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Nauset fans are hoping the arrival of new coach Ed MacDonald signals a new era of winning.

MacDonald, who last coached football in 2001 as he led the Cape Tech team to the Superbowl the previous year, takes over for Dave Dykeman who took a position at Worchester Academy.

Florida State’s All-Everything catcher Gerald “Buster” Posey, who helped lead the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox to two straight Cape Cod Baseball League championships, became a multimillionaire Friday night when he signed a record $6.2-million contract with the San Francisco Giants, who made him their No. 1 pick, fifth over-all, in the June 5 amateur entry draft.

Led by Most Valuable Player A.J. Pollock of the Falmouth Commodores and the trio of hard-hitting catcher Tommy Medica, infielder Joseph Sanders and pitcher Chris Manno of the league champion Harwich Mariners, the 2008 All-League Team has been announced by Cape Cod Baseball League Commissioner Paul Galop.

Cape Cod Baseball League
(games thru August 5)
Standings

Cape Cod Baseball League
(games thru August 2)
Standings

Highlights of activities during Dennis Summerfest, Aug. 15-17

Barbara Amidon’s father Bob Stone, who co-founded Dennis Festival Days with Bob Briggs, bought an antique car “because Briggsie had antique cars.”

Robert Goldstrom’s moody and evocative paintings swirl with enigma while often portraying the most commonplace things — a man trimming a hedge, a sailboat skimming the waves, a view over the rooftops toward the harbor.

Popular non-fiction author, Joan Anderson, will be at South Yarmouth Library on Wednesday, Aug. 27 at 6:30 p.m.

A camp counselor from Strong Wings Adventure School stands above a seven foot great white shark, which washed up on the beach near Sheep Pond Road on Monday.

The shark was carted away by the Department of Public Works and stored on ice at the town dump until it could be examined by the state’s Division of Marine Fisheries.

Beaches along the south shore were closed for a short time on Monday when a shark sighting was reported, but Harbor Master Dave Fronzuto said he believed it was more likely a basking sunfish.

A section of the off-road vehicle route that was previously closed due to piping plover nesting has been re-opened. Other areas closed to beach traffic are also expected to open within the next few days, the National Seashore’s acting chief ranger, Craig Thatcher, said Thursday.

Calendar of events, Mid and Upper Cape, Aug. 29 - Sept. 5

Calendar of events, Mid and Upper Cape, Auig 14- 21

Highlights of activities during Dennis Summerfest, Aug. 15-17

Kerry F. Dolan Jr. of Chatham and Lauren Annette Vachula of Orleans, earned a bachelor of arts degrees from Clark University on May 18.

Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray was in town last week to discuss efforts to promote agriculture locally and statewide.

Leo Cakounes, owner of Cape Farm Supply and Cranberry Company in North Harwich, took Murray on a tour of his operations on Aug. 14.

“You get hit with a lot of information at the State House, but when you’ve walked it, seen it, heard it and talked with people like Leo . . . it becomes less abstract,” Murray said.

Provincetown union members who make up most of the town’s staff are considering a proposal to move to a four-day work week, resulting in Town Hall being closed on Fridays.

A Registry of Motor Vehicles task force is slated to begin meeting this week to figure out the best ways to update the state’s regulations and laws to allow more flexibility for environmentally friendly vehicles.
Registry officials are looking for ways to accommodate certain lower-speed, zero emission vehicles that are not envisioned in current state statutes.

A group of activists who are concerned about the storage of spent nuclear fuel  urged state Attorney General Martha Coakley to continue to pursue her attempts to force federal regulators to pay closer attention to the storage issue.

Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray was in town last week to discuss efforts to promote agriculture locally and statewide.

Leo Cakounes, owner of Cape Farm Supply and Cranberry Company in North Harwich, took Murray on a tour of his operations on Aug. 14.

“You get hit with a lot of information at the State House, but when you’ve walked it, seen it, heard it and talked with people like Leo . . . it becomes less abstract,” Murray said.

Second of two parts.

The re-built Mezza Luna will not look like the old place. The new place will include stucco and brick, glass and clapboard and blue onyx touches over the windows.

Yet the old place, though it is gone, destroyed by fire last October, is in some ways indelible. Consider the look, the feel, the mood. Lisa Amaral’s dramatic nighttime shot of the old “Mezza” with lights blazing has been reproduced and will be placed anew; perhaps over the new bar just as it graced the old one.

Time has not quieted the protests of Yarmouth parents, teachers and officials to Dennis-Yarmouth Superintendent of Schools Carol Woodbury’s Aug. 12 announcement reassigning principals at four district schools just weeks before their Sept. 3 opening.

The superintendent of the Dennis-Yarmouth Regional School District says there was no attempt to hide an anticipated budget shortfall from voters at the July 28 district meeting.

Old Colony Way in Orleans was closed to traffic around 10:30 a.m. Thursday morning as firefighters from Orleans and neighboring towns responded to a possible fire after a car crashed into an electrical panel near the back entrance of the Staples shopping plaza.

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A severe rainstorm passed over the Outer and Lower Cape this afternoon with reports of quarter-sized hail coming in from Wellfleet and Eastham. When the storm had passed off to the east after 1:30 p.m., the outdoor temperature reportedly dropped from 84 to 64 degrees.