Drought, nor’easters, and chipmunks are one thing, but bishop’s weed is a Cape Cod garden foe that keeps coming back no matter how much gets pulled. With the fall garden in full color, the essayist weighs containment against surrender and finds some beauty in the standoff.

A new portrait and narrative series offers an intimate look into the lives of our immigrant neighbors.

On today's program C.L. talks about some of the garden maintenance that you might want to do right now, and what you can or should ignore. C.L. talks with Dave Burton, maker of the Burton Cape Cod Weeder about precision weeding, and goes on to list some of the need to do, the nice to do, and the NUTS to do fall garden tasks. Listeners called about assorted topics including groundcovers, dying ivy, and moving plants before construction.

A review of the week's local headlines with our region's leading jouralists.

The Sierra Club says the publicly funded $302 million gas pipeline to Cape Cod could carry double the gas of the old lines, conflicting with public goals to reduce the use of fossil fuels.

The Tampa Bay Rays won a thrilling 12-inning game to keep their World Series hopes alive. The Milwaukee Brewers have a 3-1 lead as the Series goes to Game 5.

A high-speed train slammed into the rear of another train that had stopped, derailing two cars and killing at least 30 people on Wednesday in central Spain, according to local media.

Congressional Democrats are working with good governance groups to create an action plan for any potential claims of election fraud.