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Massachusetts Receives EPA Funding For Water Quality Monitoring

June 18, 2024

BARNSTABLE - The Environmental Protection Agency is awarding $254,000 in grants to support water quality monitoring and public notification programs … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News, NewsCenter Tagged With: BEACH Act, beaches, Cape Cod Beaches, Environmental Protection Agency, recreation, Summer, summer activities

VIDEO: Dr. Beach Says Booming Seals Add a New Challenge for Swimmers: Sharks

June 8, 2024

https://youtu.be/twCGwXVGXwE Dr. Beach explains how his rating system for the world's beaches does not consider shark-watching a benefit. He … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News, NewsCenter Tagged With: beaches, Cape Cod Beaches, Cape Cod Sharks, Dr. Beach, Shark, sharks, Short, Video

VIDEO: “Dr. Beach” Talks Best Beaches on Cape Cod

May 30, 2024

https://youtu.be/7NSwJGNsJvg A Cape Cod beach is once again in the top ten of Doctor Beach’s annual report grading coastal destinations nationwide. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News, NewsCenter Tagged With: beaches, Best Beaches, Best Cape Cod Beaches, Cape Cod Beach, Cape Cod Beaches, Cape Cod Coast Guard, Coast Guard, Dr. Beach, Interview, Video

Nantucket County Among Most Likely for Beach Rescues

March 28, 2024

NANTUCKET - Nantucket beachgoers have ranked among the most likely to need a rescue, with the county the fourth most likely for accidents and calls to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News, NewsCenter Tagged With: Beach, beaches, Cape Cod News, Cape News, Nantucket

Things You May Not Know About Truro

February 1, 2024

Truro, which makes up the “wrist” of the Outer Cape’s “arm,” is located just before Provincetown and about 75 percent of its land is designated as … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Environmental & Wildlife, Lifestyle, Travel Tagged With: beaches, dunes, history, North Truro, Seashore, Tourism, travel, Truro

12 Signs You Grew Up on Cape Cod

January 18, 2024

Growing up on Cape Cod is a unique experience. True Cape Codders don't come on weekends or just for the summer. They are on Cape long after the last … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Lifestyle, Travel Tagged With: Barnstable, beaches, Brewster, Bridge, buzzards bay, Cape Cod, Centerville, Chatham, Cotuit, Dennis, Dennis Port, East Dennis, East Falmouth, East Harwich, East Orleans, East Sandwich, Eastham, Falmouth, fishing, Harwich, Harwich Port, Hyannis, North Chatham, North Eastham, North Falmouth, North Harwich, North Truro, Orleans, Osterville, Pocasset, Provincetown, Sagamore, Sailing, South Chatham, South Dennis, South Harwich, South Orleans, South Yarmouth, traffic, travel, Truro, Wareham, Wellfleet, West Barnstable, West Chatham, West Dennis, West Falmouth, West Harwich, West Tisbury, West Yarmouth, Woods Hole, Yarmouth, Yarmouth Port

VIDEO: Lyra Brennan, from Mass Audubon, Discusses Shorebirds from Terns to Piping Plovers

December 15, 2023

https://youtu.be/C_6s8MxPznU It was a great year for Piping Plover pairs, says experts with the Mass Audubon. Lyra Brennan, Director of the Coastal … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News, NewsCenter Tagged With: beaches, birds, Cape Cod, Coast, Lyra Brennan, Mass Audubon, News, piping plovers, Plovers, Shores, Video, Wild life, wildlife

Experts Claim Warm Waters Attracting More Sharks to Cape Cod Waters

August 22, 2023

HYANNIS - Marine experts believe rising ocean temperatures are causing an increase in shark sightings along Cape Cod beaches. Shark populations … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News, NewsCenter, Top Story Tagged With: Beach, beaches, Boston University, Cape Cod, Climate Change, flocking birds, Great White Shark, Hyannis, Mariah Tinger, Massachusetts, Professor, research, seals, Shark, shark bite, Shark Smart, sharks, Swimming, water

EPA Awards State $275,000 To Support Water Quality Monitoring

August 14, 2023

ORLEANS – The Environmental Protection Agency recently awarded a $275,000 grant to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to support water … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News, NewsCenter, Top Story Tagged With: Beach, beaches, environment, EPA, Natural Resources, water, Water Quality

Officials Urge Safety Amid Shark Uptick

August 14, 2023

HYANNIS - A new study into the habits of sharks off of Cape Cod points to a resurgence of the marine predator after a significant population crash in … [Read more...]