“The state rules have to catch up with the reality of climate change,” said Matthew Fee, a Nantucket select board member. “A town road can’t be abandoned if someone’s [living] on it, but what happens when the road goes into the ocean?”
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Posted inOpinion
EPA should reject machine gun range on Cape
The National Guard’s proposal, which the public has not had the opportunity to review or comment on, fails to eliminate or meaningfully reduce the core threats to the water supply that were identified in the EPA’s review.
Posted inTransportation
Healey talks bridges and rail in DC visit
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE BACK FROM A string of activity in the nation’s capital that featured a pair of events with President Joe Biden, Gov. Maura Healey said Monday that the aging Cape Cod bridges and the prospect of a western Massachusetts passenger rail extension featured as recurring topics during her visit. Healey ping-ponged between […]
Posted inEnvironment
Addressing the nitrogen challenge on Cape Cod
STATE GOVERNMENT OFTEN seems distant from the everyday lives of Massachusetts residents, but that’s not true these days on Cape Cod. The state Department of Environmental Protection has issued draft regulations that could require thousands of Cape residents to upgrade or replace their septic systems – or scrap their septic systems altogether and go with […]
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Housing affordability becoming ‘existential crisis’ for Cape Cod
SOARING HOUSING COSTS have become an alarming problem across the state, but on Cape Cod the crisis is even more urgent. While the area’s natural beauty and beaches make it an attractive place for the well-off to splurge on vacation homes, it has also driven up housing prices so sharply that its year-round community is […]
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Trump suspends visa program bringing workers to US
PRESIDENT TRUMP on Monday extended existing restrictions on the issuance of new green cards and temporarily suspended new work visas that will bar hundreds of thousands of immigrants from coming to the United States to work through the end of December. The Trump administration said that the move will keep as many as 525,000 foreign […]
Posted inEconomy
A lot of summer what ifs
What will the summer look like amid the COVID-19 threat? July 4 concerts are out, but will we be able to enjoy beaches and barbecues? What about pools, camps, and zoos? That is the question all Massachusetts residents are asking, but nowhere is the question as urgent as on Cape Cod. In Massachusetts’s premiere summer […]
Posted inThe Download
A lot of summer what ifs
What will the summer look like amid the COVID-19 threat? July 4 concerts are out, but will we be able to enjoy beaches and barbecues? What about pools, camps, and zoos? That is the question all Massachusetts residents are asking, but nowhere is the question as urgent as on Cape Cod. In Massachusetts’s premiere summer […]