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Cape Cod's only daily show, live from Mashpee on September 28, 2026.TODAY: Lauren DeGregorio, O'playsis and the Bourne Youth Council in Buzzards Bay. THIS WEEK ON CAPE COD: SandwichFest, Oct 3, Sandwich / Candyland Kindness Festival, Oct 4, Buzzards Bay / Love Local Fest, Oct 4, HyannisLauren DeGregorio runs O'playsis, a collaborative arts studio and music lounge in Buzzards Bay, and helps lead the Bourne Youth Council. She and Stephanie cover a rainy weekend of volunteering, this Sunday's Candyland Kindness Festival, and a very full October 17 in Buzzards Bay.IN THIS EPISODEAbout 20 volunteers unload a pumpkin truck in the rain for the Bourne Methodist Church pumpkin patch, which benefits the Bourne food pantryCarve a pumpkin, then drop it at Buzzards Bay Park on Oct 17 to light the Witches WalkA rainy Saturday, a closet cleanout and 250 pairs of socks matchedYoung Y Achievers and getting programs into local schoolsCape Kid Meals and its Keeping the Promise GalaWhy asking for money is so hard for nonprofit peopleQuestion of the day: what slang word gives away your age?Google's most searched teen slang of 2026, including "quiet on the creek"Dungeons and Dragons for adults and Magic the Gathering this October at O'playsisKind Hearts for Kids moves in with O'playsis, which turns three in NovemberRescued plants, marigolds at concerts, and a winter of frozen tomato sauceWho has storage space on the Upper Cape?Two giant pandas land in Atlanta on loan from ChinaCrocs sues Five Below over $7 clogs, and why artists should protect their workTHE WITCHES WALK, OCT 17The Gray Gables witches outgrew their neighborhood and asked the Bourne Youth Council to take over. The day starts with Main Street trick-or-treating, the annual Thriller flash mob and family fun at Buzzards Bay Park. At 4, witches and wizards (21 plus, men welcome this year) check in for a witches dance, a scavenger hunt with brew stops at Main Street businesses, and an after party at O'playsis with Soul Purpose. The studio's Hocus Pocus walkthrough opens the same day.PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS MENTIONEDLauren DeGregorio of O'playsis, Bourne Youth Council, Nicole Mitchell of Kind Hearts for Kids (kindheartsforkids.org), Bourne Methodist Church, Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Mass Cultural Council, Young Y Achievers, Cape Kid Meals (capekidmeals.org), Soul Purpose, Kono Pizza, Events on Cape Cod (eventsoncape.com).MARK YOUR CALENDARSat Oct 3: SandwichFest, Sandwich VillageSun Oct 4: Candyland Kindness Festival, sixth annual, Buzzards Bay, with Lemonadio DJingSun Oct 4: Love Local Fest, Aselton Park, HyannisOct 9 to 31, Fri and Sat: Haunted Hallows and night markets, MashpeeSat Oct 17: Main Street trick-or-treating, pumpkin drop-off and the Witches Walk, Buzzards BayHELP WANTEDThe Kindness Festival still needs craft table volunteers, vendors and nonprofit tables. Email [email protected]"I opened it up because I found healing through art and I wanted to give that to others." (Lauren)"Everything in my life is tiny and everything that I dream up is big." (Stephanie)"Please don't call me. I don't like answering my phone." (Lauren)Catch every episode on YouTube, and now on Spotify too.Stephanie in the Morning. Every morning we ask and you answer, where locals take the mic. Powered by Lemonadio.

