A cranberry bog restoration project in Plymouth and Wareham is the final piece of the puzzle for protecting some native species in and around Red Brook, including a brook trout that visits the ocean.
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How our approach to protecting water quality has evolved over the past 50 years, and what steps we’ll need to take in the future as we balance the needs of housing and development with a healthy ecosystem.
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Texture-wise, the fish was phenomenal. There was no “fishiness” at all. It had a delicate sweetness, like what you get at a sushi restaurant. It left a little aftertaste of ocean brine, like you walked into a seafood shop.
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We speak with incumbent Democrat Dylan Fernandes and his Republican challenger Kari MacRae.
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A whale watch out of Barnstable Harbor turns into an unforgettable show of humpbacks, dolphins, and pelagic birds feeding together off Stellwagen Bank. Plus, a Red-necked Phalarope, four species of shearwater, and one very out-of-place Black Vulture in Orleans.
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A major ICE operation is underway in and around New Bedford. State and local officials are demanding answers from ICE.
The Point
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How our approach to protecting water quality has evolved over the past 50 years, and what steps we’ll need to take in the future as we balance the needs of housing and development with a healthy ecosystem.
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We speak with incumbent Democrat Dylan Fernandes and his Republican challenger Kari MacRae.
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We speak with incumbent Republican David Vieira and his challenger, Democrat Jack Richardson.
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A rundown of the week's headlines with our region's leading journalists.
NPR Stories
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The report found water clarity is now eight feet worse than it was in the 1980s
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Attorney General Charity Clark filed charges against protesters who refused to leave a Williston office complex this summer that houses an Immigration and Customs Enforcement surveillance facility. All 12 pleaded not guilty to unlawful trespassing.
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No matter how much poison you put out, rats continue to thrive. So D.C.'s Rat Rangers are trying education (of people, not the rats). They take residents into back alleys to illuminate the problem.
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Connecticut’s police standards advisory council approved guidelines to help cities and towns implement new state restrictions on Flock cameras.
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Richard Hartley was cleared of wrongdoing following an investigation into his conduct earlier this summer.