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Fall foliage expert discusses expectations for 2023 fall season

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:41:52 GMT

The leaves are going to be changing soon, creating the fall foliage that draws many people to New England. But it could be a different kind of fall this year. With the question of what we can expect, 7NEWS spoke with fall foliage expert Jim Salge who said recent weather will play a role.“The drought last year was one of the big factors we considered,” said Salge, an expert with Yankee Magazine. “Since then, there have been three really high impact days — we had the really cold Arctic day in February, we had the late frost and freeze in May and then the flooding rains in July.”In addition to individual days, Salge said this year’s rainy summer could also impact the color of leaves. “The interior forest looks good, but some of our tree-lined streets that people love in fall with those big golden sugar maples are definitely suffering a bit from all the wet weather,” he said. Northern New England can expect a late but long peak foliage season with a more muted ...

Transit police searching for person of interest in sexual assault at Braintree garage

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:41:52 GMT

Transit police are searching for a man after a sexual assault at Braintree T station on Monday morning.Transit police are seeking the public’s help to identify the man who is a person of interest in the investigation, the agency shared on social media.Officials said the assault took place at the Braintree T station garage early Monday morning around 3 a.m.https://twitter.com/MBTATransitPD/status/1704550577743507713?s=20Transit police ask anyone with information to call 617-222-1050.

Sunshine Shines On

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:41:52 GMT

Aside from Monday this week has been (and will continue to be) picture perfect. Sunshine and blue skies continue for the next several days, taking us through the rest of the work week. Clear skies, light wind, and low dew points are the perfect recipe for temperatures to really fall off during the overnight hours and we’ll certainly do that tonight with temperatures falling into the 40s for many of us.So it’s a crisp start tomorrow morning but with the sunshine we’ll rebound nicely in the afternoon. Wind today was less than yesterday and tomorrow will be less than today. Temperatures will climb into the lower 70s again tomorrow, but make sure the kids have a layer for the bus stop in the morning!Friday will be another nice day to finish the week, but we’ll have some high clouds stream in later in the day Friday.The high clouds are ahead of thicker cloud cover that will move in for the weekend. Sadly the weekend does not look to be as bright as what we’v...

Brad Marchand should serve as a terrific Bruins’ captain

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:41:52 GMT

Brad Marchand will be the first to tell you he never dreamed of being a captain of the Boston Bruins when he was rookie in 2010 toiling on the fourth line with Shawn Thornton and Gregory Campbell.“I don’t think Thorny and Soup would have let me think that was going to happen. They would have beat that out of me pretty quick,” said Marchand with a laugh.But Marchand is indeed the 27th captain of the Bruins, announced at the start of training camp on Wednesday. It has been a fascinating journey for a player who many across the league once dismissed as a rat but one who now is not only one of the best left wings in the game but one of the few who are esteemed enough to be named a captain in a sport in which the honor actually means something. And it’s clear it’s a responsibility Marchand does not take lightly.“It means more to me than I think anyone will ever know, to be able to wear the ‘C’ for this team,” said Marchand. “When you look at the leaders who&...

Tim Scott didn’t get the memo, gives a speech about policy devoid of insults

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:41:52 GMT

WINDHAM, N.H. — If the Republican presidential nominating contest were decided purely on the succinctness of a stump speech, then South Carolina’s junior senator would be well on his way to the White House.U.S. Sen. Tim Scott was in the Granite State Wednesday morning when he delivered an address so at odds with the new normal of Republican national politics — and so absent the sort of bombast a New Hampshire primary voter might expect from someone seeking the GOP nomination in this day and age — that it may be fair to call his presentation instructive.Scott, speaking in Windham for the New Hampshire Institute of Politics’ occasional speaker series titled “Politics and Eggs,” paced the floor in front of the podium as he spoke after explaining to the audience that he once dreamt of being a preacher.Delivering about a 10-minute speech that failed to include any insults directed at President Biden’s age or speech impediment, lacking entirely in long-winded tange...

