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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Chatham voters approved nearly 6 million dollars at a Special Town Meeting Sunday to upgrade the town's water system. Three articles passed unanimously in about 15 minutes. -
Similar bills have failed to get traction at the state house, but lawmakers are hopeful the proposals from big cities may move them forward
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U.S. Senator Ted Cruz is filing what he's calling the Stop the Surge Act, which would turn 13 communities into ports of entry to process undocumented immigrants.
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Early results of an investigation for PFAS in private wells across Massachusetts found detectable levels of the emerging contaminate in every town selected in the local region: from Truro to Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket, and the South Coast.
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Barnstable County employees may need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before the holidays.Or they will likely be subject to regular testing.
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Students recently returned to school, for what will be their third year trying to learn amid a pandemic.Many things have improved this year, but there are still obstacles: classes are fully in person, but the virus is still present.
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Brewster voters said yes to the purchase of the Cape Cod Sea Camps yesterday, a more than 100-acre property with beach-front views. Over 3,000 residents cast a ballot in Brewster yesterday; that's about 40 percent of the town's registered voters.
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Hyannis, Chatham, Mashpee, Falmouth are among the towns that have had to temporarily close down wells because of PFAS contamination.
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Falmouth pediatrician Dr. Greg Parkinson says a vaccine mandate in schools is likely the best way to keep the student population safe and return normalcy to the learning environment.
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County Commissioners could vote on the requirement at a meeting in October
