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EPISODE · Jul 25, 2026 · 49 MIN

Police oversight in Worcester, flyers in Northampton, affordability on Cape Cod: Heated debates across Massachusetts

from In Common · host GBH News

Residents and advocates of several Mass. communities are demanding change! On this episode of "In Common":  GBH News' Worcester reporter Sam Turken explains the latest development in the plan to establish a civilian oversight board to oversee the Worcester Police department.  A common municipal law in Northampton, Mass. bans promotional flyers in the city. NEPM's Jill Kaufman has more on the movement to change this ordinance and preserve this lost art form. We explore the talk of the town on social media with GBH's digital video producer Renuka Balakrishnan.  The CAI newsroom on Cape Cod revisits key issues featured in the award-winning series "Two Cape Cods: Hidden Poverty on the Cape and Islands.” CAI's Sean Corcoran and Amy Kolb Noyes give us insight into what’s changed 20 years later in "Two Cape Cods: A Look Back." Beach sprints -- a combo of rowing and running – is an event set to debut at the 2028 Summer Olympics, but it's already building excitement in Massachusetts. Host Jeremy Siegel gives us a preview of the second annual Boston Beach Sprint underway in South Boston and tries it out himself!

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