November 12, 2024 • 39 mins
We kicked off the program with four news stories and different guests on the stories we think you need to know about!
Brett Stevens - Reworld Senior Director joined Dan to discuss turning dirty diapers into electricity! A local MA daycare teams up with a waste management facility in Massachusetts to do just that!
Jorge Sota - Music Director of New Philharmonia Orchestra, which begins its 30th Anniversary Season with two performances November 23rd & 24th at Grace Church in Newton Corner.
Norfolk County Sheriff Patrick McDermott and Comedian Steve Sweeney with Sober Comedy Night presented by the HOPE Center, coming up on November 21st.
Allison Tibaldi - Contributing writer for USA TODAY 10Best, told Dan about finding fall splendor at these 7 New England beaches, from Maine to Rhode Island.
Ask Alexa to play WBZ NewsRadio on #iHeartRadio and listen to NightSide with Dan Rea Weeknights From 8PM-12AM!
Brett Stevens - Reworld Senior Director joined Dan to discuss turning dirty diapers into electricity! A local MA daycare teams up with a waste management facility in Massachusetts to do just that!
Jorge Sota - Music Director of New Philharmonia Orchestra, which begins its 30th Anniversary Season with two performances November 23rd & 24th at Grace Church in Newton Corner.
Norfolk County Sheriff Patrick McDermott and Comedian Steve Sweeney with Sober Comedy Night presented by the HOPE Center, coming up on November 21st.
Allison Tibaldi - Contributing writer for USA TODAY 10Best, told Dan about finding fall splendor at these 7 New England beaches, from Maine to Rhode Island.
Ask Alexa to play WBZ NewsRadio on #iHeartRadio and listen to NightSide with Dan Rea Weeknights From 8PM-12AM!
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
It's Nightside with Dan Ray on DEBS Costs Radio.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
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little bit more about a couple of items or two. Again,
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I'm Dan Ray. I am the host of Knightside with
Dan Ray. Rob Brooks is the producer of Nightside with
Dan Ray. And we also, of course have Marita McKinnon
also aka Lightning, who works during the day setting the
program up along with me during the day and later
on this evening we are going to be talking about
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the continuing strike at three Massachusetts Community the teachers strike
at three Massachusetts communities. We will also talk a little
bit later on tonight about a couple of articles of
the Washington Post, a couple out of the Boston Globe
where people some people are thinking about leaving the country
because of the Trump reelection.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
We could go tonight.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Matter of fact, they were just beginning to all the
polls were closing a week ago tonight.
Speaker 3 (01:39):
A lot has transpired in the last week, so we'll
get to all of that.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
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as simple as that. Well, we have four topics of
really I think really interesting. The first one is exceptionally interesting.
You've heard the phrase you've turned lemons into lemonade. Well,
we're not talking about lemons. We're talking about dirty diapers
with Brett Stevens. He's the senior director of Reworld, a
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waste management company that could be helping all of us
turning dirty diapers into electricity. Brett Stevens, I have no
idea how you do this, but love to get a
little bit more information from you. You've teamed up with
a local mass daycare provider.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
Tell us about it.
Speaker 4 (03:09):
Sure, First, thank you for having me, and secondly, you
are right. This is a very interesting story. Normally, parents
at home, you know, they generate a lot of dirty
diapers when they have babies.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
And the parents the babies generate the diapers. Let's make
sure we're clear on that it's not the parents.
Speaker 4 (03:27):
Yeah, that's right. So babies generate a lot of dirty
diapers when they are young. Parents tend to throw them
in the garbage at home, and then normally your local
garbage company will haul that material to a local landfill.
And many people don't know this, but diapers are made
of multiple different materials from adhesives to plastics to absorbents,
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and those materials do not break down in the landfill.
So it could take five hundred years for a diaper
to decompose. And we've read some statistics from the EPA
to say diapers are the number three waste stream in
US landfills today, so quite a bit of them sort
of rotting away over time.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
We're talking about after you die five hundred years legacy.
