WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.480 --> 00:00:03.799 It's nice eyes with Dan Ray. I'm telling you easy 2 00:00:04.200 --> 00:00:06.719 Boston's news radio very. 3 00:00:06.639 --> 00:00:11.480 More much Madison, and I'll tell you thank God it's 4 00:00:11.519 --> 00:00:16.280 Friday tgif I suspect many of you feel that way 5 00:00:16.359 --> 00:00:19.440 for a whole bunch of reasons, one of which is 6 00:00:19.480 --> 00:00:23.719 that summer will arrive officially during our program. So we're 7 00:00:23.719 --> 00:00:26.559 going to start in the spring, and we're going to 8 00:00:26.600 --> 00:00:29.760 finish in the summer. And by the end of the show, 9 00:00:30.320 --> 00:00:32.759 and certainly by the first two or three days, we 10 00:00:32.799 --> 00:00:35.359 will be broiling. And we're going to talk with a 11 00:00:35.479 --> 00:00:39.439 Boston Globe media relogist, Ken Mahan at eight forty five 12 00:00:39.520 --> 00:00:41.759 about that. We're going to talk with the mayor of Wemster, 13 00:00:41.840 --> 00:00:44.600 Dean Mazarella, and we're also going to talk about a 14 00:00:44.640 --> 00:00:48.840 new show called Moonwalkers. It's a journey with Tom Hanks 15 00:00:48.920 --> 00:00:52.719 during this program. But first, after I introduced myself as 16 00:00:52.799 --> 00:00:55.359 Dan Ray, the actual host of Nightside with Dan Ray 17 00:00:55.399 --> 00:00:58.880 and Rob Brooks. After having enjoyed an evening off our 18 00:00:59.159 --> 00:01:02.960 day off yesterday, is back in his normal position in 19 00:01:03.000 --> 00:01:06.760 the WBZ control room with us. We're delighted to be 20 00:01:06.879 --> 00:01:12.319 joined by really long time in an excellent WBZ News reporter, 21 00:01:12.799 --> 00:01:16.079 great friend, Kendall Buell. Kendall, welcome to Night's side. I 22 00:01:16.120 --> 00:01:18.239 think you've been with us before, but it's been a while. 23 00:01:19.239 --> 00:01:21.560 It has been a long time, Dan, great talking to you. 24 00:01:21.920 --> 00:01:23.959 Great to talk with you. So you were up in 25 00:01:24.000 --> 00:01:29.040 Gloucester today for the re enactment of the Battle of 26 00:01:29.120 --> 00:01:32.680 bunker Hill. But Bunker Hill was about thirty miles to 27 00:01:32.760 --> 00:01:36.920 the south or the southwest. There's a little confusion here, 28 00:01:36.959 --> 00:01:40.439 so let's start to unravel this. Why was the two 29 00:01:40.560 --> 00:01:45.840 hundred and fiftieth commemoration of the Battle of bunker Hill, 30 00:01:46.040 --> 00:01:50.799 which really really was, I think arguably the beginning of 31 00:01:50.840 --> 00:01:54.799 the revolution, with all due respects to our friends in 32 00:01:54.879 --> 00:01:58.680 Conquered and Lexington. Why was the recreation of it the 33 00:01:58.680 --> 00:01:59.640 commemoration of it? 34 00:02:00.079 --> 00:02:04.439 Loster Well, because the organizers are going big, really big, 35 00:02:04.680 --> 00:02:08.719 as well they should because you're absolutely right, then, Conquered Lexington, 36 00:02:09.159 --> 00:02:14.159 those were skirmishes. Bunker Hill was the big battle that 37 00:02:14.879 --> 00:02:18.199 really kicked off the Revolutionary War. That's the one that 38 00:02:18.879 --> 00:02:23.400 sent the message to the Crown that they had a 39 00:02:23.439 --> 00:02:27.599 fight on their hands, and also sent the message to 40 00:02:28.000 --> 00:02:32.400 the militia across Massachusetts and across the colonies that they 41 00:02:32.439 --> 00:02:36.039 could take the fight to the British. So it's such 42 00:02:36.240 --> 00:02:40.520 an important event to commemorate as we stand here on 43 00:02:41.159 --> 00:02:43.879 the eve of the nation's two hundred and fiftieth birthday. 