There are two ongoing state-mandated PFAS remediation efforts in the town of Barnstable, both with recent announcements.
Provincetown Independent
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Starting in about 2010, many towns on the Cape began trying to increase shellfish populations and credit them for their nitrogen-removal work. -
Fishing for a sustainable harvest in our region. -
The rebuilt bridges, and especially the Bourne Bridge, will encroach on existing recreation areas. To compensate, the state is moving the amenities farther from the bridges. -
We talk about the health impacts of stress and ideas on how to manage it. -
Not many snowy owls have appeared this year, but the consolation prize is the appearance of short-eared owls.
The Point
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Edwige/FlickrWe talk about providing support for children and families who have been targeted, and we talk about prosecuting those who commit those crimes. -
Courtesy The Zeiterion Performing Arts CenterAn hour of the week's local news with the region's leading journalists. -
Mandy Fraser/Courtesy New Bedford CreativeWe talk with a roundtable of artists about creating art as a means of social and political expression. -
Library of CongressIn the decades after King’s death, Americans from different social, political and racial backgrounds have honored his life and work.
NPR Stories
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Matt Slocum/APTikTok has finalized a deal to create a new American entity, avoiding the looming threat of a ban in the United States that has been in discussion for years. -
Saul Loeb/AFPTwo Republicans joined Democrats to vote for the war powers resolution, but the motion failed in a 215-215 vote.
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ICE has provided little information about who it is arresting and why. -
The House has approved the final set of spending bills to avoid a government shutdown, despite objections from Democrats to the funding levels set for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. -
More than 30 years ago, a standoff with a white separatist family in Idaho led to federal rules on deadly use of force. Some say Renee Macklin Good's death in Minnesota offers a similar opportunity.
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