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A geek wears glasses. A geek is young and male. A geek spends night after solitary night at home, basking in the dim glow of his computer monitor. Or maybe not.

The semiannual flushing of Orleans water mains will begin today. The weekday flushing between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. will take about three weeks to complete.

Because of an editing error, an item on Page E-3 of Sunday's Times had an incorrect description of an event today at the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in Brewster.

The Barnstable School Department wants to double the number of security cameras districtwide, adding more video monitors at every school.

Bourne selectmen will host a public hearing tonight regarding music at the Courtyard Restaurant and Pub on County Road in Cataumet.

A female officer apprehended a man who fled on foot after a car chase early yesterday morning, according to a department press release.

A poorly tied line apparently caused a 25-foot commercial fishing vessel to sink yesterday at Wychmere Harbor in Harwich.

Henry Winkler, best know for his role as The Fonz in the sitcom "Happy Days," will be the celebrity guest conductor for the 23rd annual TD Banknorth Pops by the Sea concert in August.

MARSTONS MILLS - Undercover detectives staked out the parking lot and golf course and arrested 11 people on charges including possession of marijuana and underage drinking.

It could have been misconstrued as a fashion show, with the course being the runway.

Voters at town meeting May 6 are being asked to approve overrides for the schools and capital improvements, declare Dennis a farm-friendly town and pass a new town budget of $27.6 million.

Consider Paul Watts' home a bastion of old-fashioned democratic values. His household, like the town of Tisbury itself, split right down the middle in last week's ballot issue.

EAST SANDWICH — Teresa G. (Gaudette) Armstrong, 65, of East Sandwich Beach, died Sunday, April 20, 2008, surrounded by her family and friends, from complications of Alzheimer's disease and CREST syndrome.

BOURNE — Kathleen (Walsh) Herman, R.N., age 62, of Bourne, formerly of Braintree and Pembroke, died April 20, 2008.

SOUTH YARMOUTH — Brianna Isaacs keyed the offense, Courtney Pina pitched well and the Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School softball team topped Atlantic Coast League foe Sandwich 15-4.

EAST DENNIS — A Provincetown man who was injured in an explosion on his dry-docked boat in Dennis yesterday is listed in good condition at Massachusetts General Hospital this morning.

WEST BARNSTABLE — Like an oversized message in a bottle, Cape Cod Bay belched out a mysterious buoy onto Sandy Neck Beach this week.

BOSTON — A proposal to end a tax break on aircraft sales and parts in Massachusetts is causing turbulence for aviation businesses, which fear losing customers to neighboring states.

HARWICH — Alex Xiarhos drove in six runs, sophomore starter Matt Dawson fanned eight and the Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School baseball team topped Harwich 13-4 in nonleague play.

The Consumer Assistance Council in Hyannis has brochures available called "How to Manage Your Mortgage if Your Lender Files for Bankruptcy.

PROVINCETOWN — Diners at the Red Inn feasted on the sight of rare whales Sunday night.

WEST HARWICH — A 72-year-old local man was arrested for alleged drunken driving yesterday afternoon after he failed to follow the instructions of a detail officer at a blocked intersection, according to a police department press release.

SANDWICH — A 70-year-old man was flown to a Boston hospital yesterday afternoon with serious injuries following a two-car crash on Route 6 near Exit 3.

CENTERVILLE — John G. April of Duxbury, Worcester, and most recently, Cape Cod, died on April 21, 2008. He was 67 years old.

HYANNIS — Leroy Viera, 88, died on April 20, 2008, at home.

ORLEANS — Michael Davis Barnett of Orleans died peacefully on April 21, 2008.

MASHPEE — Priscilla A. Bowden (Heath) formerly of East Sandwich, West Bridgewater, and Easton, died on Monday, April 21, 2008, at Harborside Healthcare in Mashpee, after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. She was 78.

TEATICKET — Amarante C. Pires, 94, passed away Tuesday, April 22, 2008, at Falmouth Hospital. He was the beloved husband of the late Eva C. (Vieira) Pires for 49 years.

SOUTH DENNIS — Nancy A. Ring, 59, died Tuesday, April 22, 2008, surrounded by her loving family, after a long bout with cancer.

HYANNIS — Antoinette "Toni" Silva, 42, formerly of Hyannis, died tragically in a car accident in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

WEST CHATHAM — A well-known Chatham developer and his family escaped a fire at their house late Tuesday night, thanks to an alert neighbor who saw the flames and called the fire department.

HARWICH — The elephant in the room for the annual town meeting is the $9.8 million request to build a new police station on Sisson Road.

SANDWICH — A 22-year-old local woman was taken to Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis with injuries that were not considered life threatening after a car crash early yesterday morning, public safety officials said.

HARWICH — A 57-year-old local man was arrested at his home at 6 Lakewood Drive for allegedly stabbing his girlfriend yesterday morning, according to police.

Common Cause Massachusetts has recognized the town Web sites of Eastham and Barnstable as "superstars" for what the group called their "commitment to open government by posting key government records.

HARWICH — Liz Dubuque, a local property owner and horseback rider, wasn't happy when Town Planner Susan Leven offered last week to help all-terrain vehicle riders look for a place in town to ride.

HYANNIS — Come Monday, the 30 employees of Cape Cod Life Publications will be commuting to a new location.

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.

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