Speaker 1: Forty seven degrees rain coming down in Boston. Hello and
Speaker 1: thanks for being with us. Happy Thanksgiving. It's eleven o'clock.
Speaker 1: I'm Sherry Small. Here's what's happening right as you head
Speaker 1: out the door to that Thanksgiving feasts. You might want
Speaker 1: to give yourself a little extra time.
Speaker 2: Rain for much of Thanksgiving Day, it dries out with
Speaker 2: sunshine returning tomorrow.
Speaker 1: That's at you, Weather meteorol just Joe Lundberg. The full
Speaker 1: forecast coming right up. Hundreds of people in Wrentham started
Speaker 1: their Thanksgiving morning with a run. WBC Suzanne Sausville reports
Speaker 1: on the seventh annual Turkey Whacker Race.
Speaker 3: It is shame, it is time.
Speaker 4: A five k trail run. Reverend Blake offered the ode
Speaker 4: to the Turkey Whacker, what's the dawn of Thanksgiving?
Speaker 5: And all through the house the runners were stirring and
Speaker 5: waking their spouse. It's a wonderful way for families to
Speaker 5: begin their Thanksgiving celebration.
Speaker 4: More than five hundred runners, including Nate Sylvan, who came
Speaker 4: in first with a course record. Not a PR but
Speaker 4: I'll take it. Just a workout, he says, for his
Speaker 4: college cross country team. But it definitely built up his
Speaker 4: appetite for Thanksgiving dinner.
Speaker 5: Definitely, I definitely time.
Speaker 4: And run from Suzanne Saulsville WBZ, Boston's news radio.
Speaker 1: All Right, this is the twenty fifth Thanksgiving for Americans
Speaker 1: living aboard the International Space Station. The US crew members
Speaker 1: they include astronaut and Needham native Sonny Williams. She and
Speaker 1: Butch Wilmore arrived in June board the Boeing Starliner spacecraft.
Speaker 1: They are stuck there until February because of technical problem.
Speaker 2: Readings from the International Space Station.
Speaker 4: Our crew up here just wanted to say Happy Thanksgiving
Speaker 4: to all our friends and.
Speaker 2: Family who are down on Earth and everyone who.
Speaker 1: Is supporting us in Sonny says she plans to tune
Speaker 1: in to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade before enjoying a
Speaker 1: holiday meal of Get This Smoke turkey, Brussels sprouts, butternut squash,
Speaker 1: and apples in spice. A pair of high school football
Speaker 1: rivalries settle the score at Fenway.
Speaker 2: On Wednesday night. Central Catholic took on Lawrence on the
Speaker 2: makeshift football field in the middle of Fenway Park. Ahead
Speaker 2: of the game, Lawrence head coach Emilia Cologne said it
Speaker 2: was a special moment for everyone involved.
Speaker 5: It's amazing. It's an amazing event. For the kids, it's
Speaker 5: something that they lovely going to forget. I was. I
Speaker 5: had the privilege of being here a couple of years ago.
Speaker 5: As it official, I refereed the end of the North
Speaker 5: end of a game. So it was an experience I
Speaker 5: never will forget, and I'm sure the kids will don't forget.
Speaker 2: Unfortunately for Lawrence, Central Catholic got the win thirty four
Speaker 2: to twelve. Afterwards, it was a North Shore showdown between
Speaker 2: Swapskit and Marblehead, the magicians making some magic under the
Speaker 2: Fenway lights, beating Swapskit forty two to six, and marblehead
Speaker 2: Head coach Jim Rudloff was able to return to the
Speaker 2: sidelines after the teacher strikes Intown ended on Tuesday night.
Speaker 2: Jared Brosnan w BZ, Boston's news.
Speaker 1: Radio, and now let's check the four DA WBC ACCU
Speaker 1: weather four kids.
Speaker 3: All right.
Speaker 1: Unfortunately, it's going to be a gray and rainy Thanksgiving Day,
Speaker 1: rain much of the time, some of it at times heavy,
Speaker 1: ending this evening, though becoming breezy. Today's high in the
Speaker 1: city forty eight degrees for the South Coast Cape and Islands.
