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CAI @wcai-npr.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
To call in you can reach us at 866-999-4626 or email your questions to thepoint@capeandislands.org
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CAI @wcai-npr.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
For our inaugural Falmouth Road Race team, we are looking for five dedicated runners to complete the iconic 7-mile race. On Team CAI 2026, your support will strengthen local journalism in its mission to keep our communities connected and informed! Apply at capeandislands.org/TeamCA
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CAI @wcai-npr.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Come out to The West End tonight for pub night tonight! Get your tickets here! -->https://bit.ly/40u6egt
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CAI @wcai-npr.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
What you can hear this week on The Point!
Schedule for "This week on The Point" at 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. on CAI. Monday features "The Pulse" from WHYY; Tuesday, "Bird News" with ornithologist Mark Faherty; Wednesday, "Managing the Southern Pine Beetle and getting ready for tick activity"; Thursday, "Singing as protest"; Friday, "The Local News Roundup." CAI logo in the corner.
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CAI @wcai-npr.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Thanks so much to Siena Italian Grill & Bar for hosting us last night for our Pub Night in Mashpee! Come see us a week from today Wednesday March 11th at The West End in Hyannis for our next Pub Night! Sing up here! --> bit.ly/40u6egt
WCAI-FM is at Siena Italian Grill & Bar.WCAI-FM is at Siena Italian Grill & Bar.WCAI-FM is at Siena Italian Grill & Bar.WCAI-FM is at Siena Italian Grill & Bar.
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CAI @wcai-npr.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
What you can hear this week on The Point!
This image is a schedule for "The Point" on CAI. It lists topics for the week: Tuesday covers the rising cost of homeowners insurance; Wednesday addresses cancer prevention by understanding its root causes; Thursday discusses regional supports for autism; Friday features The Local News Roundup. Broadcast times are 9 a.m. and 7 p.m.
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CAI @wcai-npr.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
We are experiencing technical difficulties with our 94.3 WZAI Brewster 91.1 WNAN Nantucket frequencies. Our engineers are working their hardest to restore service.
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CAI @wcai-npr.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Eversource is anticipating power outages across the region with tonight’s storm. They say it could be a multi-day event and with high winds, they may not be able to get to down lines until winds subside.
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CAI @wcai-npr.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Archivists and researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have discovered what they believe is the oldest existing recording of a whale. The 1949 humpback song was captured rom an office dictation machine aboard R/V Atlantis, near Bermuda. bit.ly/4qOonAa
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CAI @wcai-npr.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Thanks to everyone who came out to our pub night at The Red Nun in Dennis Port! We had a fantastic time seeing all of you! if you missed us come see us at Siena in Mashpee a week from today February 25th from 5-7 p.m. Get your tickets here! bit.ly/4qFqaaN
Mindy Todd speaking with hands clasped.A group of people speaking with drinks at a table.A crowd of people watching.
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CAI @wcai-npr.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
CAI's Jennette Barnes reports on the future of wind power in the region. www.capeandislands.org/local-news/2…
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Trump administration to appeal court orders on offshore wind
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum talked about the administration's plans to appeal rulings on five offshore wind projects.
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CAI @wcai-npr.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
We have an update to the community from CAI's Executive Editor Mindy Todd.
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A letter to the CAI community
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CAI @wcai-npr.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
This week on The Bird News on The Point, Mark Faherty fills us in on who is heading where and the latest bird sightings.
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Bird News in August
Bird news with Mark Faherty.
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CAI @wcai-npr.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
On Cape Cod, where the cost of living and other factors sometimes make workers hard to find, a loss of Haitian residents could create a noticeable drop in the labor supply this winter, especially in some health care professions.
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Haitian nationals with 'protected' immigration status at risk of deportation come February
The Trump administration plans to end protected immigration status for citizens of Haiti in February, more than 15 years after the Obama administration granted it following a devastating earthquake in...
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CAI @wcai-npr.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Are your tomatoes late to ripen this season? Listen to the latest episode of The Garden Lady to learn why.
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The Garden Lady - Episode 32
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CAI @wcai-npr.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
CAI's Gilda Geist spoke to Madeline to learn more about her time on season 21 of "Project Runway" and how her childhood on Nantucket led her into the world of fashion.
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Nantucket fashion designer featured on new season of 'Project Runway'
Nantucket's own Madeline Malenfant is one of 12 contestants on the newest season of "Project Runway," the competition reality show for fashion designers.
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CAI @wcai-npr.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
You miss a day of picking, and you've got pregnant baseball bats. Here's what to do with an onslaught of zucchini, from The Local Food Report with Elspeth Hay.
