Tribal housing is full and has a long waitlist. The tribe's homeless shelter is closed for renovations. That leaves some Mashpee Wampanoags with few options for housing.
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Activities conducted under a federal stranding agreement between IFAW and NMFS under the Marine Mammal Protection Act
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With any luck, your veggie garden is producing tomatoes, zucchini, beans and cucumbers and your flowering shrubs and plants are weathering the drought.
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Nantucket wakes most summer mornings wrapped in fog, yet the island is deep in drought. With a sole-source aquifer and no neighboring town to lean on, water restrictions have divided the island between lawns left to go golden and lawns kept impossibly green by private wells. A meditation on scarcity, privilege, and the strange beauty of a place learning to live with less water.
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Jack Gallivan has a lot of questions while at his summer job. Produced by Mae Nagusky and Atlantic Public Media.
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The Garden Lady started off with a postcard about mid-summer Lavender care. Callers asked about a multitude of garden problems including fungus gnats in a houseplant, growing cucumbers, wild grapes, hydrangeas and carrots.
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The nearly eight-acre property would have three housing units for people in need of shelter, a building for wellness programming, a food pantry, a garden, and more. The nonprofit group behind the project is led by Aquinnah Wampanoag women.
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With any luck, your veggie garden is producing tomatoes, zucchini, beans and cucumbers and your flowering shrubs and plants are weathering the drought.
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The winner will have the most observations and species entered online during a two-week timeframe.
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This month, our reporters revisit the topics in our series from 20 years ago about poverty in our region.
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