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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The Draft Environmental Impact Statement gives the public an opportunity to review and comment on the bridge construction project. A 45-day public comment period lasts through Jan. 5. -
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has committed to provide a speaker to review relevant cancer studies at a future meeting of the Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens' Advisory Panel. -
The Falmouth Service Center received about 100 more requests for Thanksgiving baskets than last year. -
Cape Cod legislators have been advocating for the designation, allows tourism-heavy communities — where many homes are seasonal and housing costs are high — to use new policy tools to support year-round housing. -
Staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission will not be speaking Monday as planned. -
The director of an organization that hosted architecture interns from Nauset says the program has been shuttered. But school officials and the architect who taught the courses won't talk about it. -
The town's purchase of a single-family home for affordable housing could become a model for other towns. But the deal hinged on altruistic homeowners selling their house to the Chatham Affordable Housing Trust well below market rate. -
The finding marks a victory for opponents of the water discharge, but it's only a recommendation until the commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection reviews the ruling and issues a final decision. -
Food pantries are feeding more people as the disruption in federal nutrition aid takes hold. -
A law signed last year created the designation to help tourism-heavy towns ease the burden of high housing costs for year-round residents.
