Right now, the terminal on the city’s waterfront looks mostly bare, with piles of stone and dirt. But the first deep-water berth could be finished sometime in June.
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This week on the Local Food Report, a slaughterhouse in Westport.
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This past weekend I was lucky enough to get in on an overnight junket to the island of Penikese, at the far end of the Elizabeths chain, courtesy of Dr. Andrew Gillis of the Marine Biological Lab and our hosts, the Penikese School.
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Amid the greys and browns of Cape Cod’s winter landscape, there is often just one burst of bright color: the poop bombs.
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The Massachusetts Army National Guard's proposal comes as a response to a critical Environmental Protection Agency draft report released a year ago, which found the range could contaminate drinking water and create a significant threat to public health for hundreds of thousands of year-round residents on Cape Cod.
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The group of migrants that was housed at a Yarmouth motel for seven months has been relocated to shelters off-Cape, where there is staff to help them.
The Point
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Faith leaders in a roundtable discussion for better understanding different faith traditions.
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This week: We've got the latest on plans to replace the Bourne and Sagamore Bridges, after the state holds its first public meeting in a year. And, a controversial heavy machine gun range proposed for Joint Base Cape Cod has been scaled back, but questions about its impacts remain. And right whales get their day of recognition.
NPR Stories
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NPR's Michel Martin talks to Mayor Eric Adams about the police response to student protests at Columbia and other campuses in the city. He says "outside agitators" co-opted the protests at Columbia.
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The United Methodist Church, one of the largest U.S. Protestant denominations, voted to repeal its ban on LGBTQ clergy as well as prohibitions on its ministers from officiating same-sex weddings.
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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with strategic diplomacy expert Mickey Bergman about the different approaches Israel and Hamas take toward negotiating a hostage swap and cease-fire.
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After three weeks in the spotlight of the national debate on abortion, Arizona lawmakers voted to repeal the law banning almost all abortions. Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs promised to sign it.
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In a statement, a New Hampshire State Police spokesperson said they "deployed personnel and various resources to the University of New Hampshire and Dartmouth College campuses in response to illegal activity and at the request of local law enforcement."