Major events in the life of the $4.5 billion project are expected to unfold in 2026, including preliminary design of the Sagamore Bridge and a draft Request for Proposals to start the contractors’ bidding process in the fall. But in the meantime, a detailed analysis of how the project would affect Cape Cod is due out next spring.
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There aren’t many things that will get me out of bed at 5:30 in the morning. But bagels—or really just the prospect of learning how to make them—is one. Recently, I stood in Wellfleet’s Bagel Hound with owner Ellery Althaus, while the windows were still dark, staring a pile of dough.
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Students at all seven public schools in Falmouth will be composting by the end of this school year.
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The first hummingbird was reported on the Cape, as expected for mid-April, but this eagerly anticipated annual event was overshadowed by spring overshoot fever — southerly winds brought, well, a windfall of rare birds to the Cape and Islands.
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Nantucketers take pride in our long history of stargazing and astronomy. Maria Mitchell, the first woman to work as a professional astronomer, was born here and discovered a comet in 1847 from the roof of the Pacific National Bank at the top of Main Street.
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Local filmmaker Ethan de Aguiar to launch inaugural festival, which runs April 18-21.
The Point
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This week: We've got the latest on plans to replace the Bourne and Sagamore Bridges, after the state holds its first public meeting in a year. And, a controversial heavy machine gun range proposed for Joint Base Cape Cod has been scaled back, but questions about its impacts remain. And right whales get their day of recognition.
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A conversation with Nick Shaw about the loss of his young son.
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NPR Stories
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized ongoing campus protests across the U.S. as antisemitic. The Vermont senator said it was an attempt to "deflect attention" from Israel's actions.
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Moving can be very stressful. NPR's Life Kit talks with experts about ways to overcome some of that stress by making friends in a new place.
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Photojournalists at NPR member stations have been documenting the demonstrations around the country this week.
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Johnson is the sixth Republican elevated to the speakership since 1994. The five who preceded him all saw their time in the office end in relative degrees of defeat or frustration.
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St. Vincent offers tension, release and sonic "jump scares" on All Born Screaming. Child psychiatrist Harold Koplewicz says kids are experiencing unprecedented levels of anxiety and depression.