The Cape and Islands District Attorney’s Office launched a new program this month aimed at helping veterans who are involved in the criminal justice system.
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In Massachusetts, 2.6 percent of children are raised by grandparents. But on the Cape and Islands, the rate is almost four times higher, at 10 percent.
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Shark researchers will be turning their attention to a different part of the Cape this summer, in an effort to learn more about juvenile white sharks.
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Work is scheduled to begin next week to remove the last internal components of the Pilgrim nuclear reactor from a storage pool as part of the ongoing demolition and cleanup of the Plymouth plant.
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The former congressman was politically engaged until the end.
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Our panel of behavioral health experts talk about how unconscious fears, childhood experiences, jealousy, envy, grief, and denial shape our relationships.
The Point
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This week's regional news headlines with our region's leading journalists.
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The summer season is ramping up with ample opportunities to engage with the arts, including live theater.
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CC0 - Michael Giorgio Castielli - email: michael.castielli (at) gmail.com - Creative Commons Zero Free License/WikicommonsMemorial Day is coming up: the time we think about putting out the more tender plants like tomatoes and basil.
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A review of the top local headlines of the week with our region's leading jouralists.
NPR Stories
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Three times in the past week, healthcare facilities have been attacked. On Sunday, angry young men stormed a hospital treating Ebola patients, forcing medical staff to evacuate them as gunfire rang out.
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In the lineage of jazz, Miles Davis, born 100 years ago, presents something of a paradox: He looms as large as anyone, but he means many things to many people.
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New findings from the James Webb Space Telescope include cloudy weather on an exoplanet, and clues to the origins of one of Neptune's moons.
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Motivated to avenge their families in China, Uyghur mercenaries became valued fighting partners for Syria's rebels. Their participation helped Syria's new president ultimately win Syria's civil war.
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There's a volunteer movement to rehab overgrown cemeteries. We visit one in Connecticut, where "cemetery citizens" provide TLC to neglected plots.