“Rock ain’t dead … as long as there's some kid with a piece of shit drum set in his garage, it's gonna keep going.”
YOUNG BAND OF BROTHERS CLUB 9-BALL ROCKS FOR ALL AGES
Cape Cod
NUCLEAR DECISIONS: THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES DON’T ALL AGREE ON
“Right now, we just don’t know what to do with nuclear waste. It lasts 100,000 years ... It’s shockingly toxic. We’re going to have to figure out what to do with that waste for sure. I mean, 100,000 years."
STATE WIRE: THE TRUMP EFFECT ON THE MASS CRANBERRY INDUSTRY
“Based on the USDA numbers nationally, we have lost a little over $50 million so far, since the tariffs have gone into place,” Wick says. “So, that’s a significant impact.”
REVISITING ‘PILGRIMS’: THE CLEANUP ON CAPE COD
To understand the current controversy over the decommissioning of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant, you have to understand its past
THIS YEAR’S TOP NEW ENGLAND ROUTES FOR FALL FOOD AND FOLIAGE
Sure, the Greater Boston area is a great place to be in October, but sometimes it’s nice to get out of town and experience what the rest of the region has to offer. Since there are so many options, the burning question is, where to go?
BACKGROUND CHECK: THIN BLUE LINEAGE
What’s up with all those flags lining the roads outside of Boston?
NUCLEAR DISASTER: WITH CONTROVERSIAL REACTOR DOWN SINCE STORMS, TENSIONS RUN EXTREMELY HIGH IN PLYMOUTH
This year’s meeting was particularly fraught because a series of strong winter storms forced the plant to shut down—or scram—twice in the last three months. Pilgrim remains offline as plant workers attempt to fix a transformer located between the electrical switchyard and the reactor.
CAPE FEAR: SHERIFF SIDES WITH TRUMP AND ICE, AGAINST CONSTITUENTS AND IMMIGRANTS
As the debate over immigration increases in urgency, the Massachusetts sheriff and his department are about to enter into a cooperation agreement with ICE, which would operationalize local forces to assist Trump’s regime in deporting undocumented people on the Cape.
BOOKS: THE ULTIMATE BOND
A Q+A with David Gessner about his high-flying Frisbee tome
POWER STRUGGLE: REGULATORS INFURIATE ACTIVISTS WITH ANNOUNCEMENT THAT POWER PLANT WILL STAY OPEN
Why Mass residents are furious at regulators who say they won’t shut Pilgrim
