wbur – One of Cape Cod’s most iconic properties hit the market this week, and you can now own a piece of New England history.

Days cottages (or the flower cottages), the beachfront rentals located on the way to Provincetown along Route 6A in Truro, are up for sale with a price tag of $399,000 each. Listings for the cottages call it “a once in a lifetime opportunity to pick your very own flower.”

The row of 22 identical cottages has been owned by the Days family since 1931. Each is named after a flower. There’s Daisy, Zinnia, Violet, Rose and so on. Over the last eight decades, the cottages have served as a muse for artists and photographers who came to capture the essence of the Outer Cape. Plenty of tourists have been drawn to them too over the years.

Unfortunately, as much as I want one of these I think I’m going to have to pass. Is $400K a bit pricey for a tiny little cottage with zero privacy that’s in the middle of nowhere? That might have something to do with it, but there is a much bigger reason…

Basically, I don’t want to write an article about myself when I inevitably come home drunk and pass out in the wrong cottage. They all look EXACTLY alike. There is a 137% chance that if I lived in one of these things I would need to change my name to Dude Guy at some point.

P.S. Talk about a testament to how bad ass the ocean is, if you put these things in the woods in Alabama they would cost $17 each. We are all very lucky to live where we do.

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Fox – Police are asking for the public’s help identifying a man who they say stole money that were supposed to be donations.

The man is suspected of stealing a donation jar from a nonprofit that is adjacent to Dunkin Donuts in Wellfleet. Police did not release the name of the nonprofit. The theft took place Monday, Sept. 29 just before noon, according to police.

Police released surveillance video of the suspect walking down a hallway before he put on a hat and walked out of view. Anyone with information on the man’s identity is asked to call Officer Kevin LaRocco at 508-349-3702.

Since police didn’t release the name of the nonprofit I will. It’s called Mass Appeal and it is a FREE store for the needy, if that’s not enough they also feed people, help domestic violence victims and give toys to children. Just watch this video…

So now that we know who he stole from we can all agree that this guy won the gold medal at the douchebag olympics right? How many places are there to steal from? How morally bankrupt do you have to be to steal from these saints?

This dude might as well have broken into a single mother’s house, ate all her food, stolen her kids toys and punched her in the face on the way out, it pretty much accomplishes the same thing in the end.

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CapeNews.net – Geoff Spillane – Pay-as-you-throw was on the mind of Mashpee Town Manager Joyce M. Mason and Mashpee Department of Public Works director Catherine E. Laurent before last month’s vote by the board of selectmen and this week’s public hearing.

The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection announced October 16 that the Town of Mashpee has been awarded $45,150 by the Patrick Administration for “pay-as-you-throw start-up funds.”

The funding is earmarked for towns establishing PAYT programs, and is disbursed to assist with start-up costs, including producing public education materials, and purchasing PAYT bags and recycling bins.

The town was also awarded $1,500 for food waste collection containers, and $1,000 for educational materials for a drop-off recycling program.

According to the Sustainable Materials Recovery Program website, the grant application would have needed to be submitted by 11:59 PM on Wednesday, June 11, 2014.

Ms. Mason said that she told Ms. Laurent to apply for the grant in the event the town decided to roll out a PAYT program.

Interesting move by Mashpee Selectmen and town officials. Not only did they quietly vote for this program, even though the citizens have voted it down twice. We now find out that they had already applied for a grant back in June? So much for transparency from public officials eh?

Here’s the thing that bothers me about “Pay As You Throw” programs. They insinuate that right now trash pick up is a free service. Not true. In most towns we have a symbiotic pay as you throw relationship with the government in place already. It’s called…

We pay taxes – You act responsibly with our money, operate with a balanced budget, and pick up our fucking trash.

It’s not a complicated relationship and it’s worked flawlessly for decades. Guess what? The people are still holding up our end of the equation, the question for the politicians is, can they say the same?

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HyannisNews.com – Tonight we have your typical ‘HyTown man goes berserks, and smashes front door, while waiving a knife around’ story…

(… sorry, it was all I could find on such a slow and dreary night.)

Last night, police rushed to the Noah Shelter at 77 Winter Street for an out of control man who became violent.
The Noah Shelter, run by the Housing Assistance Corporation, has been an emergency-access homeless shelter for men and women since 1984.

It’s a 60-bed shelter which attempts to provide a safe place for people to sleep. It ordinarily operates at full capacity and has served the local homeless population well.

The thriving shelter is like the ballpark in the popular 1989 movie Field of Dreams…
“You build it, [they] will come…”

… and ‘come’ they have! The homeless and downtrodden flock to HyTown in droves. For decades, it has been an ongoing boon for those who provide services for the homeless in Hyannis… and there’s no end in sight.

Once again Hyannis News proving that it is the best news website on Cape Cod. I’m not really going to comment on the actual story, pontificating on the craziness of some homeless guy is kind of like hitting yourself in the head over and over with a hammer. It feels really good when you stop. I do however have a serious question…

The other day I went with Fat Kid (our ad/operations guy) on his rounds in Hyannis. Usually when I go to Hyannis it’s for a specific purpose, it’s been a while since I’ve driven around the place and I was absolutely flabbergasted by the number of homeless people we saw. I’m pretty sure there are more homeless people per square mile in Hyannis than there are in Boston.

What the hell is the story here? Is it the milder weather on Cape? Are they all from Hyannis or do they move there? Is it because there are 60 person homeless shelters like the above article states? What came first, the chicken or the egg? If you shut down the shelters would the homeless move? All I know is I hope someone smarter than me is thinking of a fix, because if I were a tourist and I witnessed what we saw the other day I would inject Ebola into my eyeballs before I ever went back to Hyannis on vacation.

P.S. Ever wonder why homeless people in the north don’t just start walking south in September? It’s not like they don’t have the time, just get to where it’s warm year round, even birds have that shit figured out.

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Psst… hey, did you know that we are bringing The Wailers to Cape Cod to play the Legend album in its entirety? Seriously, the entire album, in order. Just look at this songlist…

1. Is This Love
2. No Woman, No Cry
3. Could You Be Loved
4. Three Little Birds
5. Buffalo Soldier
6. Get Up, Stand Up
7. Stir It Up
8. One Love/People Get Ready
9. I Shot The Sheriff
10. Waiting In Vain
11. Redemption Song
12. Satisfy My Soul
13. Exodus
14. Jammin

Here’s a video of a recent Wailers show, they are sounding better than ever…

And now you can get tickets in person to avoid internet fees at Mocean in Mashpee Commons. Spinnaker Records on Main St. in Hyannis, The Dead Zone in South Yarmouth or The Beach House in North Falmouth. The show is 18+. Selectah Niko Onedrop will be opening the night at 7 p.m. and The Wailers take the stage at 8 p.m. so it’ll be over early since it’s a Thursday night.

This show is selling faster than anything we’ve done so be sure to get your tickets in advance at one of these spots or online HERE

Be sure to join the Facebook event page HERE for updates

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The crack Real Cape street team is reporting a car INSIDE the Lost Dog Pub. As always, since we are a hard hitting news source we don’t know one single detail about the actual story, but we do have this photo that looks like it was taken from inside a jail cell… so there’s that.

thanks to Damon for the pic

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The South Shore might want to issue a warning to make sure nobody decides to go splashing around in Kayaks like those two brain surgeons in Plymouth. Katharine has a tendency to come in close, we wouldn’t want any repeats of what happened a few weeks ago.

Track Katharine HERE

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