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<v Speaker 1>This is WBZ at Boston's news radio. We defining local

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<v Speaker 1>news sixty seven degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Ben Parker. Here's what's happening. Lest we forget honoring

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<v Speaker 1>veterans on what was once called Armistice Day. President Biden

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<v Speaker 1>laying wreath at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier at

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<v Speaker 1>Arlepen National Cemetery. Today November eleventh, the eleventh hour, the

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<v Speaker 1>eleventh day of the eleventh month, when World War One

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<v Speaker 1>ended in nineteen eighteen, and now it's a day to

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<v Speaker 1>say thank you to those who have served.

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<v Speaker 2>We have many obligations, only one truly sacred obligation, sacred

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<v Speaker 2>prepare those we send in a harms way to care

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<v Speaker 2>for them and their families when they return home.

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<v Speaker 1>All across the country, local celebrations of veterans. VFW Post

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<v Speaker 1>five sixty one members in South Boston held their annual

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<v Speaker 1>ceremony today.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you for making sure that we are standing strong

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<v Speaker 2>and remembering the sacrifices that made it possible for us

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<v Speaker 2>to enjoy our freedoms.

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<v Speaker 3>Mayor Michelle MoU speaking at the VFW Fitzgerald Post five

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<v Speaker 3>sixty one Veterans Day Memorial Service, the seventy third year

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<v Speaker 3>for the event.

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<v Speaker 4>There that that right.

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<v Speaker 3>The mayor and officials, along with the South Boston High

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<v Speaker 3>Rotc and Girl Scouts, all joined the VFW members in

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<v Speaker 3>a march to Saint Brigid Church for a mass and breakfast.

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<v Speaker 3>James McCarthy is a Vietnam Army vet. He says Post

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<v Speaker 3>five to sixty one is a crucial source of camaraderie.

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<v Speaker 1>We don't talk about.

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<v Speaker 2>The combat pot because it's tough, but if someone's feeling

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<v Speaker 2>really bad, a couple of us taking aside a little bit,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, saying you can get through it.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm trying to help on events in South Boston. Sherry

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<v Speaker 3>Small WBC Boston's news radio.

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<v Speaker 1>The Helly administration launching a new tax credit program for

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<v Speaker 1>businesses that hire National Guard members. The program will provide

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<v Speaker 1>a two thousand dollars tax credits to the businesses that qualify,

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<v Speaker 1>aiming to increase economic opportunities for members of the Guard

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<v Speaker 1>and to encourage businesses to hire them. This comes alongside

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<v Speaker 1>the recent expansion of the Veteran Higher Tax Credit, a

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<v Speaker 1>similar program to the National Guard tax credit. Governor Healy

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<v Speaker 1>says this is just the latest step in the administration's

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<v Speaker 1>efforts to support the economic well being of service members, veterans,

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<v Speaker 1>and small businesses, meaning this week at the White House

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<v Speaker 1>between the incoming president and the current one.

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<v Speaker 5>The White House says the first and most important message

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<v Speaker 5>President Biden will convey to President elect Donald Trump in

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<v Speaker 5>their meeting in the Oval Office is a commitment to

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<v Speaker 5>the peaceful chansfer of power and a responsible handoff from

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<v Speaker 5>one president to the next. Biden National Security advisor Jake

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<v Speaker 5>Sullivan said that's in the best tradition of the country.

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<v Speaker 5>Sullivan said the President plans to talk to Trump about

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<v Speaker 5>key domestic and foreign policy issues, including the situation in

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<v Speaker 5>the Middle East and Ukraine. He'll make the case to

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<v Speaker 5>Trump that the US should not walk away from Ukraine

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<v Speaker 5>because it would mean more instability in Europe. Karen Travers

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<v Speaker 5>ABC News the White House.

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<v Speaker 1>As we told you, it is Veterans Day. Some places

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<v Speaker 1>are closed today, schools, government offices, and there's no mail

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<v Speaker 1>delivery today. But businesses are open and some are offering

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<v Speaker 1>deals to honor vets. Applebee's, for example, giving a free

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<v Speaker 1>lunch or dinner for veterans and active military today along

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<v Speaker 1>with a gift card good for three weeks, a free

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<v Speaker 1>drink for vets and active military members. Today at a

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<v Speaker 1>rome of Joe's, Duncan's giving a free donut to vets

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<v Speaker 1>and active military members, and the one ten Grill, which

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<v Speaker 1>has nearly two dozen locations in Massachusetts, offers complementary lunch

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<v Speaker 1>for veterans. There's a special menu there as well. You

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<v Speaker 1>still got the dry conditions around it. Because of that,

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<v Speaker 1>we have just seen the red flag warnings go up

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<v Speaker 1>for tomorrow from nine am until six p m. National

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<v Speaker 1>Weather Service issuing those warnings and we will continue to

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<v Speaker 1>monitor the fire situation across the Commonwealth. Almost all of

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<v Speaker 1>some the New England in fact under red flag warnings

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<v Speaker 1>with the windy conditions and the dry conditions as well.

