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News Roundup: Vineyard Wind Wins Contract; RX Opioid Activity on Cape Highest in State

Construction and congestion at the Steamship Authority terminal in Woods Hole

WCAI News Director Steve Junker hosts a roundup of some of the top local and regional news of the week. This week's guests include: Patrick Cassidy of the Cape Cod Times, Sarah Tan of WCAI, Sara Brown of the Vineyard Gazette, Tim Wood of the Cape Cod Chronicle, K.C. Myers of the Provincetown Banner, Brittany Bowker of the Martha's Vineyard Times, and Andy Tomolonis of SouthCoast Today. 

Among the stories we talk about: A win for Vineyard Wind; panel seeks to define state role in Pilgrim plant closure; NRC rule changes raise safety concerns; Joint Base Cape Cod water samples show contamination; challenge to ICE agreements faces uphill fight; turbine will not spin again in Falmouth; Town of Mashpee and tribe reach deal on land bill; drug overdoses down but ‘activity of concern’ high on Cape; DA schedules ethical training seminar; WHOI scientists help locate ‘holy grail’ of shipwrecks; ‘Life-changing’ gift for D-Y students.

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Steve is Managing Editor of News. He came to WCAI in 2007. He also hosts the weekly News Roundup on Friday mornings and produces The Fishing News.