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Policy + Politics

On the ground reporting about town and regional policies and the politics that move them forward.

  • Ready to Vote? 2026 Town Elections Overview

    Noah Johnson
    April 17, 2026
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  • Close up of two strawberries, one red, one still unripe.

    Will State Bill Help Cape Farmers?

    Teresa Martin
    April 16, 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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  • Close up of Jeanne Morrison, chair of Cape Cod's International Women's Day Breakfast, at the breakfast in Hyannis,., MA.

    Women Get Things Done

    Teresa Martin
    April 8, 2026
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  • Large bright green industrial chipping machine parks near giant piles of chips and tree debris at transfer station in Eastham, MA.

    Supporting the Great Blizzard Clean-up

    Noah Johnson
    March 18, 2026
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  • Graphic that reads Real Estate Transfer fee, white text on black background.

    Will Real Estate Fee Ease Cape Housing Crisis?

    Noah Johnson
    March 3, 2026
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  • Pediatrician Dr. Kathryn Rudman speaks to Cape Cod News.org editor Teresa Martin at Cape Cod Hospital. Image shows back of Martin's head with Rudman sitting on a chair facing the camera.

    Value of Childhood Vaccines

    Teresa Martin
    February 27, 2026
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  • Rescue teams deploying at First Encounter, Eastham MA. Man wearing cold water rescue gear walking between fire and rescue vehicles.

    Search Continues in Icy Tragedy in Eastham

    Teresa Martin
    February 18, 2026
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  • ducks swimming on a partially frozen pond on Cape Cod, MA

    Cape Pond Program Expands

    Noah Johnson
    February 6, 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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  • Close up of Tara Vargas Wallace, founder of Amplify POC at Cape Cod MLK Action Committee's MLK Breakfast in Orleans, MA.

    Leaning into Love

    Teresa Martin
    January 22, 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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  • Front of Piping Plover dispensary in Wellfleet MA. The building is pale yellow colonial style with a brown Piping Plover sign.

    Marijuana Milestone

    Noah Johnson
    January 16, 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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  • graphic showing the RTE rates in the 7 cape cod towns which have adopted it. Ptown 35%, Truro 35%, Wellfleet 33%, Barnstable 25%, Mashpee 20%, Eastham 3%

    Understanding the Residential Tax Exemption

    Noah Johnson
    November 2, 2025
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  • Close up of Kath Ohman speaking at the construction site of new supportive housing in Dennis, MA.

    New Supportive Housing Begins Construction on Cape Cod

    Teresa Martin
    October 9, 2025
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  • Lotte Diomede, founder of SMILE Mass, leans into her son Nicholas at a race event. Both wear neon yellow racing shirts. He is in his wheelchair.

    Barriers to the Beach, Part 5: Rolling Over Barriers

    Teresa Martin
    September 26, 2025
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  • Close up of Joe Minicozzi, Urban3, in a conference room in Harwich MA. He is wearing a dark jackedt, white shirt, and blue tie and his glasses are resting on top of he head.

    Balance and Intersection Define OneCape Summit

    Teresa Martin
    September 21, 2025
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  • Accessibility mat not reaching all the way to the water on a beach

    Barriers to the Beach, Part 4: Where Waves Meet Reality

    Anna Westerberg
    September 12, 2025
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  • Barriers to the Beach Part 3: Rules of the Road

    Anna Westerberg
    August 20, 2025
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  • The Sandwich Boardwalk stretching into the water with people on it and near it on a sunny summer day in Sandwich, MA.

    Barriers to the Beach, Part 2: Sandwich Boardwalk – A Success Story (Mostly)

    Karen Hunter
    August 5, 2025
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  • Atlantic ocean waves pound a beach cliff during a storm off Cape Cod.

    Eastham Climate Mapping in Full Swing

    Teresa Martin
    July 19, 2025
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  • A man sitting in a wheelchair on a beach

    Barriers to the Beach, Part 1: Getting to the Beach Isn’t Always Easy

    Anna Westerberg
    July 18, 2025
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