Several public libraries across Cape Cod have “libraries of things”—collections of items you can check out that are not books. Some of the items in these collections might surprise you.
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In this episode of The Garden Lady C.L. Fornari starts out talking about houseplants, and the importance of putting them on large saucers. She talks about the benefits of indoor greenery, and takes listener calls about hydrangeas, asparagus, Montauk daisies and more.
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A review of the week's local headlines with our region's leading journalists.
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After more than eight years in the making, the Vineyard Wind project near Martha's Vineyard is fully operational. The news comes just hours after another offshore wind project in the region, Revolution Wind, announced it had reached full power.
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The retreating bluff along the access road, which runs parallel to the ocean, has almost reached the base of a small bridge.
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This past spring, a meteor exploded into a fireball about 30 miles above Cape Cod Bay. Scientists are using data from that event to better understand our atmosphere and how to predict when asteroids could pose a risk to humans.
The Point
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A review of the week's local headlines with our region's leading journalists.
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Our region has a track record of young people getting involved in government, including candidates in Tuesday's election.
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In advance of the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, The Revolutionary War on Cape Cod and the Islands was coordinated by the Cape and Islands Historians Committee.
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We discuss the tools that drama and performance offer those in recovery.
NPR Stories
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Gasoline prices fell below $4 a gallon Tuesday for the first time in three months — but the overall cost of living remains stubbornly high.
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Residents of every town in the state will be affected, according to a nonprofit that studied changes going into effect next year.
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Little is known about her except that she's reportedly about 13 and named Kim Ju Ae, but Korea's spy agency says she's likely her father's heir.
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His resignation offer comes amid a widening political rift between Prabowo and Widodo and a separate investigation into allegations that senior police officials wiretapped the president.
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The events include parades in Nashua, Northfield and Peterborough, and a ceremonial bell-ringing at Dartmouth College.