Jennette Barnes

Provincetown 400 has canceled all of its events commemorating the anniversary of the Pilgrims’ landing in 1620, with one possible exception.

As communities around Massachusetts consider whether to eliminate their Native American school mascots, Dartmouth’s handling of the situation continues to come under scrutiny.

This summer, David Bergmark isn’t coming to the family cottage in Truro. Like many people, he’s staying closer to home, which for him is Prince Edward Island.

But he says rentals of the cottage on Cape Cod are going strong.

“It’s been a completely different experience,” he said. “We could have rented it two or three times for each week period.”

July 23 marks a year since three tornadoes touched down on Cape Cod, a rare event that surprised even people who saw the warnings.

Members of the Cape Cod Reopening Task Force gave a community update Thursday focused on what’s happening in town government, including efforts to encourage mask-wearing and the outlook for summer recreation income.

Falmouth Police Chief Edward Dunne is responding to questions about qualified immunity, police funding, and other issues under scrutiny nationally as part of a renewed push for racial justice in the United States.

Dunne fielded questions from a panel of local residents during a televised forum hosted by No Place for Hate - Falmouth.

The rain held off Saturday as 150 people came to the Hyannis bandstand to listen to people share their personal experiences of racism on Cape Cod.

COVID-19 has disrupted many of the face-to-face interactions that give people in substance recovery crucial support. But some are finding new avenues for recovery that could last beyond the pandemic.

Ashley, who lives on Cape Cod, had been alcohol-free for 10 months when the pandemic reached the Cape. 

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to transfer ownership of the Bourne and Sagamore bridges to the state of Massachusetts as part of the plan to replace both bridges.

Two beaches on the Cape Cod National Seashore will not have lifeguard protection this summer, and money isn’t the issue.

White supremacist flyers have been discovered in a Falmouth man’s mailbox and along Yarmouth roads.

The citizens’ panel overseeing the decommissioning of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station met Monday for the first time since the state reached a settlement with Holtec, the company that owns Pilgrim.

Seth Schofield, a lawyer in Attorney General Maura Healey’s office, gave an overview of the settlement. He said it’s a good deal, in part because it provides financial assurances that Holtec will decommission and clean the site properly.

Activists who oppose Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson held a rolling protest through the streets of New Bedford and Dartmouth on Thursday.

More than 30 cars decorated with signs demanding that Hodgson resign and alleging that he sympathizes with white supremacy drove past the jails he operates.

This Friday is Juneteenth, a holiday that marks the date in 1865 when federal troops arrived in Texas to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation. Now, a movement to make Juneteenth a national holiday is gaining local support.