Take a Tour of Cape Cod Beer
You can tour Cape Cod's only microbrewery and learn how beer is made. Cape Cod Beer tours are free and open to all ages. The tour takes about 45 minutes. To sample beer you must be 21 or over. There...
View ArticlePolice Log: Three Arrests Wednesday
Notable incidents from Wednesday December 19, 2012 7:07 a.m.: Pine Harbor Wood Products, 326 Yarmouth Rd., breaking and entering, commercial, report taken 7:35 a.m.: L and M Glass, 245 Old Yarmouth...
View ArticleWould You Pay to Use Facebook?
Soon, Facebook might have a message for users wishing to send notes to the inboxes of people who aren't friends. Pay $1 first. Facebook is testing that fee service "with a small percentage of...
View ArticleHow to Keep Your New Year's Resolution
Are you making a resolution this year? Do you want to lose weight, gain a new skill or organize your house? Whatever your resolution is, here are some tips to help you stick to it throughout the year....
View ArticleHow to Have a Waste-Free Holiday
Before you buy another roll of gift wrap and leave those holiday lights on all night, we have some tips to help you have a waste-free holiday this year. The holiday season can be the most wasteful time...
View ArticlePolice Log: Reports of Assault and Battery, Larceny, Harassment
Notable incidents from Thursday December 20, 2012 1:22 a.m.: 1 Barnstable Rd. and 332 Main St., motor vehicle stop, arrested Taquan D. Anderson, 21, of Hyannis, warrant straight Plymouth, receiving...
View ArticlePolice Search for Missing Barnstable Man in Maine
Kennebunkport, Maine police continue their search for Prescott Wright ,23, of Barnstable and Zachary Wells, 21, of Vermont, students at the Landing School, in Arundel, Maine. The two men disappeared...
View ArticleThe 12 Best Children's Books of 2012
Courtesy of the ReadKiddoRead Foundation Maurice Sendak once said that one of the best things about being a maker of children’s books was that his audience kept being born. It’s true, of course: The...
View ArticleWhere's Santa? Track Him Live from Barnstable!
They sent him their wish lists, sat on his lap, and left cookies and milk for his arrival. Now the only thing left for children to do is track Santa's progress as he delivers gifts around the world...
View ArticleGardening For Idiots, Written By The Biggest Gardening Idiot of Them All
If you live on the Island and you’re not constantly yammering on about your acer rubrum or hammamelis japonica, you clearly need to go back to whatever misbegotten suburb or metropolis you came from....
View ArticleCourt Log: Friday December 21
Arraignments: PILET, ELIE M., 34, 84 Earle Rd., Sandwich; operating motor vehicle with suspended license, speeding, pre-trial conference January 29, 2013 PROIA, KAREN, 45, 428 Route 28 Apt. #21,...
View ArticleChristmas Fun Facts and Trivia
We know that there were three Wise Men, 12 days of Christmas and that Santa delivers all his presents around the world in one night. But did you know... $23,439.38 How much it would cost to buy your...
View ArticleShare Photos and Videos of Your Children Opening Their Christmas Presents
"Opening presents is like playing air hockey with God," is what Matthew Inman of The Oatmeal once wrote in trying to capture the joy of children opening gifts on Christmas morning. There's not much...
View ArticleSeason's Greetings
I love Christmas. Like little-kid love. Like oh my gawd Santa is coming. Santa! Like Elf-level of love. I love the planning. Paying attention all year and trying to find the perfect ornament for each...
View ArticleWhat’s Open, What’s Closed in Barnstable Christmas Day
Open Today: Convenience stores Some retail stores Some restaurants Closed Today: Town Offices The Transfer Station State and Federal Offices Post Offices Public Libraries Banks Bond and stock markets...
View ArticleTIEBREAKER: Vote for Your Favorite Cat
There is a tie this week between photo #7, Nesta and Narbles by Nat Cote, and Photo #10, Bailey by Sara O'Connor. We're asking you to help us break the tie. Voting begins 5:00am Wed., Dec. 26 and ends...
View ArticleEarn Your Stripes: Pass Our Candy Cane Quiz
It's National Candy Cane Day, which seems fitting given that you likely have a surplus lying around at this point in the holiday season. We visited the National Confectioners Association website to...
View ArticleWho's Barnstable's Person of the Year?
On Dec. 19, Time magazine named President Obama their Person of the Year, again! The magazine invited votes on 40 candidates, including the president, Gabby Douglas and Kim Jong Un. Other options...
View ArticleSenate GOP Plans Comprehensive Sex Offender Legislation
Senate Republicans expect to file comprehensive legislation during the new session aimed at reforming how information about sex offenders is shared between law enforcement and other officials. The bill...
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