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Category: MAIN COUNTY FEATURED NEWS

UMass Tick-Testing Service Temporarily Sidelined by Work Furloughs

Please be advised of interruption to tick testing: As of December 1, the tick testing lab at UMass Amherst suspended operations. The university furloughed a number of employees. The test […]

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The Dredge Report – Week of November 22, 2020

A tornado warning in November! Dredging at Parker’s River with the Sand Shifter had to stop on Monday due to the high winds and seas associated with that wild weather […]

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November 30, 2020 | Weather Update: High Wind Warning and Heavy Rain for Cape Cod and the Islands

Event: Special Weather Statement Alert: …HEAVY RAIN MAY LEAD TO STREET FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING… A period of widespread rain with embedded downpours will impact southern New England this […]

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November 29, 2020 | Weather Update: Damaging Winds and Heavy Rain Possible for Monday and Tuesday

Weather Forecast Expect 50-55 MPH wind gusts and significant rain tomorrow into Tuesday.  Strongest wind is expected from 2:00 PM on Monday, November 30 until midnight on Tuesday, December 1. […]

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Happy Thanksgiving!

We are thankful for you! Though our Thanksgiving may look differently this year, we are grateful to you, our residents and visitors for your continued commitment to help us flatten […]

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The Dredge Report – Week of November 15, 2020

The Sand Shifter started dredge operation in the Parker River entrance channel on Monday and continued throughout the week. This project is the first of several for the town of […]

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11:23 AM November 23, 2020 | Tornado Warning

Tornado Warning Alert: The National Weather Service in Boston/Norton has issued a * Tornado Warning for… Northeastern Dukes County in southeastern Massachusetts… Southeastern Barnstable County in southeastern Massachusetts… * Until […]

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Did you miss your HHW Collection this year?

Don’t worry! There are legal options for disposal outside of the collection season. Visit www.loveyourlocalwater.org for more info.

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The Dredge Report – Week of November 8, 2020

The winds just kept up and never gave us a break with one day a repeat of the next: Monday – Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts to […]

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