Strange Fish: Why We're Seeing More Unexpected Catches
A white marlin off Provincetown, a sailfish in the Cape Cod Canal. A red drum in Buzzards Bay, tarpon off Nantucket. If it seems like reports of exotic catches are on the rise, it may be because they are.
View ArticleNews Roundup: ACK sees 14 COVID Cases in 2 days; Chatham Hits Red on State Map
Nantucket marked 14 new COVID cases in 2 days this week, more than it saw all together in the first few months of the pandemic. New details are coming out about a virus spike in Chatham. And Cape Cod...
View ArticleSnapper Blues Season Arrives with New, Tighter Limits
Fall means the fishing for snapper bluefish takes off. They're often easy to find around docks and harbors, they’re tasty, and they’re great fish for younger anglers to catch.
View ArticleNews Roundup: ACK Hits Red for COVID Cases; Towns Face Lawsuit Over Septic...
Nantucket moved into the state’s highest COVID-19 risk category, reporting 40 cases in ten days. An environmental lawsuit looks to stop all new septic installations in Barnstable and Mashpee. And will...
View ArticleAnglers Face into the Fall Winds
These days of blustery north winds are tough on Cape Cod anglers. But we've got tips for not letting the weather get you down, as you're thinking about those albies and stripers you know are out there.
View ArticleNews Roundup: Schools and Parents Weather Reopening Challenges; Bar Service...
Local schools are navigating the uncertain waters of starting up in a pandemic, including the region’s first reported student coronavirus case. The governor says bar service can return for some...
View ArticleNews Roundup: Task Force Issues Summer Recap; Machine Gun Range to Get Hearing
How did we do? The Cape Cod Reopening Task Force has an assessment of the pandemic summer for businesses and tourism. Nantucket’s COVID spike continues. And a public hearing gets scheduled for the...
View ArticleNews Roundup: Parents Voice Support for Barnstable HS Principal; Machine Gun...
Parents and community members call for reinstating Barnstable High School’s principal. The proposed machine gun range at Joint Base Cape Cod gets a public hearing. And the Steamship Authority wants to...
View ArticleNews Roundup: Petitions Over Barnstable HS Principal; Protestors Aim at...
Parents launch competing petitions over Barnstable High School’s sidelined principal. Protestors target the proposed machine gun range for Joint Base Cape Cod. And the flu vaccine is demand – but you...
View ArticleNews Roundup: Election Ramp-up; Real Estate Market Booming
Early voting, mail-in voting, election day voting: Town Clerks are hanging in there for next Tuesday. The pandemic can’t drive a stake through the spirited heart of Halloween. And the Cape’s housing...
View ArticleBeyond the Same Thing
The Forgetting podcast: Inside The Mind of Alzheimer’s Dealing with Alzheimer's amid the pandemic has particular challenges for patients and caregivers. Greg and David talk about isolation, rage, and...
View ArticleNews Roundup: An Election Like No Other; Community Spread COVID Now on the Cape
After a day of passions at the polls, “Count Every Vote” rallies spring up locally. And, officials say, community-spread coronavirus is now on the Cape. We have those stories and more on the local news...
View ArticleNews Roundup: COVID Cases on the Rise; Earthquake Displaces New Bedford Families
Coronavirus spikes continue around the region. Local social media lights up on Sunday morning with the questions: "Did you feel that? Did we just have… an earthquake?" And police continue their search...
View ArticleNews Roundup: Local Officials Urge Caution for Thanksgiving Gatherings;...
This Thanksgiving comes with its own list of dos and don'ts, in the effort to stop the current spike of coronavirus cases. Dismantling is under way at Pilgrim Nuclear power station. And a traditional...
View ArticleNews Roundup: Police Reform Bill Heads to Gov Baker; Vineyard Wind Makes Changes
Local officials have ideas about who should get first shot at the coronavirus vaccine. A contentious police reform bill lands on the governor’s desk – so what happens next? And Vineyard Wind scales up:...
View ArticleNews Roundup: First Vaccines to Arrive Next Week; New Testing Sites Open
An initial batch of coronavirus vaccine is expected to arrive for the Cape and Islands by next week – now local officials are discussing how it will be distributed. Meanwhile, new testing sites are...
View ArticleNews Roundup: 1st Vaccines Given; Testing Site Appointment Difficulties
Cape and Islands hospitals get vaccine doses – and they go right into the arms of grateful frontline healthcare workers. Meanwhile, if you’ve been trying to make an appointment at one of the Cape’s new...
View Article2020 News Recap: Cape Faces COVID with Resiliency; Rallies for Racial Justice
The “novel coronavirus” got its first mention on the Local News Roundup on January 31 st , 2020. Just when you thought we were done with that old year, we’ve got a look back at the top local stories....
View ArticleNews Roundup: COVID Recovery Facilty for Cape in Limbo; Local Reps React to...
Cape Cod officials want to open a COVID-19 recovery facility to relieve pressure on hospitals – but they’ve been waiting on state approval. Meanwhile, the Cape passed 250 deaths from the coronavirus...
View ArticleNews Roundup: First Responders Get Vaccines; Baker Vetoes Climate Bill
The vaccine rollout continues across the region, with first responders and older veterans receiving theirs this week. Gov Baker vetoes a major climate bill, as legislators promise it’ll land right back...
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