What’s happening on Cape Dec. 24-30 (Cape Cod Times)

Cape Cod News

• A Strong Year For Cape Cod Five
  A boost in assets and loans led to a 3.1 percent year-over-year increase in The Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank's profits. The bank reported $13 million in net income for the year. […]
• A Scramble to Rescue Dolphins
  No explanation has emerged for the unusually high number of dolphins landing on Cape Cod beaches. […]
• Cape Cod Dolphin Strandings At Record High For January
  The dolphin strandings reported in Massachusetts have been a record event for the Cape Cod area. Since early January, 129 common dolphins have been found stranded on the beaches, said Katie Moore a marine mammal rescue and research manager for the International Fund for Animal Welfare. She said they were able to release 37 of 54 animals recovered alive, but […]
• 129 Dolphins Have Beached Themselves On Cape Cod And No One Knows Why
  More dolphins have beached themselves on the shores of Cape Cod in the past three weeks than typically beach in an entire year, and marine biologists have no idea why. This is the "single largest stranding" of dolphins in the Northeast since at least 1999, according to the International Fund for Animal Welfare , and rescuers anticipate more to come […]
• Green Blog: A Scramble to Rescue Dolphins
  No explanation has emerged for the unusually high number of dolphins landing on Cape Cod beaches. […]
• Cape weighs in on planned closing of Taunton State Hospital
  A Cape Cod legislator and advocates for the mentally ill are criticizing state plans to shut Taunton State Hospital by the end of the year. Critics say shutting the hospital would force families to drive longer distances for visits because the nearest long-term facilities would be in Worcester and Tewksbury. […]
• 129 animals found stranded since January
  The unexplained beachings of scores of dolphins over the past month along Cape Cod, Massachusetts, is the largest "single-species event" of its kind on record in the northeastern United States, a marine mammal specialist said Monday. […]