Danger Below?

By Continued

Like a few remaining New England towns, Bourne is still made up of a collection of seven villages with names like Cataumet, Sagamore, and Buzzards Bay. Each seaside community has its own individual personality, which sometimes makes it a challenge to reach consensus.

Especially when the subject is money.

Though it's home to some of the wealthiest Americans in the summer months, Bourne's year-round population of 16,000 is mostly working-class. Residents work in the retail shops and restaurants that drive the tourist industry. They farm the cranberry bogs and work the fishing boats. Many Bourne residents are retirees...