November 26, 2025 • 37 mins
We kicked off the program with four news stories and different guests on the stories we think you need to know about!
2-in-3 Americans say their paychecks aren't measuring up to price hikes.
Guest: Laura Browne – author & Founder of CareerCoffeeBreak.com a company that helps clients make more money at work by negotiating starting salaries and raises.
Edaville’s Holiday Festival of Lights Returns as a Reimagined Celebration with Train Rides, Live Entertainment & Holiday Cheer. - Running Friday, Saturday and Sundays from November 28 through December 28, 2025.
Guest: Ryan Roy - Vice President of Production at Edaville
Donating to South Shore Charities this Holiday season.
Guest: Paul Wahlberg – Celebrity chef - Founded the Hingham restaurant Alma Nova (named after his Mother who had 9 children).
Patriots Talk - There was plenty to like in Sunday’s game, and other observations from an ugly win against the Bengals…
Guest: Ben Volin – Boston Globe sportswriter & host of “Boston Globe Sports Report”
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's nice.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
I'm going you easy news radio.
Speaker 3 (00:06):
Well that was a different sort of introduction. Thank you
very much, Susanne. Suzanne one of my pals here at
w b Z, although we don't see each other much
anymore because I broadcast remotely and all my my friends,
I'm sure I recognize them on the street, but I
just don't get a chance to see them and to
fragnize with them. And I missed them. Miss your Susanne.
(00:27):
Miss I know I miss you too.
Speaker 4 (00:29):
It's nice to hear you though, And I'm sorry about
that intro.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
You know, I wasn't sure what you were doing.
Speaker 5 (00:34):
I don't know, No, probably didn't know what I was
doing either, But that's okay.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
It was It was fun. Now we had a chance
to at least chat for a second until two. That's true.
I hope you and us have a great Thanksgiving if
we don't talk or see each other in the next
thirty six.
Speaker 4 (00:49):
Hours, you too, happy Thanksgiving?
Speaker 3 (00:52):
Thanks, Susan, appreciate it all right. Uh, okay, we're off
to a different type start tonight. My name is Dan
Ray and the host of Nights I'd heard every Monday
through Friday night right here on WBZ. From eight to midnight.
Rob Brooks, my partner in time. As we say, the
producer of this program is back in the control room
at Broadcast Central Broadcast headquarters where it all happens in Medford, Massachusetts,
(01:17):
and I am broadcasting remotely. So having set all of
that up, I will tell you that we will talk
about the drug problem of mass and cast was an
amazing story in the Herald today. I want all of
you to guess how many how many needles have been
(01:37):
distributed free of charge to people who I guess either
they ask for new needles or trade in old needles
to get new needles here in Boston, Massachusetts since two
and twenty one. The numbers four and a half million,
which is a stunning number to me. We will talk
about it tonight, beginning at nine o'clock, and then we'll
(02:00):
talk about your Thanksgiving feast and its costs. We'll also
talk with a state representative who was brought to our
attention that Thanksgiving, along with Christmas, the only day when
liquor stores in Massachusetts are closed. So if you want
to get your wine, you want to get whatever you
like for Thursday, don't plan on taking a strip a
(02:23):
trip to your local package store because they will all
be closed. You'll have to go to New Hampshire assume.
But I don't even know if they're open. But let
us get to our special guest this hour. We're going
to start off with Laura Brown. She's an author and
founder of careercoffee break dot com. That sounds like a
very interesting website, a company that helps clients make more
(02:44):
money and work by negotiating starting salaries and raises. Laura,
that that's a great deal. Here. Are you open for clients?
Speaker 6 (02:55):
Yes, yes, I am, and I love to talk to
people because I want to to make more money.
Speaker 3 (03:01):
So so in my law practice many years ago, I
represented NHL players in contract negotiations, so I know a
little bit about the game, if you will, the game
of hockey, but also the game of negotiation. So what
do folks do if someone calls you and says, gee,
I'm doing X and I'm making this sort of money
(03:24):
and I think I'm underpaid. Do you coach them? Or
do you actually become their agent as it were a negotation?
Speaker 6 (03:31):
Oh no, I'm not. I am not an agent. No,
I normally do coaching. But actually what most people do
is they take a class first, So I actually have
a class on how to ask for a raise and
another class on how to negotiate a higher starting sally
at a new job.
Speaker 3 (03:44):
Because does not include walking in with a mask and
some sort of weapon, right, I mean, you basically do
it the right way. Okay, so give us a couple
of is. I'm sure there are people listening to the
show tonight who feel they are underpaid based upon maybe
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what they think their colleagues are making, or maybe they
feel they're underpaid based upon the type of job and
the industry that they're in. To most people, Yeah, do
most people think they're underpaid? Have there been any studies
that you know everybody? I assume everybody thinks they're underpaid.
Speaker 6 (04:23):
Well, you know what, I haven't seen any studies. That's
really interesting, But most people I talked to do feel
that they could make more money or they want to
make more money. But it's really funny because a lot
of people. Here's my big tip, you actually have to
ask for more money. And that seems so obvious, but
I remember talking to somebody and she said, well, it
won't work for me because I already asked my boss
for a raise. And I said well, tell me what
you said. And she said, well, I went to my
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boss and I said it would be nice to make
more money, and he just laughed and said, yes it would,
And so I told her very kindly. She didn't ask
for a raise. Instead, she sort of made a joke
or she hoped or she hinted, which is what a
lot of people do. So instead, what you need to
do is first find out what is your company policy
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when do they give raises, like do they give raises
in January or or mid year? And then there are
certain things you need to do to start preparing so
when you get raises, then you will get the best
rise possible.
Speaker 3 (05:20):
So how do you sell yourself? Most people, even sales
well maybe not salespeople. I'll strike that most people who
are not salespeople know how to sell themselves. But a
lot of people, I think it's kind of I believe
it's sort of a subconscious fear of rejection that they
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can walk in and say to the boss, boss, I
feel I'm underpaid and i'd like a raise. And your
vision is the boss is going to sit there and
laugh at you. What no one wants to be laughed at.
Is that in the backup. Some people's minds, do you think.
Speaker 6 (05:57):
Oh, most people's minds. The reason most people I'm finding
that they don't ask if it's fear. And the biggest
one is I'm afraid I'm gonna hear no. And so
what I try to do is I turn it around.
I say no doesn't mean no forever. No means no
for right now. And sometimes hearing a no gets you
on the path to a yes. I gotta tell you,
the first time I asked for a raise, my boss
immediately shut me down and said no, And I mean.
Speaker 4 (06:20):
I was ready to quit.
Speaker 6 (06:21):
I was so embarrassed. And I went in the next
day and I found out that he said, oh, no,
you're you're doing a fine job. It's just not raise time.
So this is early in my career, and that's when
I found out my company had raise time. And so
now what I do is I tell people find out
raise time, and then start preparing three or four months
in advance, because this is when they start dividing up
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the raise money. And so what you need to do
is start sending an email to your boss every week
or every two weeks talking about the key things that
you're doing so they can remember when it's raised time.
But more importantly, so they can give this information to
their boss and to human resources, because those are the
people that are going to approve it. And you have
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to just not say, you know, I this week, I
you know, scheduled a conference. They don't care about that.
What they want to know is if you make or
save money for the company. So it's got to be
something like this week, I scheduled a conference for the department.
Normally it's three months later. I did it three months
earlier because this will save us twenty to thirty percent
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on travel because I did it earlier. And so by
saying that, then your boss, human resources, and their managers
realize that you're bringing value. So it's not about bragging.
It's really about helping people to see when they're busy
and they might not realize what exactly you're doing.
Speaker 3 (07:44):
That's great advice because what you're doing is you're putting
in front of them a tangible result which they can quantify.
Speaker 6 (07:54):
That's exactly it.
Speaker 3 (07:55):
And if it is something of you know, I mean,
if you're sending one person to Los Angeles for a
conference and you've saved you know, fifty bucks on a plane,
ticket because they had to fly out a little earlier,
a little late, or whatever. That's not a huge say
for the company. But if you're sending ten people to
Los Angeles, you're able to negotiate with the travel agency
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maybe a little bit of a reduction across the board
because you're not just sending one person, You're sending ten.
Wow that can that can multiply and run into some
real money. Is there a way in which people who
are listening and are intrigued can get in touch with you?
Do you have a website of your author? Is there
a book that maybe people could pick up?
Speaker 6 (08:39):
Thanks for asking. Yeah, well, they can go to my website,
Career Coffee Break, and I will say it's you know,
quick tips that you can sip with your coffee. So
career coffee break dot com. They want information a career
coffee Break dot com put.
Speaker 3 (08:52):
That in there because people are you're right.
