The Garden Lady begins with a discussion about shrubs and trees that flower in the late summer and fall. We consider the Franklinia, blue mist shrub, and panicle hydrangeas. Callers ask a variety of questions including wondering about the ripening watermelons, pesto pizza, service berry trees with rust, and scale on houseplants.

The local news headlines of the week with our region's leading journalists.

It's late summer and fish are plentiful in local waters. Fishing from a public dock can be a great place to take young people to fish. You don't need fancy equipment of even much experience to have a good chance of catching little snapper bluefish, herring, black sea bass, scup, and pufferfish. Drop your line and see what comes up.

The state has launched a new initiative to make it easier for towns to apply for grant funding for environmental projects, and one of the first towns to benefit is Barnstable.

The true story of three friends who spend 28 hours in a struggle for their lives 25 miles from land.

Se están construyendo diez viviendas en el oeste de Connecticut como parte de una iniciativa de vivienda asequible encabezada por el Litchfield County Center for Housing Opportunity.

Las moscas linterna moteadas ya se habían establecido en partes del norte de Connecticut, pero ahora han llegado a la etapa de su ciclo de vida en la que pueden volar, lo que de repente las hace más visibles.

After the Census Bureau issued a report tied to a Trump-aligned think tank, the bureau's parent agency cut language banning political interference from its scientific integrity policy, NPR learned.