44 00:02:44.120 --> 00:02:48.080 Of course, we just celebrated the two hundred and fiftieth 45 00:02:48.159 --> 00:02:52.199 birthday of the Army and that's exactly really what the 46 00:02:52.240 --> 00:02:55.560 birth of the Army was really the Battle of Bunker Hill. 47 00:02:55.919 --> 00:03:00.159 So this is such a huge event and the the 48 00:03:00.319 --> 00:03:04.319 organizers decided to really go big. We're talking about a 49 00:03:04.520 --> 00:03:08.479 thousand reenactors and then thousands and thousands of people who 50 00:03:08.479 --> 00:03:11.439 are going to be in Gloucester to watch for each 51 00:03:11.479 --> 00:03:13.319 of the days of the events. And the fact is, 52 00:03:13.360 --> 00:03:17.280 if you have that many people the real Bunker Hill, 53 00:03:17.280 --> 00:03:20.039 well it's not going to do it. Charles Town has 54 00:03:20.360 --> 00:03:22.520 changed quite a bit over the last two hundred and 55 00:03:22.520 --> 00:03:26.800 fifty years and with the urban development there, you really 56 00:03:26.879 --> 00:03:32.159 couldn't do such a large scale operation, just as far 57 00:03:32.240 --> 00:03:37.360 as having all that many reenactors, but also logistically speaking, 58 00:03:38.319 --> 00:03:44.360 accommodating that many spectators as well. One of the organizers 59 00:03:44.400 --> 00:03:48.240 in Gloucester said that the parking alone has just been 60 00:03:48.280 --> 00:03:51.840 a logistical nightmare for them. It's enough that they've cracked, 61 00:03:51.879 --> 00:03:54.400 they feel, but it was a very hard thing to do. 62 00:03:55.120 --> 00:03:57.360 It is very hard when you look at all the 63 00:03:57.400 --> 00:03:59.560 people who are going to be coming to Gloucester and 64 00:03:59.800 --> 00:04:01.560 just how big of an event that they have planned. 65 00:04:01.560 --> 00:04:05.280 It's very hard to imagine it actually happening in Charlestown. 66 00:04:05.439 --> 00:04:08.759 So this is throughout the weekend in Gloucester. Tonight's Friday, 67 00:04:08.840 --> 00:04:12.919 obviously the twenty The Battle of Bunker Hill, I guess 68 00:04:13.000 --> 00:04:16.600 was actually on the seventeenth, if I'm not mistaken, Yes, yes, 69 00:04:16.720 --> 00:04:20.199 So have they reenacted the battle or is the best 70 00:04:20.279 --> 00:04:22.399 yet to come? And will that happen over the weekend? 71 00:04:23.639 --> 00:04:27.399 They're not. So Today was all about getting set up, 72 00:04:27.759 --> 00:04:31.839 and getting set up was exactly what was going on 73 00:04:31.879 --> 00:04:36.199 from very early on as they put up the tents 74 00:04:36.240 --> 00:04:40.959 and just kind of secured the perimeter of the area. 75 00:04:41.000 --> 00:04:43.360 There was a press conference this morning where we heard 76 00:04:43.439 --> 00:04:48.160 from the Mayor of Gloucester, Greg Virga, various people from 77 00:04:48.199 --> 00:04:51.920 Revolution two fifty who have been helping organize this event. 78 00:04:52.199 --> 00:04:56.120 State Senator Bruce tar the Senate min Order leader, was there. 79 00:04:56.199 --> 00:05:00.000 He is actually going to be one of the reenactors 80 00:05:00.120 --> 00:05:04.000 is tomorrow in honor of one of his ancestors. Who 81 00:05:04.079 --> 00:05:08.839 was one of the youngest combatants in that particular battle. 82 00:05:09.399 --> 00:05:12.800 They just kind of set the stage for everything today. 83 00:05:13.480 --> 00:05:17.839 Then came the crews who are setting up the encampments, 84 00:05:18.160 --> 00:05:21.279 and then the setting up of the fortification is going 85 00:05:21.319 --> 00:05:25.839 to be the first real big events starting tomorrow. This 86 00:05:25.879 --> 00:05:31.199 is when the colonial militiamen, seeing that they had the British, 87 00:05:31.199 --> 00:05:35.279 were advancing on where they were bunker and breeds Hills, 88 00:05:35.519 --> 00:05:37.839 trying to get the high ground so that they could 89 00:05:37.920 --> 00:05:41.079 mess with the British navy, who we're going to try 90 00:05:41.120 --> 00:05:45.120 to break the siege of Boston. It was feverish work 91 00:05:45.399 --> 00:05:49.560 to get these fortifications, these redoubts as they're called, all 92 00:05:49.600 --> 00:05:53.439 set up, and that is going to begin the whole 93 00:05:53.480 --> 00:05:57.560 reenactment tomorrow at eight point thirty, and then throughout the 94 00:05:57.639 --> 00:06:02.199 day tomorrow you're going to have the British first landing, 95 00:06:02.240 --> 00:06:04.839 although they're actually not going to be coming by sea, 96 00:06:05.160 --> 00:06:07.279 but they're going to be showing up at half Boon 97 00:06:07.399 --> 00:06:11.839 Beach there in Gloucester. The first attack on those colonial 98 00:06:11.839 --> 00:06:14.720 missures militias will be at one o'clock, and then the 99 00:06:15.000 --> 00:06:20.040 second and then ultimately the third successful attack on the 100 00:06:20.040 --> 00:06:23.639 Colonials will start taking place at four o'clock and then 101 00:06:23.680 --> 00:06:27.079 the whole thing is going to be repeated on Sunday, 102 00:06:27.759 --> 00:06:31.439 doing it on two consecutive days just so that they 103 00:06:31.480 --> 00:06:36.800 could really accommodates as many spectators as possible, because they're very, 104 00:06:37.120 --> 00:06:41.600 very excited to tell this story and to bring this 105 00:06:42.600 --> 00:06:46.600 seminal piece of America's history to life for as many 106 00:06:46.600 --> 00:06:47.480 people as they can. 107 00:06:47.920 --> 00:06:50.720 Well, I know talking to having talked over the years 108 00:06:50.720 --> 00:06:53.800 to some of the enactors, they take this very seriously 109 00:06:53.839 --> 00:06:56.920 and when they practice for these events, they want everything 110 00:06:56.920 --> 00:07:01.279 to be just so, and it's great. Any idea how 111 00:07:01.279 --> 00:07:05.439 many thousands of people? I guess either day will work, 112 00:07:06.040 --> 00:07:08.680 But is there is there any tips we can give 113 00:07:08.720 --> 00:07:11.360 any of our listeners that one day might be a 114 00:07:11.360 --> 00:07:14.040 little easier than the next. I'm thinking that maybe Sunday 115 00:07:14.120 --> 00:07:17.680 might be a better day to get up there. Or 116 00:07:17.920 --> 00:07:18.959 is it flipping a coin? 117 00:07:20.560 --> 00:07:22.720 It is absolutely a flip of a coin. I am 118 00:07:22.879 --> 00:07:26.079 not going to venture up trying to get anybody advice 119 00:07:26.160 --> 00:07:29.319 on what day to go. But the advice that I 120 00:07:29.439 --> 00:07:34.480 will pass on, and this comes from the Gloucester Police, 121 00:07:34.920 --> 00:07:41.399 is check the Gloucester PD Facebook page or go to 122 00:07:41.439 --> 00:07:45.720 the Revolution two fifty website. They're going to have real 123 00:07:45.839 --> 00:07:51.199 time updates on which of the satellite parking lots become full, 124 00:07:52.079 --> 00:07:55.279 which are more easily accessible at any given time with 125 00:07:55.519 --> 00:07:58.360 the traffic patterns and all that, because that's what people 126 00:07:58.360 --> 00:07:59.519 are going to want to do. They're going to want 127 00:07:59.560 --> 00:08:02.160 to go to these satellite parking spots that have been 128 00:08:02.199 --> 00:08:08.120 set up around Gloucester, around Manchester and avail themselves of 129 00:08:08.399 --> 00:08:12.720 the free shuttles that'll get them there. And of course, yeah, 130 00:08:12.839 --> 00:08:15.759 it is, it really is. And of course Gloucester is 131 00:08:15.759 --> 00:08:18.519 served by the MBTA, so that would really be a 132 00:08:18.600 --> 00:08:21.959 very good way for people to get there. But yeah, 133 00:08:22.160 --> 00:08:26.639 the officials are being very proactive and keeping people informed 134 00:08:27.160 --> 00:08:31.560 on what's going on just from a traffic and parking standpoint, 135 00:08:31.600 --> 00:08:35.960 to try to ease the expected congestion as much as possible. 