Speaker 6 (08:55):
I'm not used to that, Yeah, you're right, dot com.
I've got a book called in Your Income Seven Rules
for women who want to make more money at work,
and actually it's for men too, but I wrote it
for women. And I also have a fiction book, a
Sally Cinderella Story and my newest book is called interview
Speak What your Interviewer really wants to know, and it's
all about how to get a job. So if you
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don't want to raise anyonet a new job, you can
get my interview book.
Speaker 3 (09:21):
There's a lot of information that you have for people,
which I think is going to be great. Laura, I
appreciate it very much. I'm not sure what part of
the country you're speaking to us from tonight. For wherever
you are, I hope you have great weather and a
great Thanksgiving. And I hope that maybe you don't even
have to travel, because.
Speaker 6 (09:37):
Oh I don't, but I'm in Phoenix and it's nice here.
But I love Boston, so you too, have a wonderful
thank you Boston. Oh I went to school in Woodster, sok.
Speaker 3 (09:53):
Okay, I'm that's all.
Speaker 6 (09:55):
Yeah, yeah, I mean there are only a couple there,
but oh yeah.
Speaker 3 (09:58):
And I also as a person out there, Anna Maria,
there's no there's a bunch of great schools out there
in the in the greater Worcester area. Don't downplay Worcester.
The two best Cross and Clark, That's that's for sure.
Are you a New England or Native and you relocated
in Scottsdale.
Speaker 6 (10:15):
Yeah, yeah, I'm I'm a.
Speaker 4 (10:16):
New Yorker, New Yorker.
Speaker 3 (10:17):
Well that's that's close enough.
Speaker 6 (10:19):
That's close enough, and I miss it. I miss it
this time of the year right now.
Speaker 3 (10:25):
But yeah, it's nice the snow before the big snowstorm start.
That that's one of my nice times of year.
Speaker 4 (10:30):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (10:32):
He Laura, appreciate, appreciate your time tonight. Careercoffee break dot com.
That is the portal that you can enter and you
can get all sorts of information from my guest, Laura Brown.
I love your passion and I love your enthusiasm. That's great.
Speaker 6 (10:47):
Thank you so much, Laura, and thank you so much.
I appreciate you. Have a wonderful thanksgiving you.
Speaker 3 (10:52):
You as well. Thank you. When we get back, when
I stay a little closer to home, and we're going
to talk Aboutville. Remember the Edonville Railroad. It's still pumping
along down there, cooking along. Eataville's Holiday Festival of Lights
returns as a reimagined celebration with train rides, live entertainment,
and holiday cheer, and it's going to be running Friday, Saturday,
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and Sunday nights from well, I guess Friday, Saturday and Sundays.
Maybe more than just the night's day and night. We'll
find out through November twenty eighth, which is this coming
up Sunday, this thing after Sunday, after Thanksgiving through December
twenty eighth, and we're gonna be talking about Ryan Roy.
He's the VP of production at Eataville. We'll talk with
him right after this quick break on a Tuesday night
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edition of Nightside.
Speaker 2 (11:40):
You're on night Side with Dan Ray on wz Boston's
news radio.
Speaker 3 (11:46):
Well, I am delighted to welcome our next guest here
on Nightside, Ryan Roy. He's with the Edaville Festival of Lights.
And Ryan, let's let's get the history of the way first.
How long has Edaville been around. I think there was
a period of time where it stopped being available, but
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thank goodness it is back. It is one of the
great great activities of the winter season here in New England.
Speaker 5 (12:16):
Absolutely, Daville has been around since the nineteen forties. Lsc Atwood,
who is actually the reason for the word ida ed A. L.
D Atwood. He owned that space and he brought he
brought a railroad down to it and he wanted to
open it up so that people could come and enjoy themselves.
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And it's been continuing ever since. Actually through through many
through many people, it has it has changed hands, but
one thing has been consistent, and that is the Holiday
Festival of Lights. And we're excited to bring it back
once again this year and with an all new reimagining
for the next generation, while still welcoming the classic feelings
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for all of those families that have been coming for years.
Speaker 3 (13:06):
Well, I remember bringing my wife and I brought our
two children when they were young, and it was it
was really a magical night. Are you in the same
location pretty close to Root three?
Speaker 5 (13:21):
Well, actually we're a little bit closer to four ninety five,
but you can certainly take Root three to get there.
We're in Carver, Massachusetts. You can get their exit two
off of four. It's about forty five minutes out of
Boston and really simple to get to. You can find
those directions on our website vitaville dot com, or you
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can plug in our address which is fine five Pine Street, Carver,
mass Well.
Speaker 3 (13:48):
You're the vice president of production at Edaville, and I
looked at the amount of events that the activities. It
is it's like a full night of activity. Obviously, train rides,
photos with Santa. You got these dazzling light displays. I
guess you have an outdoor skating rink so people can
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skate under the stars. You have horse drawn carriage rides,
food and treats. It looks to me as if it
is bigger and better than from what I remember thirty
or so years ago.
Speaker 5 (14:26):
You know, it's really exciting to be able to expand
it and to reimagine from what it was. Classically it
was just a train ride. And we were thinking about
it and we said, you know what, we want people
to come. We want them to enjoy themselves. We want
them to stay a little bit longer and really enjoy
the holidays in that holiday feel because you know, this
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only happens a certain time of year and everybody loves
that feeling, and why not be in it for just
a little bit longer. Stay just a little bit longer
so you can go on that horse and carriage ride.
Then you can go and sit under a heated and
have some food with your family, or have some drinks
with your friends and our all new jingle bar and
just have a really good time.
Speaker 3 (15:07):
Well, I know you open up this Sunday the twenty
No excuse me, you open up this Friday, the twenty eighth,
this Friday.
Speaker 5 (15:16):
Right, you are correct. We're going in strong right on
Black Friday. We want everybody to cut out here and
have a great time.
Speaker 3 (15:23):
I misread it before, so let me make sure we
get it right. Friday nights. You're going to be open
from four to nine beginning this Friday, the day after Thanksgiving.
On Saturday, you go on Sunday, Well, Saturday you're going
to be two to nine and on Sunday two to
six pm, So enough time to get there. But at
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the same time, I got to believe that tickets are
going fast.
Speaker 5 (15:49):
They are moving and grooving. So if you want to
get on that train, get on, get onto eataville dot com.
Grab those tickets. But even if you can't get a
train ticket, you can still come and enjoy all of
those other festivities. So we have a couple of different
ticket options for you. For those folks that are just unsure,
they're not sure what they want to do, but they
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want to come out and enjoy themselves, see some lights,
maybe hang out with a family, or hang out with
a friend. You can just grab a general admission ticket,
it's twenty six dollars and includes all of those light displays,
the horse and carriage rides, ice skating, ice skate rentals,
horse and carriage rides, and then pictures with Santa. So
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there's plenty to do for that small amount. If you
want to jump on a train, it's just a little
bit more, you're going to look at forty six dollars
and you're going to have a blast.
Speaker 3 (16:41):
Ryan, let me ask you, you're the vice president of
production at Edaville. How long have you been working with Ville?
Speaker 5 (16:47):
So you know, this is my first year with Cedaville's
Holiday Festival of Lights. Again this year we've had the
privilege of combining two incredible New England additions. I have
been long part of King Richard's Fair and we have
now merged with Edaville Entertainment Venue, which is now hosting
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the Edaville Holiday Festival of Lights. So we are bringing
entertainment to the Festival of Lights as well. So when
you come out here, you're going to be able to
sit at a stage, have a sing along with some
of Santa's elves, and there's just some new experiences that
we think that the classic crowd is really going to
enjoy and for those folks who have never come, there's
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a new experience to be had.
Speaker 3 (17:36):
Heay. Just looking at the website, it looks as if
it's bigger and better than ever and I kind of
recommend it more highly to parents, well, people of all ages,
but grandparents with children. It's a night, it's a magical
night that odd kids never forgot. We talked about it
for years and I'm sure there's a lot of families
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take the opportunity. Folks go to Edaville dot com E
d A V I L L E dot com. It
looks fabulous.
Speaker 1 (18:06):
Ryan.
Speaker 3 (18:07):
I've been a big fan of Richard's Fair back in
the day as well. So you've got these two, uh,
these two great traditions that you're bringing together. So congratulations,
thanks for bringing this back to New England.
Speaker 4 (18:21):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 5 (18:22):
We're really looking forward to all these folks coming out
to visit us. From our family to yours. Happy Thanksgiving everybody,
and we can't wait to see you at the Eataville
Holiday Festival of Lights.
