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MA legislators to meet with the Mashpee Finance Committee June 9th

Meeting will be open to the public and televised on Channel 18

The Town of Mashpee has announced the State Senator Dan Wolf and State Representatives Randy Hunt and Robert Vieira will all meet with the Mashpee Finance Committee on Thursday, June 9, 2011, at 6:30 p.m. at the Mashpee Town Hall.  The meeting is open to the public and will be televised on cable Channel 18.

According to a release from the town, each legislator will be given the opportunity to respond to questions posed by each member of the town's finance committee (Oskar Klenert, Chairman; Chuck Gasior, Vice Chairman; George Schmidt; Chris Avis; Mark Davini and Robert Chalker).  The questions will be in no particular order and will include topics of interest to Mashpee residents including:

• wastewater treatment funding
• medical insurance cost containment legislation
• pension reform
• dealing with unfunded liability of future medical and pension costs
• controlling special education costs
• proposed amendments to the Community Preservation Act
• funding for coastal erosion projects
• funding for drinking water protection projects

The Town Hall is at 16 Great Neck Road North in Mashpee.

State announces free recreational fishing weekend June 4 & 5

No license needed to fish in state waters--saltwater or fresh this Saturday and Sunday

The MA Division of Marine Fisheries announced Tuesday, that this coming weekend, June 4 and 5 will be free recreational fishing days.  According to a DMF release, a fishing license will not be required on either day for fishing in any state body of water--saltwater or fresh.

By law, the director of the division may designate two days per year as free saltwater fishing days.  This year, the state's Marine Recreational Fisheries Development Panel recommended that they be the same two days the MA Division of Fish and Wildlife have designated as free freshwater fishing days, according to the DMF.

Until recently, only freshwater licenses were required for recreational fishing. Licenses are now required to fish in all state waters. In January, the Department of Fish and Game unveiled their online licensing system called MassFishHunt.  But this coming weekend, no license will be needed and the state is encouraging anglers to bring family and friends along on their fishing expeditions June 4 & 5.

Source: MA Division of Marine Fisheries.

NORAD to conduct exercise flights over Cape and Islands Wednesday

Exercise to test NORAD's response capability to be conducted on June 1

Between the hours of 10 a.m. and 12 a.m. Wednesday, F-15 fighter jets from the 104th Fighter Wing out of Westfield will participate in an Alert Force exercise over Eastern Massachusetts, according to a MA Air National Guard release. Provincetown, Hyannis, Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard are included in the exercise area.

According to the MA Air National Guard, along with the F-15s, low-speed civilian propeller aircraft will be flown by the Civil Air Patrol during exercise.  The exercise, facilitated in partnership with the US Northern Command and the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), is intended to train alert pilots on intercept procedures. The purpose of the training is to prepare the MA Air National Guard to defend the Northeast airspace against any airborne threat.

NORAD continuously conducts such exercises to test responses, systems and equipment, according to the MA Air National Guard. The exercises are carefully planned and controlled and involve scenarios including airspace restriction violations, hijackings and response to unknown aircraft.  Similar exercises have been conducted by NORAD throughout the United States and Canada since the inception of Operation Noble Eagle after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.

An increase in aircraft activity may be experienced over Provincetown, Hyannis and the Islands during the exercise.

Source: MA Air National Guard.

Memorial Day, 2011

Memorial Day, 2011

"My country right or wrong.  If right, to be kept right and if wrong to be set right."

- Sen. Carl Schurz, R. Mo., 1913

            I rode my bicycle downtown Monday morning to watch Falmouth's Memorial Day parade, and then I wandered over to the library lawn to attend the ceremonies there.  The usual lineup of collared clergy and garrison capped veterans led prayer and spoke movingly between musical interludes, with stirring performances of the Star Spangled Banner, the United States Navy Anthem and so forth.  It was, appropriately, all very solemn and sad.

            The most solemn sight, however, and the saddest for me, was the lone figure of a man I have known since high school standing stock still and silently throughout the ceremonies with his back turned to the podium across the wide, green lawn.  He was standing next to a stone marker, one of several which line one side of the curved Memorial Walk adjacent to Main Street in front of the Library.  Each of the stones is capped by a bronze plaque with the name of a young Falmouth man who was killed in action during one or another of America's several 20th Century wars.

