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A 22-year-old man drowned in the Mashpee basin of Mashpee-Wakeby Pond in the early evening on Monday, June 15. The Harbo...
06/16/2026

A 22-year-old man drowned in the Mashpee basin of Mashpee-Wakeby Pond in the early evening on Monday, June 15. The Harbormaster Division responded to the area for reports of a possible drowning shortly after 6 PM. The man, who has not been identified, was pulled from the water around 6:20 PM.

"At approximately 6:20 PM, the victim, a 22-year-old male, was located and removed from the water," the release said. "Emergency medical care was initiated on scene before the victim was transported to Falmouth Hospital, where he was later pronounced deceased."

The circumstances surrounding the incident remain under investigation, the release said, and are being investigated by the appropriate authorities.

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06/15/2026

It’s almost Powwow time!

Join us for the 105th Annual Mashpee Wampanoag Powwow, happening July 3–5, 2026 at the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Community & Government Center.

Come out for a weekend of dancing, drumming, food, vendors, contests, community, and culture. Bring your family, invite your friends, and help us spread the word!

📍 483 Great Neck Road South, Mashpee, MA
🎟️ Tickets available at the gate
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The Enterprise is hosting another Listening Session THIS MONDAY, June 15, in Bourne! All are invited to join us at 5:30 ...
06/13/2026

The Enterprise is hosting another Listening Session THIS MONDAY, June 15, in Bourne! All are invited to join us at 5:30 PM at the Pocasset Village Association Community Building for some robust conversation regarding our local news coverage, community engagement, and anything else that you'd like to bring to the table.

If you can't make this session, mark your calendar for Tuesday, July 21. We will be at the Sandwich Public Library from 5:30 to 7 PM for the next installment of our Community Listening Tour.

Don't miss out on this opportunity to share your input and help shape your community's coverage!

RSVP here → http://bit.ly/EnterpriseListening

We can't wait to see you there!

A series of new tide gauges installed at several bays, ponds and marinas, thanks to the work of resident Robert Mawrey, ...
06/13/2026

A series of new tide gauges installed at several bays, ponds and marinas, thanks to the work of resident Robert Mawrey, now give residents a new way to access and track accurate tide information for Mashpee waters.

There are no tide gauges in bays like Ockway, Popponesset, Green Pond or Waquoit, Mawrey said during an interview this week. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) once had reliable data, he said, but now “doesn’t have any real measurements anymore.”

“They probably did about 40 years ago, maybe longer,” he said. Mawrey, a former electrical engineer, said that NOAA estimates the tides in Mashpee bays, but these measurements are not always accurate.

“For example, the tide in Woods Hole is very different from a tide inside a bay,” Mawrey said, “because the water going in and out takes longer and when it goes in, it turns a different shape.”

In response to frustration with the inaccuracies, Mawrey installed low-cost tidal gauges at Ockway Bay—the bay he frequently boats on—Jehu Pond and New Seabury Marina. He is looking into installing one in Popponesset Bay in the future.

“What I’m doing is putting in low-cost tide gauges, and I also do tidal forecasts. If you go to our website, there’s a tide table,” Mawrey said. “There’s a thing called a tide calendar, and that basically gives you the high and low tides and the times when the water is too shallow. You can sync it to your phone.”

Residents can track tides and forecast the weather on Mawrey’s website, https://conta.cc/4vE5ORY. The website is free for the public to use.

Read more about Mawrey's tide gauges at our website → https://conta.cc/4gbFpqc

Nearly three years after the closure of the Station Grill Cafe at the Falmouth Station, former owners John P. Marcellino...
06/12/2026

Nearly three years after the closure of the Station Grill Cafe at the Falmouth Station, former owners John P. Marcellino, known as Chef John, and his wife, Marion Marcellino, are now doing business in Falmouth again.