Cape Cod's only daily show, live from Mashpee on September 23, 2026.TODAY: Jen Villa, Love Live Local in Hyannis. THIS WEEK ON CAPE COD: Habitat Blitz Build house finished, Sept 25, Falmouth / Dolly Parton Day, Sept 25 / Love Local Fest, Sept 27, Aselton Park, HyannisTwo years ago today Jen Villa was named executive director of the organization she helped start in 2013. She sits down with Stephanie four days out from Love Local Fest, with about 100 Cape makers ready and a forecast that may not cooperate. This is the honest version of the shop local conversation: whether it is working, and what happens to a Main Street when nobody shows up.IN THIS EPISODEThe Little Beach Gallery, and a buy local shirt printed before anyone used the phraseFrom a weekly email to a nonprofit: status came in 2020, right before the pandemicThe Cape Cod Resilience Fund, and grants that went out when things looked bleakAnnounced here: a new Small Business Support Fund, with grants starting in 2027Question of the day: one to ten, how often do you choose local?Is shop local winning? The phrase caught on, and so did the competitionShopping local counts as time, attention and intention, not only moneyThe convenience myth: most local retailers sell online tooThe 10 percent shift, and the $112 million it would keep on CapeRoad work and detours, with businesses reporting drops of 20 to 60 percentWatching a downtown disappear in Attleboro, and why the Cape cannot absorb thatAdvocating for small business while co-owning The West End in HyannisShop crawls: Osterville, Harwich Port, and Mashpee Commons on Nov 14Succession, and the owners with nobody to hand the keys toLOVE LOCAL FEST AND THE WEATHERSunday, Sept 27, 11 to 5, Aselton Park, Hyannis. Free, about 100 vendors, food trucks, sweets, live music and a beverage garden with Devil's Purse, Truro Vineyards and Cape Tide Hard Tea. There is no rain date, and as of this recording the team was weighing the forecast with the town of Barnstable. If it moves, the loss lands on vendors who spent three months making inventory, so watch Love Live Local and this show for the plan.STUDIES AND SURVEYSLove Live Local's research finds that shifting just 10 percent of Cape Cod spending from corporate and online to independent local businesses would keep an additional $112 million in the local economy every year. Not spending more. Spending differently.PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS MENTIONEDJen Villa of Love Live Local (lovelivelocal.com), co-founded in 2013 with Amanda Converse and Kate Sheehan. The West End, Hyannis. The Love Local Card and online directory, and the shop at 539 South Street, Hyannis. The Mashpee Chamber of Commerce (mashpeechamber.com), Mashpee Commons, CCYP, EforAll, Ashley Irene, White Lion Bakery, Atlantic Soap Company, Weir Pottery, Chippy Design, Events on Cape Cod (eventsoncape.com).MARK YOUR CALENDARFri Sept 25: Habitat Blitz Build house finished, behind the ReStore, Gifford St Ext, FalmouthSun Sept 27, 11 to 5: Love Local Fest, Aselton Park, Hyannis. Free. Weather call pendingSun Sept 27: Mashpee Farmers MarketSat Nov 14: Love Live Local shop crawl at Mashpee Commons, locally owned businesses onlyNovember: the Love Live Local gift guide, expanding into a year round local catalogSat Dec 5: December Love Local Fest, Hyannis Village GreenHELP WANTEDIf the fest moves, share the vendor list and buy from those makers anyway. Love Live Local is adding part time help and looking for donors.QUOTABLE"It's not about survival. It's always about thriving." (Jen)"With any nonprofit, your goal is to have your mission not be needed anymore." (Jen)"Practice over perfection." (Jen)"It's like playing checkers with people's lives." (Stephanie, on succession)Catch every episode on YouTube, and now on Spotify too.Stephanie in the Morning. Every morning we ask and you answer, where locals take the mic. Powered by Lemonadio.

A stepfather who could not grip a golf club, a dream twenty years later, and a glove that is now on Walmart.com.Cape Cod's only daily show, live from Mashpee on September 10, 2026.TODAY: Sharon Riley, StrokeMaster and Get A Grip LLC. THIS WEEK ON CAPE COD: Trail Talk bird walk, Sept 11, Osterville / Biz Bites virtual networking, Sept 14 / Getting Started with AI for Business, Sept 16, HyannisNo Hank today. He and Mari were out celebrating 38 years at a real estate conference, which is exactly as romantic as it sounds. In his chair: Sharon Riley, who sewed elastic and Velcro onto a golf glove twenty years ago so her stepfather could keep playing, put it in a drawer, and then built it into a product that is now on Walmart.com.IN THIS EPISODETwenty years ago, Ray. An avid golfer who played every day with Sharon's uncles, had a stroke, recovered his athleticism, and could not grip the club. He was also driving Sharon's mother crazy sitting in the houseThe first one was elastic and Velcro sewn onto a golf glove. It bought him close to five more years of golf until a second stroke ended itThey named it StrokeMaster, loved the name, and shelved it, because the kids were little and Sharon was running a payroll companyWinter of 2023. Sharon is in Maine, going through the hardest stretch of her life, and Ray comes to her in a dream and tells her to make the glove, because they need itThe patent search and the viability study that came back with nothing else like it on the marketThe PGA Show in Orlando, the Invention Arena, two weeks to get ready, and a battalion of family and friends in Maine sewing like madDiscovering the adaptive community was far more interested than the golfers wereThe market she thought she was in versus the market she is actually in. Golfers say they are fine. Occupational therapists and physical therapists say yesMade overseas, because US manufacturing quoted eight to ten times more. The RFQ, the OEM search, and learning procurement and fulfillment from scratch at this stage of a careerWalmart.com, and what it feels like to be walking around town knowing you made a thing that is on Walmart.comThe boy with MS at a Maine adaptive golf clinic. He raised his hand, put on a glove made for adults, swung perfectly, his mother cried, the pro cried, Sharon cried, and the cousin with the camera was crying too hard to hit recordEleven and a half million golfers in this country are 50 or overGet a grip. Stay in the game, play with purpose. And the one she is not ready for yet: get a grip, give a gripQuestion of the day: what is your hobby? Nobody on this show has a good answerThe third act. Starting over at an age nobody tells you that you are allowed to start over at, and the Chinese tradition of celebrating a woman at 60 because her life is finally her ownWhat the invention taught her about herself: trust your intuition, and stop letting the people who love you dilute the dreamSigns, coincidences, and a financial planner at trivia who turned out to sit on a golf association boardHard truth about patience, the finish line you can see, and being ready for the glory now, thank youWHAT STROKEMASTER ACTUALLY ISTwo products, both built around the same idea: keeping a hand connected to a thing it can no longer hold.The Grip Assist Glove. A golf glove with the strap built inThe Grip Assist Strap. Sold at strokemastergolf.com and on Walmart.com, with in-store still to come. PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS MENTIONEDSharon Riley, StrokeMaster and Get A Grip LLC (strokemastergolf.com), Karen, Hank and Mari, the PGA Show and its Invention Arena, the American Society of Hand Therapists, the Maine State Golf Association, Walmart, Mashpee TV, the Mashpee Chamber of Commerce.Catch every episode on YouTube, and now on Spotify too.Stephanie in the Morning. Every morning we ask and you answer, where locals take the mic. Powered by Lemonadio.