136 00:08:36.279 --> 00:08:38.639 Well, Kendall, I'll tell you, I don't know if you're 137 00:08:38.679 --> 00:08:40.679 going to be working this weekend, but if you are, 138 00:08:40.720 --> 00:08:42.639 you're going to have a front row seat. And I 139 00:08:42.720 --> 00:08:46.039 know that you're a history buff yourself. You have a 140 00:08:46.080 --> 00:08:48.799 lot of aspects of it that maybe people who don't 141 00:08:48.840 --> 00:08:51.480 know us very well. You're a very active guy, kept 142 00:08:51.519 --> 00:08:55.960 in shape all the time, so I think that if 143 00:08:56.000 --> 00:08:57.840 you're up there tomorrow, are they going to be some 144 00:08:57.919 --> 00:09:00.480 fine reporting, that's for sure. So thanks so much Kendal 145 00:09:00.559 --> 00:09:03.279 for all the information tonight and really set it up 146 00:09:03.399 --> 00:09:06.039 really well. And I appreciate particularly you're working on a 147 00:09:06.120 --> 00:09:08.879 Friday night, that's for sure. Thanks Kendal, appreciate so much. 148 00:09:08.919 --> 00:09:09.919 Look forward to seeing you around. 149 00:09:10.080 --> 00:09:11.799 Absolutely my pleasure there. 150 00:09:11.759 --> 00:09:14.399 All right, Kendall. But ladies and gentlemen who is on 151 00:09:14.480 --> 00:09:16.840 the scene in Gloucester with the reenactment of the Battle 152 00:09:16.879 --> 00:09:20.240 of Bunker Hill in Charlestown will take place tomorrow and 153 00:09:20.320 --> 00:09:22.600 on Sunday when we get back, we're going to talk 154 00:09:22.639 --> 00:09:27.240 with the Dean, i should say with Dean Mayor, Dean Mazarella, 155 00:09:27.320 --> 00:09:30.919 the mayor of Leminster. Lemister is going to be competing 156 00:09:31.000 --> 00:09:35.159 along with about nineteen other communities nationwide for one of 157 00:09:35.200 --> 00:09:39.039 the ten All American City Awards. Though that's not bad 158 00:09:39.159 --> 00:09:41.279 odds if there's going to be ten winners out of 159 00:09:41.440 --> 00:09:44.480 nineteen competitors. We're going to talk with the mayor on 160 00:09:44.519 --> 00:09:46.480 the other side. 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My name is Dan Ray. 183 00:10:53.639 --> 00:10:56.240 We will be in touch directly with Mayor Mazzarella a 184 00:10:56.279 --> 00:10:58.440 beautiful Lemonster, Massachusetts. 185 00:10:58.559 --> 00:11:04.360 Right after this, It's Night Side with Dan Ray, Boston's 186 00:11:04.399 --> 00:11:05.000 News Radio. 187 00:11:06.000 --> 00:11:08.519 Welcome back to a Friday night edition of the night 188 00:11:08.600 --> 00:11:13.320 Side News Update with us is longtime mayor of Leminster, Massachusetts, 189 00:11:13.360 --> 00:11:17.120 Mayor Dean Mazzarella. Mayor Mazzarella, I covered you as a 190 00:11:17.159 --> 00:11:19.799 TV reporter. Now we're doing something on the radio. How 191 00:11:19.799 --> 00:11:20.600 are you tonight, sir? 192 00:11:21.240 --> 00:11:24.080 I'm good. I just seems like a while that we've 193 00:11:24.720 --> 00:11:29.080 got a chance to to speaks. Are you? 194 00:11:29.240 --> 00:11:33.399 Are you besides being a man a mayor named dean 195 00:11:34.279 --> 00:11:36.759 dean in this case Dean Mazzarella, are you also the 196 00:11:36.799 --> 00:11:39.559 dean of the Massachusetts mayor mayors? 197 00:11:40.840 --> 00:11:44.759 So what they say is that I'm the longest serving 198 00:11:44.799 --> 00:11:46.120 mayor ever ever? 199 00:11:46.639 --> 00:11:49.200 Wow? When were you first elected? What year? 200 00:11:49.240 --> 00:11:51.799 There's no there's no benefits to this. 201 00:11:52.159 --> 00:11:58.720 No, ninety three? Yeow, so ninety three you now have 202 00:11:58.960 --> 00:12:01.039 done over thirty. 203 00:12:00.840 --> 00:12:04.960 Years, right, thirty second year. I was a cop for 204 00:12:05.039 --> 00:12:08.879 ten and business owner for the whole time I was 205 00:12:08.919 --> 00:12:11.840 throwing both. I wonder you know how you know how 206 00:12:11.879 --> 00:12:13.000 it goes three and flies? 