In Common

On this episode of In Common: 

• The midterm election is just a few days out on November 3rd. This week, we are getting to know some of the candidates that will appear on the ballot. Candidates running for Massachusetts' governor office are Democratic candidate and incumbent Governor Maura Healey, Republican candidate Mike Minogue, and independent challenger Andrea James. NEPM’s Nirvani Williams spoke with all three of them to learn more about how they would address issues specific to residents in western Massachusetts.  
  
  
• The town of Great Barrington in Western Mass. is in a fight with its water utility company, Housatonic Water Works. The issue: unkept promises and unpaid bills of more than 100 thousand dollars. And in recent weeks, the town’s Selectboard voted to declare a local emergency over this. NEPM’s Phil Bishop joins In Common now to break it all down for us.
  
  
• Cape Cod might be known for beaches and sea food, but it also has some spooky creatures and haunted houses. Tyler Daniels, a professor at Cape Cod Community College and Robin Smith-Johnson, author of Legends and Lore of Cape Cod, join In Common to tell us the haunting happenings in the region. 
  
  
• U.S Senate Candidates: The midterm election is just a few days out on November 3rd. This week, we are getting to know some of the candidates that will appear on the ballot. There are four candidates running for the Massachusetts seat in the Senate: Democrat and incumbent Ed Markey, Republican challenger John Deaton, Party for Socialism and Liberation challenger Joe Tache and Independent challenger Shiva Ayyadurai. GBH's Adam Reilly spoke with three of the four candidates in this race and joins In Common to tell us more about their platforms. Ayyadurai declined GBH news/Boston 25's invitation to be interviewed
  
  
• Solar, wind, geothermal are just a few that are currently being used to power our grids. But not much has been done to generate energy from the waters in our oceans. John Miller and Stephen Barrett from The Marine Renewable Energy Collaborative of New England on Cape Cod spoke with CAI's Mindy Todd on a recent episode of The Point about the current research and developments in this arena. 
  
  
• Every year, Salem welcomes more than a million visitors during October - and the weeks preceding, because it’s the Halloween town of America. In Common's Jeremy Siegel and Host Paris Alston tell us more on how that name sake came to be in this 2022 archive story.