Speaker 3 (18:32):
Ryan, thank you very much. Ryan Roy with the Edaville
Festival of Lights. He is the vice president of production
at Daville and you can hear the enthusiasm in his voice.
We get back. We've been talking with celebrity chef Paul
Wahlberg about some great South Shore charities that are really
ramping up for the holiday season. Back with Paul Wahlberg
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right after the News at the bottom of the hour.
Speaker 2 (18:56):
You're on Night Side with Dan Ray. I'm telling you
BET's News Radio.
Speaker 3 (19:02):
Delighted to be joined by Paul Wahlberg. Paul, of course,
is the chef at the Alma Novay restaurant, named in
honor of the mom who brought nine Wahburgs into the world,
located at the Hingham Shipyard. Paul is really at the
center of a lot of activity. We chatted this morning,
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and boy, this is going to be a great time
of year for you. Paul. I know that you're concerned
a lot about helping other people. I know you don't
talk about it much, but let's talk about some of
the programs that are in operation on the South Shore
helping people. You went through the list with me today.
(19:46):
It's amazing that there are that many people who will
take time this year, this time of year tell other people.
Speaker 1 (19:52):
No.
Speaker 4 (19:52):
First of all, thank you for having me on. Obviously,
you couldn't find someone better, So I just don't know.
Not true, But I blame Jack do already for all
of this, so.
Speaker 3 (20:03):
Well he is an I put you in Jack and
the Pantheon of Saints as far as I'm concerned.
Speaker 4 (20:09):
But oh, you need a better panthy on my friends, Jack,
I'm not I'm not quite sure, but I'll tell you. You know,
when when you you know, we had talked about this earlier,
you know, this is kind of like for a lot
of people, their favorite holiday because it's that thankfulness and
being able to spend time with family and enjoy each
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other's company and being thankful for all the things that
that we've that we've grown accustomed to in our lives.
But when you're talking about it, you know, when you
also there's there's a lot of difficult situations going on
at the same time, sure, and a lot of people
are struggling, you know, especially in this environment. And so
when you think about you know, you asked me, you know,
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you know who help, Like, it's not really about me,
it's all of these people in the front lines. You know,
when you get programs like the Quinsy Action Community Action Program,
you know, SELT Show Stars you know, well Spring, Uh,
they just they're doing Vinny Hart does an amazing job
over there. You know, You've got the Selt Show Why,
which you know helps so many people, the Interfaith Food Pantry.
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You know, they're just amazing programs that are out there,
and everybody's out trying to do the right thing, you know,
and it's so important, especially in the time of year.
You know, when we think about, you know, the gratitude
that we can all have and all share with each other,
and we you know, when we get to Thanksgiving, and
obviously when we get to Christmas and in New Year's
and you know, we really take stock and and how
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our life has been going. You know, you have to
be able to be out there and support.
Speaker 3 (21:45):
Yeah. When I when I think about Thanksgiving, it is
my favorite holiday because you can focus not only in
your family. Uh you know, I think of it as football, food, fun,
faith and family five f's or whatever. But when you
look outward a little bit, you realize that there are
people out there who maybe are not as fortunate, either
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financially or from the perspective of a family. And I know,
and I'm not going to embarrass you, but I know
that there's groups like Crossroads and the Boys and Girls Clubs,
the Weymouth Food Pantry, as well as groups in Dorchester.
The Wallbergs obviously are a Dorchester family that you know,
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have had much success and have much to be thankful for.
And I think you know it sprang had to spring
from your parents, because it's up to parents to inculcate
in their kids that hey, we're all pretty lucky here
and there are a lot of people who are dealing
with issues, whether it's medical issues or financial that most
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of us aren't dealing with. We all have the vicissitudes,
the small vicissitudes of life. But you know, if we
can help people at this time of year, And again
I'm not going to embarrass you, but I know a
little bit about how dedicated, how how dedicated you are
to what you talk about, and and it's inspiring. I mean,
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you know, I'm not going to embarrass Jack Doherty, but
he is. He's your number one fan. And of course
everybody who goes to the restaurant Alma nov It's an
incredible restaurant in the old Kingham Shipyard. How long have
you been been preparing meals at the restaurant? How many
years now?
Speaker 4 (23:29):
Paul Almon. Avery's been upen for fifteen years and Wallburgers
is growing up on fifteen and it's just you know,
and that's the thing when you talked about our parents,
you know, it was important. You know, we grew up
very humbly, and Wallburgers is kind of that reminder of
that when you go in there, because you see government
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cheese on our burgers, and that reminds us, you know,
where we came from, and we all have that strong,
that strong connection because you know, we're proud of being
where we're from. You know, Dorchester. You know that hardscrabble
kind of reputation that it has. And when you look
at you know, people gave us a hand up, so
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we'll spend our life, you know, repaying that. And it's
all of us. We all try in out all different ways.
You know, Mark has is the Youth Foundation and the
things that Donnie goes about quietly and just helps so
many people. And my brother Jim, and we're just very
very fortunate. And you know, and like I said, when
you went to Wallburger's and you see government cheese, a
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lot of people don't know, but the people who do,
they smile and they go, yeah, I remember, because you know,
we we you come up, you come up in different ways,
and they're and playing yourself in other people's positions, and
you know, and this is you know, it's very difficult
to some because we we we're not exposed to it,
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you know. We we kind of go about our lives
and do the best we can. But there are so
many amazing people that are out there working the frontlines
every single day. And it comes from different reasons. Some
people have personal experience with that. Others just want to
try to reach out and help. And when you look
at these different outreach programs, you know, they make it
possible for people to help. You know, how many people
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do you know this thing? You know, I go to
the Pine Street in on Thanksgiving and serve meals, or
on Christmas and serve meals, you know, because it's their opportunity.
But there's so many local places that you that you
can gravitate towards every town, no matter how you know,
well off the town may be, there's going to be
a food pantry. They are going to people who struggle,
(25:33):
you know, and it's just and you never know. I
had heard a story at once a gentleman who had
been you know, working, doing well in his business, and
then he he hurt himself and his business depended on
him physically, and then that spiral of not being able
to work and then you know, not being able to
(25:53):
make money and support his family, and all the things
help and one of the outreach programs that you know,
he would look at, which was well spread and wasn't
sure exactly how people got there, and now he was
depending almost and someone actually brought him into his brought
him and his family into their home and helped him
until he got on his feet again. And that's something
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he'd never forgotten. And so you have all of these
different things, and you never know what someone's path is
to where they are, and so being able to help
and being able to support is huge.
Speaker 3 (26:27):
Yeah. I had a friend about who once uh planted
in my mind the phrase anybody in Boston who would
remember Billy Sutton. He was an aid to John Kennedy
when he was a congressman, and Billy was lived a
long and healthy life and he was a great phrasey
he had planted in my mind, Uh, peacock one day,
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feather duster the next. So none of us know when
we might need that help. We're very lucky that the
Wahlberg family grew up in the circumstances that they did,
because all of you have really understood and appreciated not
only where you've gone, but where you've been. And I
just don't behalf of you say thank you, thank you
(27:14):
for all you've done.
Speaker 4 (27:17):
Yeah, but you know, but I will deflect it again
because I believe that there is so Look at all
the work that you do. You know, look what the
enlightenment you've brought to so many people, you know, and
you had big shoes to fill coming onto it, and
you've done so well and so amazing, so gracefully.
Speaker 3 (27:38):
I appreciate that, and uh, you know, but it pales
in comparison. I have a very good idea of all
that you. You have never forgotten your roots. I grew
up in Georgester, I grew up in Hyde Park and uh,
the kind of similar similar circumstances. Yeah, we were the
good area people. Most people can find readville of me
(28:04):
in Dorchester. Everybody knew what parish you went to. It
was in Dorchester. You're from Saint Marches, Saint Brenda's or something. Anyway,
Paul have a fabulous Thanksgiving. I know you'll find hopefully
sometime to enjoy yourself, but I also get a feeling
that you really enjoy helping other people. And you not
hear it in your voice. I hear it in your voice.
Speaker 4 (28:24):
We love the work, you know, we we love the work.
And like I said, in all of these outreach programs,
you know, when when you look at you know, Matt
Brown and Jake Tebow and all of these other people,
all of these different situations, there's so many ways for
people to help. All we have to do is just
look and ask, and they'll find it, and they'll find
a lot of satisfaction in that.
Speaker 3 (28:45):
Absolutely, Paul, have a great thanksgiving. You and yours and
everyone in.
Speaker 4 (28:49):
The wall, well, thank you so much.
Speaker 3 (28:52):
We will talk soon, and just give Dougherty a break.
Speaker 4 (28:55):
He's not a bad guy, you know, Jack. I will
tell you Jack's the best. You will not You'll start
high and low for a better guy.
