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A wet winter and high numbers of algal seeds have set the stage for a potentially large outbreak of red tide this spring, according to researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

With critical decisions looming on issues such as groundwater and estuary protection, selectmen say it's time for a town planning office.

Four-dollar gas has hit Massachusetts, with gas stations on Martha's Vineyard charging an average of $4.06 for a gallon of self-serve unleaded.

After three years, Mashpee Supt Ann Bradshaw seems ready to move on.

Whoever took a disabled man's four-wheel scooter from its parking spot Thursday didn't intend to steal it, Eastham police said yesterday.

Voters will head to annual town meeting Monday to take action on a 27-article warrant that includes a $6.6 million annual budget and three Proposition 2½ override proposals totaling about $91,000.

A 53-year-old scrimshander was charged Thursday in federal court on several counts of smuggling elephant ivory and sperm whale teeth into Nantucket, where it was sold.

A pedestrian was in the right place at the right time to save a Williston Road home from major fire damage last night, a fire official said.

Archaeologists, at a cost of $30,000 to the town, will be watching early next fall when contractors remove and repair a dam at Upper Shawme Pond in Sandwich.

About a half dozen cars were broken into Thursday night in the Captain's Village section of South Yarmouth, police said.

NORTH EASTHAM — Kristyna Smith threw her first varsity no-hitter, and the Nauset Regional High School softball team blanked Harwich 12-0 for a nonleague win.

Four anti-war demonstrators facing trespassing charges in connection with a sit-in at U.S. Rep. William Delahunt's Hyannis office last month were disappointed when the district attorney's office opted not to prosecute the case yesterday.

With a school committee candidate pulling out of the May 20 town election yesterday, the selectmen's race is now the only competitive contest on the ballot.

The Brewster Water Department will be flushing water mains between 8:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. beginning Tuesday until May 16.

The Cape & Islands Workforce Investment Board has undertaken a project to assist Cape residents who are 55 and older with their job search and to educate local employers about the benefits of hiring 55 plus individuals.

Renovations will create new performance options as Wellfleet and Brewster theaters unveil summer schedules.

Once a pro soccer player, Ken Badger went on to become a chart-topping songwriter and jazz pianist.

DENNIS — Thelma (Perry) Zango, 99, died on April 24, 2008, at Eagle Pond Rehabilitation and Living Center in Dennis. She was the wife of the late Harry V. Zango.

HARWICH — Phyllis J. (Emery) Thivierge, 83, born Aug. 18, 1924, died Dec. 8, 2007, at Cape Cod Hospital surrounded by her family. She is survived by her husband, Arthur E. Thivierge, to whom she was married for 57 years.

BARNSTABLE — Barbara (Robjent) Moore, 83, of Barnstable, formerly of West Hartford, Conn., died on April 22, 2008, at Liberty Commons in Chatham.

EAST DENNIS —

BARNSTABLE — Mildred (Erickson) Dickson, 89, died peacefully at home on April 24, 2008.

SOUTH DENNIS —

COTUIT — James Rivers Adams, of Cotuit, died at his home on April 22, 2008.