Brewster

Bird-watcher scientist Mark Faherty says the vermilion flycatcher has only been recorded in Massachusetts three times between 1954 and 2017.

This week helicopters are flying low over Southeastern Massachusetts as part of a plan to mitigate rabies among wild animals in Barnstable and Plymouth counties. Wareham residents may have noticed the passing choppers on Tuesday or found oral rabies vaccine bait in their yards...

One man’s trash is another man’s treasure, but this particular piece will need a specific type of owner to turn it into anything but trash.

A Cape Cod man with a lengthy criminal history and active warrants for his arrest was taken into custody by Wareham Police thanks to the keen eye of an officer.

Authorities have removed 24 animals from a Middleboro kennel who were living in “poorly ventilated, unsanitary and cruel conditions.”

Recent votes in several cities and towns have cheered advocates for the cannabis industry, who say it could signal that communities around the state are concluding the potential benefits.

DENNIS, Mass. (AP) — Marine mammal rescuers have responded to multiple reports of dolphins getting stranded after swimming near the shores of Wellfleet and Brewster in Cape Cod Bay. International Fund for Animal Welfare spokeswoman Shawna Moos tells the Cape Cod Times that two white-sided dolphins were stranded off Brewster on Saturday...

A man sought in connection with a convenience store robbery in New Bedford is also a suspect in other robberies.

fter pleading not guilty to driving students while drunk, a bus driver apologized but said he wasn't intoxicated. Sixty-two-year-old Everett Redmond Jr. of Brewster was arraigned Monday on drunken driving and child endangerment charges...

A Brewster man with a history of mental illness and substance abuse problems has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for burning down a Cape Cod church. Adam Finnegan was also sentenced this week in Barnstable Superior Court to 10 years of probation...