              My old acquaintance was standing quiet vigil over the stone marker for someone else I had known in high school -someone who, as the boy I knew, had been an outstanding student, an athlete and all-around good-guy.  I was a year ahead of this young man in school, and he had succeeded me in the starting backfield of the Lawrence High football team the fall after I graduated in 1962.  I didn't know it back then, but when my son joined Boy Scout Troop 42 a few years ago, I learned that this young man had also been one of the Troop's first Eagle Scouts.

              He wasn't one of my close buddies in school, but he was a football teammate and  someone I both knew and liked. I was a townie kid back then, and this boy was from East Falmouth, as was the gentleman standing over his memorial stone on Monday, and I am almost certain that the two of them had grown up together, through Sunday School at St. Anthony's, kindergarten and grade school all the way through high school. 

            Then in 1963 they both went off to college, with the one who is now forever young having gone through ROTC.  He came out of college commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Army, then went to Viet Nam and had all that just snuffed out forever in 1968.  Something similar had happened to my Mom's favorite cousin, Lieutenant John Russo, a generation earlier while hitting the beach at Normandy, and she never really got over it.

            I often ride my bike downtown during the summer months, and every  time I pass those stone markers on Memorial Walk, my old teammate's marker is the only one that I really notice.  There were several young Falmouth kids killed in Viet Nam who are now remembered by the larger community  only by their stone markers next to the Library lawn, and once annually during the official Memorial Day ceremonies when their names are called out, but I had always sensed that this one kid  had a real future ahead of him -that he was someone who would make a difference in the world.  And every time I pass his stone marker I am reminded of how that promise would never be fulfilled, and how that is not merely tragic but absurdly obscene -as absurd and obscene as the American invasion and occupation of Viet Nam itself.

          We the people, all people as human beings and not just as Americans or some other artificial, "patriotic" categorization, seek meaning in our lives, and we sincerely want to find meaning in the lives of others we know and admire.  Over the decades, I had come to accept the fact that my fallen high-school friend, along with the others of my generation whose stones are lined along Memorial Walk -and so many thousands of others all across America,  had at least died in the war that would, for all time, stand clearly for the futility and cynicism of American military adventurism overseas.  Sadly, however, not even that can provide meaning today for the senseless loss of so many lives in the jungles of South East Asia some forty something years ago.

           The death count for the invasion and occupation of Iraq, which was solemnly recounted by one of the speakers at the podium on Monday, is "only" around 4,500 to date, a small fraction of the number killed in Viet Nam.  But the real tragedy of today's failed war for corporate opportunity in Iraq is as proof that we, the people of America, just let it happen again.  The real tragedy is that we have forgotten the hard  lesson of Viet Nam, and in so doing we have rendered meaningless the massive loss of young American lives in that singularly  futile, cynical and failed exercise of military adventurism.

          Now, please spare us all the right-wing cant about how those fallen young soldiers were  "fighting for freedom," either in Iraq today or in Viet Nam back then.  America's overseas wars, and we have started more of them during the 20th and 21st centuries than any other world power, have always been about one thing and one thing only -corporate opportunity to take advantage of another people's resources.

             Be it sugar, oil, rubber,  a natural gas pipeline or a convenient port for commercial shipping, the real focus of our overseas wars is always corporate profits, both in terms of expropriating foreign assets and in supporting the massive American defense industry with tax dollars and. more recently, a trillion or so  borrowed dollars.   That's another forgotten message, too -Ike's warning about the undue influence of the military-industrial complex on American politics.

              The real shame  is that so many Americans still let themselves fall for cynical corporate shills like Bush and Cheney, allowing themselves to be conned or scaremongered  into the idea that a war designed specifically to gain access to another country's resource, like the vast oil reserves in Iraq, is somehow all about "freedom" and "democracy."  The absurd obsenity is clearly seen on the editorial pages of a rag like the Boston Herald, all over Barney Frank for getting his boyfriend an entry level job at Fannie Mae, but not a peep about the multi-billion dollar no-bid contracts Cheney got for his pals at Halliburton, Bechtel and KB&R to help privatize his oil war in Iraq -a crystal clear example of Ike's military -industrial complex at work in American politics.

             So before spouting right wing slogans about "fighting for freedom" in Viet Nam -or Iraq today, consider this.  If the invasion and prolonged occupation of Viet Nam had anything to do with preserving our "freedom," why didn't we lose any freedom after we lost that war, which is what in fact happened?  If my high school friend and so many other young Americans were in fact fighting and dying  for "freedom" back then, a fight which we in fact lost,  please explain why we didn't see the jackbooted Viet Cong goosestepping down Main Street here in Falmouth on Monday, instead of the Falmouth High School band, the Brian Boru pipers and a cadre of aging veterans wearing American flag pins and garrison caps. 

