Barnstable

This Sunday marks the start of Write Out Cape Cod, a two-week event series that encourages people to get outside and write in nature.

Flock cameras are mostly gone from the Cape and Islands, but automatic license plate reading cameras made by other companies are still in place.

Rewilding retired cranberry bogs to promote native habitat has yielded many success stories on and around Cape Cod. New bog restoration projects in Marstons Mills have a different primary objective.

The state has launched a new initiative to make it easier for towns to apply for grant funding for environmental projects, and one of the first towns to benefit is Barnstable.

The iconic music venue in Hyannis partnered with the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod to get the mural project going.

Opponents say they worry about safety in the neighborhood, and they contend that the shelter does not qualify for the state’s Dover Amendment, which provides a religious exemption from local zoning. Catholic Charities operates the shelter.

The program, called Skilled Purpose, aims to help people in recovery from addiction get job training.

Police across the country—not just locally—can access the data these cameras collect. Privacy advocates are concerned.

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation is restarting the project after a dispute over the first contract award last year brought the plan to a halt.

The Campbell's company plans to close the plant in April.