Speaker 1: This is WBZ Boston's news radio redefining local news.
Speaker 2: Sunny in forty seven degrees in Boston at eleven o'clock.
Speaker 2: Good Sunday morning. Thanks for being with us. I'm Sherry Small.
Speaker 2: Here's what's happening. Are a more seasonable weather today, but
Speaker 2: fire concerns remain. A red flag warning is still an
Speaker 2: effect until sixth this evening for the high fire risk.
Speaker 3: Good AUGUSTI wins, very low humidity and continue very dry conditions.
Speaker 2: And that's thatch you weather meteorologist Joe Lundberg. The full
Speaker 2: forecast coming up in three teachers in Beverly among several
Speaker 2: Massachusetts communities hitting the picket lines. Here's WBZTV's Beth Germano
Speaker 2: with details. Well, do whatever it takes. We'll bargain around
Speaker 2: the clock.
Speaker 3: But the fact of the matter is we have to
Speaker 3: fix them.
Speaker 1: And the fix for these teachers is smaller class sizes,
Speaker 1: paid parental leave, better pay, particularly for para professionals who
Speaker 1: say they work several jobs to make ends meet.
Speaker 3: I work weekends, I miss sporting events for my children
Speaker 3: because I'm working on the weekends to supplement my income.
Speaker 2: How many jobs are you working?
Speaker 1: In addition to this, are two other jobs.
Speaker 4: You can survive on this spay, and you can even
Speaker 4: live in Beverly, so it's just not easy at all.
Speaker 1: But the city says it's offering educators more than twenty
Speaker 1: four million dollars in new money over the next three
Speaker 1: years and now have a court order in hand to
Speaker 1: force teachers back into the classroom next Tuesday.
Speaker 4: The school committee has been negotiating in good faith.
Speaker 3: Our most recent offers would raise salaries by at least
Speaker 3: thirteen point four percent for teachers.
Speaker 2: And meanwhile, Beverly teachers rallying yesterday with Gloucester teachers who
Speaker 2: are voicing similar demands, and teachers in Marblehead also authorizing
Speaker 2: a strike after Veterans Day that would begin on Tuesday.
Speaker 2: The Marblehead Education Associations it's ninety nine percent of its
Speaker 2: members voted to stay off the job after the holiday weekend.
Speaker 2: A pay raise, say for work working conditions in a
Speaker 2: modern parental leave system among the demands. Officials insisting the
Speaker 2: district had bargained in good faith during a school committee
Speaker 2: meeting last night. State law prohibits public employees from striking.
Speaker 2: Stop and Chop says it's listening to its customers and
Speaker 2: has ended charging for paperbags. The grocery chain issuing a
Speaker 2: statement saying a ten cent bag fee was dropped in
Speaker 2: most Massachusetts stores last month. They still are in place
Speaker 2: in stores located in cities and towns pushing for more
Speaker 2: sustainable shopping. A similar move was made last month in
Speaker 2: Rhode Island as well. And now the four DAWBC ach
Speaker 2: you weather forecast. We do have a red flag warning
Speaker 2: that's in effect until six o'clock to night for higher
Speaker 2: risk fire risks. That is, that's due to the winds,
Speaker 2: low humidity, those very dry conditions that continue. As far
Speaker 2: as what we're going to see whether why sunshine, it'll
Speaker 2: be a chili blustery, a hive just fifty two, so
Speaker 2: winds are going to die down this evening. We'll just
Speaker 2: see a clear but cold overnight with a low of
Speaker 2: thirty six in the city for those inland suburbs, much
Speaker 2: colder twenty five to about thirty degrees tomorrow, sunshine and
Speaker 2: then followed by some clouds, a high a little warmer
Speaker 2: but still seasonable fifty eight degrees tomorrow night, some showers,
Speaker 2: fairly mild, a low of just fifty two, So that's
Speaker 2: leading us into Monday, with a high of sixty eight degrees.
Speaker 2: Monday is Veterans Day, so if you have the day off,
Speaker 2: you know, a hole tight in the morning. It looks
Speaker 2: like there might be a couple of showers around, but
Speaker 2: then those clouds will break for some afternoon sunshine to
Speaker 2: enjoy your day off. If you have the holiday off Tuesday,
Speaker 2: as we head back to work, it's going to be
Speaker 2: much colder. We will see some sunshine, but despite that,
Speaker 2: we'll just see a high of forty seven degrees or
Speaker 2: excuse me, fifty two degrees. It's forty seven degrees right
Speaker 2: now in Boston. It's eleven oh five on this Saturday.
Speaker 1: All right.
Speaker 2: We do have some breaking news. Official Sake Cutter has
Speaker 2: decided to suspend its key mediation efforts between Hamas and Israel,
Speaker 2: one official saying that Cutter is highly likely to return
Speaker 2: to the efforts if both sides show serious political willingness
Speaker 2: to reach a deal on the war in Gaza. A
Speaker 2: diplomatic source briefed on the matter said that both Israel
Speaker 2: and Hamas, along with the United States, were informed after
Speaker 2: the decision was made. We'll continue to follow this and
Speaker 2: bring you the latest throughout the day. You know, if
Speaker 2: you're away from your radio, you can always take us
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Speaker 2: app of a loved local business owner in Cambridge receives
Speaker 2: a warm sendoff from his community. WBC's Madison Rodgers has history.
Speaker 3: It's not often these days checking off your to do
Speaker 3: list brings a warm smile, a word of comfort, a
Speaker 3: sense of community. But at the Porter Square Ups, Sajid
Speaker 3: Body delivers the whole package.
Speaker 4: I love this place, my customers, I like my family
Speaker 4: to me. Once I leave, I'm going to miss them.
Speaker 3: After fifteen years working seven days a week, Sajid is
Speaker 3: moving to the Caribbean at the end of the year.
Speaker 3: Neighbors like Eileen say they really are losing a friend.
Speaker 3: That's kind of what community is, and sometimes it's one
Speaker 3: portal that brings everybody together.
Speaker 2: You know.
Speaker 3: Last week, hundreds came out to a farewell block party
Speaker 3: State Rep. Marjorie Decker, issuing a proclamation recognizing his years
Speaker 3: of service to the neighborhood.
Speaker 4: Just the interaction with customers then shared their stories. Every day,
Speaker 4: every interaction is more exciting than the one before. It's
Speaker 4: just simply marvelous, simply.
Speaker 3: Marvelous in Cambridge. I'm Madison Rogers, w b Z Boston's
Speaker 3: News Radio.
Speaker 2: The winner of a key congressional race in Maine will
Speaker 2: be determined by the Pine Tree State's ranked choice system.
Speaker 2: Three terming coment. Democrat Jared Golden, leading a Republican Austin
Speaker 2: Terrio by about two thousand votes, was still less than
Speaker 2: the fifty percent threshold. Write in candidate Diana Mirenda received
Speaker 2: several hundred votes. Second choice of any voters who left
Speaker 2: their first choice blank also will be counted. Results expected
Speaker 2: sometime next week. You are now in the loop for
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