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<v Speaker 1>This is wb Z, Boston's news radio, redefining local news,

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<v Speaker 1>forty seven degrees and Sonny at eleven o'clock.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Kyle Bray. Good morning, and here's what's happening. The

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<v Speaker 2>wife of former Massachusetts Governor Michael Ducaccus has died. The

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<v Speaker 2>family says Missus Doucaugas died last night at home in

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<v Speaker 2>Brookline of complications from dementia. She was eighty eight. Kitty

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<v Speaker 2>Ducaccas championed a number of causes while her husband, Michael Ducacas,

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<v Speaker 2>was governor from nineteen seventy five to nineteen seventy nine

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<v Speaker 2>and from nineteen eighty three to nineteen ninety one. That

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<v Speaker 2>included his unsuccessful run for president in nineteen eighty eight

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<v Speaker 2>against private former President George H. W. Bush. Her father

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<v Speaker 2>was Harry Ellis Dixon, the longtime concert master of the

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<v Speaker 2>Boston Symphony Orchestra. Missus Ducaccas was an advocate for a

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<v Speaker 2>number of from aiding the homeless, who is serving as

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<v Speaker 2>a presidential appointee on the National Holocaust Panels. Among her

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<v Speaker 2>biggest impacts came when she went public about her struggles

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<v Speaker 2>with and treatment for depression, alcoholism, and also dealing with

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<v Speaker 2>an addiction to diet pills. She wrote all about it

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<v Speaker 2>in her memoir from nineteen ninety titled Now You Know

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<v Speaker 2>Former Massachusetts First Lady Kitty Ducaucus Again dead at age

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<v Speaker 2>eighty eight. Say with WBZ News Radio for more on

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<v Speaker 2>this developing story. A controversial plan to merge schools gets

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<v Speaker 2>the green light from the Boston School Committee. Wbz's Jabill

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<v Speaker 2>n with reaction from parents.

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<v Speaker 3>I just wish there was a close that my daughter's

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<v Speaker 3>been going here for seven years and all, so it's

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<v Speaker 3>kind of sad.

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<v Speaker 4>The Boston School Committee votes five to one to merge

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<v Speaker 4>two and close four schools, including Dever Elementary School here

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<v Speaker 4>in Dorchester.

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<v Speaker 3>I think it is supposed to come with solution first

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<v Speaker 3>before they closed this school.

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<v Speaker 4>The school is set to shutter at the close of

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<v Speaker 4>the next academic year in twenty twenty six. The city

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<v Speaker 4>says this move will grant more resources to kids. Parents

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<v Speaker 4>here are shocked.

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<v Speaker 2>Take confuse.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 4>She's kind of like a little sad, but you know,

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<v Speaker 4>it is what it is. At the same time, Superintendent

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<v Speaker 4>Mary Skipper acknowledges the difficulties of change in his statement,

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<v Speaker 4>offering district support to help with the transition, Jay will

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<v Speaker 4>Let WBZ Boston's news radio.

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<v Speaker 2>And meantime in North Andover, schools are hit with budget cuts.

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<v Speaker 2>The Teachers' Union says a budget deficit is forcing dozens

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<v Speaker 2>of layoffs. The school Committee voting yesterday do cut teachers

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<v Speaker 2>and teaching assistants. The committee also voting to temporarily close

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<v Speaker 2>Kittridge Elementary School, with students being assigned to other schools.

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<v Speaker 2>In the meantime, the union is vowing to fight pending

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<v Speaker 2>staff cuts at the elementary schools, middle school, and high school.

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<v Speaker 2>Quick look in sports today, March madness continues and Providence

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<v Speaker 2>is the center of it all. For the men's tournament,

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<v Speaker 2>will have Purdue taking on Underdog's McNeice at twelve ten

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<v Speaker 2>Arkansas and Saint John's at two forty n Providence. That's

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<v Speaker 2>a matchup between John cal Perry and Rick Patino, two

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<v Speaker 2>greats of the game. Meantime, Harvard will get their start

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<v Speaker 2>in the women's tournament today at four thirty they're taking

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<v Speaker 2>on Michigan State. It's time now for the fort a

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<v Speaker 2>WBZ AC weather forecast. This afternoon, we're going to see

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<v Speaker 2>intervals of clowns in sunshine and will be breezy and milder.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll have a hive around sixty one that will get

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<v Speaker 2>down to the low to mid fifties if you're on

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<v Speaker 2>the Cape and the islands. Tonight will have a shower

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<v Speaker 2>in spots early, but it will then become clear and

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<v Speaker 2>blustering and turning much colder. Will have a low of

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<v Speaker 2>twenty nine.

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<v Speaker 4>Now.

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<v Speaker 2>Tomorrow will be mostly sunny, a chilly and gusty wind,

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<v Speaker 2>highs between forty three and forty seven, So if you're

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<v Speaker 2>looking for a data get out and enjoy the sun,

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<v Speaker 2>Tomorrow or today would be the pick of the weekend.