Speaker 4 (04:17):
Wow, go ahead, Yeah, and we are, we're running out
of landfill space here. We're kind of behind the times
compared to Europe. And so my company, Reworld Waste operates
about eighty percent of the waste to energy or thermal
destruction capacity.
Speaker 5 (04:35):
In North America.
Speaker 4 (04:36):
And we partnered with one of our national customers, Kimberly Clark,
which owns Huggies diapers and a local day care facility
in Boston and Bright Horizons. We're doing a six location
pilot program. It's been running since January of this year,
so we're there.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
We're in a highl aer just so it's p I
l O T like an airplane pilot. It's not a
pilot p I L E. I just want to make
sure that they would clear on that.
Speaker 6 (05:07):
Correct.
Speaker 4 (05:08):
And by pilot, I mean that this is a test
program up there, stereo.
Speaker 3 (05:13):
I just want to pay. We're not talking about piling
it up anywhere. Go ahead, go.
Speaker 4 (05:16):
Ahead, correct, correct. And so we've partnered with Huggies and
these local Bright Horizons daycare facilities. There are six of
them in the Greater Boston area that are participating, and
we have a special kiosk at each of these sites
to specifically put diapers in instead of the normal trash,
and we use a subcontractor in the local Boston area
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to do milk run style pickups at those six day
care facilities multiple times a week. So those diapers are collected,
they are brought back to a local waste management facility
where the material is sterilized in an autoclave. It's a
machine that combines steam and pressure to kill bacteria, help
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with the smell, all the things you would want to
do with a dirty diaper.
Speaker 2 (06:03):
Kiosks with it deposited, and then they're moved. Okay, got it, okay,
fair enough?
Speaker 6 (06:09):
Correct?
Speaker 4 (06:09):
And so the diapers do not sit for more than
a couple of days at the most before they are
emptied out. And then those diapers end up getting sterilized
at a local partner of ours in the Boston area,
and then we ultimately deliver a full truckload of that
material to our haveril the thermal treatment facility in the
Greater Boston area, and so that material gets commingled with
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municipal waste, normal garbage that comes in from the municipalities,
and it enters our boiler where it becomes a fuel
to create electricity. And so all of those diapers, along
with all the other waste that we collect, is incinerated
or thermally treated, which heats up our boiler systems of water.
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That water becomes steam, that steam enters a turbine, and
that turbine creates electricity out to the New England Tower grid.
So we're actually putting the diapers and other waste materials
to good use. And so far through the pilot program
this year, at just those six stores, six locations, we've
collected over thirty three thousand pounds of diapers. That's over
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sixteen tons of diapers, and those sixteen tons of diapers
have created three mega loot hours of electricity. So for
your listeners who don't know what a megawatt hour is
or how to measure what effect that has, those three
megawatt hours of electricity could power five homes for a
month in the Boston area. Okay, so we're sending go ahead.
Speaker 3 (07:38):
No, I'm just saying that's a lot of work, okay.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
And in the article that I read here, there's also
some families out there who are going back to the old,
tried and true cloth diaper.
Speaker 3 (07:53):
We have a woman who calls this show who.
Speaker 2 (07:55):
Makes a diaper run every night, Donna the Diaper Lady. Well,
that's true, that's true. Donna is one of our regular callers.
She's probably listening right now. What you're doing is that
people have obviously have made the switch from cloth diapers
to disposable diapers, but you have highlighted a problem and
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you're trying to turn you know, lemons into lemonade here,
you know, diapers and whatever used diapers uh into power
for the grid, which is really interesting. Is this being
done anywhere else in the country or are you guys,
is this a breakthrough with your company?
Speaker 3 (08:36):
And here in New England.
Speaker 4 (08:39):
I would say that we may accidentally receive diapers for
municipalities that send their waste to us, but this is
a very this is a you know, on purpose program
that we are collecting only that material from.
Speaker 5 (08:53):
These facilities, and.
Speaker 4 (08:55):
To my knowledge, we're the only company doing this in
North America today and it's not happening anywhere else in
the country yet. But we do hope to expand it
with our partners.
