We hear that a near “cat-astrophe’’ was averted recently at Willowbend in Mashpee when a furry guest at George Regan’s mansion went missing. When the Persian cat named Lotti wandered off and didn’t return for hours, Regan notified police and rallied friends such as NewsMax executive editor Ken Chandler and Willowbend owner David Southworth to be on the lookout for the missing kitty. Mashpee Police Chief Scott Carline also rallied his officers and they searched high and low for the cat, to no avail. “We really didn’t have any luck,’’ he said. In a last-ditch effort to lure Lotti back, they opened the garage and put out a food dish, and thankfully, that did the trick.

Lotti returned to Regan’s home safe and was reunited with owner Karyn Frisch. What could have been a sad ending turned out to be “very happy,’’ Carline said.