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Scituate Harbormaster Knocked Off Dock Into Harbor By Wave

John Cronin

Stephen Mone, the Scituate harbormaster, was trying to re-secure the harbormaster's boat to a dock in Scituate Harbor in three-to-four-foot waves during the storm Thursday when a wave came over the dock and knocked him into the harbor. Stephan Hill, manager of The Mill Wharf Restaurant, which is nearby, saw it happen, rushed to the scene, and helped Mone, who was exhausted, get out of the icy water.

Cape Cod Elected Officials Stand Up To Illegal-Immigration Advocates
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Cape Cod Elected Officials Stand Up To Illegal-Immigration Advocates

NBP Editorial Board

Congratulations to the Barnstable County Assembly of Delegates, a little-known regional government entity on Cape Cod that could easily have bowed to the pressure of illegalistas this week to snub the county sheriff's cooperation with federal immigration authorities.

Instead, five of the assembly's 15 delegates, representing about 57 percent of the Cape's population, voted no on Wednesday on a resolution expressing opposition to the sheriff's agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (Under the assembly's proportional-voting system, that means the anti-immigration-enforcement resolution failed.)

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