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Cape & Island News
- Walk off those Super Bowl calories!
On today's CapeCast: We journey deep into the heart of Yarmouthport on a mysterious trail to walk off Super Bowl calories and find a championship view of Cape Cod Bay! - Housing plan spurs water worries
Brewster wants an appraisal of a 55-acre lot in a drinking water protection area on which a developer plans to build 22 homes. - Cape sees Super Bowl as super bore
The Aints? Who Dat? Who Cares? Not Steve Smith. At 64, he was old enough to remember when the New York Giants were the only game in town. That was before the Patriots, before the American Football League. - Education briefs
The University of Massachusetts Amherst Cape Cod Alumni Club is accepting scholarship applications from Cape Cod high school seniors planning to attend UMass-Amherst this fall. - Pocasset Wampanoag bridle at perceived land grab
Interest in Fall River and Freetown by two Cape and Islands-based tribes has touched off a turf war. - Police investigating crash in Sandwich
Police are investigating a crash in which a car went into a tree on Cotuit Road at 7:14 a.m. yesterday. Few details were available from police or fire other than one person was extricated from the vehicle and taken to the hospital with minor injuries. - West Barnstable YMCA reopens pools
The YMCA's two pools were slated to reopen this morning, five days after they were closed due to high levels of chloramines in the air and water. - Teen allegedly rolls car, flees crash scene
A 19-year-old Sandwich man will face several charges for allegedly rolling his father's car near Exit 2 early Sunday morning.
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Real Estate News
- Connecticut, Starwood Hit Bump
Connecticut pulled off a coup when Starwood Hotels agreed to relocate its headquarters there. But now there are questions being raised over how the state sealed the deal.
- Mortgage Bankers Sell Building at a Loss
The Mortgage Bankers Association sold its 10-story headquarters building in Washington, D.C., for $41.3 million, well below the $79 million it paid in 2007.
- Home Builders See Daylight
Fewer write-downs and cancellations along with improved order rates are putting some lift into the depressed home construction market.
- Lenders Seize Sillerman Resort
Lenders holding the $180 million mortgage on entertainment mogul Robert Sillerman's luxury resort in Anguilla have taken over the half-built project.
- (State) House Rules in Kansas Casino
Gambling in Kansas comes with a twist—the state owns the casino and sets the rules, an unusual arrangement devised by the legislature.
- As Banks Balk, Builders Go Elsewhere
Private-equity firms are stepping into the vacuum left by banks' flight from lending to small and midsize home builders.
- Investors Lost It All in Memphis
The commercial real-estate mess is clobbering investors. Few of them are reeling as much as the 27 owners of 1023 Cherry Road in Memphis, Tenn.
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