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| High rip current risk today Saturday August 22, 2026 |
| Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 228 AM EDT Sat Aug 22 2026 ?HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON? * WHAT?Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE?Eastern Plymouth and Barnstable MA Counties. * WHEN?From 6 AM EDT this morning through this afternoon. * IMPACTS?Rip [?] |
| West Barnstable firefighters douse car fire Saturday August 22, 2026 |
| WEST BARNSTABLE ? Firefighters were called to the Kimber Woods complex around 7 PM Friday for a fully involved vehicle fire. No injuries were reported and the fire was confined to the car. The cause of the fire is under investigation. Photo and video via Cape Cod Incidents/CWN |
| Route 28 closed after traffic crash in Centerville Friday August 21, 2026 |
| CENTERVILLE ? Four vehicles including a trailer collided in Centerville about 2 PM Friday. The crash happened on Falmouth Road (Route 28) at Old Stage Roaf. Four people were transported to Cape Cod Hospital with unknown injuries. Route 28 was closed in the area and motorists were urged to sell alternate routes. Barnstable Police are [?] |
| 40-Year-Old Sandwich Man Arrested on Child Pornography Charges Thursday August 20, 2026 |
| SANDWICH ? From Sandwich Police: On August 18, 2026, Sandwich Police Detectives, with assistance from the Massachusetts State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and the Barnstable Police Department, executed a search warrant at a residence located in Sandwich, MA. As a result of the search warrant, 40-year-old Robert Sullivan of Sandwich was arrested [?] |
| Overnight Hyannis: Crowbars at 4 a.m., E-Bike Wipeouts, and the Quiet Magic Before the Rat Race [HN Photos] Thursday August 20, 2026 |
| ABOVE: A number of uniformed Barnstable Police patrol officers responded to a Hyannis address shortly after 4 a.m. Thursday after a report of a man suffering some type of mental health crisis in someone's backyard. He was said to be holding a crowbar. Officers arrived and confronted the man. He was reportedly fully cooperative when officers arrived. A Hyannis Fire Department ambulance crew evaluated the distraught man, who eventually refused further care. Officers listened carefully to the man as they decided their next course of action. After talking it over with her supervisor, a patrolwoman who had developed a rapport with the man gave him a ride back to his home across town. These are the type of potentially volatile calls that Barnstable Police Officers deal with in stride on a daily/nightly basis. Are you up for the challenge of being a police officer who makes a difference in people's lives? If so, local law enforcement is always looking for special, brave individuals who can handle these potentially grave extremes.
ABOVE: A plainclothes Barnstable Police officer stopped to check on a couple who fell off their e-bike early Wednesday morning. The male suffered a broken wrist and road-rash. The female escaped with just road-rash. A Hyannis Fire Department ambulance crew checked them out and provided first aid to the pair. They advised the male that he should come with them to the hospital for his broken wrist. But the male, likely concerned about racking up more of a bill to be footed by the taxpayers , politely declined the ambulance ride and had nearby friends come and collect both him and his female passenger, along with the e-bike. He told responders he would have someone drive him to the ER. The ambulance carefully fitted the injured man with a splint and a sling, while the woman received some first aid for her scrapes.
ABOVE: This man professed he had nothing to hide early this morning during a traffic stop. Plainclothes Barnstable officers working the east side of Hyannis must have believed him because they kicked him loose after a brief investigation.
ABOVE: A number of Barnstable Police patrol officers investigated a report of a suspicious man who left a parking space marker on the hood of someone's vehicle parked at an apartment complex in the East End of Hyannis early this morning. Other than that, the East End was exceptionally tranquil and beautiful last evening. Hardly any traffic. The weather wasn't too hot or sticky for a change. It was actually the first evening this summer where my dog and I could simply cruise the empty streets with the windows all down, no AC, just fresh air whistling through our whiskers.
Those of us working the overnights know how blessed we are to be seeing Hyannis at its best from time to time? in the hours before the rat race starts, with motorists flipping off total strangers in traffic. There's very little road rage during the wee hours, even on those busy evenings. And it's also a time when the usual unfriendly ?Karens,? ?Kens,? and ?Barbies? are responsibly home in bed, dreaming about who they're going to annoy tomorrow.
Seeing less of the Karens and their ilk is just one of the advantages of being a life-long creature of the night!
