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WCAI's Local News Roundup: Afghan Military Officers Go Missing; Young Hyannis Boy Killed in Fire

Cape Cod Times

WCAI News Director Sean Corcoran hosts local and regional journalists to discuss the news of the week on the Cape, the Coast and the Islands. Joining Sean is George Brennan of the Cape Cod Times; Tim Wood of the Cape Cod Chronicle; Jim DeArruda of the New Bedford Standard Times; and Nelson Sigelman of the Martha's Vineyard Times.

Among the stories discussed this week: Three Afghan military officers went missing after training exercises at Camp Edwards; a fire in a storage shed kills a young Hyannis boy; OSHA fines a local company; Cape and Islands' residents can expect increases in their electricity bills; there's a move afoot to brand Chatham oysters; a pub in Harwich has its license suspended after 22 incidents there this past summer, including a fight that involved a machete; the region receives its MCAS scores; Mashpee selectmen vote to implement a "pay-as-you-throw" trash system in town; the new UMass-Dartmouth School of Law is doing better than most law schools; and the Steamship Authority is set to increase its rates.

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