9 August 2024 — YARMOUTH, MA — The nonprofit Friends of Bass River received a $4.75 M grant this spring to help restore the longest river on the Cape Cod. In our ongoing coverage of ecological restoration on the Cape, this episode explores work underway to return 52 acres of retired cranberry bogs to natural wetlands and replace the bridge at Crab Creek - both key steps in addressing the high nitrogen levels in this critical estuary and its ponds. The organization hopes to bring back the once-abundant scallop population along with the state's second largest herring population.

9 August 2024 — CAPE COD, MA — Cape Cod's Visiting Nurses Association has been in contract negotiations since February with the union of their registered nurses in the field. On Tuesday, the union decided to hold a strike authorization vote. We caught up with some VNA nurses about the crisis in home healthcare across the peninsula.

01 August 2024 — HYANNIS, MA — With its newest $14.6M federal grant, the Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority (CCRTA) reaches a new milestone: more than half the buses on Cape Cod produce low to no emissions.

2 August, 2024 – CAPE COD, MA – Scarce days off, low pay and relying on the mercy of Mother Nature make the agricultural community vulnerable to mental health challenges such as overwhelm, anxiety and depression. The Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources found a mental health support model fitting for the farming community – a Peer Support Network – because no one understands farmers better than farmers.

30 July 2024 — HYANNIS, MA — After 11 months and 30,000 hours of collecting, cleaning, shoveling, building, teaching, and more, the 25th year of AmeriCorps Cape Cod came to a close last week. In the graduation ceremony, which honored 18 graduates and several service partners, almost all speakers touched on the strong sense of community among AmeriCorps members and with the places they serve. We spoke with program manager Kat Garofoli and year 25 graduate Hannah Van DiVier about what the next 25 years holds for the organization.

02 August 2024 — EASTHAM, MA — The season's first powerful hurricane, Beryl, rolled across the Caribbean into Texas, at times packing category 5 power over the Atlantic. Experts say this could be the first of many - and many more powerful - storms this season. We visited with Danielle and Matt Noyes from 1° Outside and Chip Rielly from Barnstable County to learn more about what to expect.

23 July 2024 — BREWSTER, MA — Chefs Izabelle and Rob Crisanti are preparing to take on the iconic cones, clams and community at Kate's Seafood and Ice Cream, a Brewster staple. This summer, they're learning the ropes from John and Kate Ohman, who founded Kate's 39 years ago, and they hope to bring their own flavors to the clam shack next year. We spoke with the two couples about the past, present and future of the restaurant.

26 July, 2024 – EASTHAM, MA – Over 200 Cape Codders attended the public information session at the Sheraton in Eastham, July 17, called by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. The presentation about the leasing process and the environmental assessment was cut short to give more time to the public's comments and questions. BOEM is proposing lease sales of 1 million acres, some of it 20 miles outside lower and outer Cape Cod, for construction and operation of a wind power station with the capacity of supplying energy to 5 million homes.

19 July 2024 — ORLEANS — Orleans released a draft of its digital equity plan this week for public comment. Spanning 64 pages, a vast array of findings, and 18 different recommendations, the plan features a lot of information. We sat down with Steven Tupper, Deputy Director of the Cape Cod Commission, and Mike Solitro, Assistant Town Manager for Orleans, to discuss what exactly the plan is saying and why digital equity on the Cape matters.

12 July 2024 — EASTHAM, MA — Indira Venkat, senior vice president AT AARP Research visits with Lower Cape TV to share results from a new study that raises an economic red flag for the near future. The vast majority of Americans over age of 50 believe they don't have enough saved to support themselves in retirement -- and 26 percent say this means they will probably never be able to retire.