            The really galling part of all this is the fact that, unlike my high school friend whose memory is now graven in Bronze on Memorial Walk, Bush and Cheney -the instigators who lied us into the invasion and occupation of Iraq, had both been of age back in the 'sixties, and both of them studiously avoided going over to Viet Nam and risking their lives and sanity there.  That kid I knew back then didn't have a rich Poppy like Bush did, to get him a cushy Stateside Guard gig, playing at flying jet fighters over the open skies of Alabama on the taxpayers' dime.

             That brave young man wasn't a cynical and soulless me-first creep like Cheney, either, an armchair "patriot"  who cheered for the troops but had all those "other priorities" back then and so just had to dodge the draft.  No, that young man believed the corporate  lies back then about fighting for "freedom" and, unlike Bush and Cheney, he did the honorable thing of acting on his beliefs by enlisting.  How different that genuine patriotism is from the kind of phony lip-service we always hear from the American right about "supporting the troops" while  electing GOP political hacks who want to cut veterans benefits.

             We can honor the memory of such young men on Memorial Day, victims of the corporate scam as much as they are heroes, without having to buy into the lie that the wars they fought and died in, be it Viet Nam then or Iraq today, had anything to do with freedom, democracy or anything else in defense of We the People of America.  As U.S. Senator, and former Union Army General Carl Schurz observed in 1898:

The man who in times of popular excitement boldly and unflinchingly resists hot-tempered clamor for an unnecessary war, and thus exposes himself to  opprobious imputation of a lack of patriotism or of courage, to the end of saving his country from a great calamity, is . . . at least as good a patriot as the hero of the most daring feat of arms, and a far better one than those who, with an ostentatious pretense of superior patriotism, cry for war before it is needed, especially if then they let others do the fighting.

Bush and Cheney are precisely the ostentatious pretenders that Sen. Schurz was talking about, and to recognize their utter cynicism and dishonesty in manipulating public opinion to support the oil war in Iraq for what it is, even as we honor those who fought and died in that war, is the essence of true patriotism.    

            It is also  the only way we can infuse any meaning at all into the  deaths of so many young Americans who have died in such wars for corporate opportunity, to recognize that they in fact died in service of a lie, like Bush's non-existent "imminent threat" in Iraq, the "smoking gun" that would somehow become a "mushroom cloud," and to vow that we won't ever let the corporate elite get away with it again.  Without that recognition and commitment, the loss of so many young American lives becomes nothing but a morass of absurd obscenity.   Without such commitment, the  honor remains with the fallen soldiers, but the shame falls on us as We the People,.

Afterword

          Professor Gordon Ourside has kindly offered to provide the following musical afterword to this post, which fairly and succinctly summarizes the main point.  That is, simply stated, if you don't want to see your children killed in a needless and pointless war, don't vote for the politicians who want to start such wars on behalf of the corporate elite.

          Instead, just say that can't never happen no more -and really mean it the next time around.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn?s Best Defense

Dominique Strauss-Kahn's voracious sexual appetite has been a French open secret

At noon on Saturday, May 14th, a housekeeper/chambermaid at the Sofitel New York luxury hotel was notified that the guest in Suite 2806 had checked out and to go ahead in and clean it.

To her surprise, the guest was still there. She alleges that he immediately grabbed her, assaulted her and attempted to rape her in spite of her efforts to fight him off.

Escaping his clutches, she ran out the door and down the hall, screaming as she went. Terrified, her clothing and hair in disarray, she told hotel security what had happened and 911 was called around 1:00 pm. The police quickly ascertained the identity of the guest and after determining that he was about to leave the country aboard an Air France plane, asked Port Authority police to detain him. He was turned over to NYC detectives, placed in a holding cell, and at 2:15 am Sunday morning, charged with "a criminal sexual act, attempted rape, and unlawful imprisonment." He was then taken to the Special Victims Unit, where those charged with sexual assaults are held, and underwent physical and mental evaluations.

Some in France wondered why in the world no one had talked this woman out of pressing charges against a man who was head of the all-powerful International Monetary Fund and a well-known French political figure. Within two days of his arrest, Tristane Banon, a French journalist, reported that she, in fact, was talked out of charging him with attempted rape back in 2002. She gave in because she thought she would not be taken seriously and she was afraid it would have a negative impact on her career as a journalist. Taking courage from the actions of the housekeeper, she decided to press charges and engaged an attorney.

Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry of BusinessInsider.com wrote, "This is perhaps the most serious allegation, after last night's, against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, but DSK's voracious sexual appetite has been an open secret in French political and media circles for many years."

In his article in the UK's Guardian, Dean Baker pointed out that the housekeeper's superiors at the hotel might well have attempted to pressure her to forget it by implying that she could lose her job except that that option was off the table because she is a member of a union. Her contract protects her from being fired for reporting sexual harassment or assault. Or from having to oblige a guest like Strauss-Kahn who, after checking in on Friday, May 13th, is said to have called down to the desk to invite the receptionist to come up for a cocktail.

In some places in our world, a woman can only bring charges of rape against a man if she able to produce four adult males who witnessed the attack and are willing to testify on her behalf. In other words, virtually never. Why must the witnesses be men? Under our worldwide system of patriarchy, a man's word carries more weight than a woman's. An exception would be made in the case of a black man being accused of rape by a white woman.

In the past, a woman brave enough to lodge charges came in contact with an all male police force and, if her case moved forward at all, she then entered the all male world of yesterday's courtroom where she faced a phalanx of men, usually far more privileged than she. In this atmosphere, men got off for the simple reason that it was her word against his.

With the advent of DNA testing, this strategy for defending male privilege no longer holds water. Now there is a new barrier. In March 2010, a CBS investigation found that thousands and thousands of rape kits containing DNA evidence were sitting on shelves in police warehouses around the country with nothing being done to bring the accused to court.

"Consent" has now become THE main defense against charges of rape. Benjamin Brafman, one of DSK's lawyers, offered it up at his client's arraignment on Monday, May 16th, when he stated that the forensic evidence "will not be consistent with a forcible encounter."

In general, the male view of what constitutes "consent" is fuzzy. The woman is thought to have signaled consent if she accepts a ride in his car or she goes to his frat room so they could have a quiet place to talk or, even though she says "No," John Wayne, himself, knew that she really meant "Yes."

Since DSK was thought to be planning to resign from the IMF in order to run for president, some of his colleagues believe that he was framed. According to this theory, DSK's political enemies paid this woman to enter his suite, entice him into having sex, and then charge him with rape. A prominent European leftist even went so far as to "question the woman's motives in having entered Strauss-Kahn's room by herself."

It is difficult to match either consent or a set-up with the alleged rapist's history. Many in France concede that Strauss-Kahn is a "womanizer," a philanderer, a man who does not intend to, or for various reasons cannot, marry any of the women he is busy seducing.

Gilles Avary, a member of the European Parliament, and, like DSK, a member of the Socialist Party, wrote on his blog, "Everyone knows that Dominique Strauss-Kahn is a libertine, (Note: a person who is morally or sexually unrestrained) and that he is distinguished from others by the fact that he doesn't try to hide it. In puritanical America, infiltrated by rigorous Protestantism, financial misdeeds are far more tolerated than pleasures of the flesh."

A French actress wondered on TV whether there was a woman who hadn't been cornered, i.e., groped, by Dominique Strauss-Kahn? Thierry Ardisson, the host of the show where in 2008 Banon related what had happened to her, later commented: "Everyone knew. I have fourteen female friends who told me 'He tried it with me.' ... I think this guy is sick. ... He needs to go to rehab."

A French woman who worked for Le Monde, was among a gaggle of reporters in New York to cover DSK. She chatted up a Times reporter: "All journalists knew he had a special behavior with women. I was not so much surprised because we knew he had this vice, but it was flabbergasting because why did all we journalists, considering what we knew about him- why did we never write a line about this?"

One story, however, had made the news. After an internal investigation, Strauss-Kahn was forced to apologize for an affair that he had with a subordinate at the International Monetary Fund. Her description of his relentless pursuit of her had culminated in her belief that she had no choice but to spend the night with him at the Davos, Switzerland, gathering in 2008. This was not an affair, but an instance of a woman being coerced into meeting a superior's demands. Coercion equals rape.

These terms - voracious sexual appetite, libertine, special behavior, vice, pleasures of the flesh, affair - used to describe his activities are euphemisms. They are papering over a history of criminal activity. Sexual harassment is a misdemeanor while bodily assault, attempted rape, and rape are felonies. They are not amusing exploits. They are not to be admired under the cultural mores of France. They are not to be excused. It is important to understand that while they are of a sexual nature, they are really driven by the need to show the power that men have over women.

