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BOSTON — State funding of $300,000 announced Tuesday will help enhance efforts of "Buy Local" agricultural groups Cape Cod and the Islands.

WEST BARNSTABLE — A Plymouth woman was taken to the hospital early Saturday morning with non-life threatening injuries after the Jeep she was driving rolled over on Route 6, according to the state police.

CHATHAM — Tina Edgehill isn't an actress, but on Saturday she thought she would give it a try.

Rick Sabetta was driving along Quaker Meetinghouse Road when he saw a flock of turkeys marching in the middle of the road.

BARNSTABLE — A 34-year-old Yarmouth man was ordered held on $1,000 bail after being arraigned Friday in Barnstable District Court on a charge of assault and battery on a pregnant woman.

WEST YARMOUTH — A Dennis Port woman was charged with driving drunk for the second time after crashing her car into a house late Thursday on Winslow Gray Road.

EASTHAM — The Eastham and Brewster fire departments were recently awarded a grant for the purchase of new emergency medical equipment.

BARNSTABLE — A Hyannis man was ordered held on $1,500 cash bail after being arraigned in Barnstable District Court on Thursday on charges of assault and battery on a household member and threat to commit murder.

DENNIS — A West Harwich man was arrested on charges he was driving drunk when he crashed into the back of a pickup truck Thursday, injuring the other driver and a passenger in his own car before fleeing the scene, Dennis police said.

FALMOUTH — Advanced technology led police to a Falmouth man accused of stealing a woman's cellphone, according to Falmouth District Court records.