207 00:12:13.320 --> 00:12:17.840 Oh? Believe you know the Latin the Romans had it 208 00:12:17.919 --> 00:12:23.000 right with the Latin phrase tempest fugit. So I wonder 209 00:12:23.000 --> 00:12:24.720 if there's a mayor and you're the mayor of a 210 00:12:24.799 --> 00:12:28.200 legitimate city. I mean, you're not the mayor of you know, 211 00:12:28.480 --> 00:12:32.840 backwater West Virginia, pardon my you know, and there was 212 00:12:32.960 --> 00:12:35.200 you know, we po dunk Iowa or something. You're a 213 00:12:35.240 --> 00:12:36.159 mayor of a real side. 214 00:12:36.639 --> 00:12:40.559 I'm wondering if a man. Yeah, I you're the manager. 215 00:12:40.639 --> 00:12:42.759 You're the actual city manager, right, But. 216 00:12:43.039 --> 00:12:44.960 I'm wondering if that, if you may not be the 217 00:12:45.000 --> 00:12:47.480 longest serving mayor in the nation. 218 00:12:50.000 --> 00:12:53.000 I'm up there. I can tell you up there, I guess, 219 00:12:53.039 --> 00:12:56.559 Like you know, there's some smaller cities that you know, 220 00:12:56.600 --> 00:12:59.240 the mayor's been there longer. But I'm up there, I guess. 221 00:12:59.360 --> 00:13:02.399 But well, say you some to think about it, well. 222 00:13:03.000 --> 00:13:06.120 Mayor Mazzarella. Some of these cities have, like I'm in Wyoming, 223 00:13:06.159 --> 00:13:07.639 they have twelve residents. 224 00:13:08.159 --> 00:13:10.000 Yeah, exactly, I'm the. 225 00:13:10.000 --> 00:13:14.879 Mayor here of bug Tussel Wilhoaming since I was fourteen 226 00:13:14.960 --> 00:13:18.799 years old. I'm maybe three now, and nobody else wants 227 00:13:18.840 --> 00:13:24.960 to run against me. Geez, that's as a nineteen ninety 228 00:13:25.000 --> 00:13:28.080 three mayor. Just to give it in some perspective, I 229 00:13:28.240 --> 00:13:32.200 was just beginning my efforts on behalf of the Joe 230 00:13:32.240 --> 00:13:35.879 Solvati story. Getting Joe and three other guys out of 231 00:13:35.919 --> 00:13:38.480 prison took fifteen years. 232 00:13:38.399 --> 00:13:41.720 For us fourteen. You know, you know that Peter Lamoney 233 00:13:41.840 --> 00:13:43.039 was my father's best friend. 234 00:13:44.120 --> 00:13:47.440 I had heard that, and Peter, who I got to 235 00:13:47.519 --> 00:13:50.879 know after you get out, very nice man. Okay. I 236 00:13:50.960 --> 00:13:54.080 can't talk about what he might have done during his career, 237 00:13:54.759 --> 00:13:57.039 uh but but I think there was a time when 238 00:13:57.080 --> 00:13:58.960 he actually saved the life of a guard in a 239 00:13:58.960 --> 00:14:03.120 prison riot and walk in Walpoles, and I know a 240 00:14:03.120 --> 00:14:06.120 little bit about that. But I spent Dick Barrow worked 241 00:14:06.120 --> 00:14:09.240 in that case so long, and I spent, I spent. 242 00:14:09.879 --> 00:14:11.799 I remember fourteen years. 243 00:14:11.879 --> 00:14:15.639 And then the day that Joe and Peter and the 244 00:14:15.759 --> 00:14:18.679 estates of the two men who died in jail were 245 00:14:18.720 --> 00:14:21.399 awarded one hundred and one million dollars and they got 246 00:14:21.440 --> 00:14:24.600 the money. They got one hundred and six million, sixteen 247 00:14:24.679 --> 00:14:27.759 million dollars from the FEDS. That's the day I started 248 00:14:27.799 --> 00:14:30.960 this program nightside. And we're now in our eighteenth years. 249 00:14:31.000 --> 00:14:33.919 So I remember, no, I remember, and I remember it 250 00:14:33.960 --> 00:14:36.000 well and well. They all grew up in the West End. 251 00:14:36.000 --> 00:14:38.600 My father was a West End sure. Yeah, and you 252 00:14:38.639 --> 00:14:41.879 know they stayed friends forever no matter where they moved 253 00:14:42.000 --> 00:14:42.360 or you. 254 00:14:42.360 --> 00:14:46.799 Know where they were moved to where they with the 255 00:14:46.840 --> 00:14:50.200 case of Peter, Peter at a great restaurant on Cambridge Street. 256 00:14:50.279 --> 00:14:53.919 So let's talk about this honor. Has the city of 257 00:14:54.039 --> 00:14:59.080 Lemonster ever competed for one of these All American Cities Awards? Previously? Never? 