John Basile
Host of All Things Considered, ReporterJohn Basile is the local host of All Things Considered weekday afternoons and a reporter.
He joined WCAI in 2019 after a long run as Managing Editor of The Register newspaper and other publications on Cape Cod.
A music lover, the author of a history of jazz on Cape Cod and a devotee of the history of baseball and popular culture, he often ponders the wonders of the vinyl LP and lives in West Yarmouth with his wife Kathryn.
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CAI's John Basile talks with Dr. Regina Jorgenson of the Maria Mitchell Observatory on Nantucket about a star system 3,000 light-years away from Earth that will become visible to the unaided eye.
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We will be able to observe two very different eclipses this spring; a lunar eclipse in March and a solar eclipse in April.In this installment of Looking Skyward, CAI's John Basile talks with Dr. Regina Jorgenson of the Maria Mitchell Observatory about this celestial events.
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Astronomers have recently discovered two galaxies that might present a challenge to a broadly accepted theory of how galaxies form. In this edition of Looking Skyward, CAI's John Basile discusses this discovery with Dr. Regina Jorgenson of the Maria Mitchell Observatory on Nantucket.
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The Steamship Authority has already begun taking action on a finding of a state audit that says employees lack adequate training for cybersecurity awareness.
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In a reversal of policy, the Army Corps of Engineers has agreed to deposit dredged sand from the Cape Cod Canal on Town Neck Beach in Sandwich.
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Longtime Outer Cape state representative Sarah Peake says nine terms in the Massachusetts House will be enough.
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New Bedford and Fall River will be among the first cities in Massachusetts to add electric buses to their fleets beginning in the next school year.
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Cape Cod's south-facing beaches felt the impact from high winds and heavy surf that began Tuesday night and continued into Wednesday afternoon.Parking lots at South Dennis Beach were under water in the morning. Access to south-facing beaches in Dennis was closed.
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The town of Yarmouth is in the process of creating a new town seal that would, if adopted by voters, replace a historically and culturally inaccurate one that has been in use for many years.