From the Newsroom: Wicked Local: Recent Episodes
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In 1967, when women were not allowed to participate, Boston Marathon official Jock Semple attempted to physically remove Kathrine Switzer from the race. He failed. Six years later, Semple finally gave Switzer her due, as she explains in an April 5, 2022 interview with wickedlocal.com's Tim Dumas.
Joanna Tzouvelis, host of "Belmont Buzz," produced by Belmont Media Center, interviews Select Board Vice Chair Roy Epstein about his decision to seek re-election to his three-year seat and his top priorities.
Dave Thompson, president of Wicklander-Zulawski and Associates, one of the largest consulting and law enforcement training firms in the country, describes what he believes are more lawful and humane ways for investigators to obtain evidence and confessions than lying to suspects.
Belmont Buzz welcomes special guest Vyrna Napoli, a longtime Belmont resident and former Belmont business owner who is celebrating her 90th birthday.
Belmont Buzz talks to Dr. David Alper about his decision to retire after practicing podiatry in his home office at One Oak Ave. in Belmont for 35 years.
ittleton Town Clerk Diane Crory announces election results May 8, 2021 at Littleton High School gymnasium.
Sean Smith, Chelmsford library's head of borrower services, talks about the pop-up library.
Belmont Buzz speaks with Jill Norton and Amanda Rodriguez, co-founders of Belmont's newest organization, Belmont Family Engagement Network.
Brookline's new Superintendent Dr. Linus Guillory, reflects on his approach to leadership and education.
Belmont Buzz is joined by Belmont Public Library Director Peter Struzziero to talk about the "Better Through Books: Healing Community Together" community read initiative.
Belmont Buzz talks with members of the Yes For Belmont campaign about why they think an override is necessary in Belmont.
"Belmont Buzz" talks with Elizabeth Dionne, member of the Warrant Committee and chairman of the Community Preservation Committee, about how the town could save money on its retirement expenses.
Meet three of the women behind a new Belmont group called, "Citizens for a Fiscally Responsible Belmont.""
Belmont residents share their thoughts on 2020 and hopes for 2021 in this special Belmont Buzz edition of "Good Riddance, 2020!" with host Joanna Tzouvelis, senior multimedia journalist of the Belmont Citizen-Herald and Wicked Local Belmont.
Joanna Tzouvelis takes Belmont Buzz on a tour of the new Belmont Police Station with architect Ted Galante, Building Committee Chairwoman Anne Marie Mahoney and Police Chief James MacIsaac.
The Needham Housing Authority meeting came to a quick end when members realized the meeting was password protected.
Carrie-Lyn Woodsum lived at 119 Leland St., Framingham. A house on the Southside of Framingham. This is the story of Carrie-Lyn's old house and why she had to leave it, and why it has sat vacant for years. Daily News correspondent Jeannette Hinkle talks with Carrie-Lyn Woodsum.
Belmont Buzz talks with Craft Beer Cellar co-founder and CEO Suzanne Schalow in the literal cellar at their new location in Belmont at 87 Leonard St.
Belmont Buzz chats with special guests, Christine McLaughlin and Maria Maniates, co-founders of the Facebook page, "Time to Put Kids First in Belmont" and organizers of a rally to reopen schools in Belmont.
Host Joanna Tzouvelis interviews Jeffrey Lasseter, owner of Jamaica Jeff's in Belmont center about his recent encounter with Gov. Charlie Baker and how the coronavirus shutdown has hurt the restaurant industry.
Belmont Buzz talks to the co-chairs of the Belmont Special Education Parent Advisory Council, Tim Flood and Naomie Dorilas, about the upcoming year and how their organization supports parents of students with different learning abilities as well as the challenges students are facing due to remote learning.
Mah-jongg is a game that has tied generations together. It's a social game, one usually played with friends around a table. COVID-19 changed everything. For this episode of The Daily News, we spoke to MetroWest mah-jongg lovers about how the coronavirus has impacted their pastime, and when they might come together for a game in a friend's living room again.
READ MORE: Mah-jongg lovers have adapted a social game passed down through generations to the coronavirus. They say something has been lost.
Belmont Buzz host Joanna Tzouvelis speaks with newly promoted Assistant Belmont Police Chief Mark Hurley about the current climate for public safety officials in general and what challenges the Belmont Police face in this unprecedented time of protest and pandemic.
In the latest episode of Strip Search: The Comic Strip Podcast, hosts Dave London and Pete Chianca welcome back Sage Stossel, author of the "On the Loose" book series, who's currently re-introducing her superheroine character "Starling" via Go Comics. (Also available at starlingcomic.com.) Stossel's cartoons also appear weekly in the Provincetown Banner and can be found at provincetown.wickedlocal.com. For more visit www.petpeevescomic.com/podcast.
Audio from a July 2, 2020 gunfire incident on Harvard Street in Cambridge, provided by the Cambridge Police Department.
This month's "Belmont Buzz" guest is Thomas Gatuzunis, owner's project manager for three major construction projects happening simultaneously in Belmont - the construction of the grade 7-12 middle and high school, the renovation and addition of the Belmont Police Station and the renovation and addition of the public works facility. Tom gives an update on the projects and talks about the impact of coronavirus on the job sites.
