WCAI's Sean Corcoran hosts a roundup of local and regional news with several area journalists. Guests include: Anne Brennan from the Cape Cod Times; Sam Houghton of the Mashpee Enterprise; Tim Wood from the Cape Cod Chronicle; Josh Balling from the Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror; Ed Miller from the Provincetown Banner; Jim DeArruda from the New Bedford Standard-Times; and Nelson Sigelman from the Martha's Vineyard Times.
Among the stories they discuss this week: A new court ruling finds that the government improperly put land into federal trust for the MashpeeWampanoag Tribe, calling into question the viability of the tribe's casino efforts; exit signs on Route 6 will not be renumbered -- for now; a Falmouth man who was in a 7-hour standoff with police is charged with three felonies; several commercial fishermen are cited for violating striped bass regulations; four are injured when a plane slides off the runway at Barnstable Airport; residents are split over the effort to build veterans housing; business leaders ask Chatham selectmen to revisit downtown land purchase for parking; electrical problems again close Brooks Free Library in Harwich; Nantucket selectmen sign contract for new fire station, despite being about $2.7 million short; Nantucket delays vote on new nursing home until next year; charges have been dropped against the bookkeeper of New Bedford fishing magnate Carlos Rafael; the Herring River restoration group struggles to get its message across; Truro and Wellfleet selectmen raise concerns about a bike path route; some residents upset after a marijuana sweep on Martha's Vineyard.