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One Lane In Each Direction

The Sagamore Bridge will be undergoing repairs today, and there will be lane restictions in place until the project is completed.

An $8.5 million US Army Corps of Engineers project is doing extensive repairs on both the Sagamore and Bourne Bridges. This time, it's Sagamore. They're repairing some steel on the bridge.

Wins Girls Division 2 State Championship

Duxbury High School's girls hockey teamwas taking no shorts today at the Gahhhden, straight handling a game gaggle of grrrls from Falmouth. The final score was 3-1.

Hannah Murphy, who just may be the best player in the state, banged in 2 goals to lead the Green Dragons. Liz Collins netted the game winner, and Friend Weiler coached the whole thing.

Seeks To Represent The 5th Barnstable District

We chatted with Patrick Ellis, who is running in the newly reformed 5th Barnstable District.

- The top 10 list of Irish towns in the US:

Milton, MA 38%
Pearl River, NY 38%
Braintree, MA 36%
Collingdale, PA 35%
Marshfield, MA 35%
Scituate, MA 35%
Gloucester City, NJ 34%
Drexel Hill, PA 34%
Pembroke, MA 34%
Weymouth, MA 33%

NCAA Update

New England was eliminated from the NCAA tournament with the defeat of both Harvard and defending champion UConn.

Vanderbilt 79, Harvard 70

Harvard was the 12th seed, and took on #5 Vanderbilt. Vandy is often called the Harvard of the South, but it is only so in the manner that Orleans is the New Orleans of the North.

Snatches Confederacy From Gingrich, Romney

The 2012 Republican Primary season just got a lot more interesting as Rick Santorum swept to victory in Mississippi and Alabama last night.

Falmouth 3, Westwood 2

First off, I'd like to address the Boston Globe's mad disrepeck of Cape Cod in their high school sports coverage. I didn't get to attend the Falmouth/Westwood girl's hockey game, so I went to the Globe to find the pertinent info. The Globe notes that Falmouth beat Westwood, but it only lists the goal scorers from Westwood.

Cape Cod Central greatly expanding offerings for this year

Among the joys at Edaville is the annual visit of Thomas the Train.