This week: The Barnstable County government says a proposed machine gun range on Cape Cod should not be built. On Nantucket, voters at a contentious Town Meeting change how planning gets done. And National Park Service dune shacks in Provincetown and Truro are up for lease — but some people say the process isn’t what it should be.

This week: Unloading wind turbine parts on the New Bedford Waterfront came to a halt this week with a labor dispute that took six days to resolve. Barnstable County hands out $5 million to local organizations. And a new study warns of the long-term consequences of PFAS contamination at Joint Base Cape Cod .

Help for minors that have parents in prison

A tour of the different habitats, wildlife and research at Monomoy.

The topic of The Points book show this month is Family.

Aviation programs in our region.

The history of World War II from the African American perspective.

This week: Vineyard Wind takes delivery of the very first pieces for its very first offshore wind tower. The machine gun range gets a hearing with the EPA. And now we know what’s in the water that nuclear plant owner Holtec wants to dump into Cape Cod Bay. A big week in news!

An interview with Stephen Prothero