Speaker 3 (29:02):
I know he's He's been a great, he's been a great,
has had a great positive impact on my life, and
he's just uh and I know how highly he regards you.
So just thanks, thanks so much for joining us tonight.
I think that you're You've inspired a lot of other people.
Hopefully through this quick h all to a quick interview,
we will see we'll see each other soon at some point, Paul,
(29:24):
when you finally.
Speaker 4 (29:25):
Slowed down, Thank you very much and take care and
have a great Thanksgiving.
Speaker 3 (29:29):
Right back at you and all, Paul Wahlberg, Ladies and gentlemen.
You know a great a great human being. Uh. And
I meet a lot of folks, and I'm able to
judge people pretty quickly. And he is. He is in
that pantheon of great human beings. Trust me on that
we get back, We're going to talk to a great
Boston Globe sports writer about the New England Patriots who
(29:52):
may have a couple of bumps coming up in the road.
Ben Volden will join us right after the break here
as we continue along this Tuesday Before with Thanksgiving edition
of Nightside.
Speaker 2 (30:03):
Night Side with Dan Ray on WBZ, Boston's news radio.
Speaker 3 (30:09):
Well, the Patriots are ten and two, but it was
a scary Sunday afternoon at Cincinnati with us his Boston
Globe sports reporter and the host of the New Boston
Globe Sports Report, and Volin hey Ben, welcome back to Nightside, How.
Speaker 1 (30:25):
Are you doing great? Not as well as the Patriots
at ten and two, but they're doing well.
Speaker 3 (30:31):
They're ten and two. But I was a little worried.
You know. Peter Roselle used to say he wanted a
league where on any given Sunday, any given team could win.
I was cursing Pete Roselle at halftime on Sunday that
that was a tough win. It looked like it should
have been a cakewalk, and it was anything but that
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what happened.
Speaker 7 (30:56):
Yeah, you know, if they could have punched the ball
across the goal line from the one yard it probably would.
Speaker 1 (31:00):
Have been more of a cake walk. They had.
Speaker 3 (31:04):
They had I think two separate opportunities to do that
multiple downs.
Speaker 1 (31:08):
Yeah, and.
Speaker 3 (31:12):
You know where Where's where? Where are the Philadelphia Eagles
when you need them? Is what I'm gonna.
Speaker 7 (31:17):
Say, right, Yeah, No, they the Patriots came through the
tush push as well. They had seven cracks from the
one yard line and couldn't do it.
Speaker 1 (31:25):
And and that to me is a sign of an
offensive line that was, you know, not winning the trench fight.
Speaker 7 (31:31):
And I think it's emblematic, emblematic of where the team
is overall. Right now, where I feel like they're they're
a little running out of gas a little bit, just
because they haven't had their bye week yet. They've played
twelve straight weeks, yes, plus training camp. This teo's tired,
and the injuries are starting to occur now.
Speaker 1 (31:52):
But you know that said, they still won the game.
Speaker 7 (31:54):
And and to your point before, I mean, there still
is a facet of any given Sunday. I mean, the
Packers had a bad loss to the Panthers, you know,
the Cardinals, the Eagles absolutely said the Cowboys the other day,
so you know, the Browns, you know, beat the Packers.
Speaker 1 (32:15):
So like every once in a while, a team lays
an egg and.
Speaker 7 (32:19):
When the and when the Patriots have been doing that
this year, they're still winning the game.
Speaker 1 (32:22):
So I still think there's a lot to be said
for that.
Speaker 7 (32:25):
The young team, a new team, expectations, so that they're
they're doing well.
Speaker 1 (32:30):
The injuries, yeah, they're starting to add up now.
Speaker 7 (32:35):
There's no way that they were going to continue their
tremendous you know, injury luck. It was bound to happen eventually,
uh to two offensive linemen, the left guard and the
left tackle are going to be out now for a
few weeks. And the defensive tackle Milton Williams is also
out for a few weeks.
Speaker 1 (32:51):
I think it's good news that none of these injuries
are season ending.
Speaker 7 (32:53):
The Patriots should get all these players back by the
last regular season game or for the playoffs, so they're
still fortunate there. And look, every every team deals with
injuries this time of year. As long as it's not
Drake May, as long as he's healthy, the Patriots to me,
are going to have a chance.
Speaker 3 (33:11):
Yeah, but he looked a little off on Sunday, particularly
in the first couple of drives. There were balls that
had that took off on him. It was in nasty
weather conditions. Did he talk about that at all. I mean,
he just seemed a little off.
Speaker 7 (33:27):
Yeah, he did seem a little off. And there's some
thought that there was one throw where he hit his hand,
and there was some question about whether he was a
little injured. If he is, the Patriots aren't saying.
Speaker 1 (33:38):
You know, I just think he's been like this this year.
Speaker 7 (33:41):
He's had some slow starts to some games where it
takes him until the second.
Speaker 1 (33:45):
Quarter to really start to find his groove. And I
just think his footwork.
Speaker 7 (33:48):
Was off, and the Bengals defense was probably thrown some
things at him that he hadn't been expecting.
Speaker 1 (33:53):
And you know, he was just like as you said,
he was just off. He was not in sync. He
was he was sailing a few throws. But they got
him back on track. And Hunter Henry the tight end,
played a big part in that great game.
Speaker 7 (34:06):
And in the second quarter when when Drake needed to
get going, they threw the ball.
Speaker 1 (34:11):
To Hunter Henry.
Speaker 7 (34:12):
So I think that's a good sign in this Patriots
offense that they have a lot of variety. One week
it's Stephan Diggs, one week it's Trevon Henderson, one week
it's Hunter Henry.
Speaker 1 (34:23):
Drake May is doing a good job of getting everyone involved.
Speaker 3 (34:25):
Okay, so very quick on the Giants. You know, they
got their warning in Cincinnati. But I'm worried about the Giants.
The Giants played pretty well against the Lions last weekend.
Are they starting to get their act together?
Speaker 1 (34:39):
Yes?
Speaker 3 (34:40):
And no.
Speaker 1 (34:40):
I mean the Giants are pesky and they're desperate and
they're just looking for a win at this point.
Speaker 7 (34:45):
So they're gonna probably throw the kitchen sink at you.
Speaker 1 (34:48):
You know, we saw that from them the other day
against the Lions.
Speaker 7 (34:51):
When the Giants had the wide receiver throw a touchdown
pass to quarterback James Winston.
Speaker 1 (34:56):
On a trick play.
Speaker 7 (34:57):
So you just got to be ready for for everything
from this Giants team. I mean, their defense is atrocious.
It's one of the worst in the league. They've lost
five games this year where they held a double digit
lead at some point in the game. So, yeah, the
Giants are Patsky and all that, but they're.
Speaker 1 (35:13):
A terrible team and they you know, they've they've been
hit hard by the injury bug.
Speaker 7 (35:19):
So the Patriots again, they really should.
Speaker 1 (35:21):
Take care of business. It does feel like they're right
to lose a game that they were supposed to win,
because you know.
Speaker 7 (35:28):
It happens to every team, and they keep squeaking by
so far.
Speaker 1 (35:31):
But I still would expect them to get the job
done against the Giants.
Speaker 3 (35:35):
And how's how's the New Globe Sports Report going? You
join that?
Speaker 1 (35:41):
Thank you? The show has been tremendous. It airs Monday
five point thirty on Nesting and then it.
Speaker 7 (35:46):
Lives on the Boston Globe website. It lives on YouTube.
We pump out some videos on social.
Speaker 1 (35:52):
Media, and it's been a lot of fun.
Speaker 7 (35:53):
We've had a different sports writer every week. Dan Shaughnessy,
Chad Finn, Matt Porter, and Nicole Yang.
Speaker 1 (36:00):
We you know, we're breaking down a lot.
Speaker 7 (36:02):
Of Patriots talk, but also Bruins, Celtics social media world.
So the show has been tremendous. I compare it to
it's kind of like PTI, but just for Boston, you know,
sports writers just kind of yapping it up.
Speaker 3 (36:16):
Pardon.
Speaker 1 (36:17):
It's been a lot of fun so far.
Speaker 3 (36:18):
All right, Ben, thanks very much. I was going to
ask you something about the new Red Sox pitcher from
the Cardinals, Sunny Gray. Little surprised on this one for me.
I know he had one threw one hundred and eighty
innings last year, but a little long in the tooth there.
I hope they've made a good decision with him. Well,
maybe we'll talk about that sometime in the not too
distant future.
Speaker 1 (36:38):
There you go, next time.
Speaker 3 (36:40):
That's great, Thanks, Ben Benglow. Ben Valla in the Boston
Globe Sports Reporter also host of Boston Globe Sports Report.
