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Watching the sleek, young border collie make his split-second move from full-stop crouch to a full-speed “flank left” arc around the small herd of sheep at Peterson Farm in Falmouth

Watching the sleek, young border collie make his split-second move from full-stop crouch to a full-speed “flank left” arc around the small herd of sheep at Peterson Farm in Falmouth on a recent, cold, April morning was to see 400 years of breeding in motion. Eyeing the sheep with an intense stare and waiting for the next command, 2-year-old Quin was in his element; above all else, this is what he wants to do. “These dogs have been heavily selected to work sheep well,” said Simon R. Thorrold, one of the two shepherds at the farm. “There is a lot of intuition in these d...

Launching a community news outlet at a time when local news is under siege might seem like a foolhardy risk. But journalists with an entrepreneurial spirit are taking that risk — and, for some, it’s paying off. Take, for example, The Provincetown Independent. Founded in October 2019, the weekly competes with Gannett’s Provincetown Banner. According to co-founder and editor Ed Miller, the Independent already has more than 100 advertisers and a full-time staff of 10, including three editors and three and a half reporters, as well as a number of freelancers. He and the other co-founder, pu...

By the end of the year, it may also be the site of a makeshift courtroom.  The state trial court took a walk-through of the Hyannis resort on Monday to assess its suitability as a potential location for jury trials to resume in a safe way during the pandemic. “In addition to the six-person jury trials that will be conducted at Barnstable Superior Court, the trial court is looking at potential off-site locations for jury business in Barnstable County,” court spokeswoman Jennifer Donahue wrote in an email. "Nothing has been finalized at this time." These sites could be used for jury bus...

Mary Swope shares the poem, "Horseshoe Crab Molts." Mary Swope —New Yorker by birth, Cape Codder by choice— has followed her love of language in poetry and song since childhood. She brought Revels to Washington, DC, still sings in choruses and choirs, and loves to swim in salt water. Her poems have appeared in a variety of publications, including The Book of Falmouth, Woods Hole Reflections and a chapbook, The House That Octopus. Word Poetry recently published Phosphorescence, a collection of poems written over a period of sixty years.