Resident Asher Smith discusses the fire that destroyed a home on Riveredge in Billerica this evening.
Belmont Buzz host Joanna Tzouvelis interviews Dr. Kathryn Boger, director of the McLean Anxiety Master Program at McLean Hospital and the McLean School Consultation Service, about how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting children of all ages, advice and tips for parents, and potential long-term effects.
"Belmont Buzz" features Select Board Vice Chairman Adam Dash, who talks about his decision to run for re-election and his goals.
Alma Moreno, co-owner and general manager of Azucar Tapas Bar in Maynard gives a toast during the restaurant’s ribbon cutting ceremony.
On a hike to Bald Hill in Boxford State Forest with Police Chief Jim Riter, the hosts of the Wendall in the Wild Podcast find out about a Revolutionary War soldier who is buried there and how beavers have changed the shape of Crooked Pond. BTW, Bald Hill isn't bald anymore. Listen in.
Belmont Buzz rings in the new decade with a look back at the past decade, 2010-2020, talking to store owners and customers in Belmont Center and Belmont Lions Club member and retired 911 Operations Manager Dan MacAuley.
Listen to the audio communication from scanner chatter from 8:26 pm. to 8:49 p.m. on the police and fire and dispatch lines in Marlborough, Massachusetts. This communication may not be complete.
The School Committee made an exception and let non-Somerville resident Daphne Banar share her story as a paraprofessional at the West Somerville Neighborhood School. Her emotional testimony brought tears to the eyes of many in the room.
Bhabana Pati of Westford sings at Bollywood Karaoke night, Jan. 11 2020, Parish Center for the Arts, Westford
The Framingham School Committee met for an executive session on Dec. 18 to hear an update on union activity from Superintendent Robert Tremblay. The audio was later accidentally released on the district website.
The Daily News uploaded just under 23 minutes of audio from the discussion to its website. The recording of the executive discussion, which was about 24 minutes long, has been lightly edited for privacy reasons.
"Belmont Buzz" rings in the new year with an interview with Belmont's newly appointed Police Chief James MacIsaac.
Wendall Waters and Chris Stevens give a reading of “Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree” and then talk to Scott Santino of the Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary about how bears, foxes, rabbits and mice (all animals featured in the book) get through the winter.
This is communication on the scanner among dispatch and emergency crews in the field, recorded from both the Hudson Police and Hudson Fire departments, from 1:53 p.m. to 2:24 p.m. on Dec. 12, 2019 while police responded to the report of a shooting at 7 Howe St. in Hudson. The recording may not be comprehensive.
The latest “Belmont Buzz” features Belmont Woman’s Club co-presidents Wendy Murphy and Maria Papadopoulos talking about the club’s centennial anniversary and the club’s role in maintaining the historic home on Pleasant Street in Belmont known as the William Flagg Homer House.
This is the initial Provincetown Fire Dept. scanner communication responding to a fire at 86 Atkins Mayo Road in Provincetown on Nov. 21 at about 2:15 p.m.
These short segments from the Middleton Veterans Day observances include Veterans Agent Gary Bent giving his remarks, the three volleys, and the playing of "Taps." The ceremony was held at the Veterans Memorials at the Flint Public Library Monday, Nov. 11 at 11 a.m.
Wendall in the Wild Co-Hosts Wendall Waters and Chris Stevens explore an old barn in Boxford and then tell funny and spooky tales about bats and spiders. Happy Halloween!
In this special Halloween episode of our podcast, the Daily News, we take you on a spooky tour of Sudbury's Wayside Inn. We ask the Wayside's 11th innkeeper in 300 years and a paranormal investigator about former hostess Jerusha How, and find out why she might still be haunting the inn.
The Wayside Inn is probably most famous because it was featured in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's famous collection of poems, "Tales of a Wayside Inn."
Read more about the Wayside Inn and our Halloween content on our website, www.metrowestdailynews.com
Daily News investigative and data journalist Jeannette Hinkle wanted to find out, just how noisy is it in Framingham. She went to a handful of spots in the city with a recorder and an app that measures sound levels.
Find the story on our website: www.metrowestdailynews.com
The latest Belmont Buzz, with guest Belmont Police Chief Richard McLaughlin who is retiring the end of 2019. He shares memories about his experience the past 11 years as chief, his thoughts on the police department currently and his hopes for the future of the Belmont Police Department.
Officers were dispatched to 135 Centre Ave. in Abington on Monday morning after a woman called 911 to report she found a young girl unconscious and bleeding. Officials say five people -- three children and two adults -- were found dead.
At Riverhead Beach in Marblehead, Wendall Waters and Chris Stevens were treated to a fly-fishing demonstration by Jenny Tatelman of FlyandFlow, a local business that takes anglers on trips both locally and around the world. They learn about fish, flies, and the art of fly-fishing.
In the midst of the EEE crisis, a new mosquito species is quietly establishing itself in the southeastern part of the state. It has the ability to spread a litany of tropical diseases, including Zika. Scientists say climate change is causing the species to move north.
