Ronald Beaty Jr., an outspoken and sometimes controversial political activist, would like to be elected to his old job—a member of the Barnstable County Board of Regional Commissioners.
In a last-ditch effort to keep their $22.2 million budget intact, the Barnstable County Board of Regional Commissioners voted this week to have an attorney look into whether the county’s
An impasse over Barnstable County’s $22.2 million budget deepened this week after a newly formed reconciliation committee failed to work out a compromise between the two branches of government.
At the end of a long day—and evening—of impassioned speeches, the warring factions of Barnstable County government laid down their weapons and agreed, warily, to work together.
Just as county officials were poised to begin parceling out more than $10 million in federal relief funds, words of caution came down from the county attorney that dampened their