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They provide an extra level of security at the Boston Marathon and Boston's Fourth of July festivities every year.

Two motorists were seriously injured yesterday after their car hit a tree along Old Barnstable Road, fire officials said.

A severe thunderstorm pounded some Outer Cape towns last night with hail and lightning.

Seven motorists were treated at Cape Cod Hospital yesterday following a two-vehicle crash, fire officials said.

One vessel sank and another caught fire in Stage Harbor early this weekend.

Giant lobsters, birthday cakes and Michael Phelps took over the sand of Mayflower Beach yesterday.

Mashpee has lost a second son in the same week to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Pushing red coals around a forge and checking the color of the metal to gauge the temperature, James Ellis is practicing the century-old family tradition of blacksmithing in Barnstable.

ORLEANS — Scenes of funny family foibles have been plucked from some of Shakespeare's greatest plays to create "From Whence We Came," the entertaining new production by the Elements Theatre Company (formerly Stages Theatre Company).

SOUTH ORLEANS — Ella W. (Budinot) Schultz passed away peacefully in her home, with her family by her side, on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008, at the age of 93.

EASTHAM — John S. Wallace Jr., 84, of Eastham passed away on Aug. 15, 2008, at Cape Cod Hospital, after a short illness.

YARMOUTHPORT — Helen T. (Remillard) Gabriele of Yarmouthport, died on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2008, at the age of 80. She was the beloved wife of Antonio Gabriele for 59 years.

DENNISPORT —

WEST YARMOUTH — Douglas James Kelsall, 37, of West Yarmouth, died unexpectedly on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008. He was born in Philadelphia, Pa., and moved to Cape Cod with his family at the age of one.

CHATHAM — Claude W. (Dick) Lumpkin, 88, of Chatham passed away on Aug. 14, 2008, at Epoch of Brewster after a lengthy illness. He was supported by a loving family.

BARNSTABLE — Angelo N. Mantrafelias, 82, formerly of Haverhill, died Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008, at Cape Cod Hospital, Hyannis.

SOUTH DENNIS — Armada L. Rabun, 98, of Cape Cod, recently of Hopkinton, passed away on Aug. 14, 2008.

HARWICH — Edson Ryder, 87, of Harwich, died Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008, at Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis.