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BOURNE — A 2002 Volkswagen Passat that belonged to a Cataumet school teacher went up in flames as she traveled northbound on MacArthur Boulevard yesterday afternoon, fire officials said.

WEST HARWICH — Three people were taken to Cape Cod Hospital after a two-car crash yesterday afternoon at Lower County and Belmont roads, police and fire officials said.

HYANNIS — The long-empty brick building at Main Street and Ocean Street narrowly avoided being auctioned at foreclosure yesterday, when Hibel Realty Trust, the entity that owns the property, filed for bankruptcy.

HYANNISPORT — Sen. Edward M. Kennedy returned home yesterday and, like a true Cape Codder, took a breath of sea air and a look at the water before heading into his house.

FALMOUTH — Steve Senior had a three-run double in a nine-run second inning, and the Falmouth High School baseball team beat Nauset 16-6 yesterday, qualifying for Division 1 South Sectionals.

ORLEANS — The Nauset Regional High School sailing team closed out its strongest season yesterday, sweeping Bishop Connolly 3-0.

FALMOUTH — The Falmouth High School boys lacrosse team has a new single-season scoring king.

NORTH EASTHAM — Pitching for the third game in a row, Nauset Regional High School's Kristyna Smith had the tall task of needing a third straight victory to propel the Warriors into Division 1 South Sectionals.

A $10.1 million supplemental appropriation for county sheriff's operations was passed by the state Senate yesterday.

SANDWICH — The school committee plans to appoint an interim superintendent and reopen the search to replace Supt. Nancy Young.

The latest shellfish sampling yesterday showed no elevated levels of red tide toxins in Cape shellfish, other than those in the Nauset estuary system in Orleans and Eastham.

BARNSTABLE — The Barnstable County Assembly of Delegates yesterday approved a plan to limit growth in the Centerville Village and Craigville Beach areas.

BREWSTER — The All Citizens Access Committee is developing a master plan for the best ways people with special needs can use town facilities.

ORLEANS — Nauset Beach from the public parking lot into Chatham will reopen at 8 a.m. tomorrow to oversand traffic, Parks and Beaches Superintendent Paul Fulcher said last night.

MASHPEE — Parents shouted out in protest. Tears streamed from the eyes of longtime school employees, who realized their jobs were no more.

HARWICH — Matthew Eaton was lucky to survive when his 2004 Chevy pickup and a Cape Cod Oil truck collided last Wednesday, rescuers said.

HYANNIS — The eight-month budget process could come to an end tonight as the Barnstable Town Council continues its review of the proposed 2009 operating budget.

HYANNIS — The crisp wind over Nantucket Sound won't cure Sen. Edward Kennedy's brain tumor. But it could help to ease his mind, said old friends and competitors in this weekend's annual Figawi boat race.

HYANNIS — The quest to identify a mysterious painting has unearthed yet another connection between a fired building inspector and a notorious criminal — and it has prompted questions about whether the work of art could be one of the county's...

HYANNIS — The owners of Puritan Clothing and Solstice Day Spa announced yesterday that the spa and salon will be moving its business to the lower level of the clothier's Hyannis store.

Duke Ellington might well have applied his trademark of approval to the duo work of pianist Rossano Sportiello and bassist Frank Tate this past Tuesday

TRURO — An unoccupied, nearly complete house on Corn Hill Road attracted a fire-setter who lit rolled up newspapers near an outside propane gas feed this week, according to investigators.

OTIS AIR BASE — The Otis Civilian Advisory Committee Council's annual Memorial Day observance will take place at 3 p.m. today at Otis Memorial Park.

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DENNIS — James V. Ward, of Dennis, formerly of Peabody, died on May 21, 2008, at the age of 88 years.

Massachusetts State Police will staff a Sobriety Checkpoint at an undisclosed location on Cape Cod this weekend as part of a police crackdown on drunken drivers.

HYANNIS — Richard Gallagher, an incumbent commissioner in the Hyannis Fire District, won a seventh term in office in Tuesday's district election,