Cape Cod's only daily show, live from Mashpee on September 9, 2026.TODAY: Jen Brann, Cape Women in Business. THIS WEEK ON CAPE COD: Trail Talk bird walk, Sept 11, Osterville / Biz Bites virtual networking, Sept 14 / Getting Started with AI for Business, Sept 16, HyannisJen Brann joins Stephanie the week Cape Women in Business became an official 501(c)(3). What follows is an honest hour on why women stand at the edge of the room, what a networking event owes the person who walked in alone, and how you build an organization that outlives you.IN THIS EPISODEThe longest, shortest week of the year. Trivia is back at Shipwrecked, and the answer to "how was your summer" is "what summer"Why locals never make it to the beach, and the friend from off Cape who has to drive down and force you into a day offProvincetown dune tours have new vehicles, and the AI banner during Carnival that started a real argument about how much AI is too much in an arts communityCape Women in Business is officially a nonprofit, and what changes when you are mission based instead of bottom line basedThe nonprofit density problem. CCYP's breakdown surprised everybody, including the two people on this show whose organizations were not on the listMyra Quick and the Cape Cod Human Resources Association, around since 1984 and unknown to most of the small businesses that need itThe croissant versus the bagel. A closed circle is a wall. An open curve is an invitationIntentional networking versus the business card handshake, and why a follow-up email with clickable links is the whole ballgame if you are bad at namesTwo memberships, soft launched: one built for networking, one built for the entrepreneur who needs a consultation and cannot afford a consultantBuilding processes so the next person can walk into your shoes, which is the actual job of a founderQuestion of the day: was life better before social media? A sensory memory, a friend who remembers what you wore on the bus in sixth grade, and the smell of diesel at the airportImposter syndrome, self-efficacy and presentation skills, the three workshops that exist because we all doubt ourselvesCAPE WOMEN IN BUSINESS, THE SHORT VERSIONBiz Bites. Virtual, second Monday of the month, 12 to 1. Free, and staying free. A guest speaker, introductions, and a follow-up email with everyone's contact information and clickable linksTrail Talks. Outside, walking, talking, no pressure. Come for the steps if that is all you came forCoffee Connect. Morning networking, for the people whose brain is gone by 6:30 p.m.Memberships and events are at cwbconnects.com. Following them on Eventbrite gets you a notification every time something new is posted.PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS MENTIONEDJen Brann and Cape Women in Business (cwbconnects.com), Beverley Roberts, Kim Marchand, Saraphina Churchill, Paula Lyons-Barry, Cindy Collings, Zavia Walker-Empey, Myra Quick and the Cape Cod Human Resources Association, Kristin McGillicuddy of Stonehill College, Sharon McDonald, the Cape Cod Women's Association, CCYP, Brooke MacKay, Kelly Washburn of Enchanted Florist, Michaela Colombo, Brian Lewis, Pink Door Catering, Shipwrecked, Cape Space, the Daily Brew, Mashpee TV, Mashpee Commons, the Cape Cod Jerk Fest, the Enterprise, the Mashpee Improvement Fund, the Mashpee Chamber of Commerce.QUOTABLE"There's a difference in networking between the croissant and the bagel." (Jen)"Stop second guessing it. Stop trying to make it perfect. Stop worrying about what I'm going to think. Execute." (Stephanie)"They're not going to remember the smell of the air. Don't worry. They're too busy on their phones." (Stephanie)Catch every episode on YouTube, and now on Spotify too.Stephanie in the Morning. Every morning we ask and you answer, where locals take the mic. Powered by Lemonadio.

