[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 135 (Tuesday, September 13, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1617]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


      IN RECOGNITION OF THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CAPE COD TIMES

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                        HON. WILLIAM R. KEATING

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 13, 2011

  Mr. KEATING. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the seventy-fifth 
anniversary of the Cape Cod Times, a daily newspaper circulated 
throughout the towns and villages of Massachusetts' Cape and Islands.
  Seventy-five years ago, businessmen J.P. Dunn and Basil Brewer came 
together in a Hyannis garage to publish the Cape Cod Standard-Times. 
This union grew out of the men's desire to provide the residents of the 
Cape and Islands with access to community news, so they teamed up with 
the New Bedford Standard-Times for joint distribution through the 
1960s. By 1970, however, the success of local small businesses and 
industries had brought an era of expansion to the region, augmenting 
the need for a local paper to service the needs and interests of the 
unique communities of the Cape and Islands. In 1975, the first Cape Cod 
Times edition was published as an ``independent Cape Cod newspaper, 
printed and published on the Cape, by Cape Codders, for Cape Codders.''
  Today, the Cape Cod Times provides over 60,000 readers in the region 
with daily headlines of national and local relevance--from summer beach 
closings to breaking news across the globe. The paper's circulation 
reaches beyond the Cape and Islands through its online subscription, 
allowing readers to stay up-to-date on community happenings no matter 
their location.
  Time and time again, the paper has been recognized for its national 
significance, having been named to such prestigious awards as 
``Newspaper of the Year,'' ``Website of the Year'' and ``Sunday 
Newspaper of the Year'' by the New England Press Association, the New 
England Newspaper Association, and the New England Associated Press 
Executives Association.
  Having owned a home on Cape Cod for twenty years, it is with pride 
and gratitude that I congratulate the Cape Cod Times, its editors and 
staff on providing seventy-five years of authentic journalism to the 
people of the Tenth Congressional District of Massachusetts. I extend 
my best wishes to the paper for many more years of award-winning 
journalism to come.

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