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BOURNE - The region has had a "rash" of catalytic converter thefts over the past month as thieves mine the exhaust system devices for precious metals, a state police official said.

VINEYARD HAVEN — A landmark Martha's Vineyard bookstore and a cafe sustained heavy fire damage yesterday morning, a fire official said.

DENNISPORT — A kitchen fire damaged a local home early yesterday morning, a fire department official said.

SOUTH DENNIS — A partial rollover crash at a Route 6 rest area last night resulted in a child being taken to Cape Cod Hospital for treatment of minor injuries, public safety officials said.

ORLEANS — A 6-year-old girl was accidentally run over by a trailer carrying a parade float during the town's Fourth of July Parade yesterday, police and witnesses said.

SANDWICH — An 18-year-old Barnstable woman was taken to Falmouth Hospital with minor injuries yesterday after her car hit a tree on Stowe Road, police said.

HYANNIS – A 19-year-old Bourne man was listed in fair condition Friday night at a Boston hospital after his motorcycle crashed into a car in town yesterday afternoon.

HYANNIS — A 21-year-old South Dennis man was killed in a motorcycle accident early yesterday morning at the intersection of South and Sea streets, a Hyannis Fire Department spokesman said.

SANDWICH — A 25-year-old woman was seriously injured when her pickup truck crashed into a guard rail on Chase Road yesterday afternoon, police and fire officials said.

HYANNIS — The National Transportation Safety Board has issued a preliminary report on the June 18 plane crash that killed pilot Mark Conway.

BREWSTER — A car garage was knocked off its foundation when a woman crashed into it yesterday afternoon, a fire official said.

OAK BLUFFS — A West Tisbury man was seriously injured in a moped accident early yesterday morning.

BREWSTER — Police are investigating an alleged beating last weekend that left one man with facial injuries.

WEST YARMOUTH — A car ended up on the railroad tracks that run parallel to Willow Street last night after rear-ending another vehicle, police said.

HYANNIS — A mulch fire at a condominium complex on Ocean Street threatened several units before being put out by Hyannis firefighters yesterday.

Police said Robert Correia of Falmouth and several others attacked a driver with a baseball bat Friday night after spotting New York license plates on the man's vehicle and believing he was a Yankees fan.

More than 100 people were ordered to leave their homes after a natural gas leak on Chase Avenue in Dennisport yesterday afternoon, a fire official said.

Two men working inside the engine room of a boat were exposed to life-threatening levels of carbon monoxide yesterday, Bourne fire officials said.

Two men working inside the engine room of a boat at the Eagle Marine Co. were exposed to life-threatening levels of carbon monoxide Saturday, Bourne fire officials said.

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

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

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

WEST BARNSTABLE — A horse drowned off Sandy Neck Beach near trail No. 2 yesterday.

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

A 19-year-old Truro man has been 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.

Bertha may have weakened and taken a right turn southeast of Bermuda, but local emergency planning officials say they will keep their eye on the year's first Atlantic hurricane until it changes direction again or peters out.

FALMOUTH — A hearing today will determine whether the man who beat a New York tourist with a baseball bat is released on bail.

MASHPEE — Police are still investigating a stabbing that sent a man to the hospital during this weekend's Mashpee Wampanoag powwow.

YARMOUTH — Two members of the Cape Cod Salties Sportfishing Club are being hailed as heroes today for rescuing a 38-year-old Shrewsbury woman from nearly drowning yesterday afternoon, fire officials said.

HYANNIS — Thieves are targeting global positioning systems, commonly referred to as GPS, in local boats and cars, according to police.

WELLFLEET — The Starfish Cottages on Spring Valley Road off Route 6 sustained smoke damage Monday night when a fire broke out in the basement, fire officials said.

OAK BLUFFS — The Coast Guard and local police signed an agreement Monday to improve safety and security in and around Oak Bluffs Harbor, according to a Coast Guard press release.

CENTERVILLE — An estranged wife, a stepson and a new girlfriend made for an unhappy combination during a confrontation inside a local home Monday night, police said.

SOUTH YARMOUTH — Police are investigating a break-in case at Hyannis Saab-Cadillac on Station Avenue that was reported early yesterday morning.

ORLEANS — A crash involving a motorcycle and a vehicle at Routes 28 and 39 last night sent multiple victims to the hospital, fire officials said.

CHATHAM — A South Chatham woman suffered mild hypothermia and had to be rescued by firefighters off Lighthouse Beach last night, police and fire officials said.

SANDWICH — A woman was taken to Cape Cod Hospital after she fell from the second story of a home at 45 Moon Compass Lane early yesterday morning.

BOURNE — Local fire and rescue personnel took a pizza shop employee to Falmouth Hospital at about 5 p.m. Monday after the man got one of his hands stuck in a dough-rolling machine, police said.

BARNSTABLE — A Cape man's future girlfriends will have to listen to evidence of his past crimes if they want to live with him, under unusual probation terms imposed this week.

HYANNIS — An Edgartown man may have learned the hard way yesterday that cell phone texting while driving may be hazardous to one's health and expensive to one's wallet.

SANDWICH — Fire and rescue personnel took a 56-year-old man to Falmouth Hospital Tuesday night for treatment of injuries he received when he fell out of a tree.

ORLEANS — A motorcyclist and passenger on the bike were taken to Cape Cod Hospital Tuesday night after they collided with a car at the intersection of Sherman Road and Route 39, police said.

WEST YARMOUTH — The driver of a motorized scooter was hospitalized with significant injuries last night after a collision with another vehicle on Route 28, police and fire officials said.

SANDWICH — State police Lt. Richard Bolduc will be arraigned July 23 in Barnstable District Court on a charge that he didn't properly store his state police-issued gun.

MASHPEE — A motorcyclist was taken to a Boston hospital by helicopter yesterday afternoon after a collision with a van at Route 130 and South Sandwich Road, police said.

EDGARTOWN — The island where "Jaws" was filmed got a real-life shark scare yesterday when two beaches were closed because of an unconfirmed sighting of a great white, according to The Associated Press.

ORLEANS — A small fire in an air conditioning unit caused the Land Ho! Bar and Restaurant to be evacuated briefly last night, fire officials said.

SOUTH DENNIS — The Dennis Police Department will be holding an auction for found and unclaimed property beginning at 10 a.m. tomorrow morning.

Possible criminal charges in connection with the car accident that took the life of a Barnstable County Correctional Facility inmate won't be determined until late next week.