The program begins with a postcard from Chrysanthemums. Kathy Tracy, co-owner of Avant Gardens, is C.L.'s guest and talks about her favorite mums for fall flowering. Listeners called in with questions about hardy cyclamen, plant recommendations for under trees, older Christmas Cactus and more.

A new report from the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office details the abuse that nearly 1000 children went through at the hands of clergy in the Catholic Dioceses of Fall River, Worcester and Springfield.

A review of the most important local stories of the week with our region's leading journalists.

This week, CAI's John Basile talks with Kevin Blinkoff of On the Water magazine about fall fishing.As the saltwater fishing season winds down, many anglers are thinking about tautog.Catching tautog—or “tog” as most fishermen call them is completely different from chasing albies or striped bass. You’re not running around looking for birds or breaking fish. You find a rock pile, wreck or some other piece of structure, anchor the boat, and fish straight down on the bottom with pieces of crab.

The Democratic candidate is Dan Gessen and the Republican candidate is Adam Hogue.

Partita follows a young Appalachian woman with the chops to make it as a classical pianist. It was somewhat inspired by Barbara Kingsolver's love of classical music and her restrictive hand condition.

Proposed reforms to the federal early education program would eliminate most performance standards, cap spending

The Supreme Court heard its first argument of the new term: a case about how much power local governments have to recover the costs of responding to the effects of climate change.