In Massachusetts, 2.6 percent of children are raised by grandparents. But on the Cape and Islands, the rate is almost four times higher, at 10 percent.

Shark researchers will be turning their attention to a different part of the Cape this summer, in an effort to learn more about juvenile white sharks.

Work is scheduled to begin next week to remove the last internal components of the Pilgrim nuclear reactor from a storage pool as part of the ongoing demolition and cleanup of the Plymouth plant.

The former congressman was politically engaged until the end.

The study identified a comparable market — the Hamptons, on Long Island — and examined how real estate fees affected home sales in the area.

A contract dispute between Cape Cod Healthcare and one of its unions has gone public. The issues are salary and Cape Cod Healthcare's proposal to require some employees to begin paying a greater share of the cost of health insurance.

Scientists and fishermen convened at Coonamessett Farm, in Falmouth, to share research funded through NOAA’s Scallop Research Set-Aside Program.

It's town meeting season, and with costs on the rise, several towns in the Cape and Islands region have been facing significant budget overrides. Eastham was one of those towns.

Brewster and Dennis said yes to the Seasonal Communities program, and the state’s new housing secretary toured properties in Dennis, Wellfleet, and Truro.

The study’s preliminary results support the Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe’s belief that Burying Hill is an ancient burial ground for their ancestors.