Woman injured in sledding accident in Falmouth sandpit
By Beth Treffeisen
EAST FALMOUTH A 36-year-old woman suffered possible life-threatening injuries during a sledding incident Friday afternoon, according to Falmouth Deputy Fire Chief Scott Thrasher.
The Fire Department received a call at 2:08 p.m. about a sledding accident in the sandpit behind Pitch Pine Lane, Thrasher said.
An ambulance was sent to the scene but access to the pit was limited, Thrasher said. Crews had to go in by foot and needed additional resources to help the woman, he said.
A pickup truck trailing an all-terrain vehicle came into the sandpit from the Parkers Mills Road side, Thrasher said.
At St. John the Evangelist Catholic church in Pocasset, as parishioners left their Ash Wednesday service socially distanced from each other and wearing masks, some received a cross mark of ash from the Rev. Tom Frechette, using a cotton swab instead of his thumb.
While Frechette said Tuesday that the usual individual hand contact is a very natural human way and part of the way we communicate,” parishioners understood the change on Wednesday. Frechette said his parishioners told him, “We still get ashes and we still pray.”
Across the Cape, the tradition of starting the Lenten season with priests placing ash crosses on foreheads looked quite different during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ready to rebuild: Sandwich homeowner plans to pick up the pieces after storm
Cape Cod Times (Hyannis, MA)
Feb. 9 EAST
112 Salt Marsh Road in 2019.
Located right on the water, complete with a view of the crashing waves, the home perched above Springhill Beach was for a short time the place where Tubin and his family, who live in the
Boston area, spent part of their summers. Newly renovated inside, it was also a popular rental property that attracted visitors to the picture-perfect vacation destination. It really was beautiful, with a massive deck on the back that looked out on the ocean, Tubin said.
EAST SANDWICH As large waves battered Springhill Beach on Tuesday, evidence of Monday night’s storm remained on Salt Marsh Road. A portion of driveway fell onto the beach below. A warped deck hung precariously, ready to fall at any moment.
The foundations of three oceanfront homes from 112 to 116 Salt Marsh Road were damaged beyond repair. The house at 112 Salt Marsh Road, which was barely standing Tuesday morning, had fallen onto its side into the ocean by Tuesday night. The foundation was ripped out of the ground, and the side with the deck was in the water.
“It is pretty dramatic and [it wasn t] even a big storm out there,” said Joshua Wrigley, assistant director of Natural Resources for the town of Sandwich.