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WCAI's Local News Roundup: Tribe Seeks Return of Land; Beached Great White Shark Dies

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The Barnstable Town Council has banned the sale of "synthetic marijuana" in town.
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WCAI News Director Sean Corcoran hosts a discussion about the top local news stories of the week. Joining him are Sean Driscoll of the Cape Cod Times; Jim DeArruda at the New Bedford Standard-Times; Tim Wood of the Cape Cod Chronicle; and Nelson Sigelman of the Martha's Vineyard Times.

Among the stories they discuss: Barnstable bans synthetic marijuana and plastic shopping bags; Police tear down homeless camps in the woods of Hyannis; admired local judge James O'Neill dies; Coast Guard building facing demolition in Woods Hole; declining turnout prompts Mashpee to move its election day; a Sandwich town board clears the way for local fishmonger to open a new fish market after previously pleading guilty to buying stolen oysters; a beached great white shark dies despite beachgoers' efforts to save it.

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