258 00:14:59.279 --> 00:15:01.279 And that's what's sorry, I mean I think we've put 259 00:15:01.320 --> 00:15:03.639 in but this time we made the finals. We're one 260 00:15:03.679 --> 00:15:06.039 of twenty and uh next week we'll be heading up 261 00:15:06.080 --> 00:15:08.480 to Denver, Colorado, and we're going to. 262 00:15:08.519 --> 00:15:09.240 Go for the gold. 263 00:15:09.399 --> 00:15:11.840 You know, we're going to go for for the final. Wow, 264 00:15:11.879 --> 00:15:15.399 and I'm pretty excited. We're excited about it. It's it's uh, 265 00:15:15.879 --> 00:15:19.200 it's we've never made it this far and uh so yeah, 266 00:15:19.240 --> 00:15:19.840 we're excited. 267 00:15:19.840 --> 00:15:22.279 How many just just to put in perspective, every year, 268 00:15:22.399 --> 00:15:26.600 how many people, how many cities try to win the 269 00:15:26.639 --> 00:15:28.360 nomination when when they. 270 00:15:28.279 --> 00:15:31.759 Starts in hundreds, hundreds and hundreds. Yeah, and we made 271 00:15:31.759 --> 00:15:34.840 it to the we made it to the finals. 272 00:15:34.240 --> 00:15:37.200 And what and so they're out of the twenty finalist 273 00:15:37.480 --> 00:15:40.240 ten so you got a fifty to fifty shot here. 274 00:15:40.399 --> 00:15:43.960 Ten right, we'll be given that designation. So the question 275 00:15:44.200 --> 00:15:47.120 is what did they judge? What are you judged on? 276 00:15:47.279 --> 00:15:51.480 Are you judged on cleanliness? Are you judged on you know, 277 00:15:51.600 --> 00:15:54.679 good government? Are you judged on crime? What? What? What 278 00:15:54.720 --> 00:15:55.960 are you judged on? Do you have any. 279 00:15:55.799 --> 00:16:00.440 Idea well, like take for example, Johnny Oppis was born 280 00:16:00.440 --> 00:16:04.759 in Leminster. Johnny Appleseed was all about nature and and 281 00:16:04.919 --> 00:16:10.320 you know, planted trees and we had the last running orchard, 282 00:16:10.639 --> 00:16:14.080 apple orchard in the city where Johnny Applete was born, 283 00:16:14.600 --> 00:16:17.320 and it was about to be developed. We stepped in 284 00:16:17.919 --> 00:16:21.039 and the community got together and it was over five 285 00:16:21.120 --> 00:16:23.559 or six million dollars total at the end, but we 286 00:16:23.679 --> 00:16:26.879 ended up raising enough money, getting some state grants and 287 00:16:26.919 --> 00:16:29.399 then we purchased it. But beyond that, they looked for 288 00:16:29.440 --> 00:16:32.799 the sustainability, like, okay, so you purchased it twenty years ago, 289 00:16:33.000 --> 00:16:36.240 so you know, how's it going. And one of the 290 00:16:36.279 --> 00:16:38.600 things they looked at is were you able to keep 291 00:16:38.799 --> 00:16:41.720 you know, that orchard running and you know things like that. 292 00:16:41.799 --> 00:16:44.120 So you know, you did a project, you did something 293 00:16:44.159 --> 00:16:47.279 that you know, changed the community, how did you sustain 294 00:16:47.360 --> 00:16:49.720 yourself through the process, And that's really what the whole 295 00:16:50.120 --> 00:16:52.480 that's what our you know, that's how we were selected 296 00:16:52.519 --> 00:16:57.840 on the sustainability and right now that orchard runs ninety volunteers. 297 00:16:58.279 --> 00:17:01.919 It's it's it's an incredible resource for the city. It 298 00:17:02.480 --> 00:17:06.400 helped to preserve the reservoirs that surround it. So and 299 00:17:06.440 --> 00:17:08.279 it's one of those pieces of land that on a 300 00:17:08.319 --> 00:17:11.400 clared day you can see Boston. So you know, they 301 00:17:11.440 --> 00:17:13.559 look for, you know, what was the project and is 302 00:17:13.599 --> 00:17:17.160 it did it sustain itself with the use you keep 303 00:17:17.200 --> 00:17:17.519 it going? 