Cape Cod Beer sold, lobster rolls, Homeland Security, principal retires: Top stories
Welcome back to another edition of our Cape Cod Times news roundup, where you can find the most popular stories on the Cape Cod Times website from the past week. Currently on the site we have a photo gallery of strawberry season at Tony Andrews Farm, a look at the new Staples Rock, high school graduation photo galleries, and much more.
There is plenty going on over on the Cape Cod Times sports page, too, as playoff season heats up. There is coverage of local tennis and baseball, plus lots more that you won't want to miss.
Here's a look at the top five most popular stories on the Cape Cod Times website from the past week.
Lobster roll, anyone?
VisitNewEngland.com recently asked its readers to rank their favorite places for lobster rolls and eight of the winners were on Cape Cod.
The lobster roll could be Connecticut-style − served warm, featuring 'lobster meat drizzled (or soaked!) in melted butter" − or Maine-style − "served cold, with lobster lightly tossed in mayonnaise, sometimes with a dash of lemon or a sprinkle of celery,' VisitNewEngland.com told readers.
Which Cape spots made it on the list? Click the story link to find out.
Lobster rolls: 8 Cape Cod restaurants chosen by tourist site's readers as best of 2025
Cape Cod Beer has signed a purchase agreement with Triton Beverage Group, a newly formed entity comprising Hog Island Beer Company and Mayflower Brewing Company.
Owners Beth and Todd Marcus, who started Cape Cod Beer, decided to sell their Hyannis brewery after two decades of running it.
'While we weren't actively trying to sell, this came along and I have an almost 27-year-old child working overseas and I want to be able to visit,' Beth Marcus said Wednesday, June 4, in sharing the retirement news with the Cape Cod Times.
What does this mean for the future of the local favorite beer, and how do the new owners plan to expand it? Read the story for all the details.
Cape Cod Beer being sold: Buyer is Cape-based brewery group that includes Hog Island, Mayflower
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has removed from its website a list of cities, states, and counties that it said deliberately defy federal immigration laws, including a Cape Cod town and Barnstable County. A press release without the list remained on the website Monday, June 2.
Orleans was the only Cape Cod town named on the list, and Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket counties were among the counties in Massachusetts singled out, as well as the state as a whole, according to a MassLive report on May 30.
"We have not adopted any policy that would identify us as a sanctuary city and our local law enforcement staff work closely with our federal partners on all matters consistent with the law,' said Orleans Select Board Chairman Kevin Galligan.
Barnstable County Sheriff Donna Buckley called the list a political stunt and stated the county remains committed to cooperating with law enforcement within Massachusetts law.
What other Massachusetts towns and cities were on the list? Click the story link to read more.
Sanctuary jurisdictions? Homeland Security calls Cape Cod 'sanctuary' county. That's a surprise to Cape officials.
Ezra H. Baker Elementary School Principal Kevin Depin is riding off into the sunset as he prepares to retire on June 13.
Depin taught second grade at the school until November 1993 and had just moved to teaching third grade when he was hired as assistant principal. He became principal in February 1996 to replace the retiring principal.
Depin doesn't have to retire, but said in an interview at the school May 28, 'I wanted to leave while I still loved it. I'm so blessed that I've had a career I've loved. I've had a job I was meant to have.'
Click the story link to learn more about the innovations Depin helped make at the Ezra H. Baker Elementary School during this time there.
Ezra Baker principal Kevin Depin: After 39 years at Dennis elementary school, principal retires. 'Solving problems'
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