We are coming back and we're going to talk about
a story in the Herald today about it incredible numbers,
four and a half million hypodermic needles given out to
people in the last four years in Boston. That does
put the drug problem in some respective back on night
(37:01):
side after this
It's nice.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
I'm going you easy news radio.
Speaker 3 (00:06):
Well that was a different sort of introduction. Thank you
very much, Susanne. Suzanne one of my pals here at
w b Z, although we don't see each other much
anymore because I broadcast remotely and all my my friends,
I'm sure I recognize them on the street, but I
just don't get a chance to see them and to
fragnize with them. And I missed them. Miss your Susanne.
(00:27):
Miss I know I miss you too.
Speaker 4 (00:29):
It's nice to hear you though, And I'm sorry about
that intro.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
You know, I wasn't sure what you were doing.
Speaker 5 (00:34):
I don't know, No, probably didn't know what I was
doing either, But that's okay.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
It was It was fun. Now we had a chance
to at least chat for a second until two. That's true.
I hope you and us have a great Thanksgiving if
we don't talk or see each other in the next
thirty six.
Speaker 4 (00:49):
Hours, you too, happy Thanksgiving?
Speaker 3 (00:52):
Thanks, Susan, appreciate it all right. Uh, okay, we're off
to a different type start tonight. My name is Dan
Ray and the host of Nights I'd heard every Monday
through Friday night right here on WBZ. From eight to midnight.
Rob Brooks, my partner in time. As we say, the
producer of this program is back in the control room
at Broadcast Central Broadcast headquarters where it all happens in Medford, Massachusetts,
(01:17):
and I am broadcasting remotely. So having set all of
that up, I will tell you that we will talk
about the drug problem of mass and cast was an
amazing story in the Herald today. I want all of
you to guess how many how many needles have been
(01:37):
distributed free of charge to people who I guess either
they ask for new needles or trade in old needles
to get new needles here in Boston, Massachusetts since two
and twenty one. The numbers four and a half million,
which is a stunning number to me. We will talk
about it tonight, beginning at nine o'clock, and then we'll
(02:00):
talk about your Thanksgiving feast and its costs. We'll also
talk with a state representative who was brought to our
attention that Thanksgiving, along with Christmas, the only day when
liquor stores in Massachusetts are closed. So if you want
to get your wine, you want to get whatever you
like for Thursday, don't plan on taking a strip a
(02:23):
trip to your local package store because they will all
be closed. You'll have to go to New Hampshire assume.
But I don't even know if they're open. But let
us get to our special guest this hour. We're going
to start off with Laura Brown. She's an author and
founder of careercoffee break dot com. That sounds like a
very interesting website, a company that helps clients make more
(02:44):
money and work by negotiating starting salaries and raises. Laura,
that that's a great deal. Here. Are you open for clients?
Speaker 6 (02:55):
Yes, yes, I am, and I love to talk to
people because I want to to make more money.
Speaker 3 (03:01):
So so in my law practice many years ago, I
represented NHL players in contract negotiations, so I know a
little bit about the game, if you will, the game
of hockey, but also the game of negotiation. So what
do folks do if someone calls you and says, gee,
I'm doing X and I'm making this sort of money
(03:24):
and I think I'm underpaid. Do you coach them? Or
do you actually become their agent as it were a negotation?
Speaker 6 (03:31):
Oh no, I'm not. I am not an agent. No,
I normally do coaching. But actually what most people do
is they take a class first, So I actually have
a class on how to ask for a raise and
another class on how to negotiate a higher starting sally
at a new job.
Speaker 3 (03:44):
Because does not include walking in with a mask and
some sort of weapon, right, I mean, you basically do
it the right way. Okay, so give us a couple
of is. I'm sure there are people listening to the
show tonight who feel they are underpaid based upon maybe
(04:07):
what they think their colleagues are making, or maybe they
feel they're underpaid based upon the type of job and
the industry that they're in. To most people, Yeah, do
most people think they're underpaid? Have there been any studies
that you know everybody? I assume everybody thinks they're underpaid.
Speaker 6 (04:23):
Well, you know what, I haven't seen any studies. That's
really interesting, But most people I talked to do feel
that they could make more money or they want to
make more money. But it's really funny because a lot
of people. Here's my big tip, you actually have to
ask for more money. And that seems so obvious, but
I remember talking to somebody and she said, well, it
won't work for me because I already asked my boss
for a raise. And I said well, tell me what
you said. And she said, well, I went to my
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boss and I said it would be nice to make
more money, and he just laughed and said, yes it would,
And so I told her very kindly. She didn't ask
for a raise. Instead, she sort of made a joke
or she hoped or she hinted, which is what a
lot of people do. So instead, what you need to
do is first find out what is your company policy
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when do they give raises, like do they give raises
in January or or mid year? And then there are
certain things you need to do to start preparing so
when you get raises, then you will get the best
rise possible.
Speaker 3 (05:20):
So how do you sell yourself? Most people, even sales
well maybe not salespeople. I'll strike that most people who
are not salespeople know how to sell themselves. But a
lot of people, I think it's kind of I believe
it's sort of a subconscious fear of rejection that they
(05:42):
can walk in and say to the boss, boss, I
feel I'm underpaid and i'd like a raise. And your
vision is the boss is going to sit there and
laugh at you. What no one wants to be laughed at.
Is that in the backup. Some people's minds, do you think.
Speaker 6 (05:57):
Oh, most people's minds. The reason most people I'm finding
that they don't ask if it's fear. And the biggest
one is I'm afraid I'm gonna hear no. And so
what I try to do is I turn it around.
I say no doesn't mean no forever. No means no
for right now. And sometimes hearing a no gets you
on the path to a yes. I gotta tell you,
the first time I asked for a raise, my boss
immediately shut me down and said no, And I mean.
Speaker 4 (06:20):
I was ready to quit.
Speaker 6 (06:21):
I was so embarrassed. And I went in the next
day and I found out that he said, oh, no,
you're you're doing a fine job. It's just not raise time.
So this is early in my career, and that's when
I found out my company had raise time. And so
now what I do is I tell people find out
raise time, and then start preparing three or four months
in advance, because this is when they start dividing up
(06:44):
the raise money. And so what you need to do
is start sending an email to your boss every week
or every two weeks talking about the key things that
you're doing so they can remember when it's raised time.
But more importantly, so they can give this information to
their boss and to human resources, because those are the
people that are going to approve it. And you have
(07:05):
to just not say, you know, I this week, I
you know, scheduled a conference. They don't care about that.
What they want to know is if you make or
save money for the company. So it's got to be
something like this week, I scheduled a conference for the department.
Normally it's three months later. I did it three months
earlier because this will save us twenty to thirty percent
(07:26):
on travel because I did it earlier. And so by
saying that, then your boss, human resources, and their managers
realize that you're bringing value. So it's not about bragging.
It's really about helping people to see when they're busy
and they might not realize what exactly you're doing.
Speaker 3 (07:44):
That's great advice because what you're doing is you're putting
in front of them a tangible result which they can quantify.
Speaker 6 (07:54):
That's exactly it.
Speaker 3 (07:55):
And if it is something of you know, I mean,
if you're sending one person to Los Angeles for a
conference and you've saved you know, fifty bucks on a plane,
ticket because they had to fly out a little earlier,
a little late, or whatever. That's not a huge say
for the company. But if you're sending ten people to
Los Angeles, you're able to negotiate with the travel agency
(08:17):
maybe a little bit of a reduction across the board
because you're not just sending one person, You're sending ten.
Wow that can that can multiply and run into some
real money. Is there a way in which people who
are listening and are intrigued can get in touch with you?
Do you have a website of your author? Is there
a book that maybe people could pick up?
Speaker 6 (08:39):
Thanks for asking. Yeah, well, they can go to my website,
Career Coffee Break, and I will say it's you know,
quick tips that you can sip with your coffee. So
career coffee break dot com. They want information a career
coffee Break dot com put.
Speaker 3 (08:52):
That in there because people are you're right.
Speaker 6 (08:55):
I'm not used to that, Yeah, you're right, dot com.
I've got a book called in Your Income Seven Rules
for women who want to make more money at work,
and actually it's for men too, but I wrote it
for women. And I also have a fiction book, a
Sally Cinderella Story and my newest book is called interview
Speak What your Interviewer really wants to know, and it's
all about how to get a job. So if you
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don't want to raise anyonet a new job, you can
get my interview book.
Speaker 3 (09:21):
There's a lot of information that you have for people,
which I think is going to be great. Laura, I
appreciate it very much. I'm not sure what part of
the country you're speaking to us from tonight. For wherever
you are, I hope you have great weather and a
great Thanksgiving. And I hope that maybe you don't even
have to travel, because.
