A bill before the Senate Rules Committee would designate the Atlantic horseshoe crab as the official marine invertebrate of the Commonwealth. Why is the horseshoe crab special to Massachusetts?
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On Nantucket, the height of summer means being outnumbered by tourists two to one. A meditation on Augustitus, the exhaustion and thrill of a place at its busiest, borrowed from a phrase coined nearly a century ago.
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We take your gardening questions and talk about solutions to common pests and problems.
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Two people meet in a bar. Produced by Mae Nagusky and Atlantic Public Media.
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The Garden Lady talks about how to support butterflies in backyards beyond the planting of a dedicated butterfly garden. Callers asked about ground cover plants, the importance of pulling weeds, tomato problems and how to keep Zinnas flowering.
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Warren toured new subsidized apartments for workers and held a community roundtable.
The Point
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We take your gardening questions and talk about solutions to common pests and problems.
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A review of the week's local headlines with our region's leading journalists.
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We speak with the candidates running for the position in the Democratic primary election, which is September 1.
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We discuss the details of a new framework for graduation and how our local school districts will be implementing these changes.
NPR Stories
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The Normandy beach town of Trouville-sur-Mer is a two-hour train ride from Paris, but feels a world away, with English Channel breezes and the sound of seagulls screeching through the cobbled streets.
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Tuesday's primaries were a mixed bag for progressive Democratic candidates, particularly in Florida, a state that has been trending toward the right in recent years.
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NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer discusses the primaries in Florida, Alaska and Wyoming with Jessica Taylor, editor at The Cook Political Report.
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Minnesota is suing Texas to force the extradition of an ICE agent who shot and wounded a man in Minneapolis earlier this year.
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When Indian authorities scrubbed the biopic of activist Jaswant Singh Khalra, local villagers and activists turned its censorship into a grassroots movement.