Lower Cape News Podcast

More than 700 people left the "It's Time for Climate Collaboration" evening with calls for action sounding in their ears and glimmers of hope dancing in night breeze. The June 12 event from the Cape Cod Climate Change Collaborative featured author/activist/environmentalist and founder of Third Act Bill McKibben, CEO Samsø Energy Academy in Samsø, Denmark Soren Hermansen, and Massachusetts climate...

The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy hosted its annual media day at the Shark Center Chatham on June 13. We spoke to Education Director Marianne Walsh about the white shark research progress and free resources for the public, like the Sharktivity App and the White Shark Logbook.

In this episode of Legislative Update, State Rep. Chris Flanagan from the1st Barnstable District joins host Teresa Martin to shares some thoughts on Brewster's redistricting, Cape Cod housing needs and challenges, and his priorities for the legislative session.

The Cape actively looks for "green" solutions — and now goats are now becoming the 'go-to' for getting rid of poison ivy and other invasive weeds and brush.

This April new bike safety laws went into effect; Orleans Police Chief Scott MacDonald explains how this impacts cyclists, motorists, and roadways — including the busy and dangerous Old Colony intersection.

On May 18, Cape energy provider Eversource held a groundbreaking ceremony at its Bourne substation for the first phase of a large-scale electricity infrastructure project. Dubbed the "Cape Cod Solution," the three-phase project aims to improve the reliability of the region's electric system and allow for the interconnection of offshore wind farms.

An alcohol ban goes into effect at Cape Cod National Seashore's Cahoon Beach in Wellfleet from May to September. The ban prohibits alcohol consumption and possession of open alcoholic beverage containers on its property around Cahoon Hollow Beach this summer. The ban takes effect May 20 and continues through Sept. 10. Officials describe the new regulations as a response to an increase in alcohol-r...

Diane Santoro, Vice President Behavioral Health integration at Bay Cove, discusses the  increased need for, and awareness of, mental health issues, the Commonwealth rolled out a new roadmap for services this year. Cape Cod gained a Community Behavioral Health Facility (CBHC) that integrates with Bay Cove's mobile response team.

In this episode Teresa Martin and guest Dick Golden, host of Siriux XM Real Jazz explore the uniquely American form of music and its history on the Cape -- including Storyville in Harwich and Ella Fitzgerald's near Cape residency.

The  Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater  (W.H.A.T.) launches its 2023 season later this spring. W.H.A.T. returned to live performances  last year  following a two-year COVID shutdown and Producing Artistic Director Christopher Ostrom says 2022 audiences were noticeably younger than pre-pandemic crowds.   Past coverage of the W.H.A.T

The Cape Cod Conservation District partners with local, state and federal agencies to help manage, protect and conserve local natural resources. In recent years, the District identifies the restoration of coastal resources and fisheries as its top priority, which it addresses by providing funding and technical assistance to water quality and shellfishery projects.

Senator Julian Cyr talks with Lower Cape TV about his agenda for the Cape and Islands in the current legislative session. Amid many pressing issues for Cape Codders, Cyr says "Housing remains first and foremost on my agenda"

After nearly two decades of work, leaders and advocates of   Herring River Restoration Project  celebrated a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of construction of the Chequessett Neck Bridge.   The $31 million bridge forms the project's first and largest piece of infrastructure and will replace part of the tide-restricting Chequessett Neck Road dike to improve the health of the  Herring Riv...

As wholesale cannabis prices drop in Massachusetts, adult-use retailers face an alarmingly rapid decrease in profitability. Lower Cape TV spoke with state  Sen. Julian Cyr  and  Wellfleet dispensary  owner Zachary Ment, to discuss the challenges facing small, locally-owned-and-operated businesses in the industry.

Kim Coleman Foote, a 2022-23 Writing Fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown merges fiction and fact through a creative interpretation of her family's journey from the US south to New Jersey during The Great Migration.

On Mar. 9th, the Biden Administration released its budget request for Fiscal Year 2024, which includes $350 million for the Cape Cod Bridges Program. Pending congressional approval, this federal allocation represents a portion of the funding necessary to carry out the $4 billion project. The long-term program promises travel improvements throughout the Cape Cod Canal area and includes plans to rep...

Beginning Mar. 20, Sagamore Bridge vehicle traffic will reduce to one lane in each direction as the bridge undergoes maintenance work overseen by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District. According to the Cape Cod Commission, the lane closures will remain in effect 24 hours per day, with repair work expected to continue through May. 

After a tumultuous week for the banking industry world-wide, Cape bankers say the this region remains stable -- and that most of our banks represent a different business model from the failed Silicon Valley Bank. Watch the Full Story Here

ArtsLight Reporter Johnny Bergmann talks with writer/director Lee Roscoe and filmmaker/producer Janet Murphy Robertson about their film "Dreams from a Planet in Peril," a new experimental art film that will have its Regional Premiere at The Cape Cod Museum of Art on March 31st.

On Feb. 22, Barnstable County announced the allocation of $11.4 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to address housing challenges throughout the region. According to county ARPA Manager Kara Hughes, the funding will support projects in three areas: sheltering and medical respite, affordable housing and workforce housing.

Hannah Perrin King, 2022-23 Writing Fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, explores the sixth mass extinction on earth as part of her fellowship.

2 February 2023 - HYANNIS, MA - LCTV NEWS The Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority launched a 10-month process to develop an action plan designed to remove carbon emission from the region's public transit by the end of the decade.

Lower Cape TV presents ARTSlight: Conversations with Cape Cod Artists. Episode 1 ArtsLight Reporter talks with The Cordial Eye's Co-Directors Anastaci Pacella and Mary George about their organization's Creative Futures Cape Cod Fellowship.

The results are in! In 2022 researchers from the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries and Atlantic White Shark Conservancy tagged 31 white sharks off the coast of Cape Cod. Last year's tagging included 18 sea trips between July and early November. Data from this long term project - which has so far tagged 277 individual white sharks in Cape waters - sees sharks arriving earlier and leaving l...

06 January 2023 -- YARMOUTH, MA -- Just two days before her inauguration on Jan. 5, newly-elected Mass. Gov. Maura Healey partnered with the Family Table Collaborative in South Yarmouth to package and distribute more than 500 food and produce bags to Cape Codders facing food insecurity. During the event, Gov. Healey and Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll spoke about various issues facing the Cape and their adm...