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; Sam Houghton of the Mashpee Enterprise; Ann Wood of the Provincetown Banner; Sara Brown of the Martha's Vineyard Gazette; Joshua Balling of the Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror; and Nelson Sigelman of the Martha's Vineyard Times.
Among the stories they discuss this week: Cape Cod leads the state in overdose deaths; a dead North Atlantic right whale calf washed up off of Chatham; Mashpee Town Meeting rejects an article to turn tax-taken land over to the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe; Mashpee tribe members move to play a larger role in town government; a raid results in a human trafficking charge; the Barnstable Assembly of Delegates approves a excise tax hike; voters in Sandwich approve $17 million for public safety buildings; in Eastham, voters make Hay Road a public way; in Brewster, voters back conservation land purchase and fund adult day care services; Bourne voters give the go-ahead to approve the Monument Beach boat ramp; Dennis voters reject a $12.8 million community center as massive crowd turns out; after decades working the docks, the Eldredge family prepares to sell its property in Chatham.
