WCAI News Director Sean Corcoran hosts a discussion with area journalists about the top local news stories of the week. Joining Sean this week are George Brennan of the Cape Cod Times; Tim Wood of the Cape Cod Chronicle; Sara Brown of the Martha's Vineyard Gazette; Ann Wood of the Provincetown Banner; Jim DeArruda of the New Bedford Standard Times; and Barry Stringfellow of the Martha's Vineyard Times.
Among the stories they discuss: the Mashpee School Committee decides to part ways with former superintendent Brian Hyde; state officials back off a plan to renumber the exits of Route 6; extra pay is sought for a former Falmouth police officer who was shot while in the line of duty; a massage parlor owner in Sandwich comes under scrutiny; a key parcel of land in Chatham is sold to a developer; Mashpee tackles the 'pay as you throw' program, again; a large solar array is planned for Oak Bluffs; the Provincetown Animal Welfare Committee has been helping local residents who want to treat foxes suffering from sarcoptic mange; several marine science initiatives come to the region; the Martha's Vineyard Hospital gets a new CEO.