Be disposed, well dispose of it. If need be, well remove carpet from her bedroom as well. Were hoping that will take care of the problem. the Response Team has tested eighty homes over the past few days. Looking for the source of the mercury contamination. This home on san grail court was deemed unsafe. Its still unclear, though, if this is the source of the contamination. Epa Officials Say they plan to clean this home, which is rented, for the next 2 to 3 days. The identity of that student has not been released. Reporting live Shakala Alvaranga 8 news now. shakala, is there any concern for nearby neighbors . Shakala Alvaranga , Officials Say residents in this neighborhood should not worry. They say the contamination is limited to the interior of this meanwhile students are back in the classroom at johnson junior high school. After the epa gave the all clear to reopen the campus after classes were cancelled for three days. 8 news now reporter karen castro is live near buffalo drive and
Now, last month, the police union and the mayor and the Police Commissioner agreed to a voluntary Pilot Program where Police Officers would wear body cameras. But the thing is no volunteers stepped up. So the commissioner made the program mandatory. And the police union sued, saying the city had to bar gain with them on this matter. Now that they are making it mandatory. But the Court Decision came down today. Again, denying the motion by the police union. Saying that the commissioner. The statute grants the commissioner power. The test Pilot Program will go forward. The court did say that still can be arbitrated and bargained. But that the test Pilot Program should not be stopped minutes ago, talking about this. One from the aclu of massachusetts. Called this a great victory. For police accountability. And a victory for civil rights. We still havent heard anything from the police union yet or from the Police Commissioner yet. We expect to hear from those folks later today. In the mean
Worn cameras. Police commissioner William Evans released a statement saying he is pleased with the courts decision and that i remain committed to working with the bppa and their members to insure a smooth implementation of the program. Police Union President pat rhodes expressed disappointment but said in a statement the bppa is still committed to working with the city to make insure citizens of boston get a Body Worn Camera Pilot Program that does what it is supposed to citizens and alike. As an africanamerican who grew up in mattapan and dorchester certainly some tool that provides accountability and transparenty is of the utmost importance. Reporter the judge had some harsh words for the union saying that the unions alleged injury here was selfinflicted. The judge also called the agencys efforts to help implement the Pilot Program boston, im byron barnett, 7 news. Anchor breaking news now by a cambridge man charged with secretly recording several women in the nude including some of
Just shy of the record of 93 set way back in, oh, wait, just last year, last september. So occasionally we hit 90 degrees in the month of september. Looks like today will be one of those days where we see. Sevenday forecast ahead. Sarah all right. Time now for fast track traffic with Danielle Gersh. Danielle thanks, sarah. Good morning, everyone. Happy friday. Heres a look at the expressway. If youre getting ready to head out the door, roads looking good. A lot of green south of town. Routes 3, 24 and 95 all looking od problemfree heading in and out of town on the pike. Route 2 and 3 looking good. 93 in good shape all the way back to 495. A couple of work crews still out there, but theyll wrap things up as we head into the 5 00 hour. And route 1 looking good is far this morning. Will rest check your drive times if youre getting ready to head out the door this morning. Just ten minutes braintree to boston. Northbound on the expressway. 12 minutes into town on the pike from 128. 93 south
I can relate to this story. Oh, man. Got a lot of kids artwork . You want to keep some of that stuff. I cant throw that away. This will help you then. My mom saved my poster from the first grade. You have yours, too . This is going to help everyone. Im looking forward to this. Hey, warm start this morning. Everybodys back at school. It feels like summer. Temperatures in the 70s. 60s in a few spots, but night. Lots of gray skies which are sitting around out there right now, and a few sprinkles showing up. But really not too much. Were going to wait for that front to come through. That will clear things out as we head to the afternoon. A chance of scattered showers this morning. Very minimal. Notice what happens when we head for the afternoon. Skies clear away. A new batch of clouds starts coming in here as we talk about later on tonight. So i think youre going to enjoy today with those high temperatures in the 90s. Close to record heat in many spots. At the bus stop this morning, i ward