Sean Ball is a member of the Ulster Scottish Pipe Band which took home two top prizes at a recent Glasgow competition.
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We round up the week's local news with our region's leading journalists.
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This week on the Fishing News, CAI's John Basile talks with Kevin Blinkoff of On the Water magazine about the latest unusual visitor to local waters. A cubera snapper, estimated at 40 pounds, found its way to Nantucket where it was caught by a 14-year-old angler and released.
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We talk with Martha’s Vineyard historian and author Tom Dresser about two of his most recent books.
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This week on the Local Food Report: it’s a duel of appetites in a new documentary about delicious but destructive green crabs.
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Provincetown's annual Carnival parade last month included floats decorated with images made by generative AI, like Chat GPT. What does that mean for Provincetown's identity as an historic artist colony?
The Point
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We talk with Martha’s Vineyard historian and author Tom Dresser about two of his most recent books.
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We talk about how to practice skillful uncertainty in an era of epidemic unknowns.
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We’ll discuss collections and exhibits, and we’ll talk about how museums offer community engagement and provide context for what is happening in our region today.
NPR Stories
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NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Allison Aubrey, health and science correspondent for NPR and the author of Your Turn: How to Create a Midlife You Love.
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Seven hospitals/health centers have been damaged in the floods, some completely wiped out. Medical workers are concerned about interrupted routine care, risk of waterborne and communicable disease outbreaks in "holding centers" and the mental health impacts of the disaster.
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After a bruising primary, Democrats in Michigan are working to unify their coalition ahead of what is expected to be a razor-thin Senate race this fall for a seat they need to hold if they hope to retake the Senate majority.
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The late country singer's hits are making a mark on the pop charts following her death. Many are charting higher than they ever have before — and the rise of country music might play a role.
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More than a week of strikes by jet-powered Russian drones has disrupted schools, work and transport … and left Ukraine, which lacks air defense supplies, feeling vulnerable.