The Birthplace Of Robert's Rules Of Order Is Getting A Facelift
The First Baptist Church in New Bedford is one of the city’s most important landmarks. The church was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975 to commemorate an event that occurred...
View ArticleKeith Car Works - An Early Manufacturing Powerhouse On Cape Cod
The Keith Car Works was a huge factory that once stood on land that existed before the present-day Cape Cod Canal was dug out. But the name is a bit misleading, as the factory primarily made various...
View ArticleMaking Fertilizer—from Bird Guano—in Woods Hole
Though barely a trace remains today, the Pacific Guano Company operated for 26 years on what is now Penzance Point in Woods Hole, transforming what was a sleepy farming village into a thriving...
View ArticleTracing the Origins of Route 6, Cape Cod's Main Transportation Artery
Whether you live on Cape Cod year-round or visit during summer, Route 6 is a part of daily life. Most of us use it to get pretty much anywhere of any distance on this small peninsula. It’s so baked...
View ArticleThe "Sweep of Time" at Taylor-Bray Farm in Yarmouth Port
The Taylor-Bray Farm in Yarmouth Port is a 23-acre swath of land fronting the marshes near Cape Cod Bay in an area of Yarmouth Port known as Hockanom. Richard and Ruth Taylor first came here from...
View ArticleThe Pilgrims and the Mayflower Compact
Provincetown is already gearing up to celebrate the 400 th anniversary of the Pilgrims’ landing in 1620. Many of the celebrations will center around the Pilgrim Monument, which sits atop High Pole...
View ArticleLooking Skyward: Celestial Events During July
Giant dust storms on Mars; searching for new exo-planets; and the first photo of a planet being born. WCAI's "All Things Considered" host Brian Morris speaks with Regina Jorgenson, Director of...
View ArticleThe Cape Cod Coliseum Brought Rock Royalty to South Yarmouth
The Cape Cod Coliseum is a former entertainment venue in South Yarmouth that once hosted ice hockey games, professional wrestling matches, as well as some of most legendary acts in rock music. The...
View ArticleLooking Skyward: Celestial News
Neutrinos, cosmic rays, and Oumuamua - learn more about what's going on in the world of astronomy as WCAI's "All Things Considered" host Brian Morris speaks with Regina Jorgenson, Director of Astronomy...
View ArticleCelebrating The Legacy Of Maria Mitchell, Nantucket’s Famed Astronomer
This week marks the 200 th birthday of Maria Mitchell, the noted astronomer who started her career on Nantucket.
View ArticleLooking Skyward: An Underwater Lake on Mars, Jupiter's 79 Moons, and More
On this week's Looking Skyward: An underwater lake on Mars, Jupiter now has 79 moons, and NASA’s mission to learn more about the Sun.
View ArticleCape Cod's Restored Modern Houses Recall A Golden Age Of Architecture
Say the phrase “Cape Cod house,” and most people picture a quaint, grey-shingled cottage. But deep in the woods of Wellfleet, a group of outliers defy that stereotype. These are modern homes built by a...
View ArticleWeekend Outlook: Activist Dance and Music of Many Kinds
Experience music, culture and dance this weekend across the Cape and on the Vineyard.
View ArticleLooking Skyward: Celestial News
There’s lots to talk about in the world of astronomy: Andromeda Galaxy is currently visible, but you need a dark sky to see it. There’s a rogue free-range planet with a magnetic force and a strong...
View ArticleNantucket's Great Fire: A Tiny Spark Becomes a Raging Inferno
This year marks the 172 nd anniversary of the Great Fire that destroyed much of Nantucket’s downtown. Recently, the Nantucket Historical Association sponsored a “Great Fire Tour,” complete with a...
View ArticleBill Clinton in Conversation with Bob Barnett
As part of the Martha’s Vineyard Book Festival Author Series, President Bill Clinton was on the Vineyard in August to discuss his first novel The President is Missing . The book is co -authored with...
View ArticleLooking Skyward: A Green Hued Comet
On this week's edition of Looking Skyward: A green-hued comet makes its closest approach to Earth in 70 years, and the story of Dr. Jocelyn Bell Burnell, the British astrophysicist who discovered...
View ArticleAn Island-Wide Tour Honors African Americans On Martha's Vineyard
From behind the wheel of a grey mini-van, long-time Martha’s Vineyard resident Elaine Weintraub leads a tour of the island’s African American Heritage Trail. “The purpose is to affirm African American...
View ArticleLooking Skyward: Live Long and Prosper
On this week's edition of Looking Skyward: The Fall Equinox means shorter days ahead, breadbox-size hopping robots land on a fast-moving asteroid, and astronomers think they’ve discovered Mr. Spock’s...
View ArticleRe-Affirming Cape Cod's Independence Day
244 years ago, on the morning of September 27 th , 1774, 1,500 Cape Cod residents gathered at the Old Colonial Courthouse in Barnstable. The protesters were upset about new, punitive laws the British...
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