WCAI News Director Sean Corcoran hosts a discussion with journalists about the top local news stories of the week. Joining him this week are Patrick Cassidy of the Cape Cod Times; Andy Tomolonis of the New Bedford Standard-Times; Joshua Balling of the Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror; Caitlyn Russell of The Register (Dennis-Yarmouth); Nelson Sigelman of the Martha's Vineyard Times; and Tim Wood of the Cape Cod Chronicle.
Among the stories they discuss this week: a developer in Provincetown is selling parking spots for $35,000 each; the Bourne Board of Health has concerns about wind turbines being erected across the town line in Plymouth; cleaning up contaminated groundwater and wells in Barnstable could cost $3 million, and the town wants the county to pay for it; the Cape Cod National Seashore has crafted a plan to protect shorebirds and their eggs, but the effort could come at the expense of some local predators; Town Meetings in Sandwich and Brewster conclude some long-running issues in those communities; a Harwich selectman pleads not guilty to an assault charge; the Mashpee School Committee ends what apparently is an unwritten policy that had the schools superintendent visiting the homes of new students; dogs are running free in Harwich, and some conservation officials are concerned; Yarmouth creates a new town government committee to tackle addiction issues; islanders on Nantucket step up to save young scallops that found themselves stranded outside the water; New Bedford's Buttonwood Park Zoo is auctioning off animal art; and a judge rules that the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head-Aquinnah cannot open a gambling parlor in the tribe's recreation hall.