Jennette Barnes
Reporter/ProducerNamed a Master Reporter by the New England Society of News Editors, Jennette Barnes brings more than 20 years of news experience to CAI. She wrote for The Boston Globe for five years and twice worked at The Standard-Times of New Bedford, where she started as a reporter, rose to the position of editorial page editor, and later returned to write long-form projects. She got her start in journalism chasing politicians as a member of the New York State Capitol press corps, and then landed in Rhode Island, where she learned the art of community news at The Warwick Beacon. Her work has received numerous New England journalism awards.
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Project staff from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, along with consulting engineers, discussed the $2.1 billion bridge project at Bourne High School. -
When we first met Aaron Maloy 20 years ago, he was fresh out of college, and still emerging from a life spent in foster care from the age of 12. Today, he’s a nurse practitioner, with his own practice in Plymouth. But his master’s-level credential makes him an outlier. People who have been in foster care are some of the most educationally disadvantaged in the United States, even on Cape Cod. -
We talk with the mayor about issues facing the city. -
Bike path users may need to travel around the construction site for nearly a decade. -
The nearly eight-acre property would have three housing units for people in need of shelter, a building for wellness programming, a food pantry, a garden, and more. The nonprofit group behind the project is led by Aquinnah Wampanoag women. -
During a morning trip, the ferry arrived safely in the harbor but was unable to dock normally. The edge of its hull got stuck under Old North Wharf. -
Several ships came through at midday, including the Schooner Bowdoin from Maine Maritime Academy. Its white sails were up, an American flag fluttering in the breeze. -
South Coast scallopers are rejoicing at President Trump’s pledge to reopen a prime scallop fishing area off Massachusetts. -
The Conservation Law Foundation says the Wareham-based company has been strip-mining sand and dumping material into wetlands without a Clean Water Act permit. -
Cape Cod Healthcare has received its largest-ever donation, $20 million, which the company will use to give extra attention to care for seniors and to improving the overall patient experience.
