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Year-End News Roundup: Cape Wind Ends; Marijuana Rules Still Hazy; Long Hard Year for Right Whales

Dan Tritle

WCAI News Director Steve Junker hosts a special year-end news roundup looking back at the top local news stories of 2017. Joining him in the studio is Patrick Cassidy, News Editor at the Cape Cod Times.

Among the stories we talk about: Cape Wind comes to an end; safety issues continue at Pilgrim Nuclear power Station; Falmouth agrees to shut down its turbines: Barnstable County Government gets an audit; medical and recreational marijuana are drawing closer to the Cape and Islands, but much still needs to be resolved; local businesses suffer through a summer under an H2B visa cap; Adrian Loya goes on trial; North Atlantic right whales have a long hard year; hurricanes elsewhere impact Cape residents; Cape Cod Regional Tech High School get voter approval; 15 injured in Steamship Authority crash; and more.

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Steve is Managing Editor of News. He came to WCAI in 2007. He also hosts the weekly News Roundup on Friday mornings and produces The Fishing News.