WCAI's Brian Morris hosts the Weekly News Roundup, talking about the week's news with area journalists. Guests include Patrick Cassidy with the Cape Cod Times; Ryan Bray with the Falmouth Enterprise; Tim Wood with the Cape Cod Chronicle; Josh Balling of the Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror; Ann Wood of the Provincetown Banner; Jim DeArruda of the New Bedford Standard-Times; and Bill Chaisson of the Martha's Vineyard Times.
Among the stories this week: five people, including three Cape residents, killed in a horrific wrong-way crash on Interstate 495; shellfish bed closures disrupt local fishermen; the head of Cape Cod's 24/7 women's shelter resigns; Falmouth elementary students wait to return to asbestos-ridden school building; Chatham officials urged to fast-track improvements to a commercial dock; state revenue officials unhappy with police and fire overtime costs in Chatham; graduation rates at some Cape Cod high schools below state average; changes at the Nantucket Historic Commission; breakwater restoration underway in Provincetown; plans considered to update Provincetown's old community center; animals returned to notorious farm in Westport; update on the South Coast Rail Project; changes to septic systems for new construction in Tisbury; bank merger affects Vineyard band; and Cape Cod Healthcare and Cape Cod Community College partner to help students pursue nursing careers.