WCAI News Director Sean Corcoran hosts a discussion about the top local news stories of the week. Joining him are Patrick Cassidy of the Cape Cod Times; Jim DeArruda at the New Bedford Standard-Times; Joshua Balling of the Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror; Tim Wood of the Cape Cod Chronicle; Caitlin Russell of The Register (Dennis-Yarmouth); and Barry Stringfellow with the Martha's Vineyard Times.
Among the stories they discuss this week: Mashpee Superintendent of Schools Brian Hyde is arraigned on misdemeanor trespass and breaking and entering charges after allegedly entering a student's home uninvited; a needle exchange program in Hyannis reopens after its administrator threatens to sue the Board of Health for allegedly putting people at risk for disease; a fishmonger who lost his license for buying stolen shellfish is trying to open another fish market in Sandwich; state and local officials investigate after a baby dies in Sandwich; a judge ruled that a home-made haunted maze at a Yarmouth home could stay open for Halloween; Truro voters ban single-use plastic bags; a large candidate field is emerging to replace outgoing state Sen. Dan Wolf; Nantucket's commercial scallop season gets off to a slow start; Fall River elects a 23-year-old city councilor to be its newest mayor; a proposed development in Dennis for adults with autism may not qualify for state funding; researchers ask tough questions on Martha's Vineyard after finding that locals don't care so much about homeless or the housing crises.