Speaker 2 (09:06):
Well, Brett, I know I was using a couple of
puns there, just to lighten the like we say lighten
the load here, but I shouldn't say that the bottom
line I shouldn't say that either. What I'm trying to
say is this seems like a great program. Obviously, it's
not like you're powering Manhattan for a month with the diapers,
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but it's a step in the right direction. And I
hope that as this expiands or as you get some others.
I would assume that there are probably some investors out
there who might like to take a look at this program.
Am I being too optimistic when I suggest that?
Speaker 4 (09:46):
Well, I don't think you're being too optimistic. I think
this does have legs. But yeah, mke no, mistake. Well,
what we're doing right now is an improvement over the
material sitting in a landfill. But the holy grail, the
holy grail would be if the diapers were not single
use and disposable and made from multiple materials. I think
down the line, we'll probably get to a point where
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these diapers can be collected and recycled in some way,
where the content can be used in a variety of ways.
Maybe the plastic outer part of the diaper can be recycled,
whereas the inner absorbent material could be used for some
other kind of traded I think we're maybe a year
or two away from that, But that's the holy grail.
Speaker 2 (10:27):
Okay, how can folks get more information? Give us a website,
how they that can get in touch with you. You
never know, we can have some venture capitalists who's listening
tonight and says, hey, that's a great potential investment, or
people just might want to get more information.
Speaker 3 (10:40):
Give us a way to get in touch with you.
Speaker 2 (10:42):
Sure.
Speaker 4 (10:43):
Our company is called Reworld rw RLD and you can
reach us at reworld waste dot com. You can learn
a lot about our facilities where they exist. You can
learn about thermal destruction of products and the benefits of that.
We we of course would love to chat with anyone
that wants to reach out.
Speaker 3 (11:03):
And how long has your company been operational.
Speaker 4 (11:07):
We have been operational since the eighties. Uh Oh was
previously known as co previously known as Covanta. You may
know the name Covanta, but we've recently rebranded earlier this
year to Reworld because we've acquired a lot of companies
to complement our core business and we are now a
total waste solutions company.
Speaker 2 (11:28):
And to end, Brett, thank you very much for your time.
Thank you very much for your innovation. And I hope
you are on a fan that I tried to just
lighten it up a little bit.
Speaker 4 (11:36):
And no, of course, thank you for having.
Speaker 2 (11:38):
A great project. Thanks, thank you, Bret. Brett Stevens of
Senior director of Reworld. Thanks Brett, appreciate it very much.
We'll have you back.
Speaker 4 (11:46):
Thank you, bye bye, have a great night, and.
Speaker 2 (11:47):
We come back when we talk about the new Philharmonic
Harmon Excuse me, I shouldn't say phil Harmonic, the New
Philharmonia Orchestra. If you are a music lover, you are
going to love this next segment. Later I'm going to
talk about sober comedy night and also find fall splendor
at seven New England beaches from Maine to Rhode Island.
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And then we'll get to the talk portion of the program.
Speaker 3 (12:11):
For now. My name's Dan Ray. This is Nightside.
Speaker 2 (12:12):
To listen to WBZ ten thirty in the am Bustin's
News Radio back right after this.
Speaker 1 (12:18):
Now back to Dan Ray live from the Window World
night Side Studios on WBZ News Radio.
Speaker 2 (12:26):
All right, we are back going to talk about a
little bit of music here, actually quite a bit of
music music. The new follow Philharmoniamonia Orchestra, beginning its thirtieth
anniversary season with us. Is the music direction of the
new Philharmonia Orchestra? Have I pronounced that correctly? Jorge Soto?
Speaker 5 (12:49):
Yes, perfect, new Philharmonia, Yes.
Speaker 2 (12:51):
Harmonia, Okay, I always think it's going to be Philharmonic.
I know why did they change it? Tell us about
why is it called Philharmonia as opposed to Philharmonic?
Speaker 3 (13:03):
Is there a reasoners there is that? Are they synonyms?
