Wellfleet

Forty-one dolphins were rescued and 13 died in a recent week on Cape Cod, according to a local animal rescue group, which said the intense workload highlights an extraordinary year of strandings.

A pair of dolphins died in a series of strandings in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, this weekend, while a dozen other dolphins were saved on Cape Cod, wildlife rescuers said Monday.

Wellfleet was in mourning after a cherished member of the community, florist Sheila Kelley, who died in a truck crash on Route 6 Thursday.

A woman was killed when her van and a delivery truck collided on Cape Cod Thursday morning, closing Route 6 east, police said.

A rescue team has been working to ensure the safety of a group of bottlenose dolphins that became stranded along Cape Cod’s shores. The International Fund for Animal Welfare says 14 of the marine mammals were stranded Monday afternoon at Linnell Landing in Brewster, Massachusetts — the largest mass stranding of bottlenose dolphins ever in the Northeast. Three of the…

Rescuers were able to save 10 of 11 dolphins that were stranded in shallow water on Cape Cod Tuesday, according to an animal welfare group.

A 2-year-old child was bitten by a dog at a home in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, Sunday, and flown to a hospital in Boston for treatment, police said. The toddler is expected to survive the apparent attack. The incident was reported about 2:15 p.m. at a home on East Hill Road, police said. The Wellfleet Fire Department brought the child to Cape…

A truck crash on Route 6 in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, led to an extended road closure on Saturday. Emergency crews responded to the crash on Route 6 at Oakwood Drive on Saturday morning. A truck had rolled over spilling its contents onto the roadway. Route 6 southbound was closed and cars were detoured off of Route 6 at West Road in…

Police on Cape Cod are investigating a fatal hit-and-run crash on Monday night. Officers in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, were called shortly after 9:30 p.m. to a report that a man was lying on Route 6. The man was found unresponsive and bleeding from his head, police said. First responders performed CPR on the man and took him to Cape Cod Hospital….