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What to make with an onslaught of zucchini
Every gardener’s been there. You go away for a day, peer under the leaves, and are alarmed to find that the small, reasonable little squashes from yesterday have doubled in size. But I hate to see zuc...
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CAI @wcai-npr.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
In this small coastal community — the main conduit for moving people and goods to and from the Vineyard — many Woods Hole residents are fed up with the foul air.
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Air pollution from Martha's Vineyard ferry prompts concern
Woods Hole residents are calling on state environmental leaders and the Steamship Authority to track emissions and take concrete steps to shift some of the fleet away from diesel to less polluting hyb...
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CAI @wcai-npr.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
You may not see hundreds of shearwaters and other seabirds, but it’s always worth getting out in a boat. Hear more on the Weekly Bird Report with Mark Faherty.
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It's always worth getting out on a boat
You may not see hundreds of shearwaters and other seabirds, but it’s always worth getting out in a boat.
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CAI @wcai-npr.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Here's what's coming up this week on The Point. #CapeCod
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CAI @wcai-npr.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Union nurses at Cape Cod Healthcare are prepared to go on strike if necessary, though they are hoping to instead reach a fair deal with their employer at the bargaining table this month.
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Seeking fair contract, Cape Cod nurses are prepared to strike
Union nurses at Cape Cod Healthcare are prepared to go on strike if necessary, though they are hoping to instead reach a fair deal with their employer.
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CAI @wcai-npr.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
All kinds of escapes exist, and books are full of them! Our book experts share their lists of picks on The Point.
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Escape in books
The Point's monthly book theme: "Escape".
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CAI @wcai-npr.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
"We are trying to get the word out that it is a good idea to get your well tested, and PFAS are commonly detected on Nantucket," said Andrew Shapero.
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Making sense of Nantucket PFAS findings
The first full-time government employee in the United States whose job is focused solely on dealing with PFAS works on Nantucket.
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CAI @wcai-npr.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Here's what's coming up this week on The Point. #CapeCod
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CAI @wcai-npr.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
State Sen. Dylan Fernandes said a major rehabilitation of either bridge — which is due, for safety reasons, in the next several years — would involve completely shutting down the bridge for nine months.
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Business leaders, residents speak out about replacing Cape Cod bridges
State Sen. Dylan Fernandes said a major rehabilitation of either bridge — which is due, for safety reasons, in the next several years — would involve completely shutting down the bridge for nine month...
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CAI @wcai-npr.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
On The Point, we talk access and rights for women’s healthcare with Julia Kehoe, President and CEO of Health Imperatives, and Rebecca Hart Holder, President of Reproductive Equity Now.
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Reproductive Equity Now
Women’s reproductive rights and access to healthcare in our region.
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CAI @wcai-npr.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Predicting this South Pacific seabird’s appearance in the state was utterly absurd. Hear more on The Weekly Bird Report.
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A bird from the wrong ocean
Predicting this South Pacific seabird’s appearance in the state was utterly absurd – there had never been a Juan Fernandez Petrel in the entire North Atlantic, and there are maybe 3 records in the Sou...
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CAI @wcai-npr.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Kolb Noyes will be reporting on the important research and discovery happening in the science organizations in the region. She'll also cover the pressures of growth and tourism on the environment.
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Amy Kolb Noyes to join CAI staff
Kolb Noyes is an award-winning journalist who has worked in print, broadcast and digital media in New England since 1991.
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CAI @wcai-npr.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
The Woods Hole Film Festival is coming right up! We spoke with three filmmakers about their work. Take a listen.
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Woods Hole Film Festival 2025
An interview with filmmakers from this year’s Wood Hole Film Festival.
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CAI @wcai-npr.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
"Sometimes imperfection is perfection!" Did you miss the live airing of The Garden Lady on Saturday? Get all your garden wisdom here:
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The Garden Lady - Episode 29
Are the leaves of your morning glory filled with holes? Did your zinnia foliage get shredded when you put the young plants in the garden? Are you wondering what you can do about it?
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CAI @wcai-npr.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Here's what's coming up this week on The Point.
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CAI @wcai-npr.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Today on the Weekly Bird Report, butterflies and how you can help increase their dwindling numbers.
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Watching for butterflies
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CAI @wcai-npr.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Fall River's fire department doesn't meet national staffing standards, and union officials say more firefighters could have saved lives, but the city's mayor said it's too soon for the debate. From GBH News.
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Did Fall River have enough firefighters for the Gabriel House fire?
Fall River's fire department doesn't meet national staffing standards, and union officials say more firefighters could have saved lives, but the city's mayor said it's too soon for the debate.
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CAI @wcai-npr.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
The Massachusetts Alternative Septic System Technology Center has received more than $416,000 from the state to test out urine diverting toilets in Falmouth. Urine diversion is a wastewater management method that could help address Cape Cod's nutrient pollution problem.
