WCAI's Sean Corcoran hosts a roundup of local and regional news with several area journalists. Guests include: Sean Driscoll from the Cape Cod Times; Nelson Sigelman from the Martha's Vineyard Times; Ed Miller from the Provincetown Banner; Tim Wood from the Cape Cod Chronicle; and Jim DeArruda from the New Bedford Standard-Times.
Among the stories they discuss this week: removing asbestos from a Falmouth elementary school is expected to cost about $300,000 and take two months to complete; a septic system mistake delays the opening of the new Eastham Library; a judge rules to suppress the identification of a rape suspect on Nantucket, saying police did not follow proper procedure; Falmouth selectmen opt not to buy a local restaurant and inn and convert it into a senior center; a researcher is looking for a radio transmitter that was on a 6-foot mako shark; a popular Cape Cod Times columnist passes away; a Sandwich native is a top player on the international "Quidditch" circuit; the "lone star" tick is becoming more prevalent in out region; a manatee was spotted in Chatham and Harwich last weekend; the New Bedford Whaling Museum has received a grant to restore a nearly quarter-mile long, historic mural; Ocean Spray has sold off some 50 acres and a building at its Lakeville headquarters; an 85-year-old building in Provincetown is under renovation; the Provincetown tourism department is eager to set the historic record straight when it comes to the Pilgrims; Tweed Roosevelt follows in his great-grandfather's footprints -- or canoe, anyway.