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Sam Houghton

Reporter · US

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Sep 29, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Sam Houghton

    Morning Edition newscast for Tuesday, September 29 (opens the original)

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    In the news CAI is following this Tuesday morning: Discharging waste from Plymouth nuclear power plant into Cape Cod Bay could head to federal court; a new milestone in the Sagamore Bridge replacement; nitrogen remediation a priority in the Cape's latest cranberry bog restoration effort; and nearly 8 inches now the high for rain that fell during the prolonged nor'easter ... and that doesn't include yesterday's showers.

  2. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Sam Houghton

    Two months of rain fell on Cape Cod during weekend nor'easter (opens the original)

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    The weekend nor’easter has come and gone from the Cape and Islands, and while many are feeling the region dodged a bullet compared to other parts of the East Coast, the National Weather Service is reporting significant rain totals. The highest rain total in the region was 7.1 inches reported from Camp Edwards at Joint Base Cape Cod as of Sunday evening, according to the weather service. Six inches was also reported at one reading in Falmouth. For the Vineyard, the high was 5-and-a-half-inches in

  3. Article · Sep 21, 2026 · Sam Houghton

    The Cowboy Campers of Vineyard Haven and the (mostly) great circumnavigation (opens the original)

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    Two Vineyarders in their 20s spent three days and two nights at the tail end of summer, “cowboy camping” and hiking around the entire coast of Martha's Vineyard, including Chappaquiddick. Rawson Clough and Michael Cherchio navigated ticks in Tashmoo, the many channels — narrow and wide — of the Vineyard, as well as the spotlights of local guards while ducking through the dunes along South Beach. They recounted part of their story to CAI.

  4. Article · Sep 16, 2026 · Sam Houghton

    What is El Niño and why it could mean winter basement flooding for the Cape and Islands (opens the original)

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    The Cape and Islands could be in for an increase in coastal erosion and flooding this winter with an unprecedented El Niño already in motion. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released a forecast at the end of summer that there is a 70 percent chance that the building El Niño — aptly named by the New York Times as the world’s naturally recurring chaos agent — would be the strongest on record, impacting global weather patterns in the coming months in ways never recorded. Locally

  5. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Sam Houghton

    Local Flock opposition intensifies, but will the cameras come down? (opens the original)

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    The emergence of license-plate reading technology and Flock cameras have dominated headlines in recent weeks, with cities and towns across the commonwealth grappling with how to manage the nascent technology. While they’ve been in use by departments across the state for years, opposition has been growing. But there’s also been pressure from police and elected officials to keep the cameras in place. In Barnstable, the issue has simmered the last several months, in meeting rooms, neighborhoods and

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