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Nelson Andrews Jr., Kyle Bassett, Aaron Tobey Jr. and Brian Weeden are campaigning for the position.  The chairperson presides over tribal council meetings and acts as the tribe’s official spokesperson. They also serve as the coordinator over all tribal government activities. The tribe’s last two chairmen have either been convicted of federal crimes or are currently facing federal charges. Some of the candidates have cited the need to restore the integrity of the tribe’s governing proces...

Barnstable County is opening 1,200 appointments Friday for clinics next week for the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

Now the school just needs the vaccine — nearly 2,000 doses. “That’s what we’re waiting for,” school Superintendent Roger Forget said Wednesday afternoon. The plan is to dispense 1,997 first shots in a single day — possibly March 19 — to pre-K through grade 12 staff in the Bourne, Sandwich, Falmouth, Mashpee and Upper Cape Tech school districts, he said. “It’s not just teachers. It’s everyone. It’s the bus drivers. It’s the custodians,” said Forget, who worked with stat...

Youth protesters last summer On The Point, we discuss youth experiences with racism, young peoples ideas on how to address racism and white supremacy, and how schools are responding. Guests on the program are: Jeanne Morrison, consultant in diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives for nonprofit organizations, and career counselor to youth of color. She serves on multiple local and state boards and steering committees for non- profit organizations committed to social and racial justice ...

Now that Cape Cod Healthcare has held its first COVID-19 vaccination clinics at Cape Cod Community College, people want to know how they can get on the list for first and second doses. While the answers are still a bit unclear, Cape Cod officials said more answers should be coming as a regional consortium gets rolling. “So much has changed in the last week,” said Madeline Noonan, director of community services for the town of Barnstable. “What does that mean to people? Everybody wants to...

Cape Cod Times WEST BARNSTABLE  —  A new mass vaccination site at Cape Cod Community College is expected to dispense 4,000 doses of vaccine next week to the region’s most vulnerable residents and senior citizens, Michael K. Lauf, president and CEO of Cape Cod Healthcare, said Thursday. The vaccination site being run by Cape Cod Healthcare with Barnstable County and local officials came about as a result of local entities coming together to form the Cape Cod Regional Vaccine Consortium Th...

New consortium organizes to make at least 4,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine available to eligible residents on Cape Cod

The Cape Cod Community College vaccination site will have the capacity to vaccinate more than 750 people daily, though that number will remain dependent upon the number of doses received

Traffic approaching a vaccination clinic at the Cape Cod Melody Tent earlier in February. A large-scale COVID-19 vaccination site could open as early as next week in the gymnasium at Cape Cod Community College. Cape healthcare providers, town health agents, and Barnstable County have formed the Cape Cod Regional Vaccine Consortium to qualify for more doses under new state rules. Mike Lauf, CEO of Cape Cod Healthcare, said he has requested up to 3,000 doses a week for the college site. “And th...

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