A Nantucket nonprofit is launching a pilot project for eelgrass-friendly boat moorings and they hope to entice a couple dozen boat owners to take part.
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The top local stories of the week with some of the region's leading journalists.
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Wassailing has a long and storied history that dates back hundreds of years in the UK.
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What we lacked in numbers of the common owls, we made up for with encounters with some of the more sought after species.
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Biggest swordfish... EVER! Produced by Mae Nagusky and Atlantic Public Media.
The Point
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Now that students can graduate from high school without passing the MCAS exam, what are the current requirements for graduation?
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A new interpretation of a Nantucket autobiography written in 1850.
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The author of a new book proposes that scientists can change the course of international catastrophes and build bonds that promote safety and prosperity.
NPR Stories
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NPR's Short Wave talks about elephants' sniffing abilities, the remarkable migration of painted lady butterflies and a surprising discovery about the early universe.
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Gus Van Sant's police thriller Dead Man's Wire is a true-crime dramatization of a 1977 hostage incident in Indianapolis.
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After deadly floods hit Central Texas in July, families whose daughters died at a sleepaway camp are keeping their legacies alive. We speak to two parents who helped create the Heaven's 27 Foundation.
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Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is expected to argue that his leadership role shields him from prosecution in the U.S.
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NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Jamie Israel, a therapist and one of more than 20 million people seeing drastically increased health insurance costs after the non-renewal of federal ACA subsidies.