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Attend this Virtual Town Hall Event: Coping During COVID
February 8, 2021 | Barnstable, MA. The Cape Cod COVID-19 Response Task Force and MassSupport Network are partnering to present Season of Change, Coping During COVID. The event will focus on understanding the psychological impact of the challenges faced during this time and will offer helpful coping and self-care practices. The event will also provide an […]

Barnstable County Regional Vaccine Clinic Update
2/9/2021 This morning, Barnstable County opened registration for Phase II clinics at the Cape Cod Melody Tent in Hyannis and the Little Creek Parking Area in Eastham. It took roughly 30 minutes for both clinics to fill to capacity. Further, several of you noticed that the clinics weren’t posted at precisely 9am and for that, […]

The Dredge Report | Week of January 24, 2021
Cod Fish II – Sesuit Harbor, Dennis Dredging took place just two days last week. The weather on Monday still had seas to high keeping the Cod Fish II inside the harbor. On Tuesday the crew was needed to help with the staging for the Stage Harbor project (see below). On Wednesday and Thursday, the […]

Cape Cod COVID-19 Response Task Force to Hold a Phone Briefing for Cape Cod Residents Over 65 on COVID-19 Vaccine Phase Two Rollout
What: The Cape Cod COVID-19 Response Task Force will hold a phone briefing for residents of Cape Cod over the age of 65 to discuss COVID-19 vaccine information and access in the area. The phone briefing will be held through a phone conferencing service that will proactively call the home phone numbers for Cape Codders […]

Phase 2 of the Vaccine Rollout Begin Today, February 1
Beginning today, Monday, Feb. 1, the Massachusetts’ COVID-19 vaccination distribution timeline enters Phase 2. Watch this report from Lower Cape TV. Barnstable County COVID-19 Helpline: (774) 330-3001 Barnstable County Dept. of Health & Environment: barnstablecountyhealth.org/ Massachusetts COVID-19 Vaccine Map: mass.gov/COVIDVaccineMap Watch this report from Lower Cape TV.

UPDATE: This clinic was full at 4:12 PM on 1/29/21 – Barnstable County Reginal Drive-Thru COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic in Hyannis is Open for Registration
For Immediate Release January 29, 2021 | Barnstable, MA. – Barnstable County Department of Health and Environment opened up registration for a regional drive-thru COVID-19 vaccine clinic to be held on Thursday, February 4 at the Hyannis at the Cape Cod Melody Tent at 21 W Main St, Hyannis, MA 02601. If this clinic […]

Avoid Missing Notifications of Regional COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics
The state’s vaccine map at mass.gov/COVIDVaccineMap did not display the vaccine clinic that Barnstable County opened at the Barnstable County Fairgrounds for February 3. Many people who had the direct link to the booking tool PrepMod at http://www.maimmunizations.org made appointments, and the clinic was quickly full before it was shown available on the mass.gov map. […]

The Dredge Report | Week of January 17, 2021
Cod Fish II Dredging continued on the Cod Fish II in Sesuit Harbor, Dennis. We are nearing completion of this project as the weather has been favorable and the dredging has been mostly uninterrupted. That said, the weekends wind did require us to move the dredge into the inner harbor and we ceased dredging over […]

REGISTER NOW! Season of Change: Coping During Covid | Virtual Town Hall Event
The Cape Cod COVID-19 Response Task Force and MassSupport Network are partnering to present Season of Change, Coping During COVID. Feb 24, 2021 06:00 PM The event will focus on understanding the psychological impact of the challenges faced during this time and will offer helpful coping and self-care practices. The event will also provide an […]

Barnstable County Clarifies COVID-19 Vaccination Process
Barnstable County Government seeks to clarify that although residents seventy-five years and older will be the next group eligible (Phase 2) to receive a COVID-19 vaccination beginning Monday, February 1, most will not find an available appointment immediately on Cape Cod. The reasons for the delay in the timeline are twofold: we are still in […]