Speaker 1: This is WBZ at Boston's news radio. We defining local
Speaker 1: news sixty seven degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon,
Speaker 1: I'm Ben Parker. Here's what's happening. Lest we forget honoring
Speaker 1: veterans on what was once called Armistice Day. President Biden
Speaker 1: laying wreath at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier at
Speaker 1: Arlepen National Cemetery. Today November eleventh, the eleventh hour, the
Speaker 1: eleventh day of the eleventh month, when World War One
Speaker 1: ended in nineteen eighteen, and now it's a day to
Speaker 1: say thank you to those who have served.
Speaker 2: We have many obligations, only one truly sacred obligation, sacred
Speaker 2: prepare those we send in a harms way to care
Speaker 2: for them and their families when they return home.
Speaker 1: All across the country, local celebrations of veterans. VFW Post
Speaker 1: five sixty one members in South Boston held their annual
Speaker 1: ceremony today.
Speaker 2: Thank you for making sure that we are standing strong
Speaker 2: and remembering the sacrifices that made it possible for us
Speaker 2: to enjoy our freedoms.
Speaker 3: Mayor Michelle MoU speaking at the VFW Fitzgerald Post five
Speaker 3: sixty one Veterans Day Memorial Service, the seventy third year
Speaker 3: for the event.
Speaker 4: There that that right.
Speaker 3: The mayor and officials, along with the South Boston High
Speaker 3: Rotc and Girl Scouts, all joined the VFW members in
Speaker 3: a march to Saint Brigid Church for a mass and breakfast.
Speaker 3: James McCarthy is a Vietnam Army vet. He says Post
Speaker 3: five to sixty one is a crucial source of camaraderie.
Speaker 1: We don't talk about.
Speaker 2: The combat pot because it's tough, but if someone's feeling
Speaker 2: really bad, a couple of us taking aside a little bit,
Speaker 2: you know, saying you can get through it.
Speaker 3: I'm trying to help on events in South Boston. Sherry
Speaker 3: Small WBC Boston's news radio.
Speaker 1: The Helly administration launching a new tax credit program for
Speaker 1: businesses that hire National Guard members. The program will provide
Speaker 1: a two thousand dollars tax credits to the businesses that qualify,
Speaker 1: aiming to increase economic opportunities for members of the Guard
Speaker 1: and to encourage businesses to hire them. This comes alongside
Speaker 1: the recent expansion of the Veteran Higher Tax Credit, a
Speaker 1: similar program to the National Guard tax credit. Governor Healy
Speaker 1: says this is just the latest step in the administration's
Speaker 1: efforts to support the economic well being of service members, veterans,
Speaker 1: and small businesses, meaning this week at the White House
Speaker 1: between the incoming president and the current one.
Speaker 5: The White House says the first and most important message
Speaker 5: President Biden will convey to President elect Donald Trump in
Speaker 5: their meeting in the Oval Office is a commitment to
Speaker 5: the peaceful chansfer of power and a responsible handoff from
Speaker 5: one president to the next. Biden National Security advisor Jake
Speaker 5: Sullivan said that's in the best tradition of the country.
Speaker 5: Sullivan said the President plans to talk to Trump about
Speaker 5: key domestic and foreign policy issues, including the situation in
Speaker 5: the Middle East and Ukraine. He'll make the case to
Speaker 5: Trump that the US should not walk away from Ukraine
Speaker 5: because it would mean more instability in Europe. Karen Travers
Speaker 5: ABC News the White House.
Speaker 1: As we told you, it is Veterans Day. Some places
Speaker 1: are closed today, schools, government offices, and there's no mail
Speaker 1: delivery today. But businesses are open and some are offering
Speaker 1: deals to honor vets. Applebee's, for example, giving a free
Speaker 1: lunch or dinner for veterans and active military today along
Speaker 1: with a gift card good for three weeks, a free
Speaker 1: drink for vets and active military members. Today at a
Speaker 1: rome of Joe's, Duncan's giving a free donut to vets
Speaker 1: and active military members, and the one ten Grill, which
Speaker 1: has nearly two dozen locations in Massachusetts, offers complementary lunch
Speaker 1: for veterans. There's a special menu there as well. You
Speaker 1: still got the dry conditions around it. Because of that,
Speaker 1: we have just seen the red flag warnings go up
Speaker 1: for tomorrow from nine am until six p m. National
Speaker 1: Weather Service issuing those warnings and we will continue to
Speaker 1: monitor the fire situation across the Commonwealth. Almost all of
Speaker 1: some the New England in fact under red flag warnings
Speaker 1: with the windy conditions and the dry conditions as well.
