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Winds that topped 60 mph combined with flooding and a smattering of snow whipped up a flurry of problems Sunday across Cape Cod and the Islands.

A Dennis Village resident has started a petition to persuade TD Bank to change its mind about closing its longtime branch on Main Street.

She's one of the best-known political figures in Massachusetts, elected to top law enforcement posts four times over the past 16 years.

Charlie Baker long has been seen as one of the brightest lights in the Massachusetts Republican Party.

Republican Charlie Baker and Democrat Martha Coakley aren't the only gubernatorial candidates whose names will be on Tuesday's ballot.

CUMMAQUID — The gong guy has arrived in big sky country, the vast landscape of Barnstable Harbor stretching into eternity over Sandy Neck.

A national study of workers' compensation claims has found that Massachusetts doctors prescribe the strongest painkillers more frequently than any other state in the nation for work-related injuries.

In session after session, paid sick time proposals have come before the state Legislature but struggled to gain enough traction to pass.

Because of a reporter's error, a story that appeared on Page A3 of Saturday's Times needs to be corrected.

WEST FALMOUTH — Falmouth rescuers were called to Chapoquoit Beach at 9 a.m. Saturday for a report of a missing 67-year-old male swimmer, according to the police.