Critics suggest the larger-diameter pipe could someday carry more gas than the two old pipes combined, if an expansion received government approval. But that is not part of the current plan, the pipeline owner says.
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This Halloween episode of The Garden Lady starts off with a postcard from things that are spooky in the garden. C.L. talks about ghost pipe plants, stinkhorn fungi, and other creepy things that appear in our yards and gardens. Listeners call in with assorted questions about topics including transplanting hydrangeas, "lasagne bulb pots," African violet renewal, and watering spring blooming shrubs this fall.
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A review of the week's local headlines with our region's leading jouralists.
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Steven Raichlen’s latest book is a memoir that follows his path, starting as a scholar of French literature and ending as a world-class BBQ expert.
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Liz and Keith Martin started with just a few chickens in 2012. Now they've added ducks, alpacas, goats, a vegetable garden, and sugar maple trees.
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After more than a year of unexplained delays, the National Park Service is allowing the Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission to meet next week. On the agenda: defining the very essence of Cape Cod.
The Point
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A review of the week's local headlines with our region's leading jouralists.
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Steven Raichlen’s latest book is a memoir that follows his path, starting as a scholar of French literature and ending as a world-class BBQ expert.
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A new portrait and narrative series offers an intimate look into the lives of our immigrant neighbors.
NPR Stories
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Detroit native Juan Atkins has died. He's known as the "godfather" or "originator" of techno music.
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For the first time in decades, there's no pro-coal candidate for Navajo Nation president. Coal has been an important part of the economy, but voter sentiment is changing.
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Ancient Egyptian mummy remains were once marketed as medicine. Research finds at least some of these products came from real human remains and that mummy materials keep bodies preserved for millennia.
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's vision to transform the economy and draw tourists collides with his long-running war against Yemen's Houthis
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New research suggests that spiders reach an active REM-like sleep state, similar to humans.