WCAI's Sean Corcoran hosts a roundup of local news stories with several area journalists. His guests this week include Chris Lindahl of the Cape Cod Times; Tim Wood of the Cape Cod Chronicle; Jim DeArruda of the New Bedford Standard Times; Ed Miller of the Provincetown Banner; and Barry Stringfellow of the Martha's Vineyard Times.
Among the stories they discuss this week: an East Falmouth woman is found dead in her home after officials respond to a small fire; Dennis Town Meeting will consider a warrant article that demands that town resources not be used to enforce federal immigration laws; towns lose appeal of the Eversource herbicide spraying plan; charges are dismissed against a Cape Cod builder accused of not performing work he was paid for, then new charges are added; the director of the Marine Biological Laboratory steps down, will not be interviewed about the reasons for his departure; the district attorney's office releases findings in the death of a local lifeguard; former gubernatorial candidate Christy Mihos dies at age 67; Harwich police issue a no-tresspass order against an 11-year-old girl who was cutting through neighbors' yards to get to the bus stop; two baby owlets are reunited with their mom after falling out of the nest; Chatham and Harwich selectmen endorse an inter-municipal wastewater agreement; a well-known, New Bedford-based fishing magnate pleads guilty to fraud and tax evasion charges in federal court, awaits sentencing; Wellfleet will allow aquaculturists to sell "petite" shellfish raised on town shellfish farms; the six towns on Martha's Vineyard will vote at Town Meeting on articles that would ensure separation between federal and local law enforcement.