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State funds project to test urine-diverting toilets in Falmouth
The majority of Cape Cod's nutrient pollution comes from urine. But what if it was diverted from the waste stream?
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CAI @wcai-npr.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
We're talking sharks on The Point: research, misconceptions and more. Take a listen.
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White Sharks
Interviewing shark experts about White Shark behavior and biology.
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CAI @wcai-npr.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
The settlement will allow the town to create a fund to compensate local businesses for their losses.
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Nantucket reaches $10.5 million settlement with GE Vernova over shattered wind turbine blade
The settlement will allow the town to create a fund to compensate local businesses for their losses, officials said.
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CAI @wcai-npr.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
On The Point, we talk about the history of Penikese Island in Buzzard’s Bay and its role in field research and education.
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Penikese Island
Penikese Island now and in history.
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CAI @wcai-npr.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Find out what's happening in the bird world with Mark Faherty, Science Coordinator at Mass Audubon Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary.
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Bird news in July
Bird news with Mark Faherty.
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CAI @wcai-npr.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
CAI's John Basile talks with singer Ella Mae Dixon about growing up in Wellfleet and making the move to New York where her career has taken off.
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Sittin' In: From Wellfleet to New York: Ella Mae Dixon brings new style to classic tunes
This time on Sittin' In, CAI's John Basile talks with singer Ella Mae Dixon about growing up in Wellfleet and making the move to New York where her career has taken off. They also talk about Dixon's n...
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CAI @wcai-npr.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Here's what's coming up this week on The Point.
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CAI @wcai-npr.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
How to Sue the Klan is a documentary about five black women who win a 1982 civil rights case and hold the Ku Klux Klan accountable for their crimes. We talk with filmmaker John Beder. Later, we discuss present-day challenges to civil rights.
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The documentary How to Sue The Klan and present-day civil rights struggles
We discuss the short documentary How to Sue The Klan, and present day civil rights struggles.
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CAI @wcai-npr.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
This summer, the Cape Cod Commission is collecting input on the climate action plan from Eastham residents.
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'Defined by its coastal areas:' Eastham developing climate action plan
The Cape Cod Commission is helping the town of Eastham develop a climate action plan.
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CAI @wcai-npr.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Need a new summer read? We’ve got a whole stack of recommendations waiting for you in this episode of The Point.
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Books on tourism
Summer is here and so are our visitors. Jill Erickson and Jayne Iafrate join us with their tourism picks in a number of genres, including travel guides, memoirs, how-to books, and, of course, fiction.
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CAI @wcai-npr.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
It was a doozy of a rare bird that turned up in a peculiar place. Learn more on The Weekly Bird Report.
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More birds are enjoying the cicada buffet
Last week I covered the Brood XIV 17-year cicadas and the birds that love them, but it turned out the birds weren’t quite done adding to this story.
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CAI @wcai-npr.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Today was a great day to be a sea turtle at West Dennis Beach.
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Stranded off Cape Cod last winter, 17 sea turtles return to the ocean
Onlookers lined the edge of a roped-off area as each turtle was lifted from a plastic bin and set gingerly on the sand. With a little help getting past the seaweed, the turtles used their flippers to ...
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CAI @wcai-npr.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
The report makes recommendations aimed at the region’s 890 freshwater ponds and lakes.
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13 action steps to restore Cape Cod ponds: new regional report
The report makes recommendations aimed at the region’s 890 freshwater ponds and lakes, informed by a data-driven planning process the Cape Cod Commission began in 2022.
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CAI @wcai-npr.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Fishing Partnership Support Services is a local nonprofit that's trying to fill that gap for fishermen and their families.
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How do fishermen in Massachusetts get healthcare?
Some of us are lucky enough to have jobs that provide benefits, such as healthcare. But for commercial fishermen, there is no human resources office at sea.
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CAI @wcai-npr.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Are bluefish good to eat? Find out on the latest Fishing News.
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All about the blues
This week on the Fishing News, CAI’s John Basile talks with Jimmy Fee, editor of On The Water magazine about bluefish.
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CAI @wcai-npr.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
You'll want to listen to this one! CAI speaks with musicians from Cape Symphony about Saturday's live performance of music from the movie Jaws.
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'Jaws' live: Celebrating film's 50th and the thrill of its eternal score
This weekend marks 50 years since “Jaws” first opened in theaters in 1975. Tomorrow in Edgartown, an outdoor screening will put the music from the film in the spotlight, as the Cape Cod Symphony Orche...
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C.L. Fornari @thegardenlady.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
On Saturday June 21st I'll be starting off The Garden Lady with a postcard from trees. On @wgbh.org radio, and @wcai-npr.bsky.social - streamed online.
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