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MASHPEE — A clerical error on the upcoming town meeting warrant may hold up or derail the town's purchase of 80 acres of conservation land.

HARWICH — Bids for the proposed new police station came in lower than expected yesterday.

Area pantries and shelters that provide food for the needy are facing hard times themselves, with rising food prices forcing them to keep menus basic.

BOURNE — The cheers that echoed around the go-cart track at Cartwheels II amusement park this week were nearly as loud as the go-carts themselves.

BOURNE - Spring cleaning has arrived at the Cape Cod Canal. AmeriCorps Cape Cod and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will hold their eighth annual Cape Cod Canal Cleanup tomorrow morning.

FALMOUTH — Saying there is no substitute for experience, Town Moderator David Vieira is adding two veteran contractors — John K. Scanlan and Patrick Callahan — to the Falmouth High School Building Committee.

HYANNIS — Police arrested two men early yesterday in an alleged home invasion, according to detectives.

About 150 riders of dirt bikes and other all-terrain vehicles got some bad news when they gathered in Hyannis to organize a riding club and find a legal Cape track to ride.

SANDWICH — If this question appeared on an MCAS exam, it might have left students at the Henry T. Wing School scratching their heads.

VINEYARD HAVEN — Whoever said electoral excitement was the exclusive purview of national politics?

HARWICH — Two teenagers were arrested for intentionally setting two brush fires in the Bells Neck Conservation Area yesterday afternoon, police said.

SANDWICH — A Charlestown man faces charges for allegedly causing an accident on Route 6 Wednesday that seriously injured a 74-year-old driver, state police said.

The Cape and Islands Chapter of the American Red Cross will offer a class on handling restaurant emergencies from 8:30 to 10:30 am on April 29 at the Chapter House, 286 South St., Hyannis.

BUZZARDS BAY — Richard Josiah Young, 95, died Monday, April 21, 2008, in Wareham. He was the husband of Joanne (Calzolari) Young.

WEST YARMOUTH — Carol J. Ruest, 58, of West Yarmouth, died peacefully at her home on Tuesday, April 22, 2008. She was the daughter of Robert Ruest and the late Joyce (Arnold) Ruest of North Attleboro.

NORTH FALMOUTH — Paul Morway, 70, of North Falmouth, died on April 22, 2008, at Brigham and Women's Hospital, after suffering cardiac arrest on the golf course.

FALMOUTH — Anne Marie (Ouellette) Medeiros, 67, of Falmouth, passed away on Wednesday, April 23, 2008, at the Royal Nursing Center in Falmouth. She was the beloved wife of Leoniel A. Medeiros for 43 years.

EAST FALMOUTH — Virginia C. (Gingras) Mandigo, 85, of East Falmouth, died Wednesday, April 23, 2008, at her home. She was the wife of George U. Mandigo, who died Sept. 1, 2007. They were married for 67 years.

FALMOUTH — "They were kind enough to invite me into their houses every night. The least I could do was give them a reason to ask me back.

Don Gillis, a broadcaster who helped pioneer the evening television sportscast in Boston and was the longtime TV host of "Candlepin Bowling," has died at age 85, his son said yesterday.

EAST DENNIS — A Provincetown man who was injured Wednesday in an explosion on his dry-docked boat at Sesuit Harbor was listed in good condition yesterday afternoon, police said.

HYANNIS — A property manager was stabbed in the chest early yesterday morning after telling people to move off the premises at 44 Yarmouth Road, police said.

BOURNE — Gerry Czarnetzki comes across as reserved and pleasantly soft-spoken, but he has an awful lot to say.

Town recreation director Tracy Trewhella submitted her resignation Wednesday amid a state investigation into a former town employee's sexual harassment complaint against her.

ORLEANS — An online scam targeting Comcast customers has been reported in town, police said.

WEST YARMOUTH — A local man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly raping a child years ago, police said.

SOUTH YARMOUTH — A local man was arrested on several charges early yesterday morning after he was stopped for alleged erratic driving, police said.

EASTHAM — Police are searching for the culprit who stole a 65-year-old disabled man's scooter from a bus stop yesterday afternoon.

FALMOUTH — Jade Antonangeli scored six goals and Bourne High School edged Falmouth 10-9 yesterday in nonleague girls lacrosse.

BUZZARDS BAY — Sophomore David Hike earned his third save of the season as Massachusetts Maritime Academy came back from a 4-3 deficit yesterday to complete a baseball doubleheader sweep of the University of Maine Presque Isle.