Speaker 6 (09:37):
Oh I don't, but I'm in Phoenix and it's nice here.
But I love Boston, so you too, have a wonderful
thank you Boston. Oh I went to school in Woodster, sok.
Speaker 3 (09:53):
Okay, I'm that's all.
Speaker 6 (09:55):
Yeah, yeah, I mean there are only a couple there,
but oh yeah.
Speaker 3 (09:58):
And I also as a person out there, Anna Maria,
there's no there's a bunch of great schools out there
in the in the greater Worcester area. Don't downplay Worcester.
The two best Cross and Clark, That's that's for sure.
Are you a New England or Native and you relocated
in Scottsdale.
Speaker 6 (10:15):
Yeah, yeah, I'm I'm a.
Speaker 4 (10:16):
New Yorker, New Yorker.
Speaker 3 (10:17):
Well that's that's close enough.
Speaker 6 (10:19):
That's close enough, and I miss it. I miss it
this time of the year right now.
Speaker 3 (10:25):
But yeah, it's nice the snow before the big snowstorm start.
That that's one of my nice times of year.
Speaker 4 (10:30):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (10:32):
He Laura, appreciate, appreciate your time tonight. Careercoffee break dot com.
That is the portal that you can enter and you
can get all sorts of information from my guest, Laura Brown.
I love your passion and I love your enthusiasm. That's great.
Speaker 6 (10:47):
Thank you so much, Laura, and thank you so much.
I appreciate you. Have a wonderful thanksgiving you.
Speaker 3 (10:52):
You as well. Thank you. When we get back, when
I stay a little closer to home, and we're going
to talk Aboutville. Remember the Edonville Railroad. It's still pumping
along down there, cooking along. Eataville's Holiday Festival of Lights
returns as a reimagined celebration with train rides, live entertainment,
and holiday cheer, and it's going to be running Friday, Saturday,
(11:14):
and Sunday nights from well, I guess Friday, Saturday and Sundays.
Maybe more than just the night's day and night. We'll
find out through November twenty eighth, which is this coming
up Sunday, this thing after Sunday, after Thanksgiving through December
twenty eighth, and we're gonna be talking about Ryan Roy.
He's the VP of production at Eataville. We'll talk with
him right after this quick break on a Tuesday night
(11:37):
edition of Nightside.
Speaker 2 (11:40):
You're on night Side with Dan Ray on wz Boston's
news radio.
Speaker 3 (11:46):
Well, I am delighted to welcome our next guest here
on Nightside, Ryan Roy. He's with the Edaville Festival of Lights.
And Ryan, let's let's get the history of the way first.
How long has Edaville been around. I think there was
a period of time where it stopped being available, but
(12:09):
thank goodness it is back. It is one of the
great great activities of the winter season here in New England.
Speaker 5 (12:16):
Absolutely, Daville has been around since the nineteen forties. Lsc Atwood,
who is actually the reason for the word ida ed A. L.
D Atwood. He owned that space and he brought he
brought a railroad down to it and he wanted to
open it up so that people could come and enjoy themselves.
(12:38):
And it's been continuing ever since. Actually through through many
through many people, it has it has changed hands, but
one thing has been consistent, and that is the Holiday
Festival of Lights. And we're excited to bring it back
once again this year and with an all new reimagining
for the next generation, while still welcoming the classic feelings
(13:03):
for all of those families that have been coming for years.
Speaker 3 (13:06):
Well, I remember bringing my wife and I brought our
two children when they were young, and it was it
was really a magical night. Are you in the same
location pretty close to Root three?
Speaker 5 (13:21):
Well, actually we're a little bit closer to four ninety five,
but you can certainly take Root three to get there.
We're in Carver, Massachusetts. You can get their exit two
off of four. It's about forty five minutes out of
Boston and really simple to get to. You can find
those directions on our website vitaville dot com, or you
(13:42):
can plug in our address which is fine five Pine Street, Carver,
mass Well.
Speaker 3 (13:48):
You're the vice president of production at Edaville, and I
looked at the amount of events that the activities. It
is it's like a full night of activity. Obviously, train rides,
photos with Santa. You got these dazzling light displays. I
guess you have an outdoor skating rink so people can
(14:11):
skate under the stars. You have horse drawn carriage rides,
food and treats. It looks to me as if it
is bigger and better than from what I remember thirty
or so years ago.
Speaker 5 (14:26):
You know, it's really exciting to be able to expand
it and to reimagine from what it was. Classically it
was just a train ride. And we were thinking about
it and we said, you know what, we want people
to come. We want them to enjoy themselves. We want
them to stay a little bit longer and really enjoy
the holidays in that holiday feel because you know, this
(14:46):
only happens a certain time of year and everybody loves
that feeling, and why not be in it for just
a little bit longer. Stay just a little bit longer
so you can go on that horse and carriage ride.
Then you can go and sit under a heated and
have some food with your family, or have some drinks
with your friends and our all new jingle bar and
just have a really good time.
Speaker 3 (15:07):
Well, I know you open up this Sunday the twenty
No excuse me, you open up this Friday, the twenty eighth,
this Friday.
Speaker 5 (15:16):
Right, you are correct. We're going in strong right on
Black Friday. We want everybody to cut out here and
have a great time.
Speaker 3 (15:23):
I misread it before, so let me make sure we
get it right. Friday nights. You're going to be open
from four to nine beginning this Friday, the day after Thanksgiving.
On Saturday, you go on Sunday, Well, Saturday you're going
to be two to nine and on Sunday two to
six pm, So enough time to get there. But at
(15:45):
the same time, I got to believe that tickets are
going fast.
Speaker 5 (15:49):
They are moving and grooving. So if you want to
get on that train, get on, get onto eataville dot com.
Grab those tickets. But even if you can't get a
train ticket, you can still come and enjoy all of
those other festivities. So we have a couple of different
ticket options for you. For those folks that are just unsure,
they're not sure what they want to do, but they
(16:10):
want to come out and enjoy themselves, see some lights,
maybe hang out with a family, or hang out with
a friend. You can just grab a general admission ticket,
it's twenty six dollars and includes all of those light displays,
the horse and carriage rides, ice skating, ice skate rentals,
horse and carriage rides, and then pictures with Santa. So
(16:31):
there's plenty to do for that small amount. If you
want to jump on a train, it's just a little
bit more, you're going to look at forty six dollars
and you're going to have a blast.
Speaker 3 (16:41):
Ryan, let me ask you, you're the vice president of
production at Edaville. How long have you been working with Ville?
Speaker 5 (16:47):
So you know, this is my first year with Cedaville's
Holiday Festival of Lights. Again this year we've had the
privilege of combining two incredible New England additions. I have
been long part of King Richard's Fair and we have
now merged with Edaville Entertainment Venue, which is now hosting
(17:11):
the Edaville Holiday Festival of Lights. So we are bringing
entertainment to the Festival of Lights as well. So when
you come out here, you're going to be able to
sit at a stage, have a sing along with some
of Santa's elves, and there's just some new experiences that
we think that the classic crowd is really going to
enjoy and for those folks who have never come, there's
(17:34):
a new experience to be had.
Speaker 3 (17:36):
Heay. Just looking at the website, it looks as if
it's bigger and better than ever and I kind of
recommend it more highly to parents, well, people of all ages,
but grandparents with children. It's a night, it's a magical
night that odd kids never forgot. We talked about it
for years and I'm sure there's a lot of families
(17:58):
take the opportunity. Folks go to Edaville dot com E
d A V I L L E dot com. It
looks fabulous.
Speaker 1 (18:06):
Ryan.
Speaker 3 (18:07):
I've been a big fan of Richard's Fair back in
the day as well. So you've got these two, uh,
these two great traditions that you're bringing together. So congratulations,
thanks for bringing this back to New England.
Speaker 4 (18:21):
Thank you so much.
Speaker 5 (18:22):
We're really looking forward to all these folks coming out
to visit us. From our family to yours. Happy Thanksgiving everybody,
and we can't wait to see you at the Eataville
Holiday Festival of Lights.
Speaker 3 (18:32):
Ryan, thank you very much. Ryan Roy with the Edaville
Festival of Lights. He is the vice president of production
at Daville and you can hear the enthusiasm in his voice.
We get back. We've been talking with celebrity chef Paul
Wahlberg about some great South Shore charities that are really
ramping up for the holiday season. Back with Paul Wahlberg
(18:53):
right after the News at the bottom of the hour.
Speaker 2 (18:56):
You're on Night Side with Dan Ray. I'm telling you
BET's News Radio.