Patriots captain: Defense off to ‘hell of a start’ preparing for Jets

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:41:52 GMT

FOXBORO — Minutes after the Patriots’ loss to Miami last Sunday night, quarterback Mac Jones called for teammates to do more.According to captain and linebacker Ja’Whaun Bentley, that process is well underway.Related ArticlesNew England Patriots | Patriots see increased participation from three players in practice New England Patriots | Patriots captain delivers important message to Demario Douglas after fumble New England Patriots | Mac Jones gets good news at Patriots practice ahead of Jets game New England Patriots | Callahan: The Patriots’ game plan for the Jets comes down to 3 words New England Patriots | Mac Jones taking simplistic approach in attempt to turn Patriots around “We obviously felt like we have to get back on track (after Sunday’s loss),” Bentley said. “We always say we’ve gotta focus on the next game and more attention to detail; just trying to iron out the cert...

Healey calls Red Line near misses ‘unacceptable,’ expresses confidence in Eng

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:41:52 GMT

A series of near misses between MBTA workers and trains on the Red Line over the past two weeks are “unacceptable,” Gov. Maura Healey said Wednesday as she expressed confidence in the agency’s general manager to address safety concerns.Workers performing repairs on northbound tracks between Harvard and Porter Stations told MBTA officials that a train approaching at 25 mph did not stop Monday when employees signaled the driver to do so, according to internal reports obtained by the Herald. It followed a similar incident a week earlier involving the same train driver, according to the documents.Speaking to reporters at an unrelated event Wednesday, Healey said MBTA General Manager Phillip Eng has been “empowered and has hired multiple new individuals” to address safety concerns. Healey said she met with the head of the Federal Transit Administration Tuesday.“We know what we need to do and we will work day in and day out to make sure that we are getting the resources in place to addres...

Patriots see increased participation from three players in practice

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:41:52 GMT

The Patriots added defensive tackle Christian Barmore to the injury report Wednesday with a knee ailment.Barmore’s injury was the only ailment not known heading into the week.Cornerback Marcus Jones (shoulder) and defensive tackle Davon Godchaux (not injury related) didn’t practice ahead of Sunday’s game against the Jets. Jones didn’t finish Sunday’s loss to the Dolphins after injuring his shoulder in the first half. Godchaux’s fiancee gave birth to a baby girl on Tuesday.Related ArticlesNew England Patriots | Patriots captain: Defense off to ‘hell of a start’ preparing for Jets New England Patriots | Patriots captain delivers important message to Demario Douglas after fumble New England Patriots | Mac Jones gets good news at Patriots practice ahead of Jets game New England Patriots | Callahan: The Patriots’ game plan for the Jets comes down to 3 words New England Patriots...

Former federal prosecutor who resigned from Trump-Russia probe says she left over concerns with Barr

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:41:52 GMT

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A former federal prosecutor who helped investigate the origins of the Trump-Russia probe said Wednesday she left the team because of concerns with then-Attorney General William Barr’s public comments about the case and because she strongly disagreed with a draft of an interim report he considered releasing before the election.“I simply couldn’t be part of it. So I resigned,” Nora Dannehy told Connecticut state legislators during her confirmation hearing as a nominee to the state Supreme Court. It marked the first time Dannehy has spoken publicly about her sudden resignation from the probe overseen by former special counsel John Durham.Durham, a former U.S. attorney for the District of Connecticut, was appointed in the spring of 2019 by Barr to investigate potential wrongdoing by government officials and others in the early days of the FBI probe into ties between the Trump 2016 presidential campaign and Russia. Trump expected the investigation to expose w...

Family of man who died while being admitted to psychiatric hospital agrees to $8.5M settlement

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:41:52 GMT

HENRICO, Va. (AP) — The family of a man who died while handcuffed and pinned to the floor for about 11 minutes as he was being admitted to a Virginia psychiatric hospital has reached an $8.5 million settlement with the state, county and the sheriff whose deputies were involved in restraining the man.A judge approved the out-of-court wrongful death settlement Tuesday, according to an agreement filed in Henrico County Circuit Court.Irvo Otieno, a 28-year-old Black man, died in March while handcuffed and pinned to the floor of Central State Hospital for about 11 minutes by seven Henrico County sheriff’s deputies and three hospital employees.His death was ruled a homicide by asphyxiation. All 10 defendants were indicted on second-degree murder charges, but charges against two of the hospital employees were later dropped.Otieno’s family has said he had a long history of mental health problems and was struggling to breathe while he was being held down. Some of the defendants’ lawyers have...