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 Geoff Spillane of the Cape Cod Times; Tim Wood of the Cape Cod Chronicle; Jim DeArruda of the New Bedford Standard Times; Josh Balling of the Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror; and Nelson Sigelman of the Martha's Vineyard Times.
Among the stories they discuss this week: A judge steps in during the jury trial of Mashpee Schools Superintendent Brian Hyde and rules there is not enough evidence for a jury to convict; the Calmer Choice mindfulness program continues to be debated; a local priest discovers written proof that Justice Antonin Scalia married his wife, Maureen McCarthy, at St. Pius X in South Yarmouth; the research vessel Knorr leaving Woods Hole for new mission in Mexico; Barnstable County hires a new administrator, and he's arriving at an action-packed time; the Harwich town administrator says he doesn't have enough support among selectmen to stay in his job; Chatham selectmen go to Washington D.C. to argue their case about the Monomoy Wildlife Refuge; the election field is set on Nantucket; local favorite Meghan Trainor wins best new artist at the Grammys; Martha's Vineyard's Regional High School gets a new principal; and the remarkable story of people helping a homeless man in New Bedford.