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Photos from the busy weekend.

FREETOWN — A pole with the words "May peace prevail on Earth" in Wampanoag, Portuguese, Creole and English was dedicated in Memorial Park Sunday.

FREETOWN — The Finance Committee is warning that the town is headed for a tax burden that will be more than what some residents and businesses are anticipating.

MARION — An array of colorful and highly decorative Adirondack chairs offers "the best seat in town" in welcoming visitors to the town's village shops.

MARION — The Marion Affordable Housing Trust has received 10 proposals from three different developers for the expansion of the 12-unit Little Neck Village elderly housing complex.

MARION — To avoid disruption to the town during the busy summer months, work on the replacement of water lines has been suspended until after Labor Day.

MATTAPOISETT — As part of the town's Harbor Days celebration, the Mattapoisett Woman's Club is hosting the annual Taste of the Town from 5-7 p.m. July 15 under the tent in Shipyard Park.

BOSTON -- A Coast Guard helicopter crew airlifted a 56-year-old fisherman who was suffering from abdominal pain aboard a New Bedford-based fishing vessel working the waters approximately 95 miles east of Chatham today, Coast Guard officials said.

36th Cape Verdean Recognition Week parade, Saturday.

All the action from this year's three-day event.

NEW BEDFORD — Periodically, a new "person of interest" pops up on the radar of investigators trying to find the person or persons responsible for the deaths of nine women in the Bristol County Highway Killings, which remain unsolved 20 years later.

NEW BEDFORD — When it comes to solving a cold murder case, DNA may be the new kid on the block and all the rage, but investigators say there is no substitute for dogged, painstaking detective work.

NEW BEDFORD — PACE Head Start is accepting applications for the upcoming school year. Head Start provides a free family-centered child development program for approximately 325 children ages 3-5 from income-eligible families living in New Bedford,...

NEW BEDFORD — Sea Lab celebrated the 40th anniversary of its summer program Sunday afternoon with an open house at its state-of-the-art facility on Portland Street in the South End.

NEW BEDFORD — Eighteen-month-old Jamiel Tavares clutched a balloon in one hand and looked out onto Union Street with big eyes, anticipating the excitement as a parade was approaching.

NEW BEDFORD — After a modest start Friday night with two bands and an open food court, Summerfest kicked into high gear Saturday as musicians performed on six stages and vendors and artisans came out in full force.

WEST BARNSTABLE – A horse drowned in the water off of Sandy Neck Beach near trail No. 2 today.

SOUTH YARMOUTH - A baby boy born prematurely in the bathroom of the Mobil gas station on Station Avenue this morning, has been transferred to a Boston hospital, fire officials said.

Robert Correia, the local man who allegedly beat a New York tourist with a baseball bat after accusing him of being a Yankees fan, will remain behind bars until a dangerousness hearing.

The Truro police union issued a written, public apology today for parts of a publicly distributed June 19 letter which made accusations against two Truro town officials.

State Police Lt. Richard R. Bolduc was placed on restricted duty and reassigned after his 12-year-old son pointed his father's gun at a neighbor’s 5-year-old daughter - pulling the trigger.

A 19-year-old Truro man is charged with driving under the influence of alcohol after an early morning head-on crash Sunday on Route 6 that sent him to the hospital with minor injuries, the police said.

BOSTON — Sen. Edward Kennedy, midway through six weeks of radiation and chemotherapy treatments for brain cancer, is doing well aside from some fatigue, his wife says.

TEATICKET - The driver of an 18-wheeler is staying put inside the cab of his truck until police and firefighters can determine if utility wires from McGAnn’s Pub, which fell across the vehicle, are shut off.

DETROIT - General Motors Corp may get rid of some brands, speed the introduction of small cars from other markets and make further white-collar job cuts as it tries to deal with a shrinking U.S. auto market.

As of 11 am today, the Atlantic season's first hurricane was centered about 775 miles east of the northern Leeward Islands and National Hurricane Center forecasters say Bertha is expected to turn in the general direction of Bermuda.

MIAMI - Alex Rodriguez's wife filed for divorce today calling her husband an adulterer who "emotionally abandoned his wife and children.

SOUTH YARMOUTH - Two dogs involved in unrelated bite incidents this weekend in Yarmouth have been placed on in-house quarantine as required by state law.

BOURNE - Increased traffic going off Cape has caused congestion at the Bourne Rotary and slowed traffic, causing some delays.

BARNSTABLE - Police and rescue are at the scene of a roll over accident at the intersection of Route 6A and Mary Dunn Road.

LOS ANGELES - Will Smith's box-office superpowers remain intact.

ST PAUL ISLAND, Alaska - British birder Annie Andreae bristles at being called a "twitcher" - friendly slang in England for someone who will drop everything at the drop of a hat to get a glimpse at a must-see bird.

BILLINGS, Mont - Federal officials are considering a tentative proposal that calls for capturing or killing infected elk in Yellowstone National Park to eliminate a serious livestock disease carried by animals in the area.

Another day to keep umbrellas handy and perhaps to keep exertion to a minimum as humidity continues to be the byword of weather for Cape Cod and the Islands.

RENO, Nev - Animal rights activists and ranchers are clashing over a federal proposal to euthanize wild horses as a way to deal with their surplus numbers.

A spokesman says the Environmental Protection Agency will announce its approval of the rules change on Monday, making Boston the largest urban area in the country to ban the practice.

The daylight came and they wanted to go home - Cape visitors got an early start vacating the peninsula yesterday morning under overcast skies and humid conditions.

Orleans selectmen want a review of the state Department of Environmental Protection's limits about how much nitrogen can safely be in the town's coastal waters.

With towns fretting over escalating utility costs, it seems only natural to embrace solar power.

The giant boulder, a copper plaque and colorful flags hint at something important on Route 130 in Sandwich: It's a memorial to three fallen firefighters lost 70 years ago in a forest fire.

Yarmouth police responded to two separate incidents involving pit bulls last night, police and fire officials said.

It was a busy Fourth of July weekend for Yarmouth police, who arrested 10 people on a variety of charges.

Two men were arrested by Harwich police early yesterday morning after a series of thefts from cars in the area of Long Pond Road.

The Safe Ride program may reduce drunken driving, but the town's smaller taxi companies argue it may also reduce their paying customers.

Two of the five Democratic candidates seeking their party's nomination to run as candidates for the Barnstable County Commissioners will hold events next week.

NEW YORK — Rookie Brett Gardner singled home the winning run off Jonathan Papelbon with two outs in the 10th inning last night, and the New York Yankees overcame a two-run deficit to beat the Red Sox 5-4 for a four-game split.

Determining the best of anything is always a subjective process. As the cliché goes, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.

First in a series on Cape Cod's public golf courses