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PLYMOUTH, MASS. (WHDH) - Plymouth Public Schools food services director Patrick Vancott has been arrested, officials say. The 62-year-old is accused of stealing food from the school district and sold it at his Cape Cod restaurant for profit. “There’s usually lots of lines here, so I’ve seen a lot of people enjoying food here on the beach,” said Ken Dautrich, who is familiar with the restaurant. At Vancott’s “Snack Shack” in Barnstable, there are items on the menu like hamburgers and lobster rolls. Investigators say Vancott used federal funds meant to feed children and ordered premium angus beef and lobster...

The CDC now urges public indoor masking after a worrisome study on the Delta variant — undermining the vaccine effort. We finally know what drove the CDC to revise its guidance days ago without explanation to recommend that fully vaccinated individuals wear masks in public indoor settings in areas of the country with high or substantial COVID-19 transmission. The Washington Post released a July 29 CDC slide presentation, and the CDC confirmed that one of the unpublished studies cited was pivotal in its decision. The slides largely just confirm what was already known: The Delta variant is more contagious than...

Complete Headline: EXCLUSIVE: Case dismissed! Max Kennedy gets away with a $150 fine after 'glassy-eyed' son of RFK was arrested at his out-of-control party at the family's Hyannis Port compound where he barked at police 'You don't know who you're messing with' Matthew 'Max' Kennedy, 52, paid a $150 fine in Barnstable, Massachusetts, on Tuesday The 52-year-old son of late senator Robert F Kennedy had his disorderly conduct charge dismissed with no admission of guilt He had been arrested with his daughter, 23, after a house party on August 20 The father-of-three screamed, threw himself at the wall, and smashed...

Businessman charged with secret taping By EMILY C. DOOLEY STAFF WRITER SANDWICH - Police arrested the owner of a massage parlor Sunday on wiretapping charges after they discovered he had installed video cameras to spy on a woman living next door to the business. Patrick M. Dwyer, 40, of 3 Fuller Drive in Plymouth, was being held at the Barnstable County Correctional Facility. Dwyer is scheduled for arraignment in Barnstable District Court today on six counts of wiretapping, three felony counts of breaking and entering a building in the daytime and one count of possession of marijuana. The alleged victim...