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Each Tuesday this month, from 5 PM to 7 PM, Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical High School will hold an open house for 8th graders and their families. This year, to keep numbers down for COVID-19 safety reasons, the school will hold four open houses, one each for 8th graders from Bourne, Falmouth, Sandwich, and Marion and Wareham combined, School Superintendent Roger D. Forget said—a change from the open house for all towns normally held in October. “We encourage all 8th graders who are making decisions about where to go to school in September to attend the open houses,” Mr. For...

BOURNE — Plans for an independent pharmacy to host a COVID-19 vaccination clinic Friday at Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School for the school’s staff and eligible members of the public have been canceled. Roger Forget, superintendent of Upper Cape Tech, said he sent an email to school employees Monday about the clinic, which was set to be conducted by Whole Health Pharmacy in Hyannis. But on Tuesday, Forget said, he told employees that he received word that the state Department of Public Health said the clinic would not occur. “The disappointment and frustration felt by the staff i...

The Baker-Polito administration said it would back efforts to set aside four educator-only days at local and regional vaccination sites, including Cape Cod.

Educators likely will get their own COVID-19 vaccination clinic on Cape Cod after all. In a U-turn from their announcement earlier this week, Cape Cod officials are working on plans for a clinic that would be open only to K-12 educators and staff, and child care workers. The Barnstable County Vaccine Consortium will release more details next week, state Sen. Julian Cyr, D-Truro, said Thursday during the Cape Cod COVID-19 Response Task Force’s weekly press briefing.  His announcement marks a shift from a letter the Cape’s legislative delegation sent Tuesday to Cape school superintenden...

The newly approved Johnson & Johnson vaccine has crossed the bridge. Barnstable County officials announced Thursday that they will dispense 1,200 doses of the one-shot vaccine next week during two clinics at Cape Cod Community College in West Barnstable. They said 600 doses will be given out Tuesday and 600 more on Thursday in the community college gymnasium. All of the appointments have since filled up, but county officials said Monday they expect more supply next week. Registration for appointments opened at noon Friday, March 5, on the state scheduling website, maimmunizations.org, co...