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

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<v Speaker 2>Fifty two degrees in Boston at eleven o'clock. I'm Kyle Bray,

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<v Speaker 2>and here's what's happening. It's the eve of New Year's Eve.

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<v Speaker 2>Alongside Mayor Michelle wu and other city leaders, Boston Elise

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<v Speaker 2>Commissioner Michael Cox says, they're ready for a safe and

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<v Speaker 2>exciting celebration.

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<v Speaker 3>Come in act responsibly, behave responsibly during first night. It's

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<v Speaker 3>the festive time. But this is a time for families

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<v Speaker 3>and kids and to enjoy the first night. And you know,

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<v Speaker 3>don't you know, violate any rules or regulations, because it's

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<v Speaker 3>the law enforcement to hear to hold you accountable if

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<v Speaker 3>you do. That's the main thing that we're really concerned.

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<v Speaker 3>We're not overly concerned about a threat or anything of

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<v Speaker 3>that nature.

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<v Speaker 2>Wbz's Drew mulholland has more on what we can expect

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<v Speaker 2>this year in the city.

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<v Speaker 4>As you can imagine, a lot goes into First Night festivities,

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<v Speaker 4>which go down it's City Hall for the second year

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<v Speaker 4>in a row here in Boston. Last year there was

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<v Speaker 4>a massive crowd and no major incidents. Mayor Michelle Woo

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<v Speaker 4>says let's strive for that again. Safety preps. They've been

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<v Speaker 4>in the makings for months. Some three hundred thousand people

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<v Speaker 4>flocked to the city, ice, sculptures, fireworks, the whole deal.

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<v Speaker 4>It is a family affair. Festivities began as early as

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<v Speaker 4>noon at City Hall, so you can get in there early.

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<v Speaker 4>Maybe some of you are long gone before midnight. That'd

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<v Speaker 4>be me Happy New Year, Drew Mohall and WBZ Boston's

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<v Speaker 4>news radio.

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<v Speaker 2>Tributes continue to pour in from around the world for

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<v Speaker 2>former President Jimmy Carter, who passed away at his home

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<v Speaker 2>Sunday at one hundred years old. Here's CBS's at O'Keefe.

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<v Speaker 5>World leaders also weighed in. King Charles first met Carter

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<v Speaker 5>as a young prince in nineteen seventy seven, said his

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<v Speaker 5>dedication and humility served as an inspiration to many. The

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<v Speaker 5>President of Cuba, a country Carter visited several times, said

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<v Speaker 5>his country will remember with gratitude his efforts to improve relations.

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<v Speaker 5>His visits to Cuba got his calls for the release

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<v Speaker 5>of imprisoned Cubans in the United States.

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<v Speaker 2>Pope Francis released a statement commending Carter's commitment to the

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<v Speaker 2>cause of reconciliation and peace between peoples, the defense of

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<v Speaker 2>human rights and the welfare of the poor and those

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<v Speaker 2>in need. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Jidrou called Carter's legacy

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<v Speaker 2>one of compassion, kindness, empathy and hard work. Time now

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<v Speaker 2>is eleven oh two. Both the Bruins and Celtics are

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<v Speaker 2>off tonight. They'll both be in back in action tomorrow.

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<v Speaker 2>But tonight, on Monday night, football countless Fantasy Football Championship

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<v Speaker 2>games will be decided as the Detroit Lions travel to

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<v Speaker 2>San Francisco to play the forty nine Ers. There's only

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<v Speaker 2>one bowl game in college football today, as Iowa and

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<v Speaker 2>Missouri square off and the Music City Bowl in Nashville.

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<v Speaker 2>The college football and playoff zooms tomorrow with Penn State

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<v Speaker 2>playing Boise State in the Fiesta Bowl and every want

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<v Speaker 2>to play Boise State in the Fiesta Bowl just to

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<v Speaker 2>ask my Oklahoma sooners. Amazon says no more remote work

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<v Speaker 2>in the new year, requiring employees to return to the

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<v Speaker 2>office five days a week.

