As the current deadline of Sept. 30 for completing the 2020 census draws near, low self-response rates and misconceptions about filling out the census questionnaire are lowering hopes for a […]
DARK OF NIGHT
Mail Slowdown Is Political, Say Critics
Trump, rejecting new funding, calls voting by mail ‘ridiculous’
Third in a series of reports on the local effects of the crisis in the U.S. Postal Service. The Trump administration’s unprecedented assault on the Postal Service, which has affected […]
COLLEGE WOES
Pandemic Forces Students to Make Difficult Choices
Remote learning doesn’t cost schools any less, so tuition is the same
For local students just about to begin college or preparing to return to university, the pandemic summer of 2020 presents unique and daunting choices. CDC guidelines say the lowest-risk option […]
ENVIRONMENT
Blue-green Algae Blooms Again, but Only Up Cape So Far
Warming and nutrients bring on toxic bacteria in kettle ponds
With summer well underway, higher temperatures coupled with nutrient overload in kettle ponds and lakes brings the dangerous return of cyanobacteria blooms, also known as blue-green algae. As of Tuesday, […]
CIVICS
The Postal Service Is a Lifeline for Local Businesses
In remote places like the Outer Cape, as online sales grow, so does reliance on USPS
As the future of the U.S. Postal Service, which President Trump has called “a joke,” continues to be ominously clouded, a key group of the service’s users on the Outer […]
CIVICS
Keeping the Postal Service Alive
What’s at stake goes beyond threats to voting by mail
In the current round of local town elections, it appears that about 90 percent of the votes were sent in by mail. And if the Covid-19 pandemic continues into the […]