However, there may be an exculpatory factor for those defending DSK. "Un chaud lapin," a hot rabbit, is a particular French term for a man like Strauss-Kahn who compulsively and obsessively chases women. In its more extreme sense, it can mean "a horny sexual pervert."

His best defense, then, may well be that he's "a sick bunny."

THE SAFER WAY TO BARBEQUE

Link: http://greenwithbetsy.com/

Who doesn’t love summertime barbeques and the delicious smoky taste of grilled hamburgers and hotdogs? Many people don’t know however, that grilling can be hazardous to your health if not done properly.  The National Cancer Institute found that for every 2.5 ounces of grilled, well-done meat you consume weekly, your risk of colon cancer goes up 26%.   Unfortunately when meats are exposed to high heat, chemical compounds are formed which may increase the risk of cancer.  It can also cause internal inflammation leading to type-2 diabetes and Alzheimer’s.  As with everything, there is a safer way. 

Always cook over a low-to-medium flame and avoid over-charring.  Flare-ups and smoking oil create carcinogens.  Marinate or baste with oil, honey or a barbeque sauce to provide a barrier and help prevent charring.  Honey adds great taste and a wonderful glaze.  Studies published in the Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition found that rosemary extract or tart cherries, known for their anti-cancer properties, added to hamburger meat reduce the chemical compounds.  The researchers are not sure why, but it’s certainly worth trying.  Other common marinade ingredients, which are natural antioxidants and reduce cancer-causing compounds, are basil, mint, sage, oregano, garlic, thyme, ginger and sesame seeds.  Try grilling vegetables, which don’t have the carcinogen forming compounds found in animal based foods.  Instead they are loaded with antioxidants.  Add delicious and nutritious vine ripened tomatoes and watermelon to your meal – they contain lycopene, another powerful antioxidant, which may also help ward off sunburn!  Relax and enjoy safer summer barbeques!

I am going to Italy today with my family to visit my daughter who has been studying there.  Some of the time we’ll be on an organic olive oil farm and winery!  I’ll be back mid-June with more green tip Italian style!  Ciao!!

For more green tips, visit greenwithbetsy.com.

War Of The Sox! NBA, NHL Finals Schedules

White 7, Red 3

The Boston Red Sox took on what you'd think would be their arch-rival yesterday, and lost to the Chicago White Sox by a score of 7-3.

John Lester (7-2, 3.94 coughed up 7 earned runs to end his 7 game winning streak. Rehabbing pitcher Jake Peavy won it for the White Sox. Dustin Pedroia and Adrian Gonzalez drove in the runs for Boston.

The loss dropped Boston (30-24) out of first place. If you count Sunday's doubleheader, we have lost 2 out of 3. The loss puts us a few percentage points behind the victorious New York Yankees in the AL East.

Alfredo Aceves (2-0, ) takes the mound for Boston today. He's opposing Phil Humber (3-3, 2.85). The first pitch gets tossed a bit after 7 PM tonight.

Bruins/Canucks Start Tomorrow

The Stanley Cup finals go down tomorrow night as the Boston Bruins cross the continent to challenge the Vancouver Canucks.

We'll give you a series preview when Abdullah is around. To be honest, all hockey players look the same to me.

The puck drops at 8 tomorrow, I believe. we'll get you a real starting time.... well, I'll do it right now:

Game 1: Wed. June 1 -- Boston at Vancouver, 8 p.m. (NBC, CBC, RDS)
Game 2: Sat. June 4 -- Boston at Vancouver, 8 p.m. (NBC, CBC, RDS)
Game 3: Mon. June 6 -- Vancouver at Boston, 8 p.m. (VERSUS CBC, RDS)
Game 4: Wed. June 8 -- Vancouver at Boston, 8 p.m. (VERSUS, CBC, RDS)
Game 5: Fri. June 10 -- Boston at Vancouver, 8 p.m. (NBC, CBC, RDS)*
Game 6: Mon. June 13 -- Vancouver at Boston, 8 p.m. (NBC, CBC, RDS)*
Game 7: Wed. June 15 -- Boston at Vancouver, 8 p.m. (NBC, CBC, RDS)*

NBA Finals Start Tonight

The Dallas Mavericks and the Miami Heat start their NBA Finals series tonight. The NBA lacks the iconic Stanley Cup-type trophy, but I bet someone will come up with something soon.