?The Genius Of The Crowd
there is enough treachery, hatred violence absurdity in the average
human being to supply any given army on any given day
and the best at murder are those who preach against it
and the best at hate are those who preach love
and the best at war finally are those who preach peace
those who preach god, need god
those who preach peace do not have peace
those who preach peace do not have love
beware the preachers
beware the knowers
beware those who are always reading books
beware those who either detest poverty
or are proud of it
beware those quick to praise
for they need praise in return
beware those who are quick to censor
they are afraid of what they do not know
beware those who seek constant crowds for
they are nothing alone
beware the average man the average woman
beware their love, their love is average
seeks average
but there is genius in their hatred
there is enough genius in their hatred to kill you
to kill anybody
not wanting solitude
not understanding solitude
they will attempt to destroy anything
that differs from their own
not being able to create art
they will not understand art
they will consider their failure as creators
only as a failure of the world
not being able to love fully
they will believe your love incomplete
and then they will hate you
and their hatred will be perfect
like a shining diamond
like a knife
like a mountain
like a tiger
like hemlock
their finest art?
~ Charles Bukowski
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| Barnstable Municipal Water Supply Board 08-18-2026 Wednesday August 19, 2026 |
| Barnstable Municipal Water Supply Board 08-18-2026 |
| Breaking: Tech rescue team called to Sandwich for teen buried in sand Tuesday August 18, 2026 |
| SANDWICH/BOURNE ? The Barnstable County Tech Rescue Team was activated around 3:45 PM after reports that a teenager was buried in sand and unable to get out. The scene was off of Philllps Drive near Scusset Beach. The tech team will reportedly shore up the area around the victim in order to safely extricate him. [?] |
| FLYING ACURA: High-Speed Rotary Crash Launches SUV Skyward in Marstons Mills; Virginia Driver Charged with OUI Tuesday August 18, 2026 |
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MARSTONS MILLS, MASSACHUSETTS ? A single-vehicle crash turned the quiet Marstons Mills rotary into a nighttime launchpad Monday evening when an Acura SUV rocketed through stone curbing, went airborne, and slammed down on the far side of the intersection.
Barnstable Police and Centerville-Osterville-Marstons Mills firefighters raced to the rotary at Route 149 and Race Lane around 10 p.m. after reports of the wreck. Investigators believe the Acura was barreling eastbound on Race Lane at a high rate of speed when it smashed through the rotary's stone curb, launched into the air, completely cleared the ornamental vegetation in the center, and crashed down on the opposite side.
Responders found the driver outside the heavily damaged SUV with a laceration to his head. He was taken by ambulance to Cape Cod Hospital for evaluation of injuries that are not believed to be life-threatening. A Barnstable Police patrolman investigating the crash followed the ambulance to the hospital.
The rotary was closed for a time while firefighters cleaned spilled fluids from the roadway. Buckler's Towing later removed the mangled Acura. A member of the Barnstable County Sheriff's Crime Scene Unit photographed the scene for the investigation.
Police sources say the hospital follow-up led to charges against Ryan Donahue, 35, of Virginia, for operating a motor vehicle under the influence.
HN Reminder: The initial details contained in the above report are based on radio transmissions and information from police sources. The defendant is presumed to be innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
ABOVE: The sudden onset of an inability to successfully manage Earth's downward gravitational pull is suspected of causing a man to be found on the pavement Tuesday morning.
According to sources, the middle-aged man's night on the town eventually led to an early morning on the pavement, dangerously bordering Engine House Road in Hyannis shortly before 2 a.m. Tuesday.
A crowd of concerned emergency-scene enthusiasts gathered for what, by all accounts, had been a rather uneventful Monday evening up to that point. The stricken intoxicated reveler was hoisted onto a stretcher by a number of first responders and eventually transported to Cape Cod Hospital for evaluation.
It's a good thing someone called to report the reveler's harrowing predicament?getting run over is not entirely out of the question in that part of town, even during the wee small hours of the morning!
Stay safe out there, folks! And please, by all means, pace yourselves. The weekend is still several days away?
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| *** WATCH *** High-Speed Chase Starts in Sandwich, Hits 125 MPH on Route 3 Before State Police Terminate Pursuit in Plymouth Monday August 17, 2026 |
| ABOVE: A marked Barnstable Police unit, lights and sirens activated, passes HN on Old Stage Road in an effort to intercept the Sandwich Police pursuit. [with HN overlay]
SANDWICH, MASSSACHUSETTS ? A Sandwich police officer initiated a high-speed pursuit Saturday evening that began in Sandwich, continued through Mashpee and Barnstable, and eventually reached reckless speeds of 125 mph on Route 3 in Plymouth before state police terminated the chase over public safety concerns.
