Sean Corcoran

The News Roundup: Falmouth officials declare municipal wind turbines a nuisance; a new school superintendent in Mashpee; and a busy week of town meetings on Cape Cod.  Sean Corcoran hosts a discussion of these and more top news stories of the week.

Jack Dowman, 84, was a mostly behind-the-scene volunteer. He was involved with government and service groups. He supported the school music programs, and for 10 years he organized the annual Eastham Windmill Weekend Parade. And he did it all just so he could help. 

"He was that kind of a guy who would do anything he could to help anybody," said his friend and fellow Rotary Club member, Dick Morello. "That's what we loved about him."

The News Roundup on The Point -- more winter weather for the Cape and Islands, the Mashpee Wampanoag go before the state gaming commission on their proposed casino, and the town of Eastham has another plan to bring water to its residents.  Sean Corcoran hosts a discussion of these news stories and more.

Two interviews on The Point: first, a fictional tale of cyber-criminals forcing a family to go on the run and off the grid; then a Nantucketer working in Kenya talks about the country's politics and recent presidential election.  Sean Corcoran hosts.

The Friday News Roundup on The Point: Taking steps to reduce beach erosion, a survey of high schoolers raises issues that parents should be aware of, and Cape Wind drops a local steel fabricator from consideration.  A discussion of these stories and more.  Sean Corcoran guest hosts.

Noted filmmaker Ken Burns describes his new film as "a moving story of horrific crime, the rush to judgment by police, a media clamoring for sensation, and five lives upended by a miscarriage of justice."  On The Point, Burns talks with guest host Sean Corcoran about the film, Central Park Five, which will be shown this weekend at the Martha's Vineyard Film Festival.

A lack of year-round, reasonably priced housing is one thing that prevents young people from living on the Cape. Part three of our original 3-part series "By The Numbers: Worries About Cape Cod's Workforce" examines the belief that a change in attitude towards development is needed. Meanwhile, some business-minded Cape Codders are making it work, despite the challenges.

Without a general studies Bachelor Degree-granting institution on Cape Cod, local high school seniors are forced to seek higher education elsewhere. Part two in our original 3-part series "By The Numbers: Worries About Cape Cod's Workforce," examines efforts to bring a degree-granting 4-year college - with student housing - to the region. Proponents believe such an institution is key to growing the young-adult population.