The Garden Lady starts the program with information about Christmas and Thanksgiving Cactus, and bringing Amaryllis back indoors. She talks with lilac expert Jack Alexander about a leaf fungus on lilacs, and takes listeners' calls about getting a Poinsettia to color up again, moving peonies, growing garlic in buckets, rooting annual cuttings and more.

A rundown of the week's headlines with our region's leading journalists.

This week on the Fishing News, CAI's John Basile talks with Kevin Blinkoff of On the Water magazine about the effects of the late September storm on Striper Fest and the fall migration of striped bass.

How our approach to protecting water quality has evolved over the past 50 years, and what steps we’ll need to take in the future as we balance the needs of housing and development with a healthy ecosystem.

Texture-wise, the fish was phenomenal. There was no “fishiness” at all. It had a delicate sweetness, like what you get at a sushi restaurant. It left a little aftertaste of ocean brine, like you walked into a seafood shop.

Five men arrested on terror charges near U.K. air base released on bail, Trump administration rolls back fuel efficiency standards for new vehicles, prosecutors reopen Cornell fraternity rape case.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich about his memoir, "This Cursed Beautiful Land," on his imprisonment in Russia on false espionage charges.

Sailors have been on long deployments this year. The focus has been on carriers, but those on smaller ships also feel the strain.