HYANNIS - The Barnstable County Commissioners reviewed the 2025 Draft Cape Cod Freshwater Initiative Strategy Wednesday, giving their approval for the … [Read more...]
Barnstable County Lab Approved to Test Drinking Water for PFAS
March 4, 2025
BARNSTABLE - The Barnstable County Water Quality Laboratory has been certified by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection to test for … [Read more...]
New England Ocean Warming Slows But Temperatures Remain High
February 28, 2025
SCARBOROUGH, Maine (AP) — The waters off New England had another warm year but didn't heat up as fast as earlier this decade, bucking a trend of … [Read more...]
Cape and Islands Drought Continues, Groundwater Receding
January 9, 2025
HYANNIS - While recent precipitation has improved conditions statewide, the Cape and Islands remain in a mild drought. The past few months has … [Read more...]
Harwich Do Not Drink Order Lifted
April 11, 2024
HARWICH - The Harwich Do Not Drink order has been lifted following state water quality tests. The following is the full statement from the town. The … [Read more...]
Harwich Do Not Drink Order Isolated to North Harwich, Town Distributing Water Bottles
April 10, 2024
HARWICH - The Harwich Do Not Drink order has been isolated to the locally impacted area of North Harwich. In response, the town will be distributing … [Read more...]
Video: Cape’s Horsley Witten Group Wins EPA Contract
February 15, 2024
https://youtu.be/m6PLvZRBOXo The Sandwich-based environmental consulting firm Horsley Witten Group has been awarded a ten-million-dollar contract … [Read more...]
Quick Clip: Of many proposed solutions to Cape Cod’s water crisis – What is urine diversion?
February 12, 2024
https://youtu.be/vfQkPNPNbnI The region's diminishing water quality has long been traced to failing wastewater treatment, and many towns are now … [Read more...]
Video: Vineyard Man Sentenced For Cape Bank Robbery | Faster Degrading Bioplastic Straws
February 8, 2024
https://youtu.be/zJNQdE4n8sE Vineyard Man Sentenced For Cape Bank Robbery A Martha’s Vineyard man is being sentenced to eight-and-a-half years in … [Read more...]
WHOI Scientists Investigating Paper Straw Alternative
February 7, 2024
FALMOUTH - The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is studying new kind of straws to help cut down on plastic pollution along the region’s coasts. … [Read more...]
From The CapeCod.com NewsCenter
Passenger Rail Service Returns To Massachusetts South Coast
Prevention Program On Mid-Cape Is Closing
Sandwich Man Charged for Manslaughter after Mother’s Death
Steamship Authority Names New Director of Engineering and Maintenance
Former New Zealand Prime Minister Visiting Vineyard- Charges Filed After Fatal Rental Home Fire
State House And Senate Vote To Extend Remote And Hybrid Meetings
First On-Site Work for Sagamore Bridge Replacement Officially Begins Today- State Announce Water Efficiency Grants as Drought Continues
Kitty Dukakis, Wife Of Former Governor And Presidential Candidate, Dies
Barnstable County Delegates Discuss Housing Solutions
Monomoy Refuge Buys New Building After Losing HQ Last Year to Erosion
Indoor Pickleball facility “Island Pickle” Gets Special Permit Approval
