MASSACHUSETTS - The first medical marijuana are due today for those interested in obtaining a license to dispense. "During the first phase of a two-part process, applicants will undergo background checks and be screened for financial viability. They are not required to specify locations for proposed dispensaries." Regardless of where the pot shops end up, the signs won't look anything like the one above. [WBUR; previously]
NORTH FALMOUTH - Say what?! "Local and state wildlife officials have confirmed that a Falmouth man has video of the first documented bobcat on Cape Cod since Colonial times." This way to the video. [Cape Cod Times]
EAST SANDWICH - The Mass. School Building Authority has thrown a wrench in Sandwich's plan to transfer remaining funding from other school projects to pay for much-needed repairs at the high school. How bad is it? "The SHS sills at the A-Wing are corroding and deteriorating; one has fallen out, and the area has been fenced off for safety purposes." [Sandwich Broadsider]