December 30, 2025 • 5 mins
South Station's new fare gates are officially being activated today. Town of Merrimack New Hampshire surprised by ICE's plans for a new facility. President Trump meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Stay in "The Loop" with WBZ NewsRadio.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is WBZY, Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
We defining local news.
Speaker 3 (00:11):
Twenty six degrees feeling like single digits, six o'clock here
on this Tuesday morning. This hour of news brought to
you by your new England Toyota dealer. You're a hybrid
all wheel drive headquarters. Thank you so much for joining us.
I'm Jim McKay and here's what's happening. Very cold out
the front door this morning. In fact, we are frigid,
(00:31):
gusty wins with those windshills going to keep things brutally
cold today on the end of the single digits, very
cold off into the new year. Far evaders beware South
Station's new faregates. Officially launching this morning.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
The installation of forty new fairgates here at South Station
is complete, which means from now on passengers will need
to scan or tap their ticket to both enter and
exit the platform.
Speaker 4 (00:53):
Gonna be helpful for the people that won't get getting
the ticket, get into it and they know where they
have to get off and would be all said.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
Conductors will still be checking tickets, but some writers think
the gates will help them do their jobs better. It
gives them more time to take care of the train
than dealing with us, you know, so, I think it's
faster for them and better for us. The MBTA and
Kenless say the gates will improve fair collection, replace platform
ticket checks, and create a more consistent, fair paying experience
(01:23):
at South Station. James Rojas WBZ Boston's news radio.
Speaker 3 (01:28):
Town of Merrimacnew Hampshire scratching their heads caught by surprise
after it was recently reported that they are being selected
by the Trump administration as a location for deportation processing.
A renovated industrial warehouse that's currently vacant could be used
to house and process up to fifteen hundred ice detainees.
(01:49):
Local lawmakers and the Granite State have been saying it's
a surprise to them. Democratic Congresswoman Maggie Goodland are echoing
a similar response. Also released a statement condemning the plan,
saying she is going to work to put a stop
to it. Meantime, the President meeting with Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin nets in Yahoo discussing a way forward in the
Middle East.
Speaker 5 (02:07):
Sessident Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netan Yaho held talks
Monday at the President's mar A Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida.
Well Netsan Yahoo thanked President Trump for his support for Israel.
President Trump signaled that the Abraham Accords reached during his
first administration could widen. They'll be expanded.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
Countries are already talking about expanding it, and they'll be
expanded fairly quickly.
Speaker 5 (02:30):
The set of agreements established diplomatic relations between Israel and
several Arab nations, but Saudi Arabia remains a key holdout.
That is.
Speaker 3 (02:37):
CBS's Aaron Navarro reporting, as we take a look outside
the window this morning, still pretty dark out there before
we hit daybreak, and very cold. I'd like to say
we're warming up today, not at all. In fact, we're
going to stay right around where we're at single digits
here in Boston. Some immediate Boston suburbs feeling like they're
around two to three degrees this morning. And in Boston
(02:59):
at the moment, we're at eight the outside temperature twenty
six degrees and again really not changing a whole lot
win US forty to fifty miles prior today. We're going
to keep a watch out for power outages. There are
still some lingering ones in New Hampshire beginning this morning
after they had some stormy weather over the past few days.
Now four tonight, very chilly out there. New Year's Eve
(03:20):
tomorrow really basically the same kind of weather, just blustery winter,
bitterly cold, and bundle up. If you're headed out for
New Year's Eve celebrations on Wednesday night, your New Year's
Day sunshine, it'll be cloudy and brazy again, only getting
into the mid to upper twenties. Feeling a whole lot
colder than that. At the moment. In Boston, we're feeling
(03:41):
like eight at six oh six. Well, speaking of New Years,
a milestone for Boston's First Night celebrations, wbz's Yles Schaffl explained.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
Said, there is a warning from Boston may Or Michelle
Woo bundle up. First night Boston is going to get chilly.
Speaker 4 (03:55):
There are places to duck into like the Library and
Copley mal and other nearby.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
The forecast is calling for tempts in the low twenties.
This is First Night's fiftieth years. It started on New
Year's Eve nineteen seventy six as a small arts festival.
Speaker 4 (04:09):
Some of the children who first saw it back then
have now taken multiple generations of their family to experience
this and you want to keep that going now.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
It's packed with live music, to fireworks shows, ice skating
and new this year archery, somewhat to the Mayor's chagrin.
Speaker 4 (04:25):
I don't know how Commissioner Cox let that one by,
but come on down.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
The festivities begin an earnest around two o'clock on Wednesdays,
spread around the city, with City Hall as a focal point.
The mayor says that'll be good for local businesses. Officials
are asking people not to drive. All moods of the
tea will be free starting at eight pm Wednesday night.
Kyle schaffleld to b BS Boston's news radio well on.
Speaker 3 (04:44):
Six so seven as we continue the last thing a
ski area wants to say right now, sorry, our chair
lifts are broken. That's a case for Black Mountain and Jackson,
New Hampshire. After reporting a record setting weekend on Saturday,
they were telling potential skiers and snowboarders this week, come
back another time, because chair lifts are busted. They both
(05:05):
broke down within ninety minutes of each other due to
component failures. As a result, they're out of operation until
for their notice
This is WBZY, Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
We defining local news.
