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WCAI's Local News Roundup: Mashpee Superintendent Under Scrutiny; Needle Exchange Shutdown

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Barnstable health officials halt needle exchange program, saying it was not properly licensed 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 Patrick Cassidy 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 this week: Police are investigating a complaint that accuses the Mashpee schools superintendent of forcing his way into a student's home; the Barnstable Board of Health shuts down a needle exchange program it says wasn't properly licensed; selectmen in Falmouth vote to halt a controversial wind turbine; National Grid says it will resume making natural gas connections to Outer Cape Cod homes and businesses sometime in 2019; Sandwich homeowners block a beach restoration project; a 130-unit affordable housing rental development is proposed in Eastham; Cape Cod Community College gets a $2.2 million grant to help retain students; and a historic water "bubbler" is up for auction.

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