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<v Speaker 2>Now to start the work week, on Monday, it will

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<v Speaker 2>be cloudy with periods of rain, perhaps mixing with a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit of snow if you're north or west of

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<v Speaker 2>the city for a little bit of time. We'll have

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<v Speaker 2>a high between forty four and forty eight. Tuesday will

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<v Speaker 2>be breezy and quite cold, with clowns and sun high

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<v Speaker 2>of fifty three, and looking ahead as we head further

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<v Speaker 2>into the week, there's a chance of a storm bringing

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<v Speaker 2>showers or even a period of steadier rain. On Wednesday,

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<v Speaker 2>and near fifty as we head into the rest of

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<v Speaker 2>the week. Right now in Boston seeing plenty of sun

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<v Speaker 2>with a temperature of forty seven degrees, a small business

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<v Speaker 2>on the North Shore struggles to stay open after getting

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<v Speaker 2>scammed by a crooked contractor. Wbz's kindle Bule reports.

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<v Speaker 5>The contractor who would disappear owing you're nearly forty grand

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<v Speaker 5>first seemed Daymar Buckler, co owner of Eat Drink Explorer,

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<v Speaker 5>provisions to be extremely professional and congenial.

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<v Speaker 6>Myself, my husband, and my sister, who were all in

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<v Speaker 6>this business together, all met him and didn't have any

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<v Speaker 6>red flags that really freaked us out.

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<v Speaker 2>By the end of the project.

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<v Speaker 5>That project, the build out of the store was completed

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<v Speaker 5>by a second contractor the Trio hired, depleting their funds

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<v Speaker 5>for stocking their store on Main Street and Peavity with

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<v Speaker 5>gore mat groceries with an emphasis on alternatives for foodies

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<v Speaker 5>with dietary restrictions. Since then, the Buglers have worked to

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<v Speaker 5>help other people not get scammed and to keep their

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<v Speaker 5>doors open. For now, they're keeping their focus simple cheese

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<v Speaker 5>and charcoutery plus food and drink workshops around the north

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<v Speaker 5>Shore and have taken what daybar says was the difficult

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<v Speaker 5>step of starting a GoFundMe page.

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<v Speaker 6>People that we won over who want to see us

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<v Speaker 6>stay here on Main Street. I'm hoping that they see

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<v Speaker 6>what we're trying to do and want to help support that.

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<v Speaker 5>From BBD, Kendall be able to be busy Boston's news radio.

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<v Speaker 2>Pope Francis will make his first public appearance in five

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<v Speaker 2>weeks tomorrow. The Vatican says the Hope will offer a

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<v Speaker 2>blessing from the window of his hospital room in Rome

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<v Speaker 2>tomorrow morning. The eighty eight year old pont if was

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<v Speaker 2>admitted to the hospital just over a month ago with

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<v Speaker 2>a respiratory infection, has been seen by the public only

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<v Speaker 2>once during his stay. Olympic gold medal winner and two

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<v Speaker 2>time heavyweight boxing champ George Foreman has died. Foreman led

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<v Speaker 2>a storied life, going from the rough streets of Houston

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<v Speaker 2>to winning gold at the Tokyo Olympics when he was

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<v Speaker 2>just nineteen. He won his first heavyweight title at twenty

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<v Speaker 2>four when he knocked out Joe Fraser in Kingston, Jamaica,

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<v Speaker 2>nineteen seventy three, and then he lost it a year

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<v Speaker 2>later in one of the most storied fights in Boxing History,

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<v Speaker 2>CBS is Michelle Miller looks back on that rainy night

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<v Speaker 3>Foreman would face off against Muhammada A Lee and the

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<v Speaker 3>rumble in the Jungle of Fight in Africa, watched by

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<v Speaker 3>a billion people worldwide.

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<v Speaker 2>The punch is of the body of a Lee.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not hurting him. I'm not taking it toll.

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<v Speaker 3>Foreman lost the title in that legendary bout when Ali

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<v Speaker 3>used a technique he called the Ropeodope, allowing the powerful

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<v Speaker 3>Foreman to punch himself into exhaustion.

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<v Speaker 2>When I jumped up to roughree city was over. I

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<v Speaker 2>had to live with that year after year. Foreman then

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<v Speaker 2>went on to become a master salesman of his signature

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<v Speaker 2>George Foreman Grill. He also became the oldest heavyweight champ

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<v Speaker 2>at age forty five. Twenty years later after Holly beat him.

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<v Speaker 2>When he defeated Michael Moore, George Foreman was seventy six.

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<v Speaker 2>You are now in the loop. For news updates throughout

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<v Speaker 2>the day, listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Kyle Bray, WBZ, Boston's news radio