Listen as Jeanette Hinkle, a multimedia journalist with the Daily News, talks about the issues surrounding the growing mosquito population in Massachusetts and how it effects people's health.
Read more about this story and the 2019 EEE crisis in Massachusetts at https://metrowestdailynews.com/topics/mosquito-illness-2019
Listen to the latest 'Belmont Buzz' podcast, with guest Julie Wu, founder of Belmont Composts, who talks about the efforts she began to get more Belmont residents to compost and to start a pilot composting program at the Chenery Middle School.
Christopher Roy, general manager of Belmont Light, talks about how Belmont gets its electricity and how Belmont Light is leading the way to a future with less carbon emissions.
Is your favorite childhood place for exploring nature still there? Or, has it been developed? Join Wendall and Chris on an audio tour of a former missile site in Boxford State Forest with Police Chief James Riter, who recalls going there as a kid swimming in the quarries and looking for snapping turtles. Once bare, the site is now teeming with wildlife.
In Episode 7 of 5 Minute Reviews, Chris Comer discusses "The Lion King," "Crawl" and "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood."
Recent AMSA graduate and soon-to-be Johnson & Wales University freshman Nico Ciolino chats all things golf with Daily News senior multimedia journalist Tommy Cassell in a golf cart at Marlborough Country Club.
Daily News boys Golfer of the Year and recent Algonquin graduate Jack Tobin talks golf on the course at Marlborough Country Club with Daily News senior multimedia journalist Tommy Cassell.
Firefighters from several communities worked to extinguish a fast-moving multi-alarm fire in a building near Natick Common that was first called in to 911 at 1:24 a.m. July 22, 2019.
This is scanner communication from the Natick Fire Department, starting at 1:24 a.m. and ending at 2 a.m. It may not have captured every communication in that time range.
At least eight businesses are affected by the blaze that has destroyed the single-story commercial building.
The 13,000-square-foot building was built in the early-1900s and has gone through many renovations. The building houses numbers 2 to 7 South Main St.
Tune in to the latest “Belmont Buzz,” Belmont’s talk show and podcast produced by Belmont Media Center. This month’s guest is Select Board Chairman Tom Caputo, reflecting on the accomplishments during the first year of his three-year term.
About 50 environmental activists protested Tuesday, July 2 outside the State House and called for an independent investigation into the administration's permitting of a controversial natural gas compressor station in Weymouth.
In Episode 6 of 5 Minute Reviews, Chris Comer talks about "Toy Story 4", "Shaft", and "Men in Black: International."
(first 30 mins of the multi hour training) Multiple law enforcement, EMS and public safety agencies participated in a large-scale, critical incident response training exercise at the Natick Mall, Sunday evening, June 2, 2019. The simulation involved multiple assailants (actors) who entered the Natick Mall after wounding a security officer, then moved through the mall inflicting harm on patrons and employees, while law enforcement and public safety entities responded.
Belmont Buzz talks with Facilities Director Steve Dorrance as he reflects on the first year in his position.
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Oklahoma!” is returning to the North Shore Music Theatre for the first time in more than 25 years. We sat down with two of the stars of the show, Blake Price (Curly McLaine) and Madison Claire Parks (Laurey Williams). Prior to this show both had played their respective roles elsewhere, and are each making their NSMT debuts.
Moderator Gary Spiess reads the vote for Article 51 at Marblehead Town Meeting to fund a new elementary school.
Listen to the spirited debate that took place at Topsfield Town Meeting about the proposed ban on the use of elephants, big cats, and other exotic animals for entertainment. Arguments for and against were presented.
Here's the latest "Belmont Buzz," with special guests Cassandra Page, winner of the recent town election race for the Housing Authority seat and her campaign manager Cabell Eames.
Somerville Police responded to a bank robbery at Middlesex Federal Savings Bank at 1 College Ave. on Wednesday, May 1, 2019. This is scanner communication from the police channel starting at 9:57 a.m. and ending at 10:51 a.m. The transmissions may not be complete and may contain calls for other incidents happening at the same time.
Sue Gabriel, executive director of Beverly Bootstraps, talks about the wide range of year-round services the organization provides as well as ways people can get involved through donations or volunteering.
A KIA SUV crashed into a utility pole, completely snapping it and knocking power out all the way into Halifax following a crash on Plymouth Street (Route 104) in Bridgewater on Sunday evening, April 21, 2019.
A vehicle drove through the glass windows and entrance of the Westside Shell gas station on Belmont Street in Brockton on Thursday night, April 18, 2019. A 24-year-old Brockton woman, the driver, is facing charges.
From The Herald News in Fall River, here are five stories you need to know for Saturday, April 13.
MUSIC: "Loopster," by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
On Thursday, April 11 at 1 p.m., employees at the 700 Pleasant St. Stop & Shop location in Waltham went on strike, advocating for a better contract. There are about 300 employees at the location.
Blogness on the Edge of Town and Wicked Local present Episode 6 of The Springsteen Poll-Cast. In this episode, host Pete Chianca presents your picks for Bruce Springsteen’s best-ever album sides from the vinyl era, as chosen by Blogness on the Edge of Town readers.