This episode began with a postcard from American Holly, a plant that is naturally shedding the old leaves as it grows new foliage. C.L. welcomes Jim Long, author of Wildcrafter Garden Structure: Making Bentwood Trellises, Arbors, Gates and Fences. Listeners called in with questions about lilacs, azalea pruning, tomatoes and more.

A roundup of this week's local news headlines with our region's leading journalists.

Cape Cod officials say it’s time to extend daily commuter rail to the Cape — or at least as far as Buzzards Bay, to start.

The amazing success story of these birds and what might threaten their numbers in the future.

For more than a hundred years, the state has been stocking ponds all over the Cape and Islands with locally raised trout. Mike Clark of Plymouth helps breed these fish at a series of outdoor pools in Sandwich.

At an Asian defense summit, the U.S. called on other countries to increase military spending. China didn't even send its defense minister.

On this week's Cineplexity, we explore what movies about immigrants teach us about life in America. What movies get the story right? What do they get wrong? And what stories are left untold?

A deadly strike during the first days of the Iran war hit far away in the Indian Ocean, jolting a quiet seaside town and showing how far the conflict's reach extends.