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A local woman whose car was stuffed full crashed into a utility pole on Route 6A In Yarmouthport Thursday night, police said.

A flatbed truck had to be hauled out of the woods of West Barnstable last night after it crashed on Route 6, state police said.

A Yarmouthport man was sentenced to New Hampshire state prison Thursday for killing a fellow college student in a fight, a prosecutor said.

Because of a reporting error, a story on Page A-8 of yesterday's Times incorrectly stated the nature of two overrides on the Bourne ballot Tuesday. The $9.1 million library expansion and renovation project ballot question is a debt exclusion.

Three people were taken to Cape Cod Hospital yesterday morning following a two-car accident on Race Lane in Marstons Mills.

TRURO — Officials suspect arson in a Corn Hill Road construction site blaze that was discovered yesterday morning by the builder, according to police.

DENNIS — A Hyannis woman was taken to Cape Cod Hospital with injuries that were not considered life-threatening after rolling her car on Route 6 yesterday afternoon.

WEST HARWICH — Harwich police and fire personnel were called to Division Street Monday afternoon after a woman found a suspicious metal object in her garden.

HARWICH — A Centerville man was cited for running a stop sign and colliding with the oil truck that overturned and leaked an estimated 3,000 gallons of home heating oil, police say.

WEST YARMOUTH — A one-time summer reserve officer was sworn in as deputy chief of the Yarmouth Police Department yesterday.

An 18-year-old Centerville man was taken to Cape Cod Hospital for treatment of injuries after rolling his car over on Route 6 yesterday, police officials said.

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.

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

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.

Like the sands on which they are built, Cape Cod roadways are in a constant state of change.

Yarmouth police chose one of the busiest nights of the year to stop drivers at a sobriety checkpoint in town, and more than a dozen people were arrested for drunken driving.

SOUTH YARMOUTH — A 39-year-old man was in serious condition last night in a Boston hospital after his scooter slammed into the back of a sports utility vehicle, public safety and hospital officials said.

A 46-year-old Brewster driver who passed out and drove his car 30 yards into the woods was treated at Cape Cod Hospital yesterday and released, public safety and hospital officials said.

The Coast Guard yesterday rescued a crew member with a head injury from a container ship 300 miles southeast of Nantucket.

A fire gutted the kitchen of the International House of Pancakes on Route 132 yesterday morning.

A man led police on a high-speed chase Thursday afternoon through heavy traffic, crashed into two cars and took off into the waist-deep muck of a swamp before being shot, twice, with a Taser.

About 4,000 NStar customers in Barnstable lost power briefly last night when an osprey nest fell on a power line, a spokesman for the utility company said.

A fire in a self-storage unit on Lot's Hollow Road in Orleans closed the adjacent town disposal area for nearly two hours yesterday, a fire department spokesman said.

A 56-year-old man remained in critical condition at Cape Cod Hospital yesterday after being severely injured Thursday night, a hospital spokeswoman said.

WEST YARMOUTH — A large cache of items were recovered after four local men were arrested yesterday, charged in connection with rash of car break-ins over the weekend.

WELLFLEET — An 81-year-old Provincetown man died yesterday when his car crossed Route 6 and hit a tree near the intersection with Coles Neck Road, police said.

HYANNIS — A West Barnstable man and his son were taken to Cape Cod Hospital with injuries that were not believed to be life threatening after a two-vehicle crash on Route 132 yesterday.

WEST DENNIS — A 48-year-old Lancaster man faces his fifth drunken driving charge after crashing his Pontiac Grand Prix into mailboxes Monday morning at a gated community at the end of Wrinkle Point near the Bass River, police said.

SANDWICH — A collision between a car and a tractor-trailer slowed traffic on Route 6 westbound yesterday morning, state police said.

WELLFLEET – An 81-year-old Provincetown man died yesterday when his car crossed Route 6 and hit a tree near the intersection with Coles Neck Road, police said.

A 19-year-old West Yarmouth woman was injured and taken to Cape Cod Hospital last night after her car rolled over on Route 6, fire officials and state police said.

HYANNIS — A transformer exploded and caught fire yesterday afternoon, injuring one man and causing a power outage on Route 132, a fire official said.

BOURNE — Three people were taken to Falmouth Hospital last night after their pickup truck crashed into a utility pole, a fire official said.

The Harwich Port man who allegedly embezzled millions of dollars from a Natick company and funneled it through the South Dennis church where he volunteered is looking for a deal.

Convicted sex offender Jovinol "Juju" Fernandes Jr. was acquitted yesterday of raping a child.

A mortar shell found in an Ocean Drive house yesterday was inactive, according to Dennis firefighter/paramedic Ed Gula.

A West Yarmouth man was arrested Thursday night on an assault and battery charge, marking the 12th time he was taken into custody this year, a Yarmouth police spokesman said.

Dennis police are looking for a car that rear-ended a school bus Thursday afternoon and took off.

Yarmouth police charged two men with operating under the influence Thursday night.

The elderly driver of a sport utility vehicle that rammed a car earlier this week has been cited by police.

EAST SANDWICH — Early yesterday morning, the beloved 40-year-old donkey at Wingscorton Farm wandered onto Route 6A, where she was struck and killed by a startled driver at 12:37 a.m.

SOUTH DENNIS — An enormous American flag was cut down as it flew from its pole and stolen last night, police said.

WEST BARNSTABLE — Careless disposal of a cigarette is believed to be the cause of a fire that destroyed a garage and damaged the back of a house at 1738 Route 6A yesterday morning, a fire official said.

HYANNIS — The Iraqi flag and the black Rorschach-like image beside it yesterday morning were not part of Alan O'Sullivan's decor plan for his new restaurant.

WEST YARMOUTH — Police are investigating two more car breaks in town, the most recent reported early yesterday morning at Bayview Street near Cape Cod Hospital.

SANDWICH — A Buzzards Bay man was charged with operating under the influence of alcohol after a two-car crash early yesterday morning on Route 130 near Exit 2 on the Mid-Cape Highway, the police said.

Thieves continue to find Yarmouth a profitable location as the wave of vehicle break-ins continues, and residents still leave their cars unlocked.

FALMOUTH — Alexander Dopierala has been in Falmouth District Court so many times, a judge quipped yesterday that the 66-year-old suspected drug dealer probably had his bail warning memorized.

YARMOUTHPORT — More than a dozen firefighters responded to a senior living community in a sprawling development complex yesterday after smoke alarms sounded, a local fire official said.

EASTHAM — An 81-year-old woman suffered minor injuries Tuesday night after a car hit her in front of the Eastham Veterinary Hospital on Route 6, police said.