According to radio transmissions monitored by Hyannis News, Sandwich police had stopped the vehicle earlier. The driver told officers he was headed to his girlfriend's house just off Route 130. It remains unclear from the radio traffic whether the driver fled that initial stop or whether the pursuit began sometime afterward. (The driver's name was not mentioned in the audio captured by HN.)
The driver, known to pursuing officers, has a history of fentanyl and crack charges. Responding officers were warned he could be under the influence. Multiple marked-lanes violations were observed as the vehicle crossed into Mashpee. Mashpee police officers were notified. Speeds on town roads reached 60 mph.
The suspect vehicle turned onto Route 130 southbound near Great Neck Road North. Barnstable police were alerted as the chase approached Route 28. Officers reported the driver was ?reaching around? in the front seat. As the vehicle entered Barnstable on Route 28 eastbound, Barnstable units were dispatched toward the pursuit. A Sandwich officer asked dispatch to ask Barnstable units about possible stop sticks while speeds remained at about 60 mph near Jimmy's Ice Cream parlor on Route 28.
The chase then turned north onto Route 149 in Marstons Mills toward Route 6. State police were notified shortly before the vehicle entered Route 6 westbound, where speeds climbed to 110 mph. A Sandwich supervisor ordered all Sandwich units to terminate the pursuit just before the Chase Road exit.
State police quickly located and re-engaged the vehicle still fleeing northbound on Route 3 from the Sagamore Bridge area. Pursuit speeds began around 80 mph, quickly exceeded 100 mph, and peaked at 125 mph, according to state police radio traffic. Troopers determined the vehicle was registered in Yarmouth and that the driver had warrants and prior assault-and-battery charges on his adult record.
State police units equipped with stop sticks?including one with a StarChase tracking device?moved into position. A state police lieutenant, citing the driver's weaving through traffic and high-speed passing in the breakdown lane, ordered troopers to terminate the pursuit. Units were authorized to follow from a distance without emergency lights. The vehicle was last seen in the area of Exit 13 on Route 3 northbound in Plymouth.
Hyannis News followed the chase at a distance and discontinued coverage at Exit 3 in Plymouth after troopers terminated. Sandwich police were contacted Monday morning for any updates and provided contact information for a sergeant who may be able to release further details. Official updates will be reported as they become available. The following HN Video highlights pursuit radio transmission, along with HN dashcam footage?
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| Man Found Bleeding with Eye Bulging Out at Hyannis Park [HN Photos] Sunday August 16, 2026 |
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HYANNIS, MASSACHUSETTS ? Shortly after 4 a.m. Sunday, Barnstable Police responded to a loud noise complaint at Aselton Park on South Street and found a disturbing scene: one man severely injured and bleeding from a forehead wound with his eye bulging out, the other passed out and unresponsive.
Officers arrived after a caller reported a group ?yelling on the green.? The injured man, a Hyannis resident, was bleeding heavily. Police immediately requested rescue. A Hyannis Fire Department ambulance crew treated him and loaded him onto a stretcher. As he was lifted into the ambulance, he mumbled what sounded like, ?I love everybody.? He was taken to Cape Cod Hospital.
The second man, 27 years old, remained unconscious at first despite officers using sternum rubs and pressure points. When he finally came around, he was highly intoxicated, unsteady on his feet, and considered a danger to himself. He cooperated while being handcuffed and placed in a cruiser for transport to Barnstable Police Headquarters in protective custody. An initial conversation with police indicated the man could possibly be new in town, having been here for only around 48 hours. Police were still trying to figure out where he was from at the time of this report.
Police first ensured both men were safe?one receiving medical attention, the other secured in custody. Investigators are still piecing together what happened before their arrival. It remains unclear whether a fight or assault caused the serious head injuries. The investigation at Aselton Park is active and ongoing, with no further details available at this time.
Note: HN is working on audio and video from an earlier high-speed pursuit from the overnight that started in Sandwich, crossed into Mashpee and Barnstable, got onto the Mid-Cape, and sped over the bridge into Plymouth at speeds over 110 MPH. The pursuit was terminated due to reckless driving. HN will hopefully release the audio later today. Stay tuned!
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