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In the wake of local pressure to “Save The Red Raider,” the Barnstable School Committee is considering a vote that would keep the name for its now-retired Native American mascot while the town searches for a new mascot. When divorced from Native American imagery, the name “Red Raider” could evolve to have a new, inoffensive meaning, School Committee member Joe Nystrom said during a Jan. 6 meeting, He said he didn’t intend to vote in August to drop the name, only the Native American imagery that has long been associated with it in Barnstable. “The name Red Raider preceded t...

1861 The Fishing-Bounty: Funds for the payment of the Bounties in this District have not yet been received by the Collector. We have no definite knowledge as to when funds will be provided; but as soon as they are, we shall give notice through our columns. In the present condition of commerce, the revenue from imports is greatly reduced, and the income of the government is unequal to the payment of the expenses … Our people are suffering much from their inability to sell their fish, and we hope they will be able soon to derive some little assistance from the bounties.