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Raquel C. Zaldívar/New England News CollaborativeThe Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station plans to drain radioactive water from two areas of the plant in April, leading to reduced evaporation of the water. -
Eve ZuckoffLast October, a secretive high-level meeting was held to review the environmental impacts of a controversial proposal for a machine gun range on Joint Base Cape Cod. Now, the release of a 65-page meeting transcript offers a first glimpse into what happened behind closed doors.
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On the platform in Fall River, Ollie Couto said he remembers trains in the city during his childhood in the 1950s, and he’s glad they’re back after all these years. -
This winter, Falmouth High School students took part in a social-emotional learning program that aims to change lives. It’s called Challenge Day, and it’s a day-long workshop put on by a company that brings the program all over the world. -
Since its founding in 2010, the non-profit program has taught an estimated 45,000 children across Cape Cod how to breathe deeply and settle their minds in the face of stressful situations. At the program’s busiest in 2017, it served 17 schools across seven school districts. -
The region hasn’t had a train to Boston since the 1950s, when highways became king. Now, after more than three decades of political promises and $1 billion spent, South Coast Rail is scheduled to open Monday. -
The National Transportation Safety Board is calling on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to evaluate the Bourne and Sagamore Bridges for risk of collapse in the event of a vessel collision. -
An official at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority tells CAI the Federal Railroad Administration gave the OK today. -
Donna Walker has spent the past few years as DEI director for Provincetown. Before that, she worked in higher education. -
Through urine, feces, placentas, carcasses, and sloughing skin, whales bring thousands of tons of nitrogen and other nutrients from high-latitude areas like Alaska and Antarctica to low-nutrient tropical grounds like Hawaii and the Caribbean, according to a new study. -
An official at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority said yesterday that the Federal Railroad Administration still needs to greenlight a plan for speed limits along the route. -
Cahir died unexpectedly Wednesday at age 72. Though he served in the House for 14 years after his election in 1985, he was known for much more than that, local leaders say.
