Cape Cod is a peninsula extending into the Atlantic Ocean from the southeastern corner of Massachusetts,in the northeastern United States. Its historic,maritime character and ample beaches attract heavy tourism during the summer months. The name Cape Cod,coined in 1602 by Bartholomew Gosnold,is the ninth oldest English place-name in the U.S.
Mashpee is a town in Barnstable County,Massachusetts,United States,on Cape Cod. The population was 15,060 as of 2020. The town is the site of the headquarters and most members of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe,one of two federally recognized Wampanoag groups.
The Wampanoag,also rendered Wôpanâak,are a Native American people of the Northeastern Woodlands currently based in southeastern Massachusetts and formerly parts of eastern Rhode Island. Their historical territory includes the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket.
Bunker Hill Community College (BHCC) is a public community college with multiple campuses in the Greater Boston area. Founded in 1973 in the Charlestown neighborhood of Boston,Massachusetts,BHCC provides higher education and job training services at two campuses and three satellite locations.
Bristol Community College (Bristol) is a public community college with four campuses in Southeastern Massachusetts.
Bridgewater State University is a public university with its main campus in Bridgewater,Massachusetts. It is the largest of nine state universities in Massachusetts. Including its off-campus sites in New Bedford,Attleboro,and Cape Cod,BSU has the fourth-largest campus of the 29 institutions in the Massachusetts Public Higher Education System. BSU's sports teams are called the Bears. Its school colors are crimson,white,and black.
Evan Samuel Dobelle is a former public official and higher-education administrator,is known for promoting higher-education investment in the Creative Economy,public-private partnerships and the "College Ready" model that helps students graduate from high school and college.
The South Shore of Massachusetts is a geographic region stretching south and east from Boston toward Cape Cod along the shores of Massachusetts Bay and Cape Cod Bay. It is subject to varying descriptions including municipalities in eastern Norfolk and Plymouth counties. The South Shore is an affluent area. The median income of the region as of 2020 is $104,691. The median home value of the region as of 2020 is $574,831.
Julia Ann Sears (1839–1929) was a pioneering academic and suffragist,achieving a milestone early in her career as she became the first woman to head a public college in the United States,in 1872. The school was Mankato Normal School,now Minnesota State University,Mankato,which named a residence hall after Sears in 2008.
Cape Cod Community College,known locally as "Four Cs",is a public community college in West Barnstable,Massachusetts. It was established in 1961,the second institution to open as part of what is now a 15 community college system in Massachusetts. Cape Cod Community College is the only community college and one of three colleges on Cape Cod. It awards Associate in Arts and Associate in Science degrees and various academic certificates in a wide variety of programs. The college offers access to on-campus bachelor's and master's degree programs in partnership with:Bridgewater State University,Boston University,Lesley University,Salem State University,Suffolk University,UMass Boston,and UMass Dartmouth. Cape Cod Community College formally had a partnership with Wheelock College before that merged with Boston University to become the Boston University Wheelock College of Education &Human Development on Boston University's Fenway Campus. Cape Cod Community College is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education.
Bridgewater station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Bridgewater,Massachusetts,served by the Middleborough/Lakeville Line. It is located on the east end of the Bridgewater State University campus along the Middleborough Main Line.
Dana Alan LeVangie is an American professional baseball scout and coach,who was the pitching coach for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB) in 2018 and 2019. Formerly a scout and minor league catcher,as an active player he both batted and threw right-handed and was listed at 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) and 185 pounds (84 kg).
Kara Anne Kennedy was a member of the American political family,the Kennedy family. She was the oldest of the three children and only daughter of U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy from Massachusetts and Joan Bennett Kennedy,and a niece of President John F. Kennedy and Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Kara Kennedy served on the boards of numerous charities and was a filmmaker and television producer. She died of a heart attack in 2011 at the age of 51.
Jeffrey Davis Perry is a former member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives who represented the 5th Barnstable District from 2003-2011. He was the Republican Party nominee for United States Congress in Massachusetts's 10th congressional district in the 2010 election,losing to Democrat Bill Keating.
Daniel A. Wolf is an American entrepreneur,aircraft pilot,and politician. In 1989,he founded the Cape Cod-based airline Cape Air,which originally flew between Provincetown and Boston in Massachusetts,and has since expanded internationally. In 2010,he was elected to the Massachusetts Senate to represent the Cape and Islands district. He ran unopposed in 2012,and was subsequently re-elected to a third term in 2014. During his tenure,he has emerged as a progressive leader in the Senate,advocating for renewable energy,increased minimum wage,and universal health care.
Joseph Patrick Kennedy III is an American politician and diplomat who has been the United States Special Envoy for Northern Ireland since 2022. Prior to this,Kennedy served as the U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 4th congressional district from 2013 to 2021. A member of the Democratic Party,he represented a district that extends from Boston's western suburbs to the state's South Coast. He worked as an assistant district attorney in the Cape and Islands and Middlesex County,Massachusetts,offices before his election to Congress. In January 2021,he became a CNN commentator.
The Cape Cod &Hyannis Railroad was a railroad that provided tourist and seasonal passenger services in Southeastern Massachusetts in the 1980s. Its primary service operated from the Braintree MBTA station to Hyannis on Cape Cod;branches to Attleboro and Falmouth also operated in some years. The service ended after the 1988 summer season amid early-1989 state budget cuts in Massachusetts;much of the same trackage is being used for the seasonal CapeFLYER service.
The 2018 Massachusetts gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018,to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Republican governor Charlie Baker and lieutenant governor Karyn Polito sought reelection to a second term in office,facing Democratic challengers Jay Gonzalez and Quentin Palfrey,respectively. Candidates were selected in the primary election held on September 4,2018.
Gerard Thomas Indelicato is an American academic administrator who served as education advisor to Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis and president of Bridgewater State College. He was convicted on federal and state conspiracy,fraud,and tax evasion charges.
William Gould Vinal was an American naturalist,nature educator,and conservationist who was a faculty at Massachusetts State College—now known as the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He wrote numerous books and papers on nature and outdoors education. He has been called the Father of Nature Recreation. He also served as a college football coach while teaching at Marshall College—now known as Marshall University—in 1908.
