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News Roundup: Calls for a Change to the State Seal; Bald Eagles Nesting on Cape

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WCAI News Director Steve Junker hosts a roundup of some of the top local and regional news of the week, including: some Cape town meetings are voting on an effort to change the state flag; Stop & Shop supermarkets are back in business after an 11-day strike; and after more than a century, the Cape has a documented pair of nesting bald eagles.

This week's guests are Geoff Spillane of the Cape Cod Times; Landry Harlan of the Vineyard Gazette; Tim Wood of the Cape Cod Chronicle; K.C. Myers of the Provincetown Banner; and George Brennan of the Martha's Vineyard Times.

Other stories we talk about include: Hyannis takes center stage in debate over water quality; Pilgrim Nuclear plant seeks big cut in liability insurance; move afoot to oust Mashpee Wampanoag tribal leaders; Chatham to support VFW renovations; Civil War monument in Oak Bluffs to be siubject of public meeting; Barnstable County preservation effort causes courthouse dust-up.

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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.