If you’ve never heard of Homeless for the Holidays it is a fantastic charity event. Firefighters from around the Cape camp outside for days and people are urged to stop by anytime and bring donations of toys, food, or money. There are local bands that play, the atmosphere is festive and the mood is giving.

We will be keeping you informed of all of the towns schedules (see below) along the way for this great event starting with tonight.

There will be a kick-off party for the 2014 Bourne Homeless for the Holidays on November 20th at 6:00pm at the Mezza Luna Restaurant. Bring a new unwrapped toy or non-perishable food and enjoy a free buffet dinner. Entertainment will include The Boston Police Gaelic Column of Pipes and Drums, The Halligans and HollowTree. Our old pal and all around awesome guy Matty B from Pixy 103 will be on hand, The Marines and Santa Claus will make an appearance as well. There will be a silent auction and a 50/50 raffle to benefit the Bourne Food Pantry.

Follow the Bourne HFTH Facebook page HERE

Follow the Falmouth HFTH Facebook page HERE

Follow the Mashpee HTFH Facebook page HERE

Follow the Cotuit HTFH Facebook page HERE

Follow the Yarmouth HTFH Facebook page HERE

If we missed any towns please let us know!

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CCT – It will be smooth sailing across the Sagamore next week for the Thanksgiving holiday. According to a US Army Corps. of Engineers release all lanes on both the Sagamore Bridge and the Bourne Bridge will be open to motorists from Wednesday, November 26 through Sunday, November 30.

Travel lane restrictions will be back in effect on the Sagamore on Monday, December 1.

Smooth Sailing? People of Cape Cod rejoice!

Isn’t it such a nice treat for us to actually have two whole lanes onto Cape Cod on the busiest travel days of the year? I don’t know about you, but I feel truly blessed by this holiday miracle. It almost took my mind off of the fact that it’s taking them longer to paint this bridge in the year 2014 than it did for them to build it in the 1930’s.

So yeah, thanks for being so gracious and allowing taxpayers to actually use their bridge for a few days, we’d get you a cookie or something but we’re kinda broke from living in Taxachusetts.

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NJ.com – On the lakeside slopes of the Kittatinny Mountains, wild garlic blooms. The flowers are tiny, pink and purple in spring, white as fall approaches. You have to know precisely where to look — the delicate flowers need moisture and sunlight to flourish.

Elsewhere at Latour, someone is stopping by the kitchen at 2 a.m. to add the next batch of mushrooms to a sauce (infusions every six hours produce the best flavor), and another kitchen expert (or maybe the same guy) is peeling, by hand, each kernel of fresh corn, a job that’s a day’s work for about a dozen ears. And once a week, a marine biologist delivers 5 gallons of seawater from Cape Cod; the chef cooks vegetables in it, plus oysters and Dungeness crab.

Jersey for the win! I don’t know about you folks, but when I think New Jersey, I think class. It’s no wonder this restaurant would go to such great lengths to make sure they have the absolute cream of the crop when it comes to seawater for cooking. Anyone who doesn’t know that Cape Cod seawater tastes 38 times better than any other seawater is an uncultured hick.

Seriously though? Does anyone on Cape Cod even cook their veggies in Cape Cod seawater? The marine biologist that delivers these buckets must have a hard time not laughing in their faces when they actually hand him money for a pail full of water he scooped up in the freakin’ ocean.

I love great food as much as anyone, but these over the top pretentious food people are hilarious, what’s next? Mars Dust Encrusted Three Eyed Pilgrim Nuclear Halibut with a side of Braised Eucalyptus regurgitated by a Kobe Koala?

P.S. That photo is of an actual dish from Restaurant Latour. It looks like a bridesmaid got too drunk, ate her corsage, and puked it up in the morning. Seriously, is that baby’s breath?

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WL – Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical High School of Bourne is dismissing all its students today at 11:30 a.m. According to Superintendent Robert Dutch, a water main break has temporarily disrupted all water service in the building, requiring its closure.

I know this isn’t exactly cutting edge news, but I couldn’t stop thinking about something after reading it. How great of a feeling is it to be a high school student when out of nowhere they suddenly tell you that school’s over for the day? Such a glorious gift from the gods when you least expect it.

Is there anything you can compare that feeling to as an adult? A water main break at work just isn’t the same. When you are a kid you know that you are absolutely stuck at school. You can’t leave, there’s simply no way out. You go from being completely trapped to total freedom in a split second. Too bad we can’t bottle that feeling and sell it, we’d be millionaires.

I don’t know about you, but a water main break induced school cancellation out of nowhere when I was in high school meant you immediately got a case of Natty Light, hit the woods and started living. I’m talking about L-I-V-I-N. Drink some brews, smoke some butts, make fun of your friends, make out with someone, drink some more brews and do something stupid. What a country!

Maybe we should have a high school water main break themed party where we all drink cheap beer during the day and pretend that the biggest stress we have in life is not getting the clap from our prom date.

P.S. High school’s over Hippie, get over it.

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From one of our readers…

Get your aquatic realty soon folks, the oceans are rising.

“Oh Cape Cod we’ve got some history
All the booze, drugs and good times you’ve provided me
It’s gonna happen eventually
Cape Cod is gonna be swallowed by the sea!”

thanks nick

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WL – Police said a Cape Cod man walked into a Manomet restaurant, grabbed a bottle of whiskey from behind the bar and walked out Monday.

The incident occurred shortly after 5 p.m. at the Marshland Restaurant on State Road.

Police found the 37-year-old East Falmouth man walking just north on State Road near the Manomet fire station. He smelled of whiskey and officers found the whiskey bottle nearby.

I had to read this a few times to make sure it wasn’t me. Either way this is a pretty boss move. The people over the bridge may have heard that we like to drink down here on The Cape, but this restaurant in Manomet just got smacked upside the head with some truth. This Cape Cod dude just sauntered into the place all nonchalant and…

“Would you like a menu sir?”

“No thanks, I’m just gonna grab this bottle of whiskey back here behind the bar and take a walk down State Road, thanks.”

You know that old saying… “You can take the guy off of Cape Cod, but you can’t leave bottles of whiskey behind the bar unattended when he’s around or he’ll walk away with them right in your face.”

P.S. Still only 87% sure this wasn’t me.

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PLYMOUTH – A homeless Level III sex offender called local police Monday to complain that he was being harassed while looking for a place to live in town.

Capt. John Rogers said the man is properly registered as a sex offender in Dennisport and is complying with requirements for homeless offenders to check in with police every 30 days. He is traveling in a converted white school bus outfitted with decorative curtains and an assortment of bumper stickers.

The man called police just before 2 p.m. Monday to report he was being harassed while parked at a restaurant on Samoset Street. Police determined the bus was too large for the parking spaces there and asked him to leave.

Oh boo hoo! People aren’t rolling out the welcome mat for your customized diddle bus? Are the upstanding members of society being big meanies to the level 3 sex offender that keeps lingering in public places? No red carpet for a dude that police have deemed to be at a “high risk” of re offending?

Hey, you know what’s a good way to keep from being harassed? Don’t be a registered sex offender and then go on a tour of our public places in the same type of vehicle that children ride to school everyday. Maybe a level 3 sex offender should keep a low profile instead of going on some super creepy Magical Mystery Tour.

Sorry we’re not sorry bro… no sympathy for the devil.

P.S. Nice work everyone, we’ve made this guy famous.

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