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Barnstable County

Reporting on county government and county activities

  • Group of AmeriCorps Cape Cod members applaud during graduation ceremony for the 27th cohort.

    AmeriCorps Graduation Celebrates Service to Cape Cod

    Teresa Martin
    August 14, 2026
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  • Miranda D'Oleo from the Building Advocacy Lab of the Boston Society of Architects, answers questions in the community use space of the former firehouse in Harwich MA. The firehouse has just completed an adaptive reuse project.

    From Firehouse to Human Homes

    Teresa Martin
    July 17, 2026
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  • Group of five AmeriCorps Cape Cod service members and partners stand ina group with green trees in the background and a newly installed trail marker post in the foreground in Barnstable MA Cape Cod.

    AmeriCorps Cape Cod Restored

    Teresa Martin
    June 25, 2026
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  • Shareen Davis stands at Stage Harbor, Chatham MA on Cape Cod. She wears sunglasses and the blue water and boats of the harbor lie behind her.

    Meet Shareen Davis, Mercy Otis Warren Woman of the Year

    Teresa Martin
    June 11, 2026
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  • The Chatham transfer station shows off a boat shrink wrap burrito, which is a large white bundle of plastic, in Chatham MA on Cape Cod

    Boat Coats Get a Second Life

    Teresa Martin
    May 15, 2026
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  • County complex sign with arrows pointing to courthouses in Barnstable Village, Cape Cod MA

    What is the Mental Health Speciality Court?

    Teresa Martin
    May 7, 2026
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  • Zoom call close up of face of Falmouth Delegate to Assembly of Delegates Dan Gessen, Falmouth MA.

    County Sets Barriers with ICE

    Teresa Martin
    April 10, 2026
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  • Utility poles lean over in the snow along Rt 6A on Cape Cod while utility trucks and workers repair the blizzard damage in February 2026.

    Cape Catches Breath After Historic Blizzard

    Teresa Martin
    February 27, 2026
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  • Snowy Cape Cod cottage

    Feb 23 Blizzard Update – Click to see ongoing updates

    Teresa Martin
    February 24, 2026
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  • Gray skys and bare tree branches at a winter pond on Cape Cod.

    $36M for Clean Water

    Noah Johnson
    January 30, 2026
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  • Barnstable County sign listing locations within the county complext in Barnstable Village, MA

    Facilities, Finance, and 2026 County Priorities

    Teresa Martin
    January 16, 2026
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  • Barnstable Counter Water Testing Lab team member Jennifer McMullin wearing a white lab coat shows the new water quality testing instrument which is a large rectangular container, open, holding four small water sample bottles.

    MASS-DEP Gives First-in-state Certification Nod to Barnstable County

    Teresa Martin
    January 2, 2026
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  • Barnstable County Sheriff Donna Buckley, wearing blue suitk hair net, and food service gloves, models packaging freshly baked bread in the jail's commercial kitchen.

    A Little Bread Can Change the World

    Teresa Martin
    November 14, 2025
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