Two years ago, Marcellino opened Tribal Fire Cannabis Delivery in Mashpee after applying to the Cannabis Control Commission (CCC) for a social equity program grant. The business does not have a public storefront, but has been delivering to the Upper Cape towns of Mashpee, Sandwich and Bourne since opening in September 2024. Now, thanks to action from the Cannabis Control Commission (CCC), Marcellino’s business can deliver to Falmouth and Hyannis as well, in addition to the Lower Cape towns of Harwich, Yarmouth and Dennis.

The cannabis delivery company also created its own private label a year ago, called Tribal Fire, produced by a Middleborough dispensary called Suncrafted.

“We have our next allotment of Tribal Fire coming in next week,” Marcellino said. “It’s Tribal Fire Love, we call it Love. It’s incredibly popular. We sold out about three weeks ago. We like to think it puts people in the mood for love. We talk about it with people and they buy it all the time. We’re very proud of our Tribal Fire label.”

In addition to the newly branded labels, the company also now carries ounces and half-ounces.

Read more about what Chef John has been up to with Tribal Fire at our website → https://conta.cc/3Qo1Bmm

Mashpee Middle-High School history teacher Kierstyn E. Bohl was nominated for the Massachusetts state affiliate of the N...
06/12/2026

Mashpee Middle-High School history teacher Kierstyn E. Bohl was nominated for the Massachusetts state affiliate of the National History Day Teacher of the Year Award earlier this spring. Bohl was nominated in the award’s middle school division, and one national division winner will be announced on Thursday, June 18.

Bohl, who grew up in the Berkshires, began her teaching career at Mashpee Middle-High School seven years ago. Her first year teaching was the school’s first participation in National History Day, a renowned academic program that engages students in curriculum tools, educational activities and an international student history contest.

Bohl said the program and contest center on independent or group student-led research projects for seventh-grade students. Students choose any history topic of interest that aligns with the contest’s annual theme. The theme this year was “Revolution, Reaction, Reform in History.”

“This program has had such an influence on my approach to teaching history and on the way my students learn,” Bohl said. “I feel that, while I have run the National History Day program at my school and shared it with our community, I have also gotten so much back from it in return."

Read more about Bohl and National History Day at our website → https://conta.cc/4xkzVQ1

The Mashpee School Committee recognized numerous individuals, including retirees and those who filled open positions wit...
06/10/2026

The Mashpee School Committee recognized numerous individuals, including retirees and those who filled open positions within the district, at its meeting on June 3.

Committee members first recognized those who will retire at the end of the school year. Eight educators will retire from Mashpee Public Schools, including: Kenneth C. Coombs School (KCCS) Title 1 educator Janet MacNally after 28 years of service; KCCS kindergarten teacher Alison Robbins after 28 years of service; Mashpee Middle-High School (MMHS) history teacher Sean Corey after 27 years of service; English Department head Annemarie Finn after 22 years of service; Director of Career and Technical Education Michael Looney after 22 years of service; Coordinator of Nursing and KCCS nurse Stacey Schakel after 17 years of service; MMHS math teacher Daniel Case after three years of service; and Quashnet Intermediate School third grade teacher Patricia Keeffe after two years of service.

Collectively, the eight educators have given almost 150 years of service to the district. The meeting agenda packet included a note naming the retirees, noting how great it is to be in Mashpee because of those educators, and thanking them for "making our world a better place."

The committee also recognized outgoing member Daniel Rodrigues for his dedicated service to the district during his three-year term.

Read the full article at our website → https://conta.cc/3QtAcj7

Families and friends filled the Mashpee Middle-High School gymnasium floor and bleachers for the Class of 2026 graduatio...
06/08/2026

Families and friends filled the Mashpee Middle-High School gymnasium floor and bleachers for the Class of 2026 graduation ceremony on Saturday, June 6. Attendees brought printed pictures, balloons, bouquets and signs to celebrate graduates, who wore decorated caps and smiles throughout the ceremony.

The Mashpee Class of 2026 celebrated 98 students, who marched through the gymnasium to the stage to the tune of "Pomp and Circumstance." MMHS Principal Bonnie Brady welcomed everyone to begin the ceremony.

Superintendent Michele M. Conners, in her opening remarks, said the class has shown the community that they are prepared to do something meaningful with the opportunities ahead again and again.

