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News Roundup: Top Local Stories of the Week

Cape Cod Times

WCAI's Brian Morris hosts a discussion of the week's top local and regional news.  Guests include: George Brennan from the Cape Cod Times; Ryan Bray with the Falmouth Enterprise; Tim Wood of the Cape Cod Chronicle; Steve Myrick of the Vineyard Gazette; Josh Balling of the Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror; Nelson Sigelman of the Martha's Vineyard Times; and Brian Tarcy of the online news site, Cape Cod Wave.

Among the stories making news: the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head-Aquinnah asks a judge to reconsider his ruling that bars the tribe from opening a bingo hall; opponents of a proposed tribal casino in Taunton plan to file suit to stop the project; HBO to air a documentary shining light on addiction on Cape Cod; some churches on Martha's Vineyard plan to double as homeless shelters this winter; an effort underway to recall the Mashpee Schools Committee chairman; Monomoy High School youth survey has eye-opening results; Island Airlines abruptly shuts down service between the Cape and Nantucket; sewer construction work continues in Falmouth; Vineyard family hosts holiday dinners for strangers; and a short video with turkeys attacking a Falmouth mailman gets more than a million hits.  These stories and more making news.

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