Several important and dramatic news stories captured the public's attention in 2015. WCAI News Director Sean Corcoran talks to Cape Cod Times reporter George Brennan about some of them Among the stories they discuss: announcement of the planned shutdown of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth; a shocking nighttime attack in Bourne that killed one woman, wounded her spouse and a responding police officer; Housing Assistance Corporation head becomes the subject of scrutiny; homeless problem flares in Hyannis; opioid epidemic grows on the Cape and Islands; Mashpee schools superintendent on leave after being accused of barging into student home; Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe gets land intro trust for proposed casino development; Cape Cod needle exchange program temporarily shut down; alleged serial rapist captured on Nantucket; gasoline tanker truck crashes into topiary at Bourne rotary; contaminated groundwater found at Fire Training Academy in Hyannis; beach restoration project underway in Sandwich; early 2015 weather packs a wallop; 2015 a bad year for Cape Wind; and an aerial park development becomes controversial in Sandwich.
Reviewing the Top News Stories of the Year
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