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Great White Sharks Off Cape Cod A Success Story, Researchers Say

Matthew McDonald

Scientific researchers are celebrating the surging populations of gray seals and the great white sharks who try to eat them off Cape Cod, even as beachgoers are worried about becoming the next shark-attack victim.

Five shark attacks have occurred since 2012, including a man in Truro who was seriously injured August 15, 2018 and a man in Wellfleet who was killed on September 15, 2018.

Boston, Cambridge Surging in Population
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Boston, Cambridge Surging in Population

NBP Staff

The city of Boston's population is now a little shy of 700,000, the highest it has been since 1960, according to federal survey data.

Boston's population reached about 694,583 on July 1, 2018, a 12.5 percent increase over the 617,594 found as of April 1, 2010, according to the American Community Survey, an arm of the U.S. Census Bureau that produces population estimates that are used to calculate federal grants to local communities.

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