Cape Cod's water quality remains a top environmental problem, with significant worries about the health of coastal embayments and freshwater ponds. At the same time, the region's public drinking water ...

There are few traditional recipes that include cod and do not begin, even before turning on the fire, with an ancient and methodical gesture: submerging the fish in cold water. Desalting cod is an ...

The Cape Cod Commission has unveiled a new draft plan aimed at supporting the health of Cape Cod’s many freshwater ponds and lakes and is inviting public review and comment. The Cape Cod Freshwater ...

The Barnstable County Department of Health and Environment is offering free water quality testing for private well owners across Cape Cod, according to a community announcement. As of Aug. 4, 2025, ...

A woman was pulled alive from the Cape Cod Canal Thursday afternoon after police responded to a call of someone in the water. Police say the woman was unable to swim to shore by herself, and that ...

The company that owns the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, Holtec International, has filed an appeal seeking to discharge radioactive water into Cape Cod Bay. Last month, the state denied Holtec a ...

A 31-year-old Wareham woman was pulled out of the waters of the Cape Cod Canal Thursday afternoon, according to police. Bourne Police got a call about the woman around 12:43 p.m. The unnamed woman in ...