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WCAI's Local News Round-Up: New Tick-Borne Virus Hits Cape; Contractor Held on 50K Bail

Dan Tritle

WCAI's Brian Morris hosts the Friday News Roundup of local and regional news.  Guests include: Patrick Cassidy from the Cape Cod Times; Sara Brown from the Vineyard Gazette; Tim Wood from the Cape Cod Chronicle; Josh Balling from the Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror; Ann Wood from the Provincetown Banner; Jim DeArruda from the New Bedford Standard-Times; and Nelson Sigelman from the Martha's Vineyard Times.

Among the stories they discuss: new tick-borne virus; contractor who allegedly stole from homeowners and contractors jailed; sea lion controversy at the Barnstable County Fair; state budget cuts hit Martha's Vineyard; restoration project on the Herring River; search for contaminants near Joint Base Cape Cod; Harwich Conservation Trust raises money for land conservation; Nantucket affordable housing effort clears hurdle; troubles for the Hy-Line ferry service; unique art exhibit curated by Jon Waters in Provincetown; Outer Cape bus drivers missing stops; Cape towns challenge plans for Eversource herbicide spraying; horrific conditions found at Westport property; Orleans Pops concert in the park shelved; pot-seeking helicopter over Martha's Vineyard. These stories and others in the news

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