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Breaking down Boston's great weekend weather
The weekend looks great – with a couple of minor strings attached. For one, the sea breeze is still around Saturday afternoon, cooling the coast and keeping us in the 50s. Second, there are a couple of showers that sweep through first thing Sunday morning. Although they’re minor – and likely not worth scrapping that tee time – they will put a grayish touch on the start of the day.
Pleasant but cloudy Saturday afternoon before some overnight rain
Low pressure over the Great Lakes will track into southern Canada, ahead of it, we’ll see increasing high, thin clouds as a warm front approaches New England from the west. A decent afternoon is setting up, as a matter of fact, the entire weekend is looking pretty good except for overnight tonight into early Sunday morning, that’s when we’re expecting a round of rain showers for portions of the area.
Two new MBTA operators talk about their trips to the driver’s seat
Peterson Desir has been riding the Red Line since he was a kid, and for the last several months, the 33-year-old Dorchester native has had the best seat on the train — the driver’s chair. He is one of 23 new heavy rail drivers who have been hired and trained by the MBTA as part of a larger push to fill open jobs throughout the agency.
A Former Postal Service Worker Has Been Charged With Mail Theft
BOSTON (WBZ NewsRadio) — A former postal service worker has been indicted by a federal grand jury of theft of mail and theft of government funds, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. The individual, Michael Murray, 36, of Lynn, was charged with one count of...
Mass. driver involved in four-car fatal crash in Maine, authorities say
A Massachusetts man was involved in a four-car fatal crash in Maine Friday morning that resulted in the death of a Maine woman, according to the Maine Department of Public Safety. Maine State Police responded to the crash on the Maine Turnpike in Wells around 8:40 a.m., the department said...
Death investigation ongoing in Lowell, DA says
There is an ongoing death investigation in Lowell on Saturday, according to the Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office. The death investigation is taking place at a Warren Street apartment, the district attorney’s office said in a press release. Residents can expect to see an increased police presence nearby throughout the day.
Flight attendant indicted in attempt to record teen girl in airplane bathroom
BOSTON (AP) — An American Airlines flight attendant was indicted Thursday after authorities said he tried to secretly record video of a 14-year-old girl using an airplane bathroom last September. Police have also alleged that Estes Carter Thompson III, 36, of Charlotte, North Carolina, had recordings of four other...
Boston man sentenced for trying to hire hit man to kill ex-wife because of her 'Westernization'
BOSTON (TCD) -- A 47-year-old man will spend just under eight years in prison for trying to hire a contract killer to murder his ex-wife and her new boyfriend because the woman reportedly wouldn’t allow him to see his children. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts...
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