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Baker dashes Cape hopes for mass vaccination site; local officials not giving up By Cynthia McCormick Cape Cod Times As Gov. Charlie Baker Wednesday announced a new mass COVID-19 vaccination site in Dartmouth, Cape officials voiced their disappointment at the lack of a similar site in Barnstable County. "Cape Cod is clearly being left behind here in the COVID vaccine rollout," State Sen. Julian Cyr (D-Truro) said during a Thursday morning COVID-19 Task Force briefing. "I’m frustrated, I’m disappointed, and I'm frankly pretty enraged. We need a mass vaccine distribution site on Cape Cod�...

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Wood River hears ADA transition plan FacebookTwitterEmail WOOD RIVER — A public hearing was held on the city’s Americans with Disabilities Act Transition Plan Monday night. Public Works Director Steve Palen gave updates to the plan, which came through the Wood River Fire Department, the public library with minor changes, as well as the Public Works Department regarding curbing and sidewalk improvements along 6th Street and Ferguson Avenue. The meeting was followed by the city council meeting where Wood River Mayor Cheryl Maguire reminded residents that late fees on water bills are being w...

Single-day COVID-19 cases in Massachusetts hit an all-time high earlier this month of nearly 9,000. The growing numbers make contact tracing a gargantuan

SANDWICH — "As a leader, you've got to lead from the front," Sandwich Police Chief Peter Wack said. Wack was the first person to receive a shot of the Moderna vaccine during a Monday clinic for Upper Cape first responders at the Sandwich Human Services building. Police and firefighters don’t have the luxury of sequestering themselves during the pandemic, as they routinely enter people’s homes, Wack said. The goal is to vaccinate “a large majority of the population so we can end this virus once and for all,” the chief said. Sandwich Assistant Town Manager Heather B. Harper said the c...