An official at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority said yesterday that the Federal Railroad Administration still needs to greenlight a plan for speed limits along the route.

Cahir died unexpectedly Wednesday at age 72. Though he served in the House for 14 years after his election in 1985, he was known for much more than that, local leaders say.

Paula Degree, a board member at PFLAG Cape Cod who is transgender, said she’s glad Keating spoke out.

Waterfront property has long represented the best of where you can live. But the changing climate — sea level rise and coastal storms — could be reshaping that idea. On Surf Drive, in Falmouth, is a property for sale with a great view and a lot of questions attached.

Rep. Bill Keating, of Massachusetts, called Republican Chairman Keith Self "out of order" and questioned Self's sense of decency after the chair repeatedly misgendered the first openly transgender member of the House at a hearing.

"From Sea To Shining Sea: Katharine Lee Bates and the story of "America the Beautiful'" a new film by writer and director John de Graaf will premiere at the Falmouth Public Library on Main Street, Thursday, March 13 at 7 p.m. The screening will include a question and answer session with the director and Bates biographer Melinda Ponder and local author Leonard Miele.

The state Department of Transportation sent letters by mail and hand delivery last week to 15 property owners — 12 residential and three commercial.

The state recently certified the Barnstable County Water Quality Laboratory to test drinking water for the presence of PFAS, a group of chemicals that have been linked to serious health impacts.

The rally was part of a national movement that's grown in response to the Trump administration's policies, which organizers say are a threat to scientific progress.

The payment will settle a public records battle between the Guard and the Association to Preserve Cape Cod over a failed plan to build a machine gun range at Joint Base Cape Cod.