WCAI News Director Sean Corcoran hosts a discussion about the top local news stories of the week with area journalists. Joining Sean this week are Patrick Cassidy of the Cape Cod Times; Tim Wood of the Cape Cod Chronicle; Joshua Balling of the Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror; Sara Brown of the Vineyard Gazette; Ryan Bray of the Falmouth Enterprise; Jim DeArruda of the New Bedford Standard Times; and Nelson Sigelman of the Martha's Vineyard Times.
Among the stories they discuss this week: Neighbors of the proposed Wampanoag casino project in Taunton file suit; the Calmer Choice program used in many local schools comes under scrutiny; the Mashpee School Committee says it won't make a decision on the fate of Superintendent Brian Hyde until March; a local doctor defends his prescription of 420 Percocet pills to a patient; former local radio host Devon Black is killed in a New York City homeless shelter; the town of Bourne files suit against neighboring Plymouth over land-based wind turbines near the towns' border; Sandwich will close its schools for primary voting; and pop star Meghan Trainer makes an appearance at her former high school on Cape Cod.