The Point

WCAI News Director Steve Junker hosts a roundup of some of the top local and regional news of the week.

For parents of children with developmental disabilities a question that haunts many is: what will happen to my child when I’m gone? Who will watch over him or her? Where will my child live? Can he or she hold a job? Today we discuss options for personal, financial and health care decision making as children with developmental disabilities come of age.

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, more than half of adults with mental illness in the U.S. do not receive mental healthcare treatment. Psychiatrists Dr. Marc Whaley and Dr. Jonathan Schwartz join host Mindy Todd in The Point studio to discuss the issues.

On The Point, we kick off another season of gardening with Roberta Clark, horticulturist and entomologist. From tending seedlings to pruning old trees, Mindy Todd and Roberta Clark cover all your garden questions and share advice on plant varieties, how to manage pest invasions, and building your garden soil.

WCAI News Director Steve Junker hosts a roundup of some of the top local and regional news of the week.

The 2016 election of Donald Trump brought to the forefront many divides in our country. Almost 18 months after the election, many continue to be anxious or depressed about the direction our country and the world is taking. On The Point, we talk with psychologists Deb Berglin and Jenny Putnam about how the political environment can affect our health, and hear about skills and strategies to manage the stress and anxiety.

Janet Uhlar of Eastham was one of the 12 jurors who decided the guilty verdict on James "Whitey" Bulger’s trial. She’s written a new book about the trial titled The Truth Be Damned . It’s fiction…. Of sorts.

Communities across Massachusetts are grappling with how to manage the cultivation and sale of cannabis after a state-wide measure for legalizing the adult use and sale of marijuana passed in 2016. Truro selectman have placed a warrant on the April 25 th town meeting that would temporarily ban cannabis businesses in the town, but farmers hoping to cultivate the crop this year are pushing back. On The Point, we talk about Massachusetts cannabis legislation with Sarah Peake, State Representative;

Birds here on the Cape and Islands are very busy: courtship and nesting, and more spring migrants arriving. On this month's Bird News on The Point, we hear the latest reports on sightings, and all about nests and nest boxes. Also a conversation about the use of chemical pesticides in our yards. Mark Faherty, ornithologist and wildlife biologist at the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary , joins host Mindy Todd in the studio. Listeners from around the region join in with comments and questions.

WCAI News Director Steve Junker hosts a roundup of some of the top local and regional news of the week. His guests include: Gwenn Friss of the Cape Cod Times, Jim Kinsella of the Enterprise, Sara Brown of the Vineyard Gazette, Tim Wood of the Cape Cod Chronicle, Josh Balling of the Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror, K.C. Myers of the Provincetown Banner, Brittany Bowker of the Martha's Vineyard Times, and Andy Tomolonis of South Coast Today.