CWN Storm Team: Latest storm making for slippery travel on parts of the Cape BARNSTABLE - The latest storm is making for slippery travel on parts of the Cape. 11:00 p.m. update: A car slid into the side of a house at 36 Oak Neck Road in Hyannis about 10:30 p.m. No injuries or serious damage was reported but National Grid had to be called because the gas line into the house was compromised. 6:30 p.m. update: Several fender benders have been reported. A rollover on the eastbound side of Route 6 in the Barnstable stretch sent the driver to Cape Cod Hospital with minor injuries and caused some delays for the commute. Meanwhile, the outer Cape is not seeing much, In Provincetown as of 6:30 p.m. it was 35 degrees and the ground is still bare. A Coastal Flood Warning is in effect for late tonight's high tide.
Ford Focus catches fire
SOUTH DENNIS – Around 2:50 p.m. Wednesday a fire erupted in the engine compartment of a Ford Focus parked near the Subway franchise at 42 Route 134 just a few hundred yards from Route 28 and Dennis Fire Headquarters.
Firefighters arrived on scene quickly and hit the fire just as it was escaping from the engine compartment. The scene was secured about ten minutes later.
Dennis Fire officials are investigating the cause of the blaze.
Story and photos by Kevin Morley/CWN
Crane crew beats Mother Nature to steeple removal
SOUTH YARMOUTH – A crew from Baxter Crane & Rigging removed the spire from the Bass River Community Baptist Church early Wednesday ahead of the latest high wind event on Cape Cod.
Located at 84 Old Main Street in South Yarmouth just west of Yarmouth Fire Department headquarters, the church is reportedly no longer active. In fact, the Town of Yarmouth is listed as the owner.
Yarmouth firefighters had recently observed that the church’s spire was breaking away from its supporting structure.
The town’s building department took responsibility for removing the threat and called in Baxter Crane & Rigging, which deployed its 55-ton Grove/Krupp All-Terrain Crane with a 125-foot boom and man-basket.
After making holes in the side of the spire, workers threaded through a lifting strap.
They then cut the last tenuous connection holding the spire to the structure and lifted it away, lowering it gently to earth.
Story and photos by Kevin Morley/CWN
News briefs: Newlyweds spend "honeymoon" night in jail
HYANNIS - A newly married couple in Hyannis wound up spending their honeymoon night apart-in jail. Marissa Putigano-Keene, 22, of Hyannis allegedly tried to run down a woman and her son in the North Street parking lot Monday evening. The victim had reportedly had a past relationship with the groom. Putigano-Keene was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon (car), disorderly conduct and destruction of property after reportedly backing into a fence behind Alberto's Ristorante. The groom Timothy Keene, 37, of Hyannis was charged with disorderly conduct. Police say alcohol was a factor in the incident.
Bizarre case of vandalism in Falmouth
FALMOUTH - Police are investigating a "sticky" case of vandalism. A woman on Upshur Drive reported that someone poured crushed pineapple all over her car including the drivers seat sometime Sunday night. The woman reportedly told police she has no idea who may have targeted her or why.
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