The Massachusetts Army National Guard submitted a new plan to the Environmental Protection Agency after officials from the federal agency found the range’s initial design could contaminate the aquifer that runs beneath the base. That aquifer provides drinking water to hundreds of thousands of Cape residents and visitors.
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Major events in the life of the $4.5 billion project are expected to unfold in 2026, including preliminary design of the Sagamore Bridge and a draft Request for Proposals to start the contractors’ bidding process in the fall. But in the meantime, a detailed analysis of how the project would affect Cape Cod is due out next spring.
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The Massachusetts Army National Guard's proposal comes as a response to a critical Environmental Protection Agency draft report released a year ago, which found the range could contaminate drinking water and create a significant threat to public health for hundreds of thousands of year-round residents on Cape Cod.
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The group of migrants that was housed at a Yarmouth motel for seven months has been relocated to shelters off-Cape, where there is staff to help them.
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A comprehensive bill that strives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change locally advanced in the House with just one week left to pass legislation.
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After a few months of garbled data from the long-serving Voyager 1 spacecraft, NASA has restored communications. CAI's John Basile talks with Dr. Regina Jorgenson of the Maria Mitchell Observatory on Nantucket about the effort to get back in touch with the pace probe.
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Though it might have benefited from tighter editing, there's no denying the pleasure of this gloriously overwrought film.
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What to do when encountering a baby animal depends on the species of animal and the circumstances in which it was found, wildlife rehabilitators said.
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In a statement, a New Hampshire State Police spokesperson said they "deployed personnel and various resources to the University of New Hampshire and Dartmouth College campuses in response to illegal activity and at the request of local law enforcement."