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News Roundup: Sgt Sean Gannon Remembered; Stop & Shop Workers Strike

S. Junker

WCAI News Director Steve Junker hosts a roundup of some of the top local and regional news of the week, including: today marks a year since Sgt. Sean Gannon of the Yarmouth Police was killed in the line of duty;  Stop and Shop supermarkets go out on strike, with a big impact for the outer cape and the islands; and a right whale calf is spotted in Cape Cod Bay.

This week's guests are Patrick Cassidy of the Cape Cod Times; Noah Asimow 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: drone video of right whale off Provincetown goes viral; state delays decision on Vineyard Wind cable; Cape refuges may open to hunters; revised bill gives towns more say in wastewater spending; shark-detection systems raise liability issues; Orleans learning to adapt to sharks; hatching a plan to save a Dennis road

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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.