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This week: The Barnstable Sheriff is changing operations at the County jail. The Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce has a suggestion for making the new Cape bridges a lot cheaper: how about a couple of low, causeway-style bridges — and let the big boats worry about themselves? And a new health care tower hits a construction milestone in Hyannis.
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This week: It’s last call for jumping off the old Sandwich boardwalk. Meanwhile, a group is racing to save an iconic modernist Wellfleet house from demolition. And, you can now track rescued sea turtles online.
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This week: Replacing the two Cape bridges just got a little more expensive... like, only just another half a billion dollars more expensive. Meanwhile, the panel on the decommissioning of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant is having some decorum issues. And, it’s orange shirt day today. We’ll tell you what that commemorates.
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This week: Many Cape businesses are applauding a move to let migrants into the workforce, calling it an answer to the Cape’s labor shortage. Meanwhile, $82 million is headed to saving right whales. And a plan for a new senior center in Chatham dies at the finish line, as a majority vote still isn’t enough.
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This week: Hurricane Lee is passing to the east, bringing high winds and pounding surf. Also: Yarmouth residents react to the state putting families into emergency shelter at a motel. And Provincetown is weighing limits on short-term rentals.
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The first tower is going up, soon the blades are going on: Vineyard Wind this week started putting together its offshore wind farm. Also, on Martha’s Vineyard the fight over artificial turf gets a decision from the court. And in New Bedford, a seafood giant shuts down — raising questions about what’s next for a critical industry
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This week: The final critical components for the first offshore wind turbines are being transported to the Vineyard Wind construction site. Also: Could commuter rail come to the Cape? A bill calling for it is being filed on Beacon Hill. And, a plan to house migrants in a Yarmouth motel is put on hold.
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This week: What should happen to a million gallons of radioactive water at the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station? The state held a hearing this week that could be a decider. Also: the first dolphin rescue hospital north of Florida is opening… on Cape Cod. And: Outer Cape schools have a problem—not with students, but with housing.
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Governor Maura Healey says she’ll focus on finding funding to replace the Sagamore Bridge ahead of the Bourne Bridge. COVID cases are ticking up locally. And downtown New Bedford could soon lose a beloved arts center.
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This week: Is Cape Cod the state's tornado alley? Twisters touched down in Mattapoisett and Barnstable – but luckily, no one was injured and no homes destroyed. Plenty of rain came down, too, flooding roads. Also: the final pieces arrive for offshore wind turbines, and an installer ship so big it couldn’t fit into New Bedford Harbor.