Speaker 5 (13:07):
No, it's just the name of it. It said, there's
a it's a name. You know, you have symphony orchestras,
you know, Philharmonic, you know Boston Symphony, Boston Philharmonic. You
know we play with these names, but that's name, you know,
I gotta get Look.
Speaker 2 (13:25):
I don't know why they said they spell the Red
Sox s O X why they don't say Red Sox
s O c K S. But that's you know. Those
are the sort of the questions you have to deal
with in life living here in New England. So tell
us about the orchestra. This is a huge ensemble. How
many members are in your orchestra? I saw some pictures.
It looks like two football teams.
Speaker 5 (13:48):
Yes, we are around I guess sixty five members.
Speaker 3 (13:52):
You were saying a football team and a baseball team.
Fair enough. How does someone become a member of this orchestra?
Speaker 2 (13:59):
I guess you actually have recitals and personal interviews. But
I mean, you're all set for this year. Don't get
me wrong. When in case someone you do not have to.
Speaker 5 (14:09):
Open you what we're always looking. We're always opening email us,
have a little audition and just get in, you know,
play with us, have a good time.
Speaker 2 (14:21):
Okay, So these are these are they're not professional musicians
in the sense that you don't tour around, but everyone
how far you're based in Newton, right, correct. Okay, But
you don't have to live in Newton to become a member.
Speaker 5 (14:40):
No, no, no, it's a community orchestra.
Speaker 1 (14:43):
No.
Speaker 5 (14:43):
Community orchestras are mostly musicians who make a living by
doing by having other professions. So we have a bunch
of doctors, lawyers, you know, accountants, you name it. You know, teachers, professors,
and so they have a different job. But they played
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instruments when you know, when growing up, and they just
want to keep on playing. And a lot of them,
some of them have even undergrad in music, you know.
But a lot of them are very talented. So all
of them are very talented. And no, we sound fantastic.
Speaker 2 (15:22):
And is your home base or you perform at the
Grace Church in Newton center? Is that where the concerts occur?
Speaker 5 (15:33):
Correct? Grace Episcopal Church.
Speaker 3 (15:36):
Grace Episcopal Church.
Speaker 2 (15:37):
Okay, And I know that you have a performance coming
up on November twenty third and twenty fourth.
Speaker 7 (15:46):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (15:46):
And then you have one actually at the Brown Middle
School in Newton on the fifteenth of December. And then
you have two concerts on March first and second, and
May third and fourth. All all of these take place
somewhere in Newton, am I correct?
Speaker 3 (16:04):
When I understand to understand.
Speaker 5 (16:06):
That yes, yes, this performances coming up in November, as
you mentioned, are will be at Grace Episcopal Church. The
March performances and the May performances will be at the
same church, the Grace Episcopal Church.
Speaker 3 (16:24):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (16:25):
And the one session then is the one on December
fifteenth at the Brown Middle School.
Speaker 5 (16:30):
Correct, And then we'll be doing a Cracker with the
Boston Boston Ballet. It's a beautiful event for families.
Speaker 3 (16:38):
Yes, well, that sounds great.
Speaker 2 (16:41):
And these are high quality musicians. And I'm looking at
the picture. It's a great tableau of men and women,
all sorts of backgrounds, different ages, and it is it
is clearly a very impressive looking orchestra. The amount to
talent that exists within the community, sometimes it's underrated. The
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number of people who again are you know, have become
musicians at one point in their life or have maybe
always been musicians. It's it's wonderful. How much do you
folks have to practice every year? Is this you know?
Something that really is involves a commitment for several months
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every every.
Speaker 3 (17:32):
Fall and winter.
Speaker 5 (17:35):
Yes, we rehearsed. We have about seven rehearsals in preparation
for every concert. So up to November third, No, we
have met at least seven times, you know. And it's
a lot of work. And besides that, all of us
work at home during the week and prepare for these rehearsals. Yes,
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it takes a lot of work, but we enjoy I think,
simply are We love doing this and I believe we
bring a lot of joy to the town of Newton.
