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Cambridge, April 19, 2013
Governments have been breaking promises made to the Wampanoag nation for the last 400 years.
The best thing for Mashpee to do is hire an interim superintendent and start the search from scratch.
STEM doesn’t need legislative interference
"A renewable energy wind farm signals the end of the dream of Cape Cod living" for Joe Keller and his anti-wind farm friends
Town Manager Julian Suso estimates that removal of the turbines could cost up to $15.2 million
Picks Nauset's Bonny Gifford as their new Superintendent
Barnstableأs budget includes technology upgrades that help students compete better and help the district itself rank better in the ongoing school competition race.

The only scheduled New England witness scheduled to speak is John Pappalardo of the Cape Cod Hook Fishermen’s Association
Two are good choices, two are non-starters - Nauset's Bonny Gifford and the Vineyard's Laurie Halt are better competitors than the others
Some Monomoy candidates are competitors, others non-starters
Whacked we weren't
Antediluvian town boards find something new to obsess about: A new state law they can not legally amend or even delay.
Barnstable over-reached on this issue. Visit any Rite Aid or CVS and look at the other “unhealthy choices” a shopper can make. Will they ban snacks and candy next?

Readers say drunk driving County Commissioner Lyons must go

Largest poll response ever  – and they’re still voting

By Walter Brooks

Cape Cod Today's Christmas Wish List for 2012

It is our tradition to suggest the blessings and curses appropriate for our fellow Cape Codders whose fanfares or fiascoes have helped fill our news-hole this year.

By Walter Brooks

Should Sheila Lyons Resign as a Cape Cod County Commissioner?

Elected Officials Must  Be Held to a High Standard

By Walter Brooks

Something obscene in the Town of Barnstable

Whatever the excuse, segregation is obscene

By Walter Brooks

It has been a long time since a Congressman could call Cape Cod home

By the CapeCodTODAY.com Editorial Board

In the last configuration of the our Congressional district ,which included the South Shore and Quincy, Cape Cod was an important part of the district, but not the head, more like the tail of the dog.

I hate November

As did Cape Cod's first visitors

By Walter Brooks

I disagree with T.S. Eliot who opined that "April is the cruelest month." T.S. probably never spent a November in New England when the warmth and wonder of summer dies in the cold and wind of November.

Koch'up: Petcoke's political pollution

Distasteful Options in US Senate Race

Brown vs. Warren is a disappointing choice

By Walter Brooks

As a social liberal and fiscal conservative over the age of eighty, I have voted in more elections than I can remember – and have covered them as a journalist for some sixty years.  Rarely in my experience has there been such a distasteful selection of US Senate candidates as we have this year in Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren.

The Cape Wind Offshore Wind Farm Will Protect Nantucket Sound

Project can meet 75 percent of electricity demand for Cape Cod and the Islands

By Kit Kennedy, NRDC.

12-Year-Olds in a High School Building?

Declining enrollment forces some 7th and 8th graders into high school buildings

By Walter Brooks