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This week: President Biden signs bill that puts $350 million toward new Cape Cod bridges. A beachfront home on Nantucket has sold for just $600,000, a bargain considering last year’s median sale price on the island was just under $3 million. The only catch: it’s not clear how long it’ll last on a fast-eroding shoreline. And finally, a man walks away from a local diner — with a million dollar scratch ticket.
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This week: It’s good news and bad news for fishermen, as those affected by Vineyard Wind have 90 days to apply for compensation. Also, Cape Codders ask critical questions about new housing proposed on Joint Base Cape Cod. And — women are challenging traditional gender roles in one of New Bedford’s oldest and largest Portuguese cultural events, the Feast of the Blessed Sacrament.
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This week: How safe is the water evaporating from Pilgrim nuclear power station? The state wants to know. Also, endangered right whales are back in numbers in our local waters. And: know someone looking for a summer rental? An MV estate is offering four weeks for $1 million.
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This week: The power is on! Vineyard Wind is sending electricity from its first five offshore wind turbines – that’s already enough to power 30,000 homes. And: what happens when our cell phone service goes out? And: climate change is punishing New Bedford’s hurricane barrier.
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This week: we know now where the rope came from that led to the death of a young right whale washed ashore on Martha’s Vineyard. And, the former Twin Brooks golf course in Hyannis will not be developed for more than 300 apartments. And, a lawsuit over PFAS exposure has more than a hundred plaintiffs from Cape Cod.
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This week: The federal budget currently being wrangled in Washington, D.C., may make a big difference to the replacement of the Bourne and Sagamore bridges. And: What’s going on at the offshore site of Vineyard Wind? And, we take a look at the long entanglement and brief life of a singular right whale — number 5120.
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This week: An endangered right whale washes up dead on Martha’s Vineyard, and researchers scramble to understand why. Also, a coalition of offshore wind opponents gathers in Hyannis. And, the state wants to know what’s in the water being evaporated at the Pilgrim Nuclear Plant.
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This week: A Harvard professor examines airborne health risks related to Pilgrim nuclear power station. Sarah Peake, state representative for the Outer Cape since 2006, says she will not run for re-election. And they’re back: for the first time this season, right whales are spotted in Cape Cod Bay.
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This week: The report card is out on the Cape’s water quality — that’s drinking water, bays, and estuaries; we give you the scores. And, what’s it mean to build a salt marsh in an urban neighborhood? Also: a local high school choir hits the high note at Governor Healey’s State of the Commonwealth address.
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This week: A shuffle in how the state is sheltering people in need locally, as the temporary shelter at Joint Base Cape Cod closes. Pieces of radioactive equipment have gone missing from Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station. And, a big change at the Center for Coastal Studies.