"We have read your positive and heroic stories in the paper, watched you perform on fields, courts, stages and concert halls," Conners said. "We have seen your artwork, heard your music, celebrated your academic achievements, and witnessed the ways you have served, led, competed, created and cared."

Conners said students are not simply leaving Mashpee Middle-High School with a diploma, but with a mark.

"In Mashpee, we understand that marks matter," Conners said. "Stories matter, the places that shape us matter, the people who came before us matter...this community has shaped you, and now, as you cross this stage today, you carry part of Mashpee forward with you."

Read the rest of the article here → https://conta.cc/3ScnwgW and keep an eye out for our FULL graduation supplement in this Friday's edition!

On the small patch of grass between Smitty’s and the Picnic Box on the Mashpee Rotary, a handful of protestors, typicall...
06/07/2026

On the small patch of grass between Smitty’s and the Picnic Box on the Mashpee Rotary, a handful of protestors, typically numbering five or so, stand for an hour every Saturday morning. Participants hold handmade signs that read “Resist, Remove, Revive,” “De-ICE 4 Good,” and “No Kings Since 1776” while receiving what Mashpee resident and protester Paul Rifkin described as “happy or angry honks.”

Rifkin has been protesting the Trump administration in this location every Saturday since the beginning of March. Before moving to Mashpee and during President Trump’s first term, Rifkin participated in weekly Move To Remove demonstrations in Falmouth for three-and-a-half years.

“We were constant,” Rifkin said. “We are trying to do the same thing here. People need to express themselves. The planet may not survive Trump; he is our ruination, but the only way to get him out of here is for there to be a statement made en masse. I now live in Mashpee, and this is where I express myself.”

Rifkin gathers with other Mashpee residents in efforts to “put Mashpee on the map.” The protestors stand at the Mashpee Rotary, where Routes 151 and 28 meet Great Neck Roads North and South, to increase community visibility. They said to keep their signs and messages appropriate for all ages and focus more on the “preeminent danger to our country.”

To hear more from the protesters, check out the full article → https://conta.cc/49IbGBl

Tucked inside the woods of Steeple Street is a newly made-over miniature golf course with string lights, a bubble machin...
06/06/2026

Tucked inside the woods of Steeple Street is a newly made-over miniature golf course with string lights, a bubble machine and splashes of “butter dish blue.” The revamped 18-hole course comprises local and sentimental features for owners Dante and Jessica DelGrosso, with holes like “Legend of Florida Barb” named after Dante’s mother; “Mustache Frenzy” named after Mashpee Fresh Market co-owner Seth Burdick’s mustache; and “Gnome Haven” decorated with stumps from a tree that fell on Dante DelGrosso’s truck in the historic blizzard earlier this year.

The DelGrossos, who also own Moto Pizza, opened Lucky Clubs Mini Golf this past Memorial Day Weekend. Dante DelGrosso said their son worked at the previous miniature golf course along Steeple Street, and its owners approached the couple about purchasing the space.

Dante and Jessica DelGrosso jumped at the opportunity and have worked with friends and family to repurpose existing decorations, scour Facebook Marketplace and hand-make signs and flags for the course’s redecoration. Dante DelGrosso said the previous owners had been at the course for almost a decade and left a “wonderful foundation” to expand its whimsical and intriguing elements.

Numerous course holes are sponsored by local businesses, including Duke’s Donut Worx, Darkwater Games, Polar Cave Ice Cream and Naukabout Brewing, with its Garden Party across the street serving as the course’s “19th hole” for après-golf. Sponsored holes give nods to the businesses, with tires painted as pink-frosted donuts and a handmade castle guarding the green.

Although the DelGrossos hand-painted numerous elements of Lucky Clubs Mini Golf, they also invited local artist Autumn R. Gonsalves to paint a large lion that sits in the middle of the course. The lion is coated in the familiar “butter dish blue” with paisley patterns and clubs, an ode to the course’s name.

Read more about Lucky Clubs at our website → https://conta.cc/4x9F65c

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