Stephanie is back after a week off, and Lauren DeGregorio of O'playsis in Buzzards Bay pulls up a chair for grant season, chaos gardening, and the question nobody has a good answer to: where do you actually meet people in your 40s?IN THIS EPISODEComing back from a week away and the guilt of feeling like you missed everythingO'playsis explained: a collaborative art studio and music lounge on Main Street in Buzzards Bay, where play has no age limit, plus Reddington the resident snakeShoulder squirrels, Shelby's souvenir magnets for the business owner brainLive show nerves, the aunt who thought everyone could see her, and why the answer is to do it scaredFootball mom season: front page bruises, the ER visit, and the last-season cryCanal Farmers Market wrap and the food truck family that showed up every single weekChaos gardening: pumpkins volunteering out of the compost pile and tomatoes reseeding themselvesPen and paper people versus the brand new Kindle that has never been openedBourne Youth Council lands back to back $5,000 grants and moves the Witches Walk onto Main StreetQuestion of the day: the best way to meet people in your 40sWallet Hub's 2026 Money and Relationships Survey, where 26 percent are hiding an account and 75 percent say money fights beat political onesBrunch bingo, the bingo cards that ran out 30 minutes before start, and the art of the pivotArmy Family Day back on base with Sergeant Major Asia, 42 tents and a dunk tank for the commandersHaunted Hallows Mashpee: volunteers wanted, 39 days to openingThe celebrity death rule of three and why our brains insist on itPEOPLE AND BUSINESSES MENTIONEDLauren DeGregorio and O'playsis (oplaysis.com), Bourne Youth Council (bourneyouthcouncil.com), Jen Christian of Ask Jen and Carseat Mama, Brooke MacKay, Kono Pizza Cape Cod, Adobo, Bourne to Cater, Shady's, Kind Hearts for Kids, Sharing Kindness, Magic Mirror, Morrissey Manor, the Mashpee Improvement Fund, Mashpee TV, the Mashpee Chamber of Commerce, the Mashpee EDIC, Mass Cultural Council, Bourne Community Engagement Council, SCORE, Allison Reed (Sam and Frank), Indie Art by the Sea, Seaside Le Mans.MARK YOUR CALENDARMon Sept 7: SCORE segment with Mark on small business accountabilitySat Sept 12: Seaside Le Mans, Mashpee CommonsSun Sept 13: Kindness Walk, Candyland theme, foam machine at the finish lineSun Oct 4: Kindness Festival. Nonprofit info booths, youth vendor tables and the Kids Zone are all freeFour weekends in October: Haunted Hallows Mashpee. Tickets at hauntedhallowsmashpee.comGreat Gables Witches Walk, moving to Main Street with a parade, a live band and a scavenger huntQUOTABLE"It's scary stuff when you haven't done it. So just do it scared." (Lauren)"You are the sum of the people you surround yourself with. So what kind of people do I want to be surrounding myself with in this season of my days?""I was like, neglect, neglect, neglect. This is how we get these grown.""You have to be okay during lean months, and you have to be normal during flush months so that you can get through the lean months."HELP WANTEDHaunted Hallows and the Kindness Festival both need hands. Actors, candy apple sellers, Kids Zone table hosts, vendors and nonprofit booths. Reach out through the show.Stephanie in the Morning. Every morning we ask and you answer, where locals take the mic. Powered by Lemonadio.=================================================

What's New Cape Cod?? The Town of Mashpee needs to be present tonight at Mashpee Middle High School; why does this matter??? We have many articles that are being heard but the one we are focusing on today is water. You may have questions and our select board has been answering all weekend long. This is your moment to get curious and ask directly about why we need a YES on article 4!

What's New Cape Cod?? Dina BenDavid is on the show with us talking about her brand new practice that has come to Sandwich. "STILL" now open in Merchant Square, is a functional psychiatry and healing facility. https://thestillcenter.org Get you questions ready and let's have a healing Friday!

What's New Cape Cod?? We are officially 1/2 way through October! What is on the HOT topics list?4 simple habits of people who make others feel seen3 things people never clean enough2 BIG things for Hank1st Celebrity Crush

What's New Cape Cod?? One of the Cape Women in Business co-creators, Jenn Brann, is here to talk about events —Biz Bites, Merry Sip & Shop, the Enterprising Women's Documentary screening Beyond the Gaze, and her Civic Community engagement committee with CCYP.Petal it forward today at Noon- Enchanted Florist, see StephanieWhat's your favorite cheese??

What's New Cape Cod?? We are live from Mashpee TV and Cadna is here to talk about her new business Humble Hounds Pet Grooming! What do you have the most of in your refrigerator?? We are talking about a survey of favorite fall things, and 5 ways to shut down a mean person and keep your power! Happy Friday to you