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A map accompanying a story that ran Oct. 8 on Page A3 of the Times gave an incorrect location for the Wentworth property in Brewster. The proposed Wentworth Motor Sports Auto Repair shop would be on the corner of Southern Eagle Cartway and Main Street.

As of the Times deadline, only three of the eight towns in the 4th Barnstable District had reported their results, but 72 percent of those voters had said "yes" to fully legalizing marijuana and regulating and taxing it like alcohol.

BARNSTABLE — In what was a bitter and, at times, hostile race, incumbent Rep. Brian Mannal, D-Barnstable, defeated Republican Adam Chaprales in the 2nd Barnstable District.

MASHPEE — Mashpee Public Library is buying 10 iPad tablets as part of an overall expansion of its technological offerings.

FALMOUTH — A 55-year-old Mashpee man pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Falmouth District Court to his fifth drunken-driving offense.

There were three contested races for the nonpartisan Barnstable County Assembly of Delegates on Tuesday, in Barnstable, Brewster and Harwich.

HYANNIS — Cape and Islands District Attorney Michael O'Keefe staved off a feisty challenge from Cotuit defense attorney Richard Barry in Tuesday's election, ending the incumbent's first contested campaign since he was elected over Kevin Callahan in...

ORLEANS — Voters approved all three capital spending proposals on the Tuesday ballot.

BARNSTABLE — A Centerville man was sentenced to 18 months in the Barnstable County Correctional Facility for breaking into Centerville Pie Co. on Route 28 and stealing almost $1,900 from two locked safes.

SAGAMORE — Cape Cod Air Force Station, which is where the PAVE PAWS radar station is located, plans to conduct a prescribed burn today, according to a press release.