After prosecutors argue dimasi is deathly ill and serving the rest of his sentence for corruption is not necessary given his grave condition. The 71yearold has been diagnosed with throat and Prostate Cancer while behind bars. He has had treatment in prison and is in remission. Side effects of the health care has caused a narrowing of the esophagus and creates a risk of choking while he eats or drinks. The u. S. Bureau of prisons says it is difficult for him to function in prison. Dimasi was convicted of he has served five years of his eightyear sentence. In the last hour, current Massachusetts Senate president Sam Rosenberg tweeted out im very pleased to learn of the coming compassionate release of sal demacy. I wish him and his family a joyous homecoming. Also, the current speaker of the house also put out a comment basically saying that dimasi and his family have christa right now we have some breaking news in newton. Fire crews have responded to a Hazardous Materials situation at th
Everybody, i am julie grauert. It is cold out there. Daniel you can say that again julie julie it is cold out there julie i came with a hat and a big puffy jacket. A freeze effect is in. Sarah wroblewski in for shiri. Sara, how long will this last. A warmup headed our way. This morning, yes, the coldest out of the recent days and today we will see slight improvement, but really the warmup heads our way for the week. But, yes, a freeze warning along the coastline. Boston at 32 degrees. We have clear skies because High Pressure will be building on in, and it will influence our weather by changing that wind direction to a much warmer wind direction than we saw over the weekend. So that means we are on our way up, but with the clear skies. Some clouds over the cape. This is what you can expect as you step outside right now. 32 in boston. 20s and 30s for the cape and south shore. 27 in beverly. But take a look at that. 19 degrees in orange. We will see temperatures still through the morning
And in fact, sunrise occurs just after 7 00. So we are going to continue to see freezing conditions at the bus stop. It will be through the mid to late morning we will finally see conditions out of the freezing mark, i guess could you say. By your lunch hour into the low 40s. Some sunshine comes with us day. We will get into the mid to upper 40s by the afternoon. We will feel a little more comfortable. The winds wont be as buzzer as yesterday and through sunset before 6 00 and we fall back into the 40s. Overall another cooler than average day. But we do have a warmup coming our way. We will talk about when that will come and a check of your traffic with julie grauert. Good morning. Julie sarah, good morning and a great day to get out and start on your week. The pike looking fine through the alstonbrighton area. The 95 south looking good. Zakim bridge no traffic to speak of. Live drive times. 8 minutes from 123 to settle. 23 minutes from 495 to the leverett connector. Eight minutes on t
A precaution. Also tonight hit with a pellet gun all over his body. This dog shot several times right now police want to know who targeted it. Hello everyone im mark ockerbloom. Im heather hegedus. Right now the search is on for that suspect. Erica richie live. Reporter mark and heather, its important not to miss what you just said. Both police and the dogs owner believe this was no accident. The dog was hit nine times and that they say indicates intent. Lets take a look get to know this dog just a little bit. Fouryearold noble you can see the marks all over his body. Even a few behind his ears that you cant see. His owner mike stack of rochester says theyre wounds from a weapon a bb or a pellet gun. Noble was struck sometime after staff let him out around 6 30. Stack says he didnt hear any shots or his dog cry in fact he didnt even find the holes until a few hours later when he went to pet a vet confirmed b. B. S or pellets were lodged inside but as long as no organs were struck noble
The cape and islands. 40s for the southeast as well as the south shore, but a few sprinkles showing up here on radar. In fact, we have a better shot of some showers further to the north. Boston metro, mild. Upper 40s and typically we see the mid40s for this time of year. Thanks to the cloud cover through the overnight hours, but if you were going to be traveling from rindge to manchester to concord, New Hampshire. Expect to see light rain, few raindrops possible. In fact we will be watching the clouds continue to be off and on throughout the day today. More clouds than sun at times, and through the morning hours, we could see a few sprinkles along southeastern parts of New Hampshire, as well as the north shore. Some of the chances will continue in boston out toward worcester. Areas to the north. Most areas staying dry, but just cant rule out that stray sprinkle. The one thing you will notice much milder for the day today as temperatures are already starting off in the upper 40s. We wil