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On this page you'll find more than 55 stories about a proposal by the Massachusetts Army National Guard to build an 8-lane heavy machine gun range on Joint Base Cape Cod. The project would have required clearing 170 acres, and gunfire from the range would likely have been audible to students at the elementary school in nearby Forestdale.The Army National Guard said it needed the range to train its soldiers.A report by the Environmental Protection Agency, conducted in response to concerns of local communities and leaders, found that the proposed range would likely jeopardize the sole-source aquifer that supplies drinking water to more than 200,000 year-round homes and businesses Governor Maura Healey blocked the Guard from beginning construction on the range at the end of September, 2024, as funds were due to expire, effectively killing the project.The earliest reporting on this issue is at the bottom of the page. The newest reporting is at the top.