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Not only do Real Cape shirts look great, they also result in people nodding each other approvingly in the supermarket because they know they are looking at someone who gets it. It’s kinda like how people in VW Bugs all wave at each other. Plus, the more shirts you buy, the bigger and better shows we can bring you. So yeah, buying a shirt is a win for all of Capekind.

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CapeNews.net – For many years, the Landfall Restaurant in Woods Hole has been a magnet on Sunday nights throughout the summer, attracting a young crowd to listen to live bands.

But an April 6 Falmouth Board of Selectmen decision to cut short the Sunday music license prompted owner Donald A. Estes to disband the Sunday entertainment.

“How can you have a tourist town without any nightlife?” Mr. Estes asked. “Pretty soon there won’t be any entertainment after midnight in Falmouth. It won’t be too much fun for young people to come to, or for people on vacation.”

The board approved an entertainment license good until 1 AM Monday through Saturday, and until midnight on Sundays, an hour earlier than previous summers. The restaurant patrons do not clear out until 11 PM, which does not leave enough time for music, he said.

He called the Sunday nights an “economic engine” that provided jobs for bartenders and a regular place for local musicians to play.

“There are very few places in Falmouth like this,” he said.

The restaurant had 30 nights of music last year, resulting in just one complaint, he added.

Over the years, Woods Hole resident Thomas Crane had made formal complaints about the late night music emanating across the water from the restaurant to his Juniper Point Road home a quarter of a mile away.

For those of you that aren’t aware, Sunday nights at The Landfall in Woods Hole are an institution. It was one of those things where you didn’t ever have to look anything up, ask where your friends were going, or pine over any decisions. If you were going out on Sunday night, you went to The Landfall to see The Old Silver Band, end of story. It’s been that way for years.

Now, because of one dude that lives a quarter of a mile away, thousands of people will no longer be able to enjoy one of the most popular nights the Upper Cape has to offer. It is simply asinine to think that one guy can ruin that many people’s good time. Falmouth should be ashamed of itself for this one.

Do you see that photo up there? It says “celebrating our 70th season”. SEVENTY. This is not a new thing, The Landfall and the Estes family have been doing this, and doing it well, for a very long time. Now it seems like if it were up to the town they wouldn’t be doing it for much longer. This was such a popular night that I’d imagine it has to be taking away a good sized chunk of their bottom line, and it has been taken away by the very town they have been employing, feeding and serving for 70 years. It’s appalling.

Where does this end? The Landfall is surrounded by other businesses on all sides. The Steamship is right next door, WHOI and MBL are neighbors, there’s a half dozen other restaurants and bars within a few hundred yards. Downtown Woods Hole is as commercial of an area as there is on Cape Cod. If we can’t have fun there, where are we supposed to do it? This is a huge loss for The Landfall, Woods Hole, Falmouth, and Cape Cod.

The most frustrating aspect to all of this Fun Police nonsense is that we, the silent majority, outnumber them by such a huge margin, but for some reason our representatives cater to their every whim. What kind of democratic society are we living in when ONE man can end the enjoyment of thousands?

The struggle is real folks, it’s time to take back Cape Cod.

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Nothing says spring more than banjo music, and nobody on earth does banjo music better than Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn. So dust off the cobwebs, wake up from your winter slumber and get to the Martha’s Vineyard Performing Arts Center tonight.

In case you don’t know, it’ll sound a little something like this…

For all of you mainlanders, what better reason could there be for your first trip of the season to Martha’s Vineyard? Off season rates and world class music in a world class location. Seems about perfect to me…

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ML – The state’s medical marijuana program is projected to run a $1.17 million deficit in fiscal year 2015 despite a state law requiring the program to pay for itself, according to the program’s annual report.

Nichole Snow, deputy director of Massachusetts Patient Advocacy Alliance, a medical marijuana patient advocacy group, said the deficit “shows that the people who were in charge originally really didn’t put enough thought into it.”

Scott Zoback, a spokesman for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, said, “The administration is in the process of revamping a poorly functioning medical marijuana program it inherited in order to best serve patients safely and ensure the system is living up to the law passed by Massachusetts voters.”

According to projections in a report released March 1, the fund that operates the medical marijuana program is expected to take in $1.74 million this fiscal year, which includes a surplus from last year. The money comes primarily from registration and renewal fees from dispensaries and patients. Dispensaries must pay $50,000 a year to operate, while patients pay $50 annually.

Expenses, however, are expected to be $2.9 million, with the bulk of that going to information technology and staff salaries.

Absolutely unreal. If you ever want a perfect example of how horribly run Taxachusetts is, look no further than this disaster. While all the other states that have legalized medical marijuana are raking in millions of dollars hand over fist, Massachusetts is somehow managing to LOSE money. Our state is so inept that it can’t even make money in the drug business.