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<v Speaker 6>Amazon hopes it fosters collaborative teamwork, but according to the

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<v Speaker 6>Seattle Times, some employee these are bracing four long commutes

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<v Speaker 6>and noisy offices. More than five hundred employees from Amazon

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<v Speaker 6>Web Services sent a letter in October to CEO Matt Garman,

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<v Speaker 6>urging him to restore the flexibility of remote work. The

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<v Speaker 6>letter came days after Garman told workers that there are

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<v Speaker 6>other companies around if employees don't want to return.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Monica Nelson coming up. Local homeless shelters are getting

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<v Speaker 2>a boost in funding. Now. It's time for the four

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<v Speaker 2>d a wbz ACU weather forecast from meteorologist Heather's there. So

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<v Speaker 2>that rain that we saw this morning is starting to

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<v Speaker 2>move out into the sea eastward, and it's going to

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<v Speaker 2>clear out otherwise the clowns will start to break forth

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<v Speaker 2>some sun hive around fifty seven. Tonight will be clear

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<v Speaker 2>to party, clowny, breezy low near forty. New Year's Eve

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<v Speaker 2>will start to see increasing clouds throughout the day, a

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<v Speaker 2>high in Year fifty and rain will begin as we

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<v Speaker 2>move on into twenty twenty five. The temperature at twenty

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<v Speaker 2>twenty five when it starts will be forty five and

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<v Speaker 2>then dropping to a low forty two. On New Year's Day,

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<v Speaker 2>the rain will be ending early but remaining mostly clowny,

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<v Speaker 2>with eight chilly breeze hive around forty nine the day

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<v Speaker 2>after that. The second day of twenty twenty five will

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<v Speaker 2>be brisk and chillier with clowns and Sunshine Hive around

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<v Speaker 2>forty two. Right now in Boston it is fifty two degrees.

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<v Speaker 2>Homeless shelters on the North Shore get a boost. Here's

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<v Speaker 2>wbz's Jawilllett.

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<v Speaker 1>The assist from Governor Moore Healey's office. Heading into the

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<v Speaker 1>new year, grant money is on the way. More than

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<v Speaker 1>two hundred and ten hundred thousand dollars will help Lifebridge

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<v Speaker 1>Salem get twelve new beds in their winter shelter. There

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<v Speaker 1>will be roughly ten million in supplemental grants going to

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<v Speaker 1>shelters all over the state. Recent reports have found Boston

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<v Speaker 1>is doing a better job of providing shelter for the

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<v Speaker 1>homeless in twenty twenty four after some rough numbers. In

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<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty three, Jay Willett, WBZ, Boston's News Radio.

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<v Speaker 2>Neighbors in Northend over lend a helping hand after vandals

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<v Speaker 2>break into a liquor store and wreck the shop. McAloon's

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<v Speaker 2>Liquors is owned by Billy Buco and says police called

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<v Speaker 2>him at around one thirty Sunday morning to report someone

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<v Speaker 2>had vandalized the store and smashed hundreds of bottles. He

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<v Speaker 2>estimates about a quarter of a million dollars worth of

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<v Speaker 2>inventory was destroyed. Once word got out about the mess,

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<v Speaker 2>dozens of people showed up at the store to help

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<v Speaker 2>clean up. He says he's grateful for the community support

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<v Speaker 2>and thankful no one got hurt. North Andover police are

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<v Speaker 2>asking anyone with information about the break in to come forward.

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<v Speaker 2>Tony winning actress and seventy sitcom item Linda Lavin has died.

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<v Speaker 2>Michael Kasner reports.

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<v Speaker 7>The eighty seven year old passed away Sunday at her

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<v Speaker 7>home in Los Angeles from recently discovered lung cancer. Lavin

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<v Speaker 7>enjoyed a long career on Broadway. Starting in the nineteen sixties.

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<v Speaker 7>She appeared on the small screen in shows like Barney Miller,

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<v Speaker 7>before taking on the title role in Alice, a show

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<v Speaker 7>about a widowed mom working at a diner in Arizona.

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<v Speaker 7>The show ran for nine seasons through nineteen eighty five.

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<v Speaker 7>She was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame in

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<v Speaker 7>twenty eleven.

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<v Speaker 2>Haveval City councilors are considering a proposal to build a

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<v Speaker 2>large scale solar farm on Ayer's Hill. The Behavioral Gazette

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<v Speaker 2>says Christopher Anderson of SBI Solar, Inc. Presented a detailed

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<v Speaker 2>proposal to the city council last week. The project claims

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<v Speaker 2>the farm's annual energy output would be equivalent to a

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<v Speaker 2>year's worth of electricity consumed in thirteen hundred homes, and

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<v Speaker 2>during a two decade period, the farm would generate more

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<v Speaker 2>than two million dollars in taxes for the city. The

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<v Speaker 2>installation faces opposition from some Avil residents who are concerned

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<v Speaker 2>about potentially negative effects the farm will have on the

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<v Speaker 2>area's forestry and landscape. Thousands of trees would be removed

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<v Speaker 2>in the process of building the farm. Anderson's lawyer assured

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<v Speaker 2>the council that developers plan to replant more than eleven

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<v Speaker 2>thousand trees after twenty years. You are now in the loop.

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