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Submitted photos/Aaron MaloyWhen we first met Aaron Maloy 20 years ago, he was fresh out of college, and still emerging from a life spent in foster care from the age of 12. Today, he’s a nurse practitioner, with his own practice in Plymouth. But his master’s-level credential makes him an outlier. People who have been in foster care are some of the most educationally disadvantaged in the United States, even on Cape Cod. -
Amy Kolb NoyesBetween nutrient pollution, climate-fueled severe storms, and warming ocean waters, our estuaries are at risk. But restoring wild oyster habitat could help.
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Every year in late July and early August, the risk rises for mosquito-borne illnesses.Two illnesses in particular are of concern; Eastern Equine Encephalitis and West Nile Disease.CAI's John Basile talks with Andrew Chin of Outer Cape Health Services about the illnesses to watch out for and how to prevent them. -
Bike path users may need to travel around the construction site for nearly a decade. -
This July marks the second official Cabo Verdean Heritage Month in New Bedford and the city is celebrating with an outdoor art exhibit featuring local artists with Cabo Verdean Heritage. -
Tribal housing is full and has a long waitlist. The tribe's homeless shelter is closed for renovations. That leaves some Mashpee Wampanoags with few options for housing. -
Twenty years ago, homeless prevention advocates came forward with a plan to end homelessness on the Cape. CAI documented their effort in a series called Two Cape Cods: Hidden Poverty on the Cape and Islands. It was a bold and optimistic plan. But when revisiting the plan in a new reporting series 20 years later, we found that advocates were not anticipating a global pandemic. -
The International Fund for Animal Welfare is calling a stranding event on Cape Cod the largest known mass stranding of bottlenose dolphins documented in the Northeast. -
The nearly eight-acre property would have three housing units for people in need of shelter, a building for wellness programming, a food pantry, a garden, and more. The nonprofit group behind the project is led by Aquinnah Wampanoag women. -
It’s been 20 years since CAI produced a series of news stories that shined a light on a problem Cape and Islanders know only too well — that many year-round residents struggle here. The series, “Two Cape Cods: Hidden Poverty on Cape and Islands,” attracted national attention to Cape Cod’s issues, winning the highest award in broadcast journalism, the Columbia-DuPont Award. -
A regional seafood industry collaborative has been awarded a $15 million grant from the National Science Foundation. -
Local fishing nets, once bound for recycling, are now saving lives in Ukraine. The spent nets are being repurposed to protect soldiers from Russian drone attacks.