As horribly as Massachusetts has botched this monetarily, the lost revenue pales in comparison to how badly they have failed the citizens of this state. We passed medical marijuana in 2012 by a margin of 63% for and 37% against. In a general election that is a LANDSLIDE. It is now 2015 and there is still not one single medical marijuana dispensary open, yet there are thousands of patients that have been paying the state for their med cards for years. I repeat, sick people are paying the state their hard earned money to register in a medical marijuana program that provides NO MARIJUANA.

Whether you are for or against medical marijuana you simply can’t over look the systemic failure of our representatives to actually implement the will of the people. When the people vote for something, pay for it, and have failed to get it three years later, democracy is broken, plain and simple.

P.S. The woman in charge of this entire program until very recently now runs Cape Cod Healthcare. Sleep well.

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CapeCodTimes.com – A 19-year-old New York man was charged with disorderly conduct and unlawful wiretap after videotaping a prank at two banks in Truro and Eastham.

According to a police report by Truro Police Sgt. Carrie DeAngelo, Dude Guy of Suffern, N.Y., and his 15-year-old sister entered Seamen’s Bank on Route 6 in Truro and Guy told the teller he wanted to make a deposit, and held up a plastic bag containing a milky white substance.

The teller told him it was not that kind of bank, according to the report.

The teller said the man was straight-faced and appeared to be serious. After the pair left, bank officials alerted other branches. Guy repeated his request at the Eastham branch where tellers noticed the woman was filming the interaction and got a license plate and vehicle description. When stopped by Eastham police, Dude Guy was riding in the car with his sister and his parents. He told police he was making a funny video for a college course.

After DeAngelo arrived at the stop she noticed that Guy was filming her while she was asking questions. Guy handed over the plastic bag saying it was liquid soap. Underneath his sweatshirt, he was wearing a recorder that recorded audio when the camera was on. DeAngelo took possession of the recording equipment to be used as evidence.

His parents became angry and argumentative, DeAngelo wrote, protesting that it was just a joke, and that he didn’t hurt anyone or make any threats. Guy was charged with disorderly conduct and unlawful wiretap for taping people without their consent. On Monday he signed an agreement with prosecutors that allowed him to avoid arraignment and a record as long as he performs 40 hours of community service, is respectful when making future videos, and submits a two-page essay.

Seems like this was inevitable to me. When you name your bank Seamen’s you have to expect that at some point a kid is going to show up with a bag full of fake sperm and a video camera. If they wanted to avoid this situation they should have changed the name of the bank as soon as the first episode of Jackass was aired.

It is nice to see young families out spending time with each other though. It seems like it would be a little awkward for mom and dad to drive around with Dude Guy, his 15 year old sister and a bag full of fake sperm, but who are we to judge? You know what they say, the family that films spank bank pranks together, stays together.

P.S. Hey Dude, if you read this, please send us the video when it is done. We are dying to see it.

 

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CapeCodTimes.com – Sarah Outen’s rowboat “Happy Socks” is up on blocks in a boatyard with a fresh coat of red bottom paint. It’s dwarfed by the cabin cruisers and fishing vessels around it, with their powerful motors and sleek, sturdy hulls. But this tiny vessel, with its enclosed bow and stern and open rowing platform, will travel farther, and likely endure more over the next four months than any of her sturdier-looking brethren.

Outen, a native of England, rolled into Chatham a week ago after a fall and winter cycling through record-setting cold and snow from Alaska, across the Canadian prairies, and then into the U.S. She’s had just a month to prepare for the final leg of her 25,000 mile, 4½ year round-the-world journey by rowboat, bicycle and kayak – a 3,000-mile row across the Atlantic.

4 1/2 years?!? 25,000 miles?!? This woman is no joke. I’m not exaggerating when I say I don’t think I’ve ever done anything for 4 1/2 years straight, let alone circle the globe on a rowboat, bicycle and a kayak. Talk about making the rest of us feel bad about ourselves, couldn’t she have at least taken a Greyhound across Canada?

You know what? Sarah Outen just motivated me. I just might put on some pants today. I usually don’t even think about it until Thursday or so, but I think after reading this I am turning over a new leaf. I wonder if touching the people the way she has touched me is what keeps her going. Maybe she’ll read this and knowing that she motivated me to get dressed on a Monday is what will get her through the final 3,000 miles of her journey. You’re welcome for the motivation Sarah.

P.S. Let’s all hope Sarah makes it further than those two jackasses from Australia that left during the worst winter storm we’ve had since the one that wiped out all of our Wooly Mammoths.

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