WCAI News Director Sean Corcoran hosts a weekly roundup of regional news with several local journalists. Joining Sean this week are Patrick Cassidy of the Cape Cod Times; Sam Houghton of the Mashpee Enterprise; Tim Wood of the Cape Cod Chronicle; Jim DeArruda of the New Bedford Standard Times; Ann Wood of the Provincetown Banner; Joshua Balling of the Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror; and Bill Chaisson of the Martha's Vineyard Times.
Among the stories they discuss this week: the town of Barnstable finds itself on a list of "Most Dangerous Places," but it turns out the town doesn't deserve the designation because the statistics were wrong; there are some indications that emergency overdose calls are decreasing; staff discovers that a key safety component at the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station was not working; Bourne officials approve a new Cumberland Farms at the Bourne Rotary, but with key conditions; some neighbors in Woods Hole are concerned about plans to renovate a historic church; a newly-launched treatment center for boys on Penikese Island closes; a 50-acre farm in Falmouth is up for sale; Chatham Special Town Meeting on Monday will consider a land purchase to help ease parking congestion in town; Harwich updates its housing plan; journalism icon Bob Woodward plans to visit New Bedford in April; Nantucket Town Meeting will include a vote on the town's $30 million nursing home proposal; a plan to build 225 apartments and nearly 100 housing lots is making its way through the Nantucket Planning Board; Provincetown's Special Town Meeting will include a warrant article to spend $12.5 million for the Harbor Hill Timeshare Complex; Jams Market in Truro has new owners; Martha's Vineyard High School hosted a forum on teen substance abuse.