304 00:17:17.720 --> 00:17:22.279 Okay, So that really is in this competition. Lemonster's calling card, 305 00:17:23.519 --> 00:17:24.200 that's one of them. 306 00:17:24.200 --> 00:17:27.319 And then we had the big floods in September level 307 00:17:28.960 --> 00:17:30.759 and ten days later we had the journey up to 308 00:17:30.799 --> 00:17:33.440 Sea Festival, you know, in the same place that had 309 00:17:33.480 --> 00:17:35.759 five feet of water. So you know, that's what they're 310 00:17:35.759 --> 00:17:37.680 looking for. That's what they're hoping to see. 311 00:17:37.799 --> 00:17:39.640 Resilience, you know, resilience. 312 00:17:39.680 --> 00:17:43.440 Yeah, a little engine that could and traditionally. 313 00:17:43.160 --> 00:17:45.440 All of that. How many people are in your great 314 00:17:45.480 --> 00:17:46.200 city at this point? 315 00:17:46.200 --> 00:17:49.359 How many forty five thousand people? We still have seventy 316 00:17:49.400 --> 00:17:52.680 two factories in the community that are very lean and 317 00:17:52.960 --> 00:17:56.319 energy of fission and we recycle a lot of plastic. 318 00:17:56.440 --> 00:17:58.720 We make a lot of plastic, but we recycle probably 319 00:17:58.720 --> 00:18:01.960 more than any other place the country. We get plastic 320 00:18:02.039 --> 00:18:04.720 that comes from the ocean and recycle it. There are 321 00:18:04.759 --> 00:18:09.079 companies here that make things like via degradeable g cops 322 00:18:09.079 --> 00:18:11.839 that people use in their coffee every day. And so 323 00:18:12.720 --> 00:18:16.559 very diverse in the community. We have many, many, you know, 324 00:18:16.640 --> 00:18:19.759 countries represented here and everybody's That's the other thing that's 325 00:18:19.839 --> 00:18:23.319 unique is it's so diverse and everybody gets along. And 326 00:18:23.720 --> 00:18:26.359 you know, Devon's was very close. In the military, you 327 00:18:26.440 --> 00:18:29.119 have to be a team. Construction was big Inleminster. You 328 00:18:29.200 --> 00:18:32.240 got to work as a team. Manufacturing was you know, 329 00:18:32.359 --> 00:18:35.880 it's still you know, it's still huge in Lemister. And 330 00:18:36.279 --> 00:18:38.000 you got to work as a team. And that's the 331 00:18:38.039 --> 00:18:42.680 stuff that breaks down racial diversity and divide personalities is 332 00:18:42.839 --> 00:18:45.720 these are things that nobody cares. You have to work 333 00:18:45.759 --> 00:18:50.319 as a team. Military, construction and u and manufacturing. 334 00:18:50.640 --> 00:18:54.079 Well. Best of luck. Uh, not that you need any luck, 335 00:18:54.079 --> 00:18:56.440 because I think you deserve it. I'll also tell you 336 00:18:56.480 --> 00:18:59.920 a little known fact about Leminster. My mom was born there. 337 00:19:00.920 --> 00:19:03.319 I know that, you know, I think I knew. 338 00:19:03.240 --> 00:19:05.559 That once before. Yes, well, I had my roots a 339 00:19:05.559 --> 00:19:08.559 little bit in Lemonster, And uh, every time I've been 340 00:19:08.640 --> 00:19:11.079 up there, I've enjoyed the community, enjoyed that whole neck 341 00:19:11.079 --> 00:19:13.440 of the woods up in a central mass up in 342 00:19:13.519 --> 00:19:17.160 north central Massachusetts. Keep us posted. And when you win 343 00:19:17.240 --> 00:19:19.599 this thing, you bring, bring all the gold. I'd love 344 00:19:19.599 --> 00:19:21.160 to have you back on and talk about it. 345 00:19:21.960 --> 00:19:25.079 I have to tell you your loyal listeners. George mc namara 346 00:19:25.200 --> 00:19:28.000 is a guy from Lemons that I know. George, and 347 00:19:28.279 --> 00:19:31.480 this guy was your pr man. There was never a 348 00:19:31.519 --> 00:19:34.359 conversation that didn't have your name in it. I can 349 00:19:34.440 --> 00:19:36.960 tell you that he never missed the show, he never 350 00:19:37.319 --> 00:19:41.279 missed attendance. And he passed away just about a year ago, 351 00:19:41.400 --> 00:19:42.480 and he was had. 352 00:19:42.519 --> 00:19:44.000 Word from George in a while. 