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Category: MAIN COUNTY FEATURED NEWS

Meet Barnstable County’s Finance Assistant Priscilla Ellis

Throughout the course of the summer, one of our goals is to increase awareness of the purpose and mission of Barnstable County, and how our employees are working for you.  […]

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Vote by Mail Signed into Law

In July, a new law was passed to allow all registered voters in Massachusetts to vote by mail in any 2020 election, with no excuse needed. As required by the […]

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Barnstable County Flood Plain Specialist Shannon Hulst Discusses Recently Released Flood Risk Report with Cape Cod Times

It’s Barnstable County Floodplain Specialist Shannon Hulst’s job to make complex flood predictions comprehensible to homeowners and municipalities. Read her  take on the recent release of the Flood Risk Report.  […]

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12 weeks, thousands of kids: How NOAA Live! connected students to science at home

Check out the incredible story of NOAA Education’s response to distance learning and providing fun, educational marine science webinars to students at home. Barnstable County is proud to be a […]

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State public health officials announce season’s first EEE positive mosquito sample

News Release – Massachusetts Department of Public Health Residents urged to start using bug spray to avoid getting bitten BOSTON (July 3, 2020) –  The Massachusetts Department of Public Health […]

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Meet Our New Communications Intern Thomas Gruttadauria

Thomas Gruttadauria grew up on Cape Cod. He’s a proud graduate of Dennis-Yarmouth High School and a rising junior at the University of Massachusetts Amherst studying Communications and Natural Resources […]

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Message from Chairman Ronald Bergstrom – Barnstable County Commissioners

(July 2, 2020) Thank you to our Local Boards of Health and Health Agents. You have worked tirelessly during these last several months in an unprecedented public health crisis. Your […]

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For Immediate Release: Cape Cod Commission Receives Major Investment to Support the Regional Economy

 $400,000 CARES Act grant will support recovery and resiliency efforts in the wake of COVID-19 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (June 29, 2020) – The Cape Cod Commission has received a Coronavirus […]

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The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Boston Donates Surgical Masks to Barnstable County

(June 29, 2020) – In the spirit of humanitarian assistance, the Director-General Douglas Hsu of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Boston, and representing the Taiwan government, presented the […]

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