2020 is just over the horizon but the 2019 city council election is around the corner - and heating up fast. An iconic figure is retiring from South End neighborhood – its mailman of 32 years. And how is Massachusetts spending its settlement money from the Volkswagen emissions scandal?

It’s our local news roundtable!

Guests:

Jennifer Smith - News editor of the Dorchester Reporter

Gin Dumcius - Boston-based reporter for MassLive.com

Seth Daniel - Senior reporter with the Independent News Group, which includes the Chelsea Record and Revere Journal.

Later in the show…

Prosecco rose is driving the pink wine craze into the new year. Eastern European bites are the next big thing, with Polish offerings cropping up in Boston and Somerville. And we love our wine here at Under the Radar, but we’ve got nothing on a woman currently wanted for swiping five THOUSAND dollars’ worth of bottles from a New Hampshire liquor store.

It’s our end of the year food and wine wrap up!

Guests:

Jonathon Alsop - Founder and executive director of the Boston Wine School and author of “The Wine Lover’s Devotional.”

Amy Traverso - Food editor at Yankee Magazine, co-host of WGBH’s “Weekends With Yankee” and author of “The Apple Lover’s Cookbook.”