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In response to the recent surge in positive COVID-19 cases in Barnstable County, Cape Cod Healthcare (CCH) is running drive-through community testing sites at Cape Cod and Falmouth Hospitals.
Local news and notes from Yarmouth and Dennis.
Barnstable Town Council approves Schools, Airport, Police FY22 budgets Bronwen Howells Walsh The Barnstable Town Council on Thursday approved a $73,520,899 FY 22 public schools budget, a $1,047,000 increase over FY 21 that places increasing emphasis on mental health services and English as a Second Language (ESL) instruction. "Schools are playing a greater role in delivering mental health services," Mayo-Brown said. "Counseling services are key and go hand in hand with academic services." The district's largest spending increases 2017-20, according to Gareth Markwell, Barnstable's assistant F...
Local news and notes from the seven villages of Barnstable
Water trickles out of a faucet. (Martin Bernetti/AFP via Getty Images) Researchers are beginning a five-year, multi-state study to look at the long-term health effects of the toxic chemicals known as PFAS in drinking water. In Massachusetts, the study will focus on Hyannis and Ayer — two communities where public drinking water supplies were contaminated by firefighting foams used at nearby fire training areas. Barnstable town manager Mark Ells, speaking at a webinar to announce the study, noted that Hyannis has PFAS-free drinking water after the town spent millions of dollars to install a f...