Neighbors have objected to the plan by South Coast Renewables, a subsidiary of Parallel Products, to accept up to 1,500 tons of trash a day for transfer to disposal facilities elsewhere.
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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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We talk about how to practice skillful uncertainty in an era of epidemic unknowns.
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A Crested Caracara turns up at Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, marking the second Cape sighting of this warm-climate raptor this summer. This report covers the species' puzzling northward push since 2020, plus other notable birds including a Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Tricolored Heron, and a performative Clapper Rail in West Harwich.
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Migratory Hudsonian Whimbrels are arriving on the Cape and Islands. Shorebird scientists will be out next week looking for young whimbrels to tag.
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.
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The local news headlines of the week with our region's leading journalists.
NPR Stories
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The charges represent a rare moment of the Justice Department seeking to hold immigration officers accountable.
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A pilot program of an AI teaching model will start being used at the end of September, in a single classroom at a public middle school in Springfield, Massachusetts. Some educators see it as an opportunity to address learning challenges and engage students, while others say the decision to use this AI program was made too quickly — and independently.
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Fox News suddently announced it had cut ties with anchor Maria Bartiromo after more than a dozen years.
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More than a thousand people took to the streets in Danbury on Wednesday night to protest recent immigration arrests that have stunned the community.
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In their respective careers, Hoyes and Green have never wanted to be just one thing. Hear what happens when they refuse to choose.