Speaker 3 (19:02):
Delighted to be joined by Paul Wahlberg. Paul, of course,
is the chef at the Alma Novay restaurant, named in
honor of the mom who brought nine Wahburgs into the world,
located at the Hingham Shipyard. Paul is really at the
center of a lot of activity. We chatted this morning,
(19:24):
and boy, this is going to be a great time
of year for you. Paul. I know that you're concerned
a lot about helping other people. I know you don't
talk about it much, but let's talk about some of
the programs that are in operation on the South Shore
helping people. You went through the list with me today.
(19:46):
It's amazing that there are that many people who will
take time this year, this time of year tell other people.
Speaker 1 (19:52):
No.
Speaker 4 (19:52):
First of all, thank you for having me on. Obviously,
you couldn't find someone better, So I just don't know.
Not true, But I blame Jack do already for all
of this, so.
Speaker 3 (20:03):
Well he is an I put you in Jack and
the Pantheon of Saints as far as I'm concerned.
Speaker 4 (20:09):
But oh, you need a better panthy on my friends, Jack,
I'm not I'm not quite sure, but I'll tell you. You know,
when when you you know, we had talked about this earlier,
you know, this is kind of like for a lot
of people, their favorite holiday because it's that thankfulness and
being able to spend time with family and enjoy each
(20:32):
other's company and being thankful for all the things that
that we've that we've grown accustomed to in our lives.
But when you're talking about it, you know, when you
also there's there's a lot of difficult situations going on
at the same time, sure, and a lot of people
are struggling, you know, especially in this environment. And so
when you think about you know, you asked me, you know,
(20:57):
you know who help, Like, it's not really about me,
it's all of these people in the front lines. You know,
when you get programs like the Quinsy Action Community Action Program,
you know, SELT Show Stars you know, well Spring, Uh,
they just they're doing Vinny Hart does an amazing job
over there. You know, You've got the Selt Show Why,
which you know helps so many people, the Interfaith Food Pantry.
(21:20):
You know, they're just amazing programs that are out there,
and everybody's out trying to do the right thing, you know,
and it's so important, especially in the time of year.
You know, when we think about, you know, the gratitude
that we can all have and all share with each other,
and we you know, when we get to Thanksgiving, and
obviously when we get to Christmas and in New Year's
and you know, we really take stock and and how
(21:41):
our life has been going. You know, you have to
be able to be out there and support.
Speaker 3 (21:45):
Yeah. When I when I think about Thanksgiving, it is
my favorite holiday because you can focus not only in
your family. Uh you know, I think of it as football, food, fun,
faith and family five f's or whatever. But when you
look outward a little bit, you realize that there are
people out there who maybe are not as fortunate, either
(22:06):
financially or from the perspective of a family. And I know,
and I'm not going to embarrass you, but I know
that there's groups like Crossroads and the Boys and Girls Clubs,
the Weymouth Food Pantry, as well as groups in Dorchester.
The Wallbergs obviously are a Dorchester family that you know,
(22:28):
have had much success and have much to be thankful for.
And I think you know it sprang had to spring
from your parents, because it's up to parents to inculcate
in their kids that hey, we're all pretty lucky here
and there are a lot of people who are dealing
with issues, whether it's medical issues or financial that most
(22:48):
of us aren't dealing with. We all have the vicissitudes,
the small vicissitudes of life. But you know, if we
can help people at this time of year, And again
I'm not going to embarrass you, but I know a
little bit about how dedicated, how how dedicated you are
to what you talk about, and and it's inspiring. I mean,
(23:09):
you know, I'm not going to embarrass Jack Doherty, but
he is. He's your number one fan. And of course
everybody who goes to the restaurant Alma nov It's an
incredible restaurant in the old Kingham Shipyard. How long have
you been been preparing meals at the restaurant? How many
years now?
Speaker 4 (23:29):
Paul Almon. Avery's been upen for fifteen years and Wallburgers
is growing up on fifteen and it's just you know,
and that's the thing when you talked about our parents,
you know, it was important. You know, we grew up
very humbly, and Wallburgers is kind of that reminder of
that when you go in there, because you see government
(23:49):
cheese on our burgers, and that reminds us, you know,
where we came from, and we all have that strong,
that strong connection because you know, we're proud of being
where we're from. You know, Dorchester. You know that hardscrabble
kind of reputation that it has. And when you look
at you know, people gave us a hand up, so
(24:11):
we'll spend our life, you know, repaying that. And it's
all of us. We all try in out all different ways.
You know, Mark has is the Youth Foundation and the
things that Donnie goes about quietly and just helps so
many people. And my brother Jim, and we're just very
very fortunate. And you know, and like I said, when
you went to Wallburger's and you see government cheese, a
(24:31):
lot of people don't know, but the people who do,
they smile and they go, yeah, I remember, because you know,
we we you come up, you come up in different ways,
and they're and playing yourself in other people's positions, and
you know, and this is you know, it's very difficult
to some because we we we're not exposed to it,
(24:52):
you know. We we kind of go about our lives
and do the best we can. But there are so
many amazing people that are out there working the frontlines
every single day. And it comes from different reasons. Some
people have personal experience with that. Others just want to
try to reach out and help. And when you look
at these different outreach programs, you know, they make it
possible for people to help. You know, how many people
(25:13):
do you know this thing? You know, I go to
the Pine Street in on Thanksgiving and serve meals, or
on Christmas and serve meals, you know, because it's their opportunity.
But there's so many local places that you that you
can gravitate towards every town, no matter how you know,
well off the town may be, there's going to be
a food pantry. They are going to people who struggle,
(25:33):
you know, and it's just and you never know. I
had heard a story at once a gentleman who had
been you know, working, doing well in his business, and
then he he hurt himself and his business depended on
him physically, and then that spiral of not being able
to work and then you know, not being able to
(25:53):
make money and support his family, and all the things
help and one of the outreach programs that you know,
he would look at, which was well spread and wasn't
sure exactly how people got there, and now he was
depending almost and someone actually brought him into his brought
him and his family into their home and helped him
until he got on his feet again. And that's something
(26:15):
he'd never forgotten. And so you have all of these
different things, and you never know what someone's path is
to where they are, and so being able to help
and being able to support is huge.
Speaker 3 (26:27):
Yeah. I had a friend about who once uh planted
in my mind the phrase anybody in Boston who would
remember Billy Sutton. He was an aid to John Kennedy
when he was a congressman, and Billy was lived a
long and healthy life and he was a great phrasey
he had planted in my mind, Uh, peacock one day,
(26:51):
feather duster the next. So none of us know when
we might need that help. We're very lucky that the
Wahlberg family grew up in the circumstances that they did,
because all of you have really understood and appreciated not
only where you've gone, but where you've been. And I
just don't behalf of you say thank you, thank you
(27:14):
for all you've done.
Speaker 4 (27:17):
Yeah, but you know, but I will deflect it again
because I believe that there is so Look at all
the work that you do. You know, look what the
enlightenment you've brought to so many people, you know, and
you had big shoes to fill coming onto it, and
you've done so well and so amazing, so gracefully.
Speaker 3 (27:38):
I appreciate that, and uh, you know, but it pales
in comparison. I have a very good idea of all
that you. You have never forgotten your roots. I grew
up in Georgester, I grew up in Hyde Park and uh,
the kind of similar similar circumstances. Yeah, we were the
good area people. Most people can find readville of me
(28:04):
in Dorchester. Everybody knew what parish you went to. It
was in Dorchester. You're from Saint Marches, Saint Brenda's or something. Anyway,
Paul have a fabulous Thanksgiving. I know you'll find hopefully
sometime to enjoy yourself, but I also get a feeling
that you really enjoy helping other people. And you not
hear it in your voice. I hear it in your voice.
Speaker 4 (28:24):
We love the work, you know, we we love the work.
And like I said, in all of these outreach programs,
you know, when when you look at you know, Matt
Brown and Jake Tebow and all of these other people,
all of these different situations, there's so many ways for
people to help. All we have to do is just
look and ask, and they'll find it, and they'll find
a lot of satisfaction in that.
Speaker 3 (28:45):
Absolutely, Paul, have a great thanksgiving. You and yours and
everyone in.
Speaker 4 (28:49):
The wall, well, thank you so much.
Speaker 3 (28:52):
We will talk soon, and just give Dougherty a break.
Speaker 4 (28:55):
He's not a bad guy, you know, Jack. I will
tell you Jack's the best. You will not You'll start
high and low for a better guy.
Speaker 3 (29:02):
I know he's He's been a great, he's been a great,
has had a great positive impact on my life, and
he's just uh and I know how highly he regards you.
So just thanks, thanks so much for joining us tonight.
I think that you're You've inspired a lot of other people.
