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WCAI brings you original in-depth reporting on issues facing the Cape, Islands, and South Coast: Wind Turbines, Education, Water Quality, Alzheimer's, and more.Stories on this page have been tagged as "Series Reporting."Click here for a list of all WCAI's series reporting.Many of our series have won awards. A full list is on our Awards page.

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The Future of New England's Fisheries This summer, we’re taking an in-depth look at the current state and future prospects of New England’s fisheries.Starting Monday, July 8th, we’re spending two weeks delving into these issues. We invite you to share your thoughts, your questions, and your stories.Let us hear from you in our Online Survey, as we identify priorities for the future of the fisheries.

00000177-ba84-d5f4-a5ff-bbfc9b3e0000For nearly 400 years, people have migrated to this part of the world in search of work, sometimes in search of a new home. In this series, WCAI’s Sarah Reynolds brings together voices and stories of some of the immigrants in our region, looking at why they’ve come here and why they stay.

00000177-ba84-d5f4-a5ff-bbfc9b8c0000In this original 5-part series, Sean Corcoran examines the ecology of the tick: how it survives, how it travels, how it gets under our skin.There's growing awareness about the dangers of Lyme disease, as it and other tick-borne illnesses become more common. Disagreements about treatment and diagnosis are important and well-documented. But in the fight against Lyme, it's crucial to know where the pathogen lives when it's not inside us, and how it makes its way under our skin.In our series, "Tiny Predators: Facing Cape Cod's Tick Problem" WCAI reports on researchers' newest understanding of tick ecology -- how they travel, how they live, and how they survive — as well as some of the innovations available in the fight against the tick.

00000177-ba84-d5f4-a5ff-bbfc9b9b0000Our original 3-part series about local libraries - how they are expanding their offerings, particularly during this difficult economic time, as well as some of the challenges libraries face as they continue to meet patrons' needs. We examine e-books and e-readers, highlighting the ongoing battle between libraries and book publishers, many of which are creating obstacles to prevent libraries from loaning out books in digital formats.

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00000177-ba84-d5f4-a5ff-bbfc9b930000A 3-part original reporting series.With the end of its 40-year license arriving in 2012, the owners of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth have applied for a 20-year extension. But opponents of the plant, including some local and state politicians, question the reactor's safety, especially after three sister reactors in Japan experienced explosions and likely meltdowns in the past year. Sean Corcoran reports.