Dallas destroyed the defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers, and also dispatched the Oklahoma City Thunder (if New York City doesn't need to add the word "City" to the team name, neither should Oklahoma). They are led by German star Dirk Nowitzki, who, to paraphrase HST, is what the whole NBA would look like today if the Nazis won the war.

The Miami Heat beat our beloved Boston Celtics to get to the finals, while also tooling up on the Chicago Bulls. They have beaten Dallas in the 2006 finals, led by Dwayne wade. Wade has been teamed with Chris Bosh and Lebron James this season to what must be recognized as awesome results.

Game 1: at MIA, Tue., May 31, 9 p.m. ET, ABC
Game 2: at MIA, Thu., June 2, 9 p.m. ET, ABC
Game 3: at DAL, Sun., June 5, 8 p.m. ET, ABC
Game 4: at DAL, Tue., June 7, 9 p.m. ET, ABC
Game 5: at DAL, Thu., June 9, 9 p.m. ET, ABC (If Necessary)
Game 6: at MIA, Sun., June 12, 8 p.m. ET, ABC (If Necessary)
Game 7: at MIA, Tue., June 14, 9 p.m. ET, ABC (If Necessary)

Man arrested after early morning OUI crash in Dennis Tuesday; Mashpee man arrested after stabbing man at Brewster party Sunday

Man arrested after early morning OUI crash in Dennis Tuesday

Witnesses saw passenger who fled the scene

DENNIS - Just after 12:30 a.m. Tuesday morning, a Dennis patrolman was dispatched to a reported car vs. tree on Route 134 near the intersection at Hokum Rock Road, according to a Dennis police release. Upon arrival, Patrolman David Tinelli found a 1997 purple Dodge Neon that had struck a tree in front of a home on 134.

The 36-year-old driver, Philip Craft of 8 White Lane in South Dennis, was outside the car and uninjured. According to police, witnesses at the scene told Patrolman Tinelli that there had been a passenger in the car with Craft. A Barnstable County Sheriff's Office K9 Unit was requested, but failed to locate the passenger.

A police investigation revealed that Craft had been traveling east at a high rate of speed on Hokum Rock Road and lost control of the car when he turned right onto Route 134, crashing into a tree on the east side of the road.

Craft was taken into custody and charged with operating under the influence (alcohol), operating to endanger, leaving the scene of property damage, failure to stay in marked lanes and speeding. He was booked at the Dennis Police Station and later transported to Orleans District Court for his arraignment.

Source: Dennis Police Department.

Mashpee man arrested after stabbing man at Brewster party early Sunday

BREWSTER - Around 1 a.m., Sunday morning, Brewster police officers, with the assistance of Harwich police officers, responded to the report of a stabbing on Cranview Road, according to a Brewster police release.  Upon arrival, officers encountered over 100 people attending a private party.  A 21-year-old unidentified Brewster man had been stabbed during the party, police said. 

The victim was transported to Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis with severe internal injuries resulting from a stab wound to his stomach.  Emergency surgery was performed at the hospital and his condition has been upgraded from critical to stable, police said.

A Barnstable County Sheriff's Office BCI Unit was called to the Cranview Road residence to collect evidence and photograph the scene. After an extensive investigation, Brewster detectives identified the stabbing suspect as 21-year-old William Bryant of Mashpee.  The detectives, with the assistance of Mashpee police, located Bryant at his home and placed him under arrest without incident. Bryant was transported back to the Brewster Police Station where he was booked and charged with aggravated assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (a knife), then released on $1,000 bail. He will be arraigned in Orleans District Court Tuesday.

Source: Brewster Police Department.

Cape Cod Arraignments and Dispositions - May 31, 2011

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WAREHAM DISTRICT COURT

BARNSTABLE DISTRICT COURT

May 31, 2011

In court May 27, 2011

ARRAIGNMENTS

HEALEY, Kevin, 29, 492 Kingman St, E. Taunton; OUI liquor, second offense; negligent operation of a motor vehicle; leaving scene of property damage, resisting arrest February 18 in Barnstable.  Pretrial conference scheduled for July 18.

JOHNSON, Patrick A, 26, 256 Storey Hill Cliff Rd, Centerville; possessing ammunition without an FID, five (5)  .38 caliber rounds; Class D drug possession with intent to distribute, marijuana, May 26 in Barnstable.  Pretrial conference scheduled for June 22.  According to police reports, officers executed a search warrant of Johnson's residence following multiple controlled buys.  The search turned up a digital scale, one bag of marijuana, weight not specified, and approximately $800 in cash. 