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<v Speaker 1>So around here we've got to breeze around tonight, partly

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<v Speaker 1>cloudy in the upper forties, the blustery and cooler tomorrow.

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<v Speaker 1>The coolness isn't really going to help us with the

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<v Speaker 1>fires because it's dry and there's low humidity, and of

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<v Speaker 1>course things that burn will spread rapidly. Fifty two for

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<v Speaker 1>the high temperature tomorrow, with the wind blowing around, it

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<v Speaker 1>will feel like it's in the forties. It's going to

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<v Speaker 1>feel really chilly tomorrow night, especially in the coldest suburbs

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<v Speaker 1>where we'll be in the twenties. But the real fields

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<v Speaker 1>with the winds tomorrow night in the teens. Haven't said

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<v Speaker 1>that in a while. Blustery conditions about thirty two downtown

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<v Speaker 1>tomorrow night and then some sunshine, breezy on Wednesday in

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<v Speaker 1>the upper forties and the mid forties with sun and

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<v Speaker 1>clouds on Thursday right now sixty seven degrees in Boston.

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<v Speaker 1>Teachers in three north Shore communities coming together this afternoon

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<v Speaker 1>demanding change and better pay. WBC's Brook McCarthy has the tails.

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<v Speaker 4>Stage Fort Park in Gloucester was packed with teachers from Gloucester,

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<v Speaker 4>Beverly and Marblehead, all with a common goal.

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<v Speaker 2>We are fighting for equitable and fair contracts.

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<v Speaker 1>We are done being under service, understaffed and underfunded.

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<v Speaker 4>Teachers in the three communities fighting for new contracts following

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<v Speaker 4>failed negotiations, all pushing for better pay and benefits. This

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<v Speaker 4>Gloucester teacher says they're also fighting for their students.

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<v Speaker 3>You deserve the best, the best education, the best from

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<v Speaker 3>your teachers and the best from your community.

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<v Speaker 4>Rallying teachers were joined by fellow educators from around the state.

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<v Speaker 4>Parents and students. Teachers in Gloucester and Beverly went on

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<v Speaker 4>strike Friday. Teachers in Marvelhead voted to strike starting tomorrow

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<v Speaker 4>if their demands aren't met. Brooke McCarthy WBZ, Boston's News Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>The Marvelhead School Committee telling WBZ they're working through mediation

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<v Speaker 1>to students and teacher to get students and teachers back

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<v Speaker 1>in the classroom. They say they want a fair, affordable

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<v Speaker 1>and sustainable contract, while the Gloucester School Committee says the

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<v Speaker 1>city's teachers union has not offered meaningful proposals in the

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<v Speaker 1>last few days and the union refuses to negotiate. We

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<v Speaker 1>have reached out to the Beverly School Committee for comment

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<v Speaker 1>as well. Halloween is over, but it's still scary in Salem.

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<v Speaker 1>Some Salem Middle school students offering the next horror bestseller.

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<v Speaker 1>Salem Public schools telling the Salem News. The Scary Stories

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<v Speaker 1>Group at the Collins Middle School and Saltonstall School meets

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<v Speaker 1>twice a week. The program made possible by the twenty

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<v Speaker 1>first century Community Learning Centers Grant. It covers materials and

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<v Speaker 1>instructor and other expenses to provide students a quality enrichment program,

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<v Speaker 1>someone more than just common folk, a Boston folk legend,

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<v Speaker 1>Chris Smither turning eighty.

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<v Speaker 6>Chris Smither just keeps on keeping on homes, and the

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<v Speaker 6>people love them. That's why this legend had a birthday

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<v Speaker 6>party put on for him a club pass seems Saturday,

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<v Speaker 6>and then the Iron Horse at Northampton last night. Quite

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<v Speaker 6>a tribute with musicians coming out to honor him. Chris

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<v Speaker 6>Smither grew up largely in New Orleans.

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<v Speaker 7>Most of the successful musicians from New Orleans have had

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<v Speaker 7>to leave, including Lewis Armstrong. Then they go back.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, but now Chris Smither, he arrived in Boston sixty

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<v Speaker 6>years ago and never left the last fifteen years.

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<v Speaker 1>In Amherst.

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<v Speaker 6>I spoke with him always back about how he connected

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<v Speaker 6>in the Boston area. Immediately, well, right.

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<v Speaker 7>Away, I started getting gigs in these little coffee houses

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<v Speaker 7>on Beacon Hill and all over New England, all over Massachusetts.

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<v Speaker 7>And you know, I was making money doing something that

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<v Speaker 7>I would have cheerfully paid to be allowed to do.

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<v Speaker 6>As for the parties these last few nights, he says

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<v Speaker 6>he had nothing to do with them, adding, all I'm

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<v Speaker 6>doing is turn in eighty. Happy birthday, Chris smither, Drew

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<v Speaker 6>Mohallan WBZ Boston's news Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Ben Parker, WBZ Boston's News Radio,