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 plan aims to double the pace of conservation, protecting 30 percent of the state’s land and water by 2030 and 40 percent by 2050. -
At Coonamessett Farm in East Falmouth, the pumpkin plants are suffering, because the irrigation system doesn't reach them, farmer Ron Smolowitz said. -
A majority of nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and certified nurse midwives have signed union cards seeking to vote on whether to join the Massachusetts Nurses Association, the same union that represents registered nurses. -
The Trump administration plans to end protected immigration status for citizens of Haiti in February, more than 15 years after the Obama administration granted it following a devastating earthquake in 2010. -
Relocation of people and infrastructure is one of 10 strategies in a plan to cope with sea-level rise and storm surge. The Office of Coastal Zone Management is expected to finalize a report this summer. -
Far fewer Canadians are visiting Cape Cod this summer than in the past. In at least one location, bookings from Canada are down nearly 80 percent. -
Getting information about the state’s only offshore wind project under construction has been difficult in the last six months. CAI and the Martha’s Vineyard Times teamed up last week to visit Vineyard Wind by boat, to see what visual evidence we could find of the project status. -
The company that owns the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station is responding to questions from a state panel about how Pilgrim treats radioactive water inside the plant to reduce pollution. -
State Sen. Dylan Fernandes said a major rehabilitation of either bridge — which is due, for safety reasons, in the next several years — would involve completely shutting down the bridge for nine months. -
Investigators have ruled out all but two possible causes of the July 13 fire at a Fall River assisted living facility that killed 10 residents and injured nearly three dozen residents and firefighters.
