barnstable county

At an emergency meeting on Thursday, the Barnstable County Board of Regional Commissioners authorized the use of surplus funds to keep AmeriCorps Cape Cod running through August.

The declaration includes a call for the county to put together a task force to look into regional housing solutions.

District Attorney Robert Galibois and Cape Cod Healthcare are collaborating on a program to improve response and follow-up, which will rely on more intensive use of a database. The effort has already been successfully modeled in Plymouth County.

The state recently certified the Barnstable County Water Quality Laboratory to test drinking water for the presence of PFAS, a group of chemicals that have been linked to serious health impacts.

The Frederick Douglass Project is a nonprofit that partners with prisons across the country to facilitate conversations between incarcerated people and people on the outside.

As business owners across the Cape prepare for the busy summer season, some are wondering how president-elect Donald Trump taking office will impact their ability to hire foreign workers.

With just over a month left to allocate remaining American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds before the December 31 deadline, the Barnstable County Board of Regional Commissioners approved grant agreements for two projects that will help address the housing crisis on the Cape.

Children’s behavioral health needs on Cape Cod are growing, but nearby behavioral health providers are in short supply.

Barnstable County provides low- and no-interest loans to residents who need help paying to fix, replace or upgrade their septic systems, or hook up to municipal sewers. That loan program, called Cape Cod AquiFund, just got a $13 million cash infusion.

The Barnstable County Assembly of Delegates has proposed changes to the county charter that would give the Assembly more power over the county budget. But the County Commissioners are against Ballot Question 6, and voted unanimously to oppose it last week.