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Republican Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker said the move to the mainland would be voluntary, but didn't say what would happen to migrants who choose to stay.

The base covers nearly 21,000 acres over Mashpee, Bourne and Sandwich and abuts Falmouth.

While theres no presence of cyanobacteria, said Board of Health director Dave Mason, algae is stretching across Shawme Pond.

A home on Silver Beach Avenue was gutted after it caught fire Saturday afternoon, January 29, during the height of the blizzard.

Since August, the E.P.A. has been investigating whether activity on the proposed range could create a significant public health hazard by contaminating the drinking water that runs beneath the base.

Approximately 200 residents showed up Saturday, June 26 to protest a machine gun firing range proposed by the Massachusetts National Guard at Joint Base Cape Cod (JBCC).

Last week, Air National Guard Brigadier General Christopher M. Faux wrote this in an email to Christopher Adams, co-chairman of the Military-Civilian Community Council:

Less than a year ago, with little meaningful public notice, the Massachusetts Army National Guard quietly released a fast-track environmental assessment of its multi-purpose machine gun range planned for the Upper Cape Water Supply Reserve at Joint Base Cape Cod. Since then, the base has ignored overwhelming public comments in opposition to the range. The Guard received 367 comments, 90% opposed, from the public. And in its official response to the public comments, the Guard brushed aside all ...

Proposed machine gun range gets unanimous recommendation from one of two volunteer groups that advise states Environmental Management Commission.

Politicians express concerns about Cape machine gun range April 16, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail BOURNE, Mass. (AP) — Both U.S. senators from Massachusetts and the congressman who represents Cape Cod are expressing concerns about potential environmental effects from a machine gun training range planned for a National Guard base in the region. The range at Camp Edwards on Joint Base Cape Cod has received clearance under both federal and state environmental policy, but some neighbors have brought ...