Speaker 1: So around here we've got to breeze around tonight, partly
Speaker 1: cloudy in the upper forties, the blustery and cooler tomorrow.
Speaker 1: The coolness isn't really going to help us with the
Speaker 1: fires because it's dry and there's low humidity, and of
Speaker 1: course things that burn will spread rapidly. Fifty two for
Speaker 1: the high temperature tomorrow, with the wind blowing around, it
Speaker 1: will feel like it's in the forties. It's going to
Speaker 1: feel really chilly tomorrow night, especially in the coldest suburbs
Speaker 1: where we'll be in the twenties. But the real fields
Speaker 1: with the winds tomorrow night in the teens. Haven't said
Speaker 1: that in a while. Blustery conditions about thirty two downtown
Speaker 1: tomorrow night and then some sunshine, breezy on Wednesday in
Speaker 1: the upper forties and the mid forties with sun and
Speaker 1: clouds on Thursday right now sixty seven degrees in Boston.
Speaker 1: Teachers in three north Shore communities coming together this afternoon
Speaker 1: demanding change and better pay. WBC's Brook McCarthy has the tails.
Speaker 4: Stage Fort Park in Gloucester was packed with teachers from Gloucester,
Speaker 4: Beverly and Marblehead, all with a common goal.
Speaker 2: We are fighting for equitable and fair contracts.
Speaker 1: We are done being under service, understaffed and underfunded.
Speaker 4: Teachers in the three communities fighting for new contracts following
Speaker 4: failed negotiations, all pushing for better pay and benefits. This
Speaker 4: Gloucester teacher says they're also fighting for their students.
Speaker 3: You deserve the best, the best education, the best from
Speaker 3: your teachers and the best from your community.
Speaker 4: Rallying teachers were joined by fellow educators from around the state.
Speaker 4: Parents and students. Teachers in Gloucester and Beverly went on
Speaker 4: strike Friday. Teachers in Marvelhead voted to strike starting tomorrow
Speaker 4: if their demands aren't met. Brooke McCarthy WBZ, Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 1: The Marvelhead School Committee telling WBZ they're working through mediation
Speaker 1: to students and teacher to get students and teachers back
Speaker 1: in the classroom. They say they want a fair, affordable
Speaker 1: and sustainable contract, while the Gloucester School Committee says the
Speaker 1: city's teachers union has not offered meaningful proposals in the
Speaker 1: last few days and the union refuses to negotiate. We
Speaker 1: have reached out to the Beverly School Committee for comment
Speaker 1: as well. Halloween is over, but it's still scary in Salem.
Speaker 1: Some Salem Middle school students offering the next horror bestseller.
Speaker 1: Salem Public schools telling the Salem News. The Scary Stories
Speaker 1: Group at the Collins Middle School and Saltonstall School meets
Speaker 1: twice a week. The program made possible by the twenty
Speaker 1: first century Community Learning Centers Grant. It covers materials and
Speaker 1: instructor and other expenses to provide students a quality enrichment program,
Speaker 1: someone more than just common folk, a Boston folk legend,
Speaker 1: Chris Smither turning eighty.
Speaker 6: Chris Smither just keeps on keeping on homes, and the
Speaker 6: people love them. That's why this legend had a birthday
Speaker 6: party put on for him a club pass seems Saturday,
Speaker 6: and then the Iron Horse at Northampton last night. Quite
Speaker 6: a tribute with musicians coming out to honor him. Chris
Speaker 6: Smither grew up largely in New Orleans.
Speaker 7: Most of the successful musicians from New Orleans have had
Speaker 7: to leave, including Lewis Armstrong. Then they go back.
Speaker 6: Yeah, but now Chris Smither, he arrived in Boston sixty
Speaker 6: years ago and never left the last fifteen years.
Speaker 1: In Amherst.
Speaker 6: I spoke with him always back about how he connected
Speaker 6: in the Boston area. Immediately, well, right.
Speaker 7: Away, I started getting gigs in these little coffee houses
Speaker 7: on Beacon Hill and all over New England, all over Massachusetts.
Speaker 7: And you know, I was making money doing something that
Speaker 7: I would have cheerfully paid to be allowed to do.
Speaker 6: As for the parties these last few nights, he says
Speaker 6: he had nothing to do with them, adding, all I'm
Speaker 6: doing is turn in eighty. Happy birthday, Chris smither, Drew
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