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"Our goal is to divert these individuals from going to the emergency room or being arrested if they don't need to be," says Stephanie Rubel, the first full-time clinician assisting Barnstable police under the state's developing co-response model.
Hundreds of seabirds are washing up on local beaches; an avian flu outbreak may be the cause. Towns are struggling to find the parts to help get ‘forever-chemicals’ out of drinking water. And Nantucket’s last lobstermen is getting ready to retire.
This week: Outcry continues over the plan to dump a million gallons of wastewater from Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station into Cape Cod Bay. Ahead of the summer, towns around the region look at how they're managing and policing their beaches. And a Mashpee Wampanoag Chief celebrates turning 100.
The region responds to the mass shooting at an elementary school in Texas with activism and advice for parents. On Martha’s Vineyard, the vote to appoint a school superintendent reveals how the housing crisis is putting a strain on education. And a Cape Cod beach gets its name.
"There's a huge gap in people who are qualifying for assistance and those who are actually low-income living on Nantucket," says Health Imperatives CEO Julia Kehoe.