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Installers have been working this week to place a new statue of famed “Moby-Dick” author Herman Melville outside the Seamen’s Bethel in downtown New Bedford.
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Mindy Todd talks with the co-artistic directors of the Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival- Jon Nakamatsu and Jon Manasse about this annual summertime event. -
A nonprofit is raising money to build a memorial to fishermen lost at sea off the coast of Provincetown and Truro. This is the fifth attempt in 50 years at building a fishermen's memorial on the Outer Cape -
This month we discuss the best books to read while relaxing on the beach. -
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Turns out empty nest syndrome doesn't require actual children. Susan Moeller follows a gray catbird family that set up shop in the viburnum by the kitchen window, from sloppy first nest to turquoise eggs to a six hour screaming fit from an anxious dad. Then, silence. And a lot of feelings about it.
The Point
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It's the news roundup where talk about some of the stories making local headlines this week.Among the stories we will be talking about:How adapting old buildings to new uses might help solve the Cape and Islands housing crisis.An endangered Kemp's ridley turtle gets its 15 minutes of fame in NYC.And state senators propose a so-called fun agenda bill to revitalize nightlife and recreation across the state.These stories and more on the news roundup. -
Mindy Todd talks with Patty Larkin and Lucy Kaplansky about their music and careers, and the joy they find in performing with one another. -
Mindy Todd talks with the co-artistic directors of the Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival- Jon Nakamatsu and Jon Manasse about this annual summertime event. -
Dan TritleThis month we discuss the best books to read while relaxing on the beach.
NPR Stories
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Eugene Hoshiko/APThe U.S. dollar weakened sharply Monday against the Japanese yen after U.S. President Donald Trump and Japan's finance minister confirmed both sides had intervened in markets. -
Mark Schiefelbein/APActing Attorney General Todd Blanche issued a formal order late Sunday terminating President Donald Trump's $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization fund" to compensate his political allies.
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Southwest France has seen wildfires in the past. But the fires that raged last week and scorched 100,000 acres are something new to the region.
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Much of the western U-S is facing dangerously high temperatures this weekend. Phoenix is expecting highs above 110 degrees. And public cooling centers are seeing high demand.
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An avid fly fisherman in Vermont shares his love of the craft and how its shaped his mental health journey.
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