A cranberry bog restoration project in Plymouth and Wareham is the final piece of the puzzle for protecting some native species in and around Red Brook, including a brook trout that visits the ocean.
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How our approach to protecting water quality has evolved over the past 50 years, and what steps we’ll need to take in the future as we balance the needs of housing and development with a healthy ecosystem.
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Texture-wise, the fish was phenomenal. There was no “fishiness” at all. It had a delicate sweetness, like what you get at a sushi restaurant. It left a little aftertaste of ocean brine, like you walked into a seafood shop.
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We speak with incumbent Democrat Dylan Fernandes and his Republican challenger Kari MacRae.
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A whale watch out of Barnstable Harbor turns into an unforgettable show of humpbacks, dolphins, and pelagic birds feeding together off Stellwagen Bank. Plus, a Red-necked Phalarope, four species of shearwater, and one very out-of-place Black Vulture in Orleans.
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A major ICE operation is underway in and around New Bedford. State and local officials are demanding answers from ICE.
The Point
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How our approach to protecting water quality has evolved over the past 50 years, and what steps we’ll need to take in the future as we balance the needs of housing and development with a healthy ecosystem.
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We speak with incumbent Democrat Dylan Fernandes and his Republican challenger Kari MacRae.
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We speak with incumbent Republican David Vieira and his challenger, Democrat Jack Richardson.
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A rundown of the week's headlines with our region's leading journalists.
NPR Stories
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The most coveted real estate in business might just be the choicest shelf space of national big box retail. We go inside the room and the process of how stores choose what you can and can't buy.
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The U.S. is pushing the Americas to confront Nicaragua—but what, if anything, the region is prepared to do remains unclear.
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Rural hospital closures are driving demand for air ambulance services. But finding and keeping highly trained staff to practice medicine in the air isn't easy.
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In the first papal state visit to France in nearly 20 years, Pope Leo will preside over Mass in Paris, meet with sex abuse survivors and deliver a speech on European unity.
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South Africa is aiming to smash a savory world record — the world's largest BBQ — and more boerewors sausage than you can shake a stick at.