Preservation Hall and ArtPeace Makers address themes of war, peace, and social justice through works by artists from Cape Cod and across the country.

In honor of Veterans Day - and the 248th birthday of the Marine Corps - veterans connected for a first-ever breakfast for veterans hosted by nonprofit Massachusetts Military Support Foundation. The meeting also unveiled the organization's plan to develop emergency housing for veterans on Cape Cod.

An annual Cape Cod holiday tradition of "lighting the monument" now happens on November 11, the date the Mayflower landed in Provincetown harbor. But make no mistake, the Pilgrim Monument 3-2-1 holiday count down and holiday light up continues as festive as ever.

The fifth annual Take Care Cape Cod summit wants to help tourism and food service businesses transition to sustainable serviceware. During the day-long regional event in Harwich, the organization and businesses shared pilot programs and approaches that delivery both business and environmental sense.

Maybe you can't avoid death and taxes completely, but under new tax legislation signed into law last month by Massachusetts Governor Maura Healy, mere mortals without a conga line of tax advisors can avoid a little of each. The multi-faceted $1 billion tax package includes changes to the Estate Tax, aka the bill that comes due from the tax collector when someone dies. We met with state senator Julian Cyr to learn a little more about this particular portion of the larger tax reform package.

Brewster celebrates the completion of its first season running the first and only municipally-owned pool on Cape Cod and shares lessons learned and plans for next season, including possible extended hours.

In this episode, Sen. Julian Cyr discusses recent legilature and how it impacts the Cape, including:

Increased progressive tax credits and breaks for families, waste-water upgrades, and affordable housing.

Health care on Cape Cod including the "I am" bill

His work on exposing dark money in town meetings

Brewster's special fall town meeting on November 13 brings the town articles on capital investment, the long-planned Millstone Road work, pond management, and amending accessory dwelling unit by-laws, as well as two citizen petitions addressing short-term rentals. Lower Cape News sat down with Town Manager Peter Lombardi for more insight into agenda topics.

More than 300 people gathered in Hyannis to actively plan and take action to address the shrinking and increasingly expensive year-round housing options on Cape Cod and the Islands. This marks the second year of the summit, which Housing Assistance Corporation CEO Alisa Magnotta says draws on collective efforts to build solutions for an issue that impacts all aspects of the region's ability function

Massachusetts' campaign finance laws turn 50 this November - and two state elected officials from Cape Cod want to close a surprising loophole that left political activity at Town Meetings out of the financial disclosure requirements. Triggered in part by the surge in PAC-style funding driving warrant article lobbying, State Sen. Julian Cyr from Truro and State Rep. Dylan Fernandes from Falmouth have filed a bill to close the loophole and make Town Meeting political activity subject to the same reporting requirement as other political activity.

More at https://www.lowercapenews.org/exposing-dark-money-at-town-meeting