Speaker 1: Mid fifties near forty north and west of four ninety five.
Speaker 1: Breezy tonight, clearing skies dropping to about thirty three to
Speaker 1: thirty seven degrees. All right, Friday, if you're heading out
Speaker 1: to do some Black Friday shopping, you want to bundle up.
Speaker 1: It looks like it's going to be dry but chilly.
Speaker 1: A high have just forty five degrees. We'll have a breeze,
Speaker 1: a mix of sun and clouds. Saturday, that is I
Speaker 1: believe it is a small business Saturday, another day to
Speaker 1: do some shopping and support our local small business owners.
Speaker 1: It's going to be even chillier though, I'll high a
Speaker 1: forty three still breezy, more sun than clouds. Sunday, a
Speaker 1: mix of sun and clouds, but high is only near
Speaker 1: forty Right now in the city, we have seen a
Speaker 1: mixture of We've been going from rain to just cloudy.
Speaker 1: Now we're back to rainy skies in the city forty
Speaker 1: seven degrees at eleven oh five. A tradition around Methuin
Speaker 1: during the Thanksgiving season, everyone goes to Raymond's turkey farm.
Speaker 2: It's a huge operation here, moving thousands of turkeys before Thanksgiving.
Speaker 2: Kim Ellis is part of the family that owns this
Speaker 2: farm where they raise and package their own turkeys. It's
Speaker 2: a beloved local favorite.
Speaker 5: Most of our customers are regular customers, and a lot
Speaker 5: of them are all year.
Speaker 3: Long for turkey.
Speaker 1: Tip is to always use a meat thermometer.
Speaker 2: The farm is so beloved they needed a police detail
Speaker 2: to manage traffic this week.
Speaker 3: The officer here says, it's always like this.
Speaker 5: The line was over one hundred deep plus, and so
Speaker 5: it's the quality of turkey that they get it. If
Speaker 5: people are willing to wait for it.
Speaker 2: For one reason or another, something keeps the customers coming back.
Speaker 1: I think it's just what we like to get a
Speaker 1: fresh turkey, and it's always tasted great, and we.
Speaker 2: Just stay with that.
Speaker 3: File Shaffle b Busy, Boston Serge Radio.
Speaker 1: A contractor working on a home in Wellesley suffering an
Speaker 1: electrical s shock while installing holiday lights. It has happened
Speaker 1: at a home on Falmouth Circle. The man was using
Speaker 1: a large pole to string the lights on a tree
Speaker 1: when it came in contact with an electrical line on
Speaker 1: top of a utility pole. First responders arrived and found
Speaker 1: one of the man's coworkers performing CPR The victim taken
Speaker 1: by ambulance to Newton Wellesley Hospital, then transferred to mass
Speaker 1: General with what police say were life threatening injuries. No
Speaker 1: words so far on the man's condition. This morning, officials
Speaker 1: in Boston have been overwhelmed with complaints about delays in
Speaker 1: mail delivery. Now members of the Massachusetts Congressional delegation are
Speaker 1: calling on the Postmaster General for some ancer. Senator Ed
Speaker 1: Markey says the USPS has a responsibility to come and
Speaker 1: to testify before the Boston City Council to explain why
Speaker 1: there is inadequate mail service across the city. City councilors
Speaker 1: included Ben Weber and Liz Breading. They've expressed similar concerns.
Speaker 1: A British soldier is convicted of spying for Iran. We
Speaker 1: get to Dale's on that story. From CBS's A Lane Colle.
Speaker 3: The British court was told that soldier Daniel Abbad Khalife
Speaker 3: badly wanted to be a spy, but he was rejected
Speaker 3: because of his Iranian ancestry. He even wrote to Britain
Speaker 3: spy Agency six offering to be a double agent. Police
Speaker 3: described him as a fantasist, but admitted his actions had
Speaker 3: an effect on British security. The court found him guilty
Speaker 3: of gathering sensitive information for Iran Elaine Cobb, CBS News.
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