Lower Cape News Podcast

02 June 2024 — ORLEANS, MA — Beach Road in Orleans may be on a path to make the popular road more bike and pedestrian friendly ... before a tragic accident happens. At the end of the current feasibility study, the town will have four bike lane layouts to choose from.

30 May 2024 — ORLEANS, MA — Garden Coach Priscilla Husband says planting season is here - and understanding plant size, light, and water demands help create a garden that works today and tomorrow.

31 May 2024 — CAPE COD, MA — We are wrapping up bike month by gazing into a future where bike riders will be able to pedal through 88 miles of bike lanes stretching from Bourne to Provincetown. A vision where both bike and pedestrian safety as well as accessibility could add to Cape Cod's local economy.

24 May 2024 — ORLEANS, MA — Jeff Talmadge from We Need a Vacation in Orleans says Cape Cod and Islands have moved past the COVID era blip. The company has been tracking seasonal rental data for decades and says this season sees bookings slightly above pre-pandemic levels while pricing has moved closer to pre-pandemic levels as well.

May 23 2024 — CHATHAM, MA — This week Cape Cod had its first confirmed white shark sighting of the season, just as the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy and the MA Division of Marine Fisheries kicked off 2024 research plans and recapped data from last year.

24 May 2024 — YARMOUTH, MA — Cape Cod prides itself on welcoming visitors, but many people experience a different, less welcoming Cape. Advocacy organization No Place For Hate Barnstable says racism, intolerance and discrimination affect both our democracy at large and the Cape community specifically. To bring about change NPFHB convened two region-wide meetings gathering State representatives, th...

17 May 2024 – BREWSTER, MA – May is National Bike Month. It has been promoted for almost seven decades to encourage more Americans to try biking, and at the McGraw Center in Nickerson State Park, that means everybody – regardless if the pedals are operated with feet or hands. Adaptive biking season has officially started.

05.12.24 — PROVINCETOWN, MA — When fishing boats go down at sea, coastal communities seem to grieve with one heart.  For fishermen and their loved ones, every day is a risk they take to be able to work at sea. In this short film, fishing families share their heartbreaking stories.

29 April 2024 - ORLEANS, MA - The Orleans Fire Department swore in seven new firefighters, celebrated two promotions, and announced several service awards at a ceremony on April 29.

3 May 2024 - PROVINCETOWN, MA - The Fine Arts Work Center and the Provincetown IB public school held their annual collaboration between artists and poets and K-8 students. During the event, student poets read their work, the gallery hung student works, and the two community organizations celebrated the power of art across generations.

3 May 2024 - BREWSTER, MA - During Brewster's annual street "spring cleaning" 230 volunteers shredded more than 1,000 pounds of trash that over-wintered along 30 miles of roadside - and gathered a trash-snap of Brewster's use habits, from nip bottles to plastic bags.

Introducing 2024 Person of the Year Hal Minis Brewster is lucky to have volunteers like Hal who donate their expertise to improve the community. Watch to learn more!

23 April 2024 — ORLEANS, MA — Cranes hoisted into place the long awaited sculpture at the Rt 28 and Rt 39 rotary in Orleans.  The Orleans Improvement Association led the effort to cap off the reconfigured intersection with art and supporters say the planer steel sculpture by Chatham artist Tom Odell adds a gentle motion of sunshine and shadow, completing the look of the reconfigured intersection.

26 April 2024 — ORLEANS, MA — Braving the rain, volunteers and organizations came together to give Orleans' beaches a makeover to celebrate Earth Day. With a focus on the theme Planet vs Plastics seventeen beaches and landings got litter-free and summer-ready.

26 April 2024 — TRURO, MA — What's on the menu at the Truro Community Kitchen? This week there's some extra green in each bag as the program launched its reusable take out container program.

If you walk through the right-of-way under the power lines in Harwich, just north of Bay Road, you can leave the snacks at home and get your dose of antioxidants from pawpaws, chokeberries and hazelnuts. The Food Forest Initiative of Cape Cod is bringing back a half century old movement by planting perennial crops on Cape Cod's marginal lands.

The Nauset School District embraced hydroponic farming, hoping to promote healthy eating habits, while teaching students important lessons about resource management and sustainability.

Pastor David Brown first stepped through the doors at the Chapel On The Pond in 2017, a century after it was built. Pastor Brown fell in love with the church, and when asked if he would like to become its new pastor, he made the church his new home. The congregation was small, but the handful of churchgoers would soon grow to a full house foot stomping, dancing and singing parishioners. Every Sund...

Myth or Legend? "Mooncussers" were said to be a type of land pirate known in coastal communities that intentionally lured ships to wreck on moonless nights. Some say they never existed on Cape Cod and others are not so sure. Historians and local Cape Codders weigh-in on stories passed down through generations by telling different accounts of what likely took place during a time when thousands of s...

Another season, another scam! Lt. Andy McLaughlin from the Orleans Police Department shares  insight into the latest seeming-rise of scam calls and how to avoid falling for them.   While scams may seem to surge during tax season when returns arrive, police really have no firm data on when or what triggers a cycle - however, they warn that scammers target people all year round and that scammers are...

If losing your home isn't traumatic enough, imagine what happens when you realize some of your family members – the ones with fur - have no options.  Romy Maimon, Founder of the Emergency Pet Care Program, wants to change the equation -- and says that helping pets in crisis really means helping people in crisis as well. Mamion has been working over the past several years to bring together a coordi...

The love we feel for certain songs is a very real feeling. There are components in them that speak to us in ways that reveals things about us. Susan Rogers, Professor of Psychoacoustics at Berklee College of Music, has studied how our brains react to music. At 25 she produced records for Crosby, Stills and Nash. She also spent five years as Prince's sound engineer. Rogers says our taste in music b...

The local police are sharpening their tools to tackle the grim reality of human trafficking on the Cape. Orleans Police Chief Scott MacDonald,  explains how the police are working alongside the Cape and Islands District Attorney in the counteroffensive against trafficking.   https://www.lowercapenews.org/how-cape-cod-police-are-handling-human-trafficking

A new grant might find paths to help homeless youth and young adults on Cape Cod. The Homeless Prevention Council and Barnstable County hope use $1.3M in federal grant dollars to roll out a mobile youth outreach program and a host homes model.  The grant will support a mobile youth outreach program to find and connect with youth and young adults who are homeless of at risk of becoming homeless. It...

Dr. Olga Shpak once worked with scientists from the Center for Coastal Studies to understand the world of whales, but as Russian bombs fell this Ukraine native left the oceans for a new role as Director of Assist-Ukraine. She recently returned to Provincetown to share insights into her war time transformation from Arctic whale researcher to fighter for the future of Ukraine.   https://vimeo.com/91...