Despite thousands of people voting early and by mail, Election Day on Cape Cod saw plenty of action at polling places.

We discuss the tools that drama and performance offer those in recovery.

A cottage bought against a home inspector’s advice becomes the proving ground for a second act as a skilled tradesman. Between a neighbor’s critiques and an offhand job offer, he finds that staying busy keeps him in midair.

This Halloween episode of The Garden Lady starts off with a postcard from things that are spooky in the garden. C.L. talks about ghost pipe plants, stinkhorn fungi, and other creepy things that appear in our yards and gardens. Listeners call in with assorted questions about topics including transplanting hydrangeas, "lasagne bulb pots," African violet renewal, and watering spring blooming shrubs this fall.

A review of the week's local headlines with our region's leading jouralists.

Hinojosa, an Austin state representative, is set to be the state's first Democratic governor since 1995 and will be the state's first Latina governor.

Democratic State Auditor Rob Sand stressed affordability and often talked about how his Christian faith guides him.

Missouri voters have denied a Republican-backed congressional map that wound its way through the courts before ultimately ending up on the state's ballot.