Barnstable
Americannoun
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In Massachusetts, nearly 300,000 were without power, according to poweroutage.us, including 85% of customers in Barnstable County, which includes all of Cape Cod.
From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026
Cables carrying electricity created by spinning rotors will land on a beach in Barnstable on Cape Cod and then head to consumers in the state.
From New York Times • Jun. 27, 2023
After polls closed across most of Massachusetts Tuesday night, one town, Barnstable, kept polls open until midnight after a broken vault door kept ballots locked inside for most of the day.
From Washington Post • Sep. 6, 2022
The turtle originally came from a nest in West Barnstable that researchers determined was in a hazardous location and needed to be moved.
From Washington Times • Oct. 12, 2021
The bottom of the bay means the region of Barnstable and west, and the people of "Chawum" were the Indians of that region.
From Old Plymouth Trails by Packard, Winthrop
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