Hopefully through this quick h all to a quick interview,
we will see we'll see each other soon at some point, Paul,
(29:24):
when you finally.
Speaker 4 (29:25):
Slowed down, Thank you very much and take care and
have a great Thanksgiving.
Speaker 3 (29:29):
Right back at you and all, Paul Wahlberg, Ladies and gentlemen.
You know a great a great human being. Uh. And
I meet a lot of folks, and I'm able to
judge people pretty quickly. And he is. He is in
that pantheon of great human beings. Trust me on that
we get back, We're going to talk to a great
Boston Globe sports writer about the New England Patriots who
(29:52):
may have a couple of bumps coming up in the road.
Ben Volden will join us right after the break here
as we continue along this Tuesday Before with Thanksgiving edition
of Nightside.
Speaker 2 (30:03):
Night Side with Dan Ray on WBZ, Boston's news radio.
Speaker 3 (30:09):
Well, the Patriots are ten and two, but it was
a scary Sunday afternoon at Cincinnati with us his Boston
Globe sports reporter and the host of the New Boston
Globe Sports Report, and Volin hey Ben, welcome back to Nightside, How.
Speaker 1 (30:25):
Are you doing great? Not as well as the Patriots
at ten and two, but they're doing well.
Speaker 3 (30:31):
They're ten and two. But I was a little worried.
You know. Peter Roselle used to say he wanted a
league where on any given Sunday, any given team could win.
I was cursing Pete Roselle at halftime on Sunday that
that was a tough win. It looked like it should
have been a cakewalk, and it was anything but that
(30:54):
what happened.
Speaker 7 (30:56):
Yeah, you know, if they could have punched the ball
across the goal line from the one yard it probably would.
Speaker 1 (31:00):
Have been more of a cake walk. They had.
Speaker 3 (31:04):
They had I think two separate opportunities to do that
multiple downs.
Speaker 1 (31:08):
Yeah, and.
Speaker 3 (31:12):
You know where Where's where? Where are the Philadelphia Eagles
when you need them? Is what I'm gonna.
Speaker 7 (31:17):
Say, right, Yeah, No, they the Patriots came through the
tush push as well. They had seven cracks from the
one yard line and couldn't do it.
Speaker 1 (31:25):
And and that to me is a sign of an
offensive line that was, you know, not winning the trench fight.
Speaker 7 (31:31):
And I think it's emblematic, emblematic of where the team
is overall. Right now, where I feel like they're they're
a little running out of gas a little bit, just
because they haven't had their bye week yet. They've played
twelve straight weeks, yes, plus training camp. This teo's tired,
and the injuries are starting to occur now.
Speaker 1 (31:52):
But you know that said, they still won the game.
Speaker 7 (31:54):
And and to your point before, I mean, there still
is a facet of any given Sunday. I mean, the
Packers had a bad loss to the Panthers, you know,
the Cardinals, the Eagles absolutely said the Cowboys the other day,
so you know, the Browns, you know, beat the Packers.
Speaker 1 (32:15):
So like every once in a while, a team lays
an egg and.
Speaker 7 (32:19):
When the and when the Patriots have been doing that
this year, they're still winning the game.
Speaker 1 (32:22):
So I still think there's a lot to be said
for that.
Speaker 7 (32:25):
The young team, a new team, expectations, so that they're
they're doing well.
Speaker 1 (32:30):
The injuries, yeah, they're starting to add up now.
Speaker 7 (32:35):
There's no way that they were going to continue their
tremendous you know, injury luck. It was bound to happen eventually,
uh to two offensive linemen, the left guard and the
left tackle are going to be out now for a
few weeks. And the defensive tackle Milton Williams is also
out for a few weeks.
Speaker 1 (32:51):
I think it's good news that none of these injuries
are season ending.
Speaker 7 (32:53):
The Patriots should get all these players back by the
last regular season game or for the playoffs, so they're
still fortunate there. And look, every every team deals with
injuries this time of year. As long as it's not
Drake May, as long as he's healthy, the Patriots to me,
are going to have a chance.
Speaker 3 (33:11):
Yeah, but he looked a little off on Sunday, particularly
in the first couple of drives. There were balls that
had that took off on him. It was in nasty
weather conditions. Did he talk about that at all. I mean,
he just seemed a little off.
Speaker 7 (33:27):
Yeah, he did seem a little off. And there's some
thought that there was one throw where he hit his hand,
and there was some question about whether he was a
little injured. If he is, the Patriots aren't saying.
Speaker 1 (33:38):
You know, I just think he's been like this this year.
Speaker 7 (33:41):
He's had some slow starts to some games where it
takes him until the second.
Speaker 1 (33:45):
Quarter to really start to find his groove. And I
just think his footwork.
Speaker 7 (33:48):
Was off, and the Bengals defense was probably thrown some
things at him that he hadn't been expecting.
Speaker 1 (33:53):
And you know, he was just like as you said,
he was just off. He was not in sync. He
was he was sailing a few throws. But they got
him back on track. And Hunter Henry the tight end,
played a big part in that great game.
Speaker 7 (34:06):
And in the second quarter when when Drake needed to
get going, they threw the ball.
Speaker 1 (34:11):
To Hunter Henry.
Speaker 7 (34:12):
So I think that's a good sign in this Patriots
offense that they have a lot of variety. One week
it's Stephan Diggs, one week it's Trevon Henderson, one week
it's Hunter Henry.
Speaker 1 (34:23):
Drake May is doing a good job of getting everyone involved.
Speaker 3 (34:25):
Okay, so very quick on the Giants. You know, they
got their warning in Cincinnati. But I'm worried about the Giants.
The Giants played pretty well against the Lions last weekend.
Are they starting to get their act together?
Speaker 1 (34:39):
Yes?
Speaker 3 (34:40):
And no.
Speaker 1 (34:40):
I mean the Giants are pesky and they're desperate and
they're just looking for a win at this point.
Speaker 7 (34:45):
So they're gonna probably throw the kitchen sink at you.
Speaker 1 (34:48):
You know, we saw that from them the other day
against the Lions.
Speaker 7 (34:51):
When the Giants had the wide receiver throw a touchdown
pass to quarterback James Winston.
Speaker 1 (34:56):
On a trick play.
Speaker 7 (34:57):
So you just got to be ready for for everything
from this Giants team. I mean, their defense is atrocious.
It's one of the worst in the league. They've lost
five games this year where they held a double digit
lead at some point in the game. So, yeah, the
Giants are Patsky and all that, but they're.
Speaker 1 (35:13):
A terrible team and they you know, they've they've been
hit hard by the injury bug.
Speaker 7 (35:19):
So the Patriots again, they really should.
Speaker 1 (35:21):
Take care of business. It does feel like they're right
to lose a game that they were supposed to win,
because you know.
Speaker 7 (35:28):
It happens to every team, and they keep squeaking by
so far.
Speaker 1 (35:31):
But I still would expect them to get the job
done against the Giants.
Speaker 3 (35:35):
And how's how's the New Globe Sports Report going? You
join that?
Speaker 1 (35:41):
Thank you? The show has been tremendous. It airs Monday
five point thirty on Nesting and then it.
Speaker 7 (35:46):
Lives on the Boston Globe website. It lives on YouTube.
We pump out some videos on social.
Speaker 1 (35:52):
Media, and it's been a lot of fun.
Speaker 7 (35:53):
We've had a different sports writer every week. Dan Shaughnessy,
Chad Finn, Matt Porter, and Nicole Yang.
Speaker 1 (36:00):
We you know, we're breaking down a lot.
Speaker 7 (36:02):
Of Patriots talk, but also Bruins, Celtics social media world.
So the show has been tremendous. I compare it to
it's kind of like PTI, but just for Boston, you know,
sports writers just kind of yapping it up.
Speaker 3 (36:16):
Pardon.
Speaker 1 (36:17):
It's been a lot of fun so far.
Speaker 3 (36:18):
All right, Ben, thanks very much. I was going to
ask you something about the new Red Sox pitcher from
the Cardinals, Sunny Gray. Little surprised on this one for me.
I know he had one threw one hundred and eighty
innings last year, but a little long in the tooth there.
I hope they've made a good decision with him. Well,
maybe we'll talk about that sometime in the not too
distant future.
Speaker 1 (36:38):
There you go, next time.
Speaker 3 (36:40):
That's great, Thanks, Ben Benglow. Ben Valla in the Boston
Globe Sports Reporter also host of Boston Globe Sports Report.
We are coming back and we're going to talk about
a story in the Herald today about it incredible numbers,
four and a half million hypodermic needles given out to
people in the last four years in Boston. That does
put the drug problem in some respective back on night
(37:01):
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