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A round up of local news headlines with our regions leading journalists.

This week: Local groups head to the governor's office to call for an end to evaporating radioactive water at the Pilgrim nuclear plant. The latest population estimate for endangered North Atlantic right whales has come out, and it's a bit of good news. And early voting has begun—we check in with local polling spots.

Cars are the topic on our monthly Books Show.

Our debate series continues, this hour between candidates for the 5th Barnstable District: Democrat Owen Fletcher and Republican Steven Xiarhos.

This week: The Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce and the region's realtors association are among the petitioners asking the state to stop Holtec's discharge of radioactive water into Cape Cod Bay. Also, with an end-of-month deadline looming, the heat is rising on a controversial proposed machine gun range. And, the Cape’s airport simulates a plane crash.

This week: The Republican primary for the Plymouth and Barnstable state senate seat could be decided by a court case over mail-in ballots. The head of the Steamship Authority will step down after a summer of passenger frustration. And: it’s been the wrong kind of record-breaking year for dolphin strandings.

The complex behaviors and mysteries of cephalopods.

Interviews with two filmmakers, and this year’s lineup.

Kip Diggs and Susanne Conleydebate on The Point

This week: Governor Healey stops work from starting on a controversial machine gun range for Joint Base Cape Cod. And, opponents of the discharge of radioactive water into Cape Cod Bay gather in Plymouth. Also: ferry travel to the islands could see steep rate hikes.