The nonbinding question, brought by petition, directs town governments to call on state officials to stop Pilgrim from evaporating industrial wastewater into the outdoor air.
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It’s not even May, and the “Swallow-tailed Kite triangle” of Cape Cod is already popping off with early sightings. There were no fewer than five reports of this improbably graceful hawk over the last week.
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What really impresses me at this time of year, at any time of year, actually, are the lichens. These otherworldly beings, growing on tree bark and branches, spreading on the ground or on rocks or gravestones, seem to thrive in any weather.
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This week, C.L. talks about Kitchen Minis and takes calls from listeners.
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As part of this new initiative, called Public Safety 2.0, the sheriff's office has opened a resource center in Barnstable called the Bridge Center, aimed at helping people turn their lives around after being incarcerated.
The Point
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The theme for this month's book show is museums. Museums are homes to fascinating stories, not to mention incredible collections.
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Writer, naturalist and Cape Cod Notebook contributor Dennis Minsky joins us to discuss his latest collection of essays, Peculiar and Superior, A Year Rounder in Provincetown.
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A busy week in local and regional news
NPR Stories
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The Hoehl family alleges their former investment manager misled them about the risks of an investment in a start-up, and hid his conflicts of interest.
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The $2.4 million in terminated Vermont grants funded positions that focused on “everything from housing placement services, food security, to job training, to after school programming” and flood recovery, said Philip Kolling, who oversees AmeriCorps programs in the state.
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Facing financial headwinds, budget carrier Avelo Airlines struck a deal to operate deportation flights for ICE. Now it's dealing with angry customers and politicians at its hub in Connecticut.
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Polygraph exams are commonly called "lie-detector tests" but experts say that's not true.
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Sundar Pichai testified in the remedies trial that will determine which penalties Google will face for monopolizing the search engine market, calling the DOJ's proposals a "de facto divestiture" of the company's tech.