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The Pilgrim House is a prominent hotel and entertainment venue in Provincetown. It's at the center of an escalating legal battle among current and former owners.

Tyler Jager

Courtesy of the Provincetown Independent

Legal dispute over historic entertainment venue in Provincetown escalates

Gilda Geist

The Pilgrim House is a prominent hotel and entertainment venue in Provincetown. It's at the center of an escalating legal battle among current and former owners.

A teacher and students standing around a muddy pond with a school building in the background

Amy Kolb Noyes

Local News

Take it outside! Mashpee Middle-High School builds a Living Lab

Amy Kolb Noyes

three students in blue school uniforms looking at the camera

Amy Kolb Noyes

Local News

Take it outside! A floating garden fills out the JPII school year, and then some

Amy Kolb Noyes

In This Place

Tackling uncertainty

Mindy Todd

Tackling uncertainty
In This Place

Swainson’s Hawk

Mark Faherty

How did a hemisphere-trotting hawk of the arid west get to Cape Cod?
In This Place

Bird news

Mindy Todd

Ospreys and piping plovers are back and starting to nest.
In This Place

For the Love of Cranberry Bogs

Barbara Leedom

Walk around the cranberry bogs of Cape Cod – cranberries.org says about 11,500 bogs in southeastern Massachusetts – in mid-winter, and it’s quiet. Desolate. Frigid. Filled with life.
In This Place

Fresh Sonic: Newspaper Ad

WANTED. Produced by Mae Nagusky and Atlantic Public Media.

The Point

Jennette Barnes

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CAI

Local news roundup

The week's local headlines with our region's leading journalists.
GBH

Catching the Codfather Part 2: I hope those people sink.

How did Carlos Rafael become “The Codfather”?
Elsa Partan

Changes in youth sports

Mindy Todd , Amy Vince

Youth sports have undergone a significant transformation over the past two decades, and the changes aren’t always proving beneficial to kids’ mental or physical health.
WildCare

Looking out for spring wildlife

Mindy Todd , Amy Vince

We talk with wildlife rehabilitator Stephanie Ellis from WildCare.

NPR Stories

Robin Heinrich/Marine Science Center

How seals' whiskers make them master underwater hunters

Ari Daniel

Their sensitive facial hair may be the harbor seals superpower for tracking fish, scientists are learning.
Trump tries to declare victory in Iran as timeline for war's end continues to shift

Tamara Keith, Leila Fadel

President Trump has continued to shift his timeline for ending the U.S.-Israeli-led war in Iran.

Indonesia's capital of the future faces doubts in the present

Katerina Barton

Indonesia is racing to build a new capital, promising a greener, futuristic city. But many citizens aren't convinced it will live up to the vision.
'Beef' is less rare in Season 2, but still well done

Aisha Harris

The hit Netflix series brings in a new cast that includes Oscar Isaac and Carey Mulligan, and even more beef.
'Dear America': HUD workers say they're being blocked from doing their jobs

Jennifer Ludden

A website with anonymous employee letters accuses the Trump administration of undermining work on housing discrimination. HUD says it's restoring "sanity" to fair housing enforcement.