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In today's newsletter:

  • How a Falmouth advocate could change telehealth rules across Massachusetts

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Today's riddle: Why do Norway's navy ships all have barcodes? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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  • Tuesday: Breezy in the morning; sunny, with a high of 60 and low of 42 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Sunny; breezy in the p.m., temps: high: 63, low: 56.
  • Thursday: Mostly sunny and windy, with a high of 68 and low of 55 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Pending state legislation could make mental health care access easier (capeandislands.org) — A Falmouth resident, Gwyneth Packard, is helping lead a grassroots push for Massachusetts to join PsyPact, which would let psychologists continue treating patients across state lines via telehealth. Lawmakers say the measure, now in conference committee, could pass soon and would especially benefit remote regions like the Cape and Islands. Local providers still stress that housing costs and staffing shortages remain major barriers to in‑person mental health care.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why do Norway's navy ships all have barcodes?" — So when they come back to port they can just scan-da-navi-an! (Thank you Jessica C. for sending it in!)
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