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Winter Snow - Posted May 22, 2003
Vineyarder Eric Kipp reflects on the importance of the first snow of winter. LISTEN in MP3

Sledding - Posted May 22, 2003
Vineyarder Eric Kipp calls in whilst sledding. LISTEN in MP3

Song of Marconi - Posted May 22, 2003
Writer Dennis Downey of Falmouth pays tribute to Guglielmo Marconi's historic first radio broadcast 100 years ago. LISTEN in MP3

Vineyard Duds - Posted May 22, 2003
Commentator Mark Jenkins reflects on his fellow Vineyarders' fashion sense. LISTEN in MP3

The Off-Off Season - Posted May 21, 2003
Commentator Mark Jenkins celebrates life on a summer resort island during the winter. LISTEN in MP3

Trustafarians - Posted May 21, 2003
Commentator Mark Jenkins reveals the trials and tribulations of Vineyarders blessed with a trust fund. LISTEN in MP3

Eels - Posted December 11, 2002
Before his recent death, we were fortunate enough to capture some of the memories and insights of a local Vineyard legend. Our regular contributor, Eric Kipp, brings us another story from Edgartown blacksmith Milton Jeffers.

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Oystercatchers - Posted December 11, 2002
Eric Kipp, wound his way through to the barrier beach off Eel Pond where he lives in Edgartown. In search of a favorite bird, he brought his tape recorder and his love of the natural world around him--unfortunately he didn't have a windscreen with him.

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Coyotes - Posted December 11, 2002
The return of coyotes to suburban coastal Massachusetts is clearly established. At this time of year Carol Wasserman can hear at night, the evidence of their successful adaptation to their new home.

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After Labor Day - Posted December 11, 2002
Teacher and sometime poet Carol Wasserman lives along a highway in Wareham Massachusetts that used to lead tourists to Cape Cod. In the eighties they finished the turnpike and life along the old road mostly faded away... fried clam joints and cheap motels and places selling plastic lobsters -- closed up. But Carol and her neighbors still make their lives along Old Route 6, even in the off-season.

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Winter Rentals - Posted December 11, 2002
Writer Carol Wasserman lives in an old house near Buzzards Bay in Wareham Massachusetts. It's cold inside. Most of the rooms are unheated and closed off in the winter, often with duct tape wrapped around pipes that have frozen in years past. But it's her neighbors that Carol is concerned about.

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9/11 - Messages of Support - Posted September 13, 2001
A collection of messages left on the WCAI/NAN listener line in the first days following September 11th.

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