MILLER, Shaun, 25, 800 Bearse's Way, Apt #6WE, Hyannis; trafficking in heroin/morphine/opium, May 26 in Barnstable.  Pretrial conference scheduled for June 21. 

DISPOSITIONS

FISH, Amanda L, 22, 52 Old Mill Rd, Marstons Mills; assault & battery with a dangerous weapon; assault & battery, March 23 in Barnstable.  Assault & battery with a dangerous weapon, dismissed.  Assault & battery, admitted to sufficient facts.  Continued without a finding, continued for payment until November 28.

GANSEMER, Jolyn, 46, 467 Ocean St, Hyannis; OUI, third offense; negligent operation of a motor vehicle; open container violation, August 17 2007 in Barnstable.  OUI, guilty plea.  Guilty finding.  Six months, house of correction; 14 days credit.  Negligent operation, 30 days house of correction, concurrent with first count.  Open container violation, not recorded.

LOXLEY, John, 33, 14 Ricky Ln, E. Wareham; breaking & entering at nighttime for felonious purposes; larceny over $250, July 3 2010 in Sandwich.  Both counts dismissed.

MAXIM, Holly L, 34, 36 Tobey Hill Dr, Dennis; shoplifting by concealing merchandise, January 10 in Barnstable.  Guilty plea.  Guilty finding.  No other information.

PEARL, Derek C, 26, 19 Jody Ln, Forestdale; Class A drug possession, heroin; Class B drug possession, suboxone, January 18 in Sandwich.  Both counts, admitted to sufficient facts.  Both counts, continued without a finding, continued for payment until May 29 2012.

ORLEANS DISTRICT COURT

May 31, 2011

In court May 27, 2011

ARRAIGNMENTS

BELLEFLEUR, Justin L, 25, 1276 S. Main St, Palmer; violating an abuse prevention order, threatening to commit a crime May 24 in Chatham.  Pretrial conference scheduled for June 28.  According to police reports, this arraignment involves an unlicensed firearm without an FID in Bellefleur's possession, a possible threat by Bellefleur against another party, and possible Facebook harassment by Bellefleur and his current girlfriend against that party.

DULAC, Andrew R, 22, 81 S. Yarmouth Rd, Dennis; OUI liquor, negligent operation of a motor vehicle, marked lanes violation, state highway traffic violation May 27 in Orleans.  Pretrial conference scheduled for July 6.

GOLDMAN, Edward J, 71, 357 Main St, Wellfleet; assault with a dangerous weapon, a knife, February 22 in Wellfleet.  According to police reports, Goldman assaulted another party after her dog allegedly bit him.  The responding officer noted the dog in question appeared playful, if excited.  The victim stated although the dog mouthed Goldman's arm, it did not bite him.  The dog's owner had apologized to Goldman for the incident, but he later returned to confront her, threatening to "run (the dog) through" with the knife.  Goldman admitted his intent was to scare the dog's owner.  The alleged dog bite and alleged assault both took place on a public thoroughfare.

DISPOSITIONS

FLAHERTY, James W, 59, 2661 Main St Apt 3, S. Chatham; OUI liquor, second offense; open container violation April 25 2009 in Chatham.  Probation terminated.  Defendant discharged.

KOSYAKOV, Alexander A, 25, 313 Rte 28, Apt A, W. Dennis; assault & battery with a dangerous weapon, a lighter, February 7 in Dennis.  Pretrial conference scheduled for July 19.

KOSYAKOV, Alexander A, same.  Assault to maim, February 7 in Dennis.  Nolle prosequi.  This docket is replaced by KOSYAKOV, above.

MUNROE, William, 43, 8 Buggy Whip Rd, Brewster; threatening to commit a crime; assault, June 9 2010 in Brewster.  Both counts, dismissed.  Defendant discharged.

WAREHAM DISTRICT COURT

May 31, 2011

In court May 26, 2011

ARRAIGNMENTS

FARLEY, Stephanie, 24, homeless; arraigned on charges of assault and battery on a police officer, assault and battery on ambulance personnel, malicious damage to a motor vehicle, breaking and entering for misdemeanor, and larceny under $250. Bail was set at $5,000 cash for Farley’s appearance on June 9. The charges stem from an incident in Wareham at Mattress World where a shopper witnessed a female break into his vehicle in the parking lot and allegedly steal a GPS device.

FIORENTINO, Richard A, 27, 12 Stevens Ave., Wareham; arraigned on charges of OUI, negligent operation of a motor vehicle, and 2 counts of marked lane violations from an accident in March on Oak St., where Fiorentino allegedly crashed into a house while driving intoxicated.

