Police Chief Jason Thody suspended use of the cameras earlier this month, after a New Bedford police officer was accused of using Flock cameras to track her former romantic partner. Opponents of the cameras say they need to be removed to restore public trust.
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We select books with students, schools, and teachers in their pages.
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After literally years of trolling us, the weirdest presumed breeding bird on Cape Cod has finally given up the goods. The huge, unmistakable birds in question, known to nest prominently in the tallest tree around, have somehow hidden definitive evidence of actual nests with chicks in them since at least 2022.
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The concert on Sept. 6 celebrates two milestones: We Can’s 25th anniversary and the 30th anniversary of the Cotuit Center for the Arts.
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We hear about the films offered September 8 to 13 at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center.
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A tiny, weathered gravestone in Sandwich's Old Burial Ground may be the oldest on Cape Cod, but its inscription was deliberately chiseled away centuries ago. Gravestone historian Steve Broker explains the competing theories, from anti-Quaker sentiment to Puritan objections over sacred imagery.
The Point
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The concert on Sept. 6 celebrates two milestones: We Can’s 25th anniversary and the 30th anniversary of the Cotuit Center for the Arts.
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We hear about the films offered September 8 to 13 at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center.
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We discuss the week's local headlines with our region's leading journalists.
NPR Stories
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There's a fear that people facing international extradition granted bail could flee. Andrew Tate and his brother face a total of 59 criminal charges in the U.K., including rape and human trafficking.
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A push by President Trump could mean the elimination of a safety standard designed to keep radiation exposure as low as possible.
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Trump faces mounting pressure at home and abroad, Meta and states agree to $17 billion settlement in child safety trial, death toll continues to rise after flash flood hit area of Nepal and China.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas about "Going Further," his new biography of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.
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Tim Curry, who died on Tuesday at 80, is remembered as an actor who threw himself into things, whether as Frank-N-Furter in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" or Pennywise the Clown in "It."