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 Patrick Cassidy of the Cape Cod Times; Sam Houghton of the Mashpee Enterprise; Tim Wood of the Cape Cod Chronicle; Sara Brown of the Martha's Vineyard Gazette; Jim DeArruda of the New Bedford Standard Times; Ann Wood of the Provincetown Banner; and Barry Stringfellow of the Martha's Vineyard Times.
Among the stories they discuss: Representatives from Dong Energy were on Martha's Vineyard this week to talk about an offshore wind farm proposal that's slated for waters south of the Vineyard; the Chatham airport is concerned about local drones; residents in Provincetown are getting pushback on their efforts to medicate local foxes against sarcoptic mange; the mayor of New Bedford gives his state of the city speech; a 2-acre solar farm is being proposed at Norton Farm on Martha's Vineyard; hundreds of public safety officers were on Cape this week to say goodbye to Falmouth native John Kotfila, a deputy sheriff in Florida who was killed in the line of duty earlier this month; officials have a new plan to deal with homelessness on Cape Cod -- send them to places off Cape Cod; Gosnold hires a new CEO; debate grows around using digital recording devices in the courts in lieu of stenographers; Rep. Brian Mannal announces he'll run for state senate; and a 4-year-old Harwich boy calls 911 when his mom falls ill.