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John “Zip” Connolly is apparently one of those hoodlums who cares what his obituary says about him after he’s dead and gone. At age 82, the infamous ex-FBI agent seems obsessed with clearing at least one indelible stain off his remarkably squalid (even by Boston G-man standards) underworld career. He’d prefer not to have “Mob hitman” in the first sentence of his death notice. There’s not much he can do about the racketeering conviction, or all his tawdry connections to the Bulger Crime Family. But “Mob hitman” is a bit much. Sadly, Zip has failed yet again to remove “assassin”...

New shark center exhibit looks at ‘villain’ portrayal Explores ‘Jaws’ effect A new exhibit at the Cape Cod shark center explores how great white sharks are portrayed in the media and movies, as the apex predators have been painted as “villains” for decades. The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy recently unveiled the “White Sharks in the Media and Public Perception” exhibit at the Chatham Shark Center. “We want people to take a moment and reflect on how books and movies have portrayed sharks as villains in our oceans. The ‘Jaws’ effect,” said Marianne Long, education director at the Atlantic White Shark...

This large, quiet, genial man wearing a Jets cap pulls up to River Grille in Chatham, N.J, on Sundays now, a golden retriever in the backseat, and uses his credit card to pay for the $101 order. And then adds $100 for the tip. The man’s name is Joe Douglas. SNIP Does he leave $100 every time? “He has the past two times.

SAVANNAH, GA (WTOC) - The cause of death of a 22-year-old who died at the Chatham County Detention Center has been ruled a homicide, according to the Chatham County coroner. The manner of death was blunt force trauma. Matthew Ajibade, 22, died after he was retrained and placed in an isolation cell after he was combative and injured three CCSO deputies on New Year's day. A female sergeant suffered a concussion and broken nose, and two male deputies suffered injuries consistent with an affray. Ajibade was arrested and booked into the Chatham County Detention Center after he was arrested by...

There has been a lot of effort in the last few years put into tagging and identifying individual white sharks on the east side of Cape Cod, especially in the Chatham area. Even though I have always had good info on what is happening with these white sharks, I was surprised by the number of whites that hang around that area. They are tagged, filmed by researchers and pleasure boaters, individually identified, and documented, in such a small area. On the east side of Cape Cod we are talking about an area 20 miles long and not very wide since...

Four years after a Smith & Wesson .45-caliber semi-automatic handgun was used to kill an off-duty Chicago police officer, the Mississippi pawnshop owner who sold the gun in a straw purchase has agreed to concessions that authorities hope will curb similar illegal gun deals. The concession to alert authorities about customers who buy multiple handguns, beyond what is required by law, was reached in a federal lawsuit in Mississippi over the slaying of Officer Thomas Wortham IV, attorneys for the Wortham family said. He was an Army National Guard member who had served in Iraq and who — just days...

Updated - January 22, 2013 by Freeper Capt. Tom Since 2009, the Massachusetts Div. Marine Fisheries, has tagged 34 white sharks at Chatham, Mass. Presently the State is out of tags and tag money for white sharks. It's expensive. The tags are about $4,500, plus you need to hire a boat, and a spotter plane. The State has used different types of tags, which yield data after months have passed. The State hasn't been using spot tags. Chris Fischer on the "Ocearch" platform boat, came up here to Chatham Mass., the end of last summer and tagged 2 white sharks...

..."The hospital confirmed it yesterday. She's being treated. She's improving and responding to medicine. And tests taken on all of her friends came back negative," said Chatham spokesman Paul Kovach. Kovach declined to release further information about the student, citing confidentially regulations...

February 13, 2010 The second of five satellite tags attached to great white sharks off Chatham last summer has surfaced off Jacksonville, Fla., according to Lisa Capone, a spokeswoman at the state Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs. The five tags are programmed to release from the sharks at intervals between five and 10 months after they were attached. Capone said the latest one popped to the surface on Feb. 4, within 30 miles of the first tag, which was located on Jan. 15 about 50 miles east of Jacksonville. The last tag is expected to release in May,...

BOSTON -- A state biologist and a team of Cape Cod fishermen became the first group to successfully tag a great white shark in the Atlantic Ocean on Saturday, placing tracking devices on two sharks off the coast of Chatham, according to the Department of Marine Fisheries. Biologists from the Massachusetts Shark Research Program have been closely monitoring the waters near Monomy Island to locate and identify sharks after five were spotted in the waters off Cape Cod on Thursday. At about 10 a.m. Saturday, Skomal and the crew of the fishing vessel Ezduzit identified a great white off the...

By K.C. MYERS kcmyers@capecodonline.com September 03, 2009 CHATHAM – The town is on high alert after five large sharks, possibly great whites, were spotted trolling the waters close to Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge Thursday afternoon. Town and state officials have issued warnings to the public urging people to avoid swimming where seals congregate. Town officials are expected to decide Friday whether further measures, such as beach closures, are necessary, said Lisa Capone, press secretary for the state Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs. More Times Breaking News Despite controversy, Nantucket sheriff to run again - 8:19 am Nantucket schools...

Wed Apr 30, 3:23 PM ET David Chatham shows off his newly remodeled bathroom in Raleigh, NC Wednesday, April 30, 2003. Chatham believes he'll benefit from the work he's doing on his home in Raleigh, N.C. The bathroom decor, which dated to the mid-1980s, 'was really unattractive,' he said. So he and his fiancee recently removed the floral wall paper and had the pink tile replaced with tile in a neutral tone. (AP/Stan Gilliland)