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Research happening at the Massachusetts Alternative Septic System Test Center is examining if wood chips could help remove the “forever chemicals” known as PFAS from the environment.
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With the announcement, Moran told CAI she plans to run for clerk of courts for Barnstable County Superior Court, a position held since 2000 by Republican Scott Nickerson. And fast in the wake of the news, State Representative Dylan Fernandes told CAI that he is running for the state senate seat for the Plymouth and Barnstable District. -
The calf — who’s no more than 4 days old — was seen with its mother, who researchers call Juno. It’s the 8th documented calf for Juno, who’s one of just 70 breeding females remaining for the critically endangered species.
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This week, a Falmouth man heads to the Midwest to meet a rare local fruit.
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That big, lemming-loving Arctic bird has finally been sighted again on Cape Cod. Just in from some tundra breeding ground in northern Canada or Alaska, this fierce and seldom-seen raptor of big, open areas is getting local birders excited for winter, with sightings of different birds in Dennis and Orleans.
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The decommissioning timeline now stretches out to 2035. At the present rate of evaporation of radioactive water from Pilgrim, the water and its contaminants could be dispersed into the air before that date ever comes.
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S JunkerThis week: The race is on. State Senator Su Moran announces she’s not running for re-election, she’ll run for a different office, and Representative Dylan Fernandes says he’ll run for the senate seat, leaving his up for grabs—we’ll help you sort it all out. And that million gallons of radioactive water at Pilgrim power station? It’s evaporating, quicker than you might think. -
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The true story of a Nantucket whaling family in the 1800's.
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Lee recorded the song in 1958 when she was 13 — it topped Billboard's Hot 100 for the first time thanks to a new video starring Lee that was produced to coincide with the song's 65th anniversary.
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Ten years after the death of Nelson Mandela, South Africa's first democratically elected president, many young people there have become disillusioned with his legacy and his party.
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A ex-U.S. ambassador is accused of working as a secret agent for Cuba. After Houthi attacks in the Red Sea, fears of a wider Middle East conflict grow. It's been 10 years since Nelson Mandela died.
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In a ballot system unique to New Jersey, candidates endorsed by county parties are all placed under a single line. While others vying for the same seat are placed in what's known as ballot Siberia.
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Have you got "rizz"? Oxford University Press has selected this shortened form of "charisma" as its word of the year.