353 00:19:44.079 --> 00:19:46.559 And oh yeah. 354 00:19:45.880 --> 00:19:48.880 You get to become friends with people. I remember George. 355 00:19:49.400 --> 00:19:51.640 God do I remember George and I he was a 356 00:19:51.720 --> 00:19:54.400 good guy. Yeah. Sometimes you think, well, maybe people have 357 00:19:54.480 --> 00:19:57.880 lost interest or they've you know, they've moved moved. 358 00:19:58.400 --> 00:20:02.680 Yeah, well hopefully if thing now is my cruise when 359 00:20:02.720 --> 00:20:04.240 I used to drive the cruise that you can only 360 00:20:04.279 --> 00:20:06.799 dial in on w b Z right at night, listen 361 00:20:06.839 --> 00:20:09.599 to Larry Clake over the night. Yeah, today you can 362 00:20:09.640 --> 00:20:11.759 take the app with you in anywhere in the world 363 00:20:11.839 --> 00:20:12.519 you can listen. 364 00:20:13.160 --> 00:20:15.559 I hope you take the app to Denver and you 365 00:20:15.720 --> 00:20:18.079 let us know and we'll have you back when you win. Okay, 366 00:20:18.119 --> 00:20:20.400 I'm not gonna jinks you. You you got you. You 367 00:20:20.519 --> 00:20:23.240 are destined for greatness here for a whole bunch of reasons. 368 00:20:23.319 --> 00:20:26.799 You're you're great anyway. Always enjoyed govern here and I 369 00:20:26.839 --> 00:20:29.759 so enjoyed our conversation tonight. And if if you talk 370 00:20:29.799 --> 00:20:34.079 to any of Georgie's family, please pass along. Michael Dolen says, 371 00:20:34.079 --> 00:20:36.119 I've had not informed of that. 372 00:20:36.359 --> 00:20:38.400 Okay, all right, Well, well. 373 00:20:38.400 --> 00:20:41.799 Mayor Mazzarella, Dean Mayor Mazzarella, who also I think is 374 00:20:41.799 --> 00:20:44.799 the Dean of Massachusetts mayors. The Mayor of Lemistry is 375 00:20:44.839 --> 00:20:46.799 going to Denver. He's gonna win a big award for 376 00:20:46.839 --> 00:20:48.559 the city of Leminster, and we'll tell you all about 377 00:20:48.559 --> 00:20:50.720 it when it comes back. Thanks again, Mayor. We'll talk soon. 378 00:20:52.680 --> 00:20:55.480 All right, We get back and to talk about the Moonwalkers. 379 00:20:55.519 --> 00:20:59.799 A Journey with Tom Hanks, an immersive cinematic experience, so 380 00:21:00.079 --> 00:21:02.799 one of a kind perspective on Humankinds past and future 381 00:21:02.839 --> 00:21:06.839 voyages to the Moon, narrated by none other event Tom Hanks. 382 00:21:07.440 --> 00:21:10.240 We'll be back with all the specifics right after the 383 00:21:10.279 --> 00:21:11.440 news at the bottom of the hour. 384 00:21:12.720 --> 00:21:17.799 It's night Side with Boston's news radio. 385 00:21:19.839 --> 00:21:22.720 Welcome back everybody. There's a big event coming up in 386 00:21:22.799 --> 00:21:26.440 Boston and it's going to be at the Sanders cat 387 00:21:26.440 --> 00:21:30.960 the Saunders Castle in Boston, which with us is Richard Slaney. 388 00:21:31.000 --> 00:21:33.680 He's the CEO of Light Room. The company behind this 389 00:21:33.880 --> 00:21:37.960 immersive experience is called The Moonwalkers, a Journey with Tom Hanks, 390 00:21:38.640 --> 00:21:42.240 narrated by Hanks. It's an immersive cinematic experience, so one 391 00:21:42.240 --> 00:21:45.759 of a kind perspective on humankind's past and future voyages 392 00:21:46.319 --> 00:21:50.720 to the Moon. This sounds fabulous. Richard Slaney, welcome to Nightside. 393 00:21:50.720 --> 00:21:51.160 How are you. 394 00:21:52.279 --> 00:21:54.640 I'm very good, Thanks for having nice to be. 395 00:21:55.279 --> 00:21:59.880 So when how was this project born and how did 396 00:21:59.880 --> 00:22:03.119 you folks get involved in it? And how long has 397 00:22:03.160 --> 00:22:06.160 it been in the incubator. 398 00:22:06.920 --> 00:22:08.960 Well, it's a really funny story. Actually we made a 399 00:22:08.960 --> 00:22:12.519 big immersive show in London with the artist David Hockney 400 00:22:13.119 --> 00:22:15.880 and the week we opened, Tom Hanks came as a 401 00:22:15.880 --> 00:22:20.599