Speaker 3 (00:11):
Twenty six degrees feeling like single digits, six o'clock here
on this Tuesday morning. This hour of news brought to
you by your new England Toyota dealer. You're a hybrid
all wheel drive headquarters. Thank you so much for joining us.
I'm Jim McKay and here's what's happening. Very cold out
the front door this morning. In fact, we are frigid,
(00:31):
gusty wins with those windshills going to keep things brutally
cold today on the end of the single digits, very
cold off into the new year. Far evaders beware South
Station's new faregates. Officially launching this morning.
Speaker 2 (00:44):
The installation of forty new fairgates here at South Station
is complete, which means from now on passengers will need
to scan or tap their ticket to both enter and
exit the platform.
Speaker 4 (00:53):
Gonna be helpful for the people that won't get getting
the ticket, get into it and they know where they
have to get off and would be all said.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
Conductors will still be checking tickets, but some writers think
the gates will help them do their jobs better. It
gives them more time to take care of the train
than dealing with us, you know, so, I think it's
faster for them and better for us. The MBTA and
Kenless say the gates will improve fair collection, replace platform
ticket checks, and create a more consistent, fair paying experience
(01:23):
at South Station. James Rojas WBZ Boston's news radio.
Speaker 3 (01:28):
Town of Merrimacnew Hampshire scratching their heads caught by surprise
after it was recently reported that they are being selected
by the Trump administration as a location for deportation processing.
A renovated industrial warehouse that's currently vacant could be used
to house and process up to fifteen hundred ice detainees.
(01:49):
Local lawmakers and the Granite State have been saying it's
a surprise to them. Democratic Congresswoman Maggie Goodland are echoing
a similar response. Also released a statement condemning the plan,
saying she is going to work to put a stop
to it. Meantime, the President meeting with Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin nets in Yahoo discussing a way forward in the
Middle East.
Speaker 5 (02:07):
Sessident Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netan Yaho held talks
Monday at the President's mar A Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida.
Well Netsan Yahoo thanked President Trump for his support for Israel.
President Trump signaled that the Abraham Accords reached during his
first administration could widen. They'll be expanded.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
Countries are already talking about expanding it, and they'll be
expanded fairly quickly.
Speaker 5 (02:30):
The set of agreements established diplomatic relations between Israel and
several Arab nations, but Saudi Arabia remains a key holdout.
That is.
Speaker 3 (02:37):
CBS's Aaron Navarro reporting, as we take a look outside
the window this morning, still pretty dark out there before
we hit daybreak, and very cold. I'd like to say
we're warming up today, not at all. In fact, we're
going to stay right around where we're at single digits
here in Boston. Some immediate Boston suburbs feeling like they're
around two to three degrees this morning. And in Boston
(02:59):
at the moment, we're at eight the outside temperature twenty
six degrees and again really not changing a whole lot
win US forty to fifty miles prior today. We're going
to keep a watch out for power outages. There are
still some lingering ones in New Hampshire beginning this morning
after they had some stormy weather over the past few days.
Now four tonight, very chilly out there. New Year's Eve
(03:20):
tomorrow really basically the same kind of weather, just blustery winter,
bitterly cold, and bundle up. If you're headed out for
New Year's Eve celebrations on Wednesday night, your New Year's
Day sunshine, it'll be cloudy and brazy again, only getting
into the mid to upper twenties. Feeling a whole lot
colder than that. At the moment. In Boston, we're feeling
(03:41):
like eight at six oh six. Well, speaking of New Years,
a milestone for Boston's First Night celebrations, wbz's Yles Schaffl explained.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
Said, there is a warning from Boston may Or Michelle
Woo bundle up. First night Boston is going to get chilly.
Speaker 4 (03:55):
There are places to duck into like the Library and
Copley mal and other nearby.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
The forecast is calling for tempts in the low twenties.
This is First Night's fiftieth years. It started on New
Year's Eve nineteen seventy six as a small arts festival.
Speaker 4 (04:09):
Some of the children who first saw it back then
have now taken multiple generations of their family to experience
this and you want to keep that going now.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
It's packed with live music, to fireworks shows, ice skating
and new this year archery, somewhat to the Mayor's chagrin.
Speaker 4 (04:25):
I don't know how Commissioner Cox let that one by,
but come on down.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
The festivities begin an earnest around two o'clock on Wednesdays,
spread around the city, with City Hall as a focal point.
The mayor says that'll be good for local businesses. Officials
are asking people not to drive. All moods of the
tea will be free starting at eight pm Wednesday night.
Kyle schaffleld to b BS Boston's news radio well on.
Speaker 3 (04:44):
Six so seven as we continue the last thing a
ski area wants to say right now, sorry, our chair
lifts are broken. That's a case for Black Mountain and Jackson,
New Hampshire. After reporting a record setting weekend on Saturday,
they were telling potential skiers and snowboarders this week, come
back another time, because chair lifts are busted. They both
(05:05):
broke down within ninety minutes of each other due to
component failures. As a result, they're out of operation until
for their notice
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