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Emergency Preparedness Director Chip Reilly Performs Basic Shelter Training for Lower Cape Community Emergency Response Teams

On Thursday, November 2, 2023, Barnstable County’s Emergency Preparedness Director Chip Reilly conducted a basic shelter training for members of the BOCH (Brewster, Harwich, Orleans, Chatham) and newly formed Eastham […]

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Barnstable County Department of Human Services E-Newsletter – November 2023

The Barnstable County Department of Human Services E-Newsletter is the “clearinghouse” for human services in Barnstable County. With a readership of more than 2,000, the monthly e-newsletter disseminates news of […]

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Barnstable 3rd Graders Embrace Green Learning with AmeriCorps Cape Cod

3rd graders at Barnstable Community Innovation School recently had an exciting day learning about taking care of our environment. With the guidance of AmeriCorps Cape Cod and Extension’s Waste Reduction […]

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Barnstable County’s ‘Operation Green Light for Veterans’ 

Barnstable County, MA – November 2, 2023 — Barnstable County’s Superior Courthouse will be illuminated in green light as part of Operation Green Light for Veterans, a nationwide effort by the […]

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Cape Cod Commission receives grant to enhance water quality monitoring with satellite imagery

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (November 1, 2023) – The Cape Cod Commission will lead an effort to expand satellite-derived water quality data collection and analysis and enhance existing pond monitoring efforts, […]

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Barnstable County’s New Epidemiologist Played an Important Role in Determining How COVID-19 Spreads, Story Featured on 60 Minutes

Very early in the COVID-19 pandemic, when cases were first starting to pop up in Seattle Washington, the Skagit Valley Chorale had plans to hold rehearsal at a local church. […]

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Fire Fighter Training at West Barnstable Fire Department

Last week, Barnstable County’s Cape Cod Center for Public Safety Training conducted a training session for the West Barnstable Fire Department focusing on practical skills. The session centered on hose […]

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A Few Reminders to Help Keep our Kids Safe this Halloween (Includes Local Halloween Events Taking Place October 31st!)

BE SAFE this Halloween with some Halloween safety tips from Safe Kids Worldwide and the Centers for Disease and Prevention. Street Smarts! The frightening fact is that, on average, children […]

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