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Breach has Chatham riding a tide of uncertainty

The ocean cut an opening through Chatham's Nauset Beach peninsula this week that grew to about 150 yards by yesterday.
By Beth Daley
Globe Staff / April 20, 2007

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This week’s fierce northeaster punched a hole through Nauset Beach peninsula in Chatham, creating an island with a tiny colony of summer cottages and leaving other houses vulnerable to erosion if the breach continues to widen. (Full article: 767 words)

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