Sam Houghton
Associate Producer, Morning Edition / ReporterSam Houghton has been with the station since the summer of 2017. You might have recognized his voice as the host on Saturday's Weekend Edition. Sam grew up in Woods Hole before moving to New York City for a brief period to pursue journalism. He came back to the Cape when he got a job at his hometown newspaper, the Falmouth Enterprise where he covered local politics. Aside from his career in news, Sam plays bass for a revolving cast of rock bands, enjoys pickup basketball and rides the occasional wave in Rhode Island, and he just started a pollinator garden.
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A new state public health study finds overdose deaths were up nine percent last year compared to 2020. -
A Massachusetts-based company has reached a deal to take over a wastewater treatment plant on Joint Base Cape Cod.Converge LLC acquired the plant. In exchange, the company will build a recreational facility for the Air Force and other users on the base.
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We talk about the top stories of the week with reporters and editors around the South Coast, Cape Cod, and Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard.
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The Bourne and Sagamore bridge replacements now expected to cost $3 to $4 billion.
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The online maps lay out individual parcels that are well suited for dense housing, housing and what should be reserved
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Governor Charlie Baker visited Massachusetts Maritime Academy this week promoting a large funding package aimed at transitioning the state to a clean energy future.
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Towns also created new positions to help first responders on mental health calls, voted to bring back plastic water bottles, and — in one town — voted to end the local prohibition of marijuana.
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The partnership announced between Community Development Partnership and Homeless Prevention Council
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After months of acrimonious back-and-forth, the Barnstable County Assembly of Delegates voted to compromise with the County Commissioners. At stake is more than $40 million dollars.
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State senators are considering a law that would give undocumented immigrants access to licenses. The house already passed the bill overwhelmingly
