Cape Cod officials say it’s time to extend daily commuter rail to the Cape — or at least as far as Buzzards Bay, to start.
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The amazing success story of these birds and what might threaten their numbers in the future.
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For more than a hundred years, the state has been stocking ponds all over the Cape and Islands with locally raised trout. Mike Clark of Plymouth helps breed these fish at a series of outdoor pools in Sandwich.
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Peter Abrahams and Jill Erickson talk about volumes of poetry, novels that feature poetry, and biographies featuring poets.
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The commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection is reviewing the adjudicator's nearly 60-page recommended decision, which only she has the authority to finalize. Once she acts, the matter could go to court.
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Mark Faherty recaps an exciting week of spring migration on Cape Cod, featuring rare ibis sightings, a surprise Chestnut-collared Longspur, and the unofficial arrival of “Ibisfest.”
The Point
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Foster parents report that the experience is challenging and rewarding.
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This week's regional news headlines with our region's leading journalists.
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The summer season is ramping up with ample opportunities to engage with the arts, including live theater.
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Our panel of behavioral health experts talk about how unconscious fears, childhood experiences, jealousy, envy, grief, and denial shape our relationships.
NPR Stories
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At multiple candidate forums, the seven candidates vying for their party’s nomination repeated a simple theme: They are the one who will fight hardest.
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The Haitian community in Massachusetts is excited about the country participating in a World Cup for the first time since 1974. But pricey tickets and restrictive immigration policies are deterrents.
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President Trump's calls for a gas tax holiday raise a bigger issue: The gas tax is no longer covering the cost of the nation's highways anyway, and the problem will only get worse.
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NPR's Juana Summers speaks with filmmaker Spike Lee about his excitement that his favorite basketball team, the New York Knicks, making it to the NBA finals.
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Decades of disinvestment in a predominantly Black St. Louis neighborhood left the community especially vulnerable to last year's devastating tornadoes. Now, some worry homeownership rates will drop.