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4Cs President John Cox shares an editorial, on behalf of the CONNECT partnership of colleges in southeastern Massachusetts, about the importance of STEM Week in the region.

Charlie Bletzer wins a seat on the Plymouth select board in Saturdays special election.

Stacey Liam Bowen, 64, of Mashpee died July 17. Ms. Bowen had lived with mitochondrial myopathy, a neuromuscular disease, for the last 25 years. More recently, she had been diagnosed with advanced uterine cancer. Born in Boston, she moved to Brewster at the age of 9. After graduating from Nauset Regional High School, she earned a degree in fire science in 1977 from Cape Cod Community College. Ms. Bowen was a mooring officer and assistant harbormaster for the Town Of Barnstable from 1988 to 1995...

Middlesex Community College News MCC names interim provost and vice president of student and academic affairs  Middlesex Community College recently named Dr. Arlene Rodríguez interim provost and vice president of academic and student affairs.   She has over 20 years of experience working in the Massachusetts community college system, most recently as vice president of academic and student affairs at Cape Cod Community College. With a lifelong commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, R...

/ Wednesday marked a week since the ransomware attack on the Steamship Authority, and its website remains largely unrestored. The authority hasn’t revealed how the attackers got into the system, but experts say many organizations don’t take sufficient precautions. One common mistake is believing the organization isn’t a likely target, said Louis Beco, an information technology professor at Cape Cod Community College. “For a long time in regards to security, or cybersecurity, a lot of or...

Jacob Greenberg, Banner Correspondent PROVINCETOWN — It takes two to three years for an oyster seed to mature into a full-grown, edible oyster — about the same amount of time it can take a new business to show a profit. Aquaculturist Michael Chute hasn’t yet figured out a way to get his product from tide to table any faster, but he did get a leg up on the business side of things when his company SilvaChuters, based in Provincetown, won $1,000 in a local “pitch contest.”  Think "Sh...

Speakers applauded the 429 graduates for sticking with classes and their education in a historic COVID-19-era test that prepared them for life.

4Cs Announces Fall 2021 Plans Including New “HyFlex” Courses May 13, 2021 Cape Cod Community College’s (4Cs) plan for Fall 2021 semester course options includes face-to-face, online, remote, hybrid, and a new “HyFlex” modality that will allow students to choose whether or not they take a class in-person or remotely. 4Cs will ramp up its face-to-face offerings on campus in September, adhering to safety protocols that include continued temperature checks upon entry to the campus, ...

WASHINGTON – Twenty years ago, it seemed as if the Cape and Islands were ready to tap into the wind off our shores and lead the nation into a new era of renewable energy. Cape Wind, located in Nantucket Sound, faltered after a tortuous 16-year regulatory process, but on Tuesday Vineyard Wind received its final approval from the federal government and will become the nation’s first industrial-scale offshore wind farm. Secretary of Interior Deb Haaland and Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimond...

Cape Codders no longer need to make appointments to get their COVID-19 vaccines. Vaccination sites across the Cape — including Cape Cod Melody Tent in Hyannis and Cape Cod Fairgrounds in East Falmouth — are now offering shots to walk-ins during clinic hours. The days when Cape Codders had to spend hours online trying to find an appointment have vanished with the winter’s chill. “Walk-ins are available universally. It’s never been easier” to get a shot, state Sen. Julian Cyr, D-T...