Hyannis

Developer Lennar Multifamily Communities, or LMC, made the change in response to the concerns of a Cape Cod Commission subcommittee, according to Brian Dugdale, an attorney speaking on behalf of the company.

In Hyannis, many of the nearly 200 pro-choice activists who assembled by the Airport Rotary said they were angered by the potential reversal of the 49-year-old landmark abortion rights case.

Firefighters from Fall River, Hyannis, and Nantucket are participating in a study to see whether PFAS chemicals are working their way from firefighters’ gear into their bodies. The results could eventually help lead to the standardization of protective apparel that’s made with less – or even zero – PFAS.

"Before 2016, the levels of PFAS in the Hyannis water system were higher than in any other public water supply in Massachusetts," says scientist Laurel Schaider, the lead investigator of a study tracking past exposure. PFAS have been linked to cancer and elevated cholesterol.

The options put forth by the Barnstable Land Trust would still build housing, which the group agrees is needed. But the new alternatives would save more open space by concentrating the housing where the adjacent hotel and conference center are now.

An apartment complex proposed for the Twin Brooks golf course in Hyannis has received an environmental certificate from the state that could ease the way for the project, over the objections of opponents, who say the land should be preserved for conservation and recreation.

Concrete barriers along Main Street in Hyannis that narrowed the street to create space for outdoor dining and social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic are scheduled to be removed this week.

"My Dad — back in the day of a pager, his pager went off," said Tom Kenney's daughter, Meaghann. "You have to be ready to go. So he jumped in his truck, left Town Hall, went home, said goodbye to my mother, and off he went.”

Update: The initial batches of appointments at both clinics filled up quickly — Hyannis by 9:35 a.m. and Eastham by about 9:45. Users said it appeared…

This spring, precautions against COVID-19 closed some of the few showers open to people who are homeless and living outdoors, including one in the…