WCAI's Sean Corcoran hosts a roundup of local news stories with several area journalists. His guests this week include Patrick Cassidy of the Cape Cod Times; Sam Houghton of the Mashpee Enterprise and Enterprise Newspapers; Sara Brown of the Martha's Vineyard Gazette; Tim Wood of the Cape Cod Chronicle; Jim DeArruda of the New Bedford Standard Times; Ann Wood of the Provincetown Banner; and Bill Chaisson of the Martha's Vineyard Times.
Among the stories they discuss this week: a memo mistakenly sent to an opponent of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station reveals numerous problems at the reactor site, including a staff that appears "overwhelmed"; Gov. Baker slashes thousands of dollars out of local anti-addiction initiatives, including some in the schools; the Cape Light Compact announces that all the energy it supplies will come from renewable sources; the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe appeals a ruling that questions the tribe's standing to build a casino; a musician with Cape Cod ties dies in a horrific warehouse fire in Oakland, Calif.; the Cape Cod Wildlife Center is still open, but its future remains uncertain; Bourne voters approve a new elementary school and a new police station; Dennis voters approve a renovation and expansion of the town's senior center; Mashpee firefighters get called out for having an unapproved sign at their Homeless for Holidays fundraiser event at the Mashpee rotary, question whether the scrutiny was related to upcoming union negotiations; voter registrations in Chatham indicate a growing population in town; a 41-year-old father and his 9-year-old son die in their Acushnet home from carbon monoxide poisoning; UMass School of Law in Dartmouth gets American Bar Association accreditation; the Wellfleet shellfishing department comes under scrutiny; and the Supreme Court weighs in on a 20-year legal battle on Martha's Vineyard.