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More than a dozen environmental, social justice, and Democratic groups plan to gather at Forestdale Elementary School from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday. They’ll be joined at an event on Saturday by state lawmakers, who are calling for a suspension of any further action on the $11.5 million project.

A team from the Marine Biological Laboratory took water samples at six different estuaries in the Waquoit Bay system on Cape Cod and in New Bedford Harbor, and found microplastics in all of them.

In the last week, Barnstable County commissioners announced they would be exploring legal action, and a group representing 22 municipalities and 105 elected officials on the Cape and Islands added to the chorus of criticism.

With children under 12 still unable to get vaccinated for COVID-19, some families worry about whether camps are taking enough precautions and if any seats will be left once they get the details sorted out.

Registered nurses picketed outside Cape Cod Hospital on Wednesday, saying they need more nurses on each shift. Cape Cod Healthcare and the labor union that represents registered nurses, the Massachusetts Nurses Association, have been renegotiating their contract since last fall.

The five-year study, being conducted by the Silent Spring Institute, is focusing on two communities in Eastern Massachusetts—Hyannis and the town of Ayer—where public drinking water supplies were contaminated by chemicals known as PFAS contained in firefighting foams used at nearby fire training areas.

People often find more ticks on themselves, their kids, and their pets when the weather warms up. But Cape Cod Cooperative Extension Entomologist Larry Dapsis says ticks are actually a threat year-round. CAI's Kathryn Eident talked with Dapsis for tips on how to prevent tick bites and what to do if you find a tick on yourself.

Critics say Massachusetts isn't offering as many incentives as other states for developers to locate jobs here.

Cape Cod’s COVID-19 Task Force reacts to the news that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is no longer requiring masks in many situations, including indoors, for people who are fully vaccinated. Meanwhile, Barnstable County health officials are talking with local schools about how to vaccinate children as young as 12.

Research at a Cape Cod church reveals some the founders of the church and the community that is now Brewster — part of Harwich at the time — were no strangers to the enslavement of people of color. The church's move toward reparations is one of a number of projects around the region looking at historical racism and taking action for change.