Falmouth

A driver is in critical condition after crashing their pickup truck during a police chase on Cape Cod Tuesday night, police said.

A construction worker was seriously hurt by an electric shock at a site in Falmouth, Massachusetts, Wednesday, fire officials said. The shock was delivered when a steel beam touched overhead electrical wires at an under-construction building on Main Street about 2 p.m., according to the Falmouth Fire Rescue Department. The worker was conscious but had to be flown to the…

A 29-year-old man was rushed to the hospital with critical injuries after he was hit by a car in Falmouth, Massachusetts, on Tuesday. Police said the man was hit on the 600-block of Main Street around 5:15 p.m. Tuesday. He suffered life-threatening injuries and was transported by Falmouth Fire and Rescue to the hospital, where he remains in critical condition….

Police in Falmouth, Massachusetts, are asking for the public’s help finding a man who has not been seen since late April. The Falmouth Police Department said in a Facebook post Wednesday that 53-year-old Michael Bolina, also known as Michael Boling, had been reported missing in late May. Bolina, who has ties to Falmouth and North Carolina, is described as...

A fire destroyed a home in North Falmouth, Massachusetts, early Tuesday morning. The incident happened around 12:40 a.m. on Deshon Drive. The house was unoccupied at the time of the fire. The cause of the fire wasn’t immediately known.

A 4-year-old child was taken by Medflight to a hospital after nearly drowning at a pond in Falmouth, Massachusetts. Firefighters responded to Grews Pond on Goodwill Park on Gifford Street shortly after 2:30p.m. on Sunday According to the Falmouth Fire Department, bystanders were performing CPR on the child, who was breathing. Fire officials say no lifeguards were on duty...

A man from Martha’s Vineyard was sentenced Monday for an armed bank robbery in Falmouth, Massachusetts, in April. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Massachusetts, 40-year-old Petar Petyoshin, of Edgartown, zip-tied people at the Rockland Trust Bank in Falmouth, brandished a gun, placed what he said was a bomb on the counter. The tellers handed over $20,000 in...

Two workers were seriously injured Friday afternoon when a wall fell on them at a construction site on Cape Cod, authorities said. Fire officials in Falmouth, Massachusetts, say crews responded to a report of a construction accident on Brick Kiln Road around 2:30 p.m. First responders arrived to find two workers “had sustained multi-system traumatic injuries,” the Falmouth Fire Rescue…

Firefighters in Falmouth, Massachusetts, are sounding the alarm about what they say is a hazard to public safety. Due to a shortage of dispatchers, firefighters said they are being forced to fill in — even though they have had zero training. “It would be the same thing as if you expected a firefighter to go teach English class,” said Falmouth…

Firefighters are taking legal action against the town, saying they’re dealing with a public safety emergency after being forced to fill in as dispatchers.

The cause of a New Year’s Day fire that tore through Falmouth, on Cape Cod, is still unknown, but it’s not thought to be suspicious. Flames broke out at a multi-use building at 176 Main Street early Monday evening, leaving heartache for people who live and work in Falmouth. ”You can’t believe it’s happening,” said Amy Olson, who was...

A fire ripped through a building that’s home to popular Falmouth shops, causing heartache for people who live and work in the Cape Cod hub.

There was no immediate word on any injuries Monday night.

Firefighters were battling a New Year’s Day blaze burning in the downtown shopping area in Falmouth, Massachusetts. Crews were on scene of the fire at 176 Main Street, Falmouth police said, asking people to avoid Main Street between the Falmouth Public Library and the Village Green, as well as the surrounding side streets. Video from the scene shows the fire…

Falmouth crews were on scene of an active fire Monday night at 176 Main Street.

A Florida woman visiting Falmouth, Massachusetts, was hospitalized after being hit by a vehicle on Wednesday, according to authorities. The incident happened just after 4 p.m. in a marked crosswalk in front of Osteria La Civetta on Main Street, Falmouth police said. A Chevy pickup truck was turning left from Post Office Road onto Main Street, when it hit the…

One of the firefighters suffered significant injuries when he fell through the floor to the basement. He was rescued and flown to a Boston hospital where he was in stable condition Sunday night.

One of the firefighters was flown to a Boston hospital, where he’s said to be in stable condition.

Flames tore through a home on Cape Cod on Sunday, injuring three firefighters, including one who had to be flown to a Boston hospital after a heroic rescue. Neighbors called 911 just after 1 p.m. Sunday to report the fire at the Rivers Edge home, and fire investigators from the state fire marshal’s office responded to support the Falmouth Fire…

A worker was seriously injured when a wall fell and hit him at a construction site in Falmouth, Massachusetts, on Tuesday morning. The Falmouth Fire Department said they responded to a construction site at 213 North Falmouth Highway around 11:15 a.m. Tuesday. They said a side wall on the second floor of a home under construction was bring raised when…