BRYANT, Desso B, 51, 38 Thirteenth St., Onset; charged with assault and battery, domestic, from an incident on May 26 in Wareham. Case was continued for pre-trial conference.

In court May 26, 2011

INDICTED

HARDY, Joshua A, 28, 54 North St., Apt. 3, Middleboro; indicted in Superior Court (all charges dismissed in Wareham District Court for arraignment in Superior Court) on five counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14, one count of enticing a child under 16 and 1 count of obscene material to a minor from incidences occurring in January and February in Wareham. Hardy continues to be held on high bail.

In court May 27, 2011

DISPOSITIONS

MAGUIRE, Brendan, 32, 336 East St., Bridgewater; from his arrest on April 9, Maguire admitted to sufficient facts, continued without a finding to May 25, 2012 on the charge of OUI. Maguire’s sentence included 45 day alcohol/drug education program, 45 day loss of license and $365 in fees and assessments.

ELDRIDGE, Michael, 27, 34 Wordell St., Rochester; charges of malicious destruction of property were dismissed at the request of the victim.

WEAVER, Joshua E, 20, 5 Savory Pond Rd., Plymouth; admitted to sufficient facts, continued without a finding with probation to February 27, 2012, and ordered to pay restitution to a charge of larceny over $250 from a reported employee theft at Target on November 18, 2010.

CAMPANRIO, Tina M, 44, 1021 Walnut Plain Rd., Rochester; from a complaint issued April 25, charges of assault and battery were dismissed by request of the victim from a domestic incident in Mattapoisett in April.

In court May 26, 2011

DISPOSITIONS

DAVIS, Bradley, 23, 1101 Richwood Rd. #2, Monroe LA, LOVETT, Lakendrick, 26, 1215 Hinkle Dr., W.Monroe, LA, and MOSES, Corey L, 32, 670 Plymouth Ave., New Bedford each had 6 counts of possession of a firearm without FID card dismissed. The charges stem from the April 24 roll over crash on Rt. 495 S. in Wareham where numerous firearms were located in the trunk of the vehicle. Moses continues to be held on $75,000 bail on the single count of possession of a large capacity firearm. His case was continued to July 13.

ALMEIDA, Michael E Jr., 31, 95 Shaw Rd., Fairhaven; admitted to sufficient facts, continued without a finding, probation with restitution to May 24, 2012 on a charge of larceny by check.

HENDRICKS, Robert A, 53, 239 Onset Ave., Apt. 4, Onset; Found guilty of violation of abuse order, aggravated assault and battery and an additional charge of assault and battery, sentenced to 18 months H/C, 6 months to serve, probation to May 23, 2013.

Kennedys and marriage and girlfriends; Edward Norton to marry his producer in Chatham

TODAY's quote: "Wow, it's about time. He's 41, they've been together for six years. He needs to have babies.  I wonder what kind of ring he got her? He bought me a ruby."
- Courtney Love on Edward Norton's wedding plans on Cape Cod.

RFK Jr. and wife to split despite pic
Magazine deadlines being what they are, that photo was just old

Mary Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, and Cheryl Hines at Waterkeeper Alliance in December.

The New York Daily News reports that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and "Curb Your Enthusiasm" actress Cheryl Hines are still a "thing" despite the photo of JFK Jr. and his wife Mary Richardson Kennedy together in the current ad campaign for clothing manufacturer Gant's home furnishings division.

Mr. Kennedy filed for divorce from his spouse of 16 years a little over a year ago, and his spokesman says that the photo was taken last September on Cape Cod, but the couple have not reconciled, maybe just making a few bucks to help pay for the divorce.

Read the News story here.

Edward Norton "shopping" Cape for wedding sites
Another celebrity bash at Chatham Bars Inn

Some guys get all the love, er, luck.

Music Rooms reports that the 41-year-old actor Edward Norton and his fiancée Shauna Robertson were on Cape Cod over the Memorial Day weekend reportedly checking out the area for a possible place to hold their nuptials.

Edward and his film producer partner were spotted "cruising the oceanfront property and taking a ride on one of Chatham's luxury boats" according to the New York Post which said they hung out at the majestic Chatham Bars Inn resort.

Edward, who has dated Courtney Love and Salma Hayek in the past, reportedly proposed to Shauna three weeks ago while the couple were on vacation in India, after six years together.

See the MusicRoom story here.

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