light, living on Little Brewster Island, for over two decades.

Sally Snowman, a 72-year-old auxiliarist with the U.S. Coast Guard, has spent 20 years as the lighthouse keeper on Little Brewster Island in Boston Harbor.

A grand jury has indicted a Cape Cod teacher on charges that he raped a student with intellectual disabilities, the Cape and Islands District Attorney said Friday. Frederick Walters, 60, was a teacher at the Latham Center in Brewster, Mass., at the time of the crimes, according to prosecutors. The Latham Center offers special education and therapy services to kids…

The Animal Rescue League of Boston’s Brewster Animal Care and Adoption Center is caring for a 4-year-old dog that was likely abandoned and found in emaciated condition in a neighborhood in Barnstable, Massachusetts. The dog was found by a resident on Mariner Circle in Barnstable’s Cotuit neighborhood and was initially taken in by Barnstable Animal Control before being transferred...

Brewster residents will be deciding whether or not to ban residents from handing out plastic utensils and containers, including Styrofoam, in May. Brewster resident Victor Roberts filed the petition citing published research estimating there will be more plastic than fish in the oceans by 2050. Seven of 15 Cape Cod towns, including Brewster, are moving towards similar votes, which would…

Seven of 15 Cape Cod towns, including Brewster, are moving towards rules that would ban the use of plastic or Styrofoam containers and utensils, instead requiring take-out customers to bring their own or buy it from the business.