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No school. No work for many. In the wake of a storm that knocked out power across the region, people braced and coped.

Talking with CAI reporters and news director about the stories they report.

The South Coast is home to the country’s highest concentration of Portuguese Americans. For many, the fall season means home-made wine. Daniel Ackerman reports on a centuries-old tradition that crossed the Atlantic and lives on in the nooks and crannies of New Bedford.

This week: Local leaders are asking the question, "How many machine gun ranges does the state need?" The controversial Twin Brooks development in Hyannis gets a key go-ahead from the state. And a new study finds PFAS contamination in local private drinking wells.

/ New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell spoke Wednesday about plans to redevelop the Cannon Street Power Station as a staging facility for offshore wind. The Port of New Bedford is getting a makeover. Mayor Jon Mitchell announced Wednesday that the shuttered Cannon Street Power Station, just south of downtown, will be demolished, and the site will be redeveloped as a staging area for the offshore industry. The 30-acre waterfront site will become the city’s second dedicated offshore wind staging are...

Published June 11, 2021 at 1:38 PM EDT Listen • 49:25 / This week: A week after a cyber attack, the Steamship Authority has lashed together some provisional fixes; and a sexual assault is reported on a ferry. Barnstable will be looking for a new School Superintendent. And the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce gets drawn into the machine gun range controversy. We have those stories and more, as CAI News Director Steve Junker speaks with some of the region’s leading jo...

This week: A week after a cyber attack, the Steamship Authority has lashed together some provisional fixes; and a sexual assault is reported on a ferry. Barnstable will be looking for a new School Superintendent. And the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce gets drawn into the machine gun range controversy.

1 Governance professor Beth Simone Noveck, who formerly served as the first White House deputy chief technology officer, believes that “public entrepreneurship” can counter the failures that have dominated public policy design in the United States since the 1960s. Her new book, Solving Public Problems, revisits the four stages of policy design—identifying problems, identifying solutions, designing for implementation, and evaluation and evolution—while identifying 20 crucial decisions t...

Nanotechnology Now Our NanoNews Digest Sponsors Home > Press > With a zap of light, system switches objects colors and patterns: "Programmable matter" technique could enable product designers to churn out prototypes with ease A new system uses UV light projected onto objects coated with light-activated dye to alter the reflective properties of the dye, creating images in minutes. CREDIT Image courtesy of Michael Wessley, Stefanie Mueller, et al Abstract: When was the last time you repainted you...

 E-Mail IMAGE: A new system uses UV light projected onto objects coated with light-activated dye to alter the reflective properties of the dye, creating images in minutes. view more  Credit: Image courtesy of Michael Wessley, Stefanie Mueller, et al When was the last time you repainted your car? Redesigned your coffee mug collection? Gave your shoes a colorful facelift? You likely answered: never, never, and never. You might consider these arduous tasks not worth the effort. But a new...