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This week: Independence House in Barnstable gets a $3.46 million grant to further its mission combating domestic violence. A new report underscores the need to protect the Cape’s dwindling “undisturbed land”. And issues at the shuttered Pilgrim nuclear plant raise concerns, while almost ten thousand people sign a petition asking the decommissioning company Holtec not to discharge radioactive water into Cape Cod Bay.

This week: What’s a school district to do when it can’t pay its staff enough to live nearby? Provincetown and now Nantucket are facing that problem. And: a neighborhood at the foot of the Sagamore Bridge finds itself in the path of progress. Also, members of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe gather to vote this weekend.

This week: The region braces for a blast of arctic weather. Nantucket schools are shut down by a cyber attack. And the contentious proposed 312-unit development at the former Twin Brooks golf course gets an approval from the Cape Cod Commission.

This week: Now we know where they’re going: the location of the new Cape bridges has been drawn on a map. Also, water quality across the region continues to decline — it’s not just an environmental worry, it’s also an economic issue. And say hello to the "Barnstable" ferry.

This week: Vineyard Wind pulls ashore two cables, and that's not all: it’s marking progress in building the nation’s first utility-sized offshore wind farm right off our coast. And the Steamship Authority deals with a crash of its reservation system as passengers tried to book ferry passage for Nantucket summer.

This week: a new district attorney for the Cape and Islands; new sheriffs for Bristol and Barnstable Counties; and a new governor — the first week of 2023 gets going with plenty of action! And: local schools and health officials are watching carefully the uptick in COVID around the state.

Spectrum is a weekly public affairs program on iHeartMedia Cape Cod. Spectrum gives us the opportunity to take a closer look at the issues, events and people affecting the Cape.

This week: A major offshore wind company pulls out of its contracts. The Cape Cod Commission appears to be coming to terms with development at the Twin Brooks golf course. And more than $10 million dollars of federal funds could soon go to local housing initiatives.

This week: Four tribal objects are taken from, and returned to, the Historic Patuxet Homesite; charges related to the incident may proceed against several members of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe, including the chairman. Also: a number of efforts to address the housing crisis move forward across the region.

This week: The owner of the Pilgrim Nuclear plant gets a reprimand from the Feds. A cardiologist is suing Cape Cod Healthcare, saying he was fired for blowing the whistle on dangerous medical shortcuts. And: we take a trip to a Vermont shooting range with members of the Massachusetts National Guard.