Speaker 2 (18:08):
Thirty years. This is your thirtieth anniversary. Will be a
very special year. And I know that you have been
with the orchestra for how many years you were the
music director and you've been with them. You're now the
music director, but previously you were in other positions with
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the orchestra.
Speaker 3 (18:29):
Correct.
Speaker 5 (18:31):
Correct? I started in two thousand and seventeen as an
assistant conductor to the main conductor. Then I became the
principal conductor, and as this past September, I became the
music director. And yes, I've been around since twenty seventeen.
And by the way, we're also it's going to be
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a beautiful this November concert, special concert because we are
celebrating one hundred and fifty years of Newton as a
city and the new to the Mayor. Mayor Foller will
be joining us in one of the pieces. She will
be narrating a wonderful piece by Copeland that has that
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the text is a compilation of Lincoln's different speeches. It's
going to be it's going to be quite quite celebratory
in nature.
Speaker 3 (19:29):
Well, poor hey, best best of luck.
Speaker 2 (19:31):
It sounds like a wonderful season coming up for the
New phil Ammonia Orchestra beginning its thirty thirtieth season, with
the two performances coming up November twenty third and twenty
fourth at the Episcopal the Grace Episcopal Church in Newton Center.
And I assume tickets are available. What is the website
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people can can go to to get some tickets.
Speaker 5 (19:56):
It's new feel dot org.
Speaker 2 (19:59):
I like that it's easier to spell new phil any
w p h I L dot org. Congratulations, congratulations, thanks
for being with us tonight, Hoge the music direction my pleasure,
my pleasure. When we get back, we're going to talk
about a different sort of celebration, a sober comedy night
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presented at the Hope Center coming up on November twenty first,
We're going to talk with Norfolk County Sheriff Patrick McDermott,
an old friend, a very funny comedian Steve Sweeney, back
on Nightside. You'll get a few chuckles out of this one,
for sure, and there's also a serious message to boot.
Speaker 1 (20:36):
You're on night Side with Dan Ray on Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2 (20:42):
Well, I'm delighted to welcome two guests. Very rarely do
we have two guests at the same time here on Nightside.
Norfolk County Sheriff Patrick McDermott and a friend of many years,
one of the funniest people I know, comedian Steve Sweeney.
Speaker 3 (20:57):
First of all, Sheriff McDermott, welcome back. How are you tonight?
Speaker 8 (21:01):
I'm doing great, Dan, thanks for having me back again.
Really appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (21:04):
You bet you' Steve. Always a pleasure to have you here.
A nice sight. It's been too long. How have you
been doing, buddy?
Speaker 6 (21:10):
Oh good? I would amend your introduction one and a
half guess, one and a half guess because I'm grieving.
I'm grieving. How do you like these colleges they're taking
days off for grieving. You know who should be grieving
is the parents that are paying for these kids.
Speaker 5 (21:30):
Right.
Speaker 6 (21:31):
Do you have a safe room community colleges not grieving.
Speaker 2 (21:36):
Where's your comfort blanket? Do you have a safe room
and a comfort blanket?
Speaker 3 (21:39):
All I can.
Speaker 6 (21:41):
I'm waiting for my call from Trump to be the
ambassador to Aruba. Anyway, Hey, before we get started, I
really want to say this, Dan. Every Friday night, I'm
coming home from a gig and I listen to you
and I love it, absolutely love it. And my favorite
is the last hour. It was a few weeks ago,
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the last hour you were gonna do. Uh, you're doing
meetings with famous people and that's really.
Speaker 2 (22:09):
Rushes, rushes with celebrity, brushes with celebrity.
Speaker 6 (22:13):
Absolutely, next time you do it, I'm gonna call in.
Speaker 2 (22:17):
Well, you have met so many celebrities in your life.
I mean you'll be We could do an hour with
you one brushes with celebrity, that's sure. The a absolutely
as we call the good, the bad, and the ugly,
simple as that. But anyway, we're gonna talk about a
sober comedy night. Sheriff McDermott. Here's your headliner, Steve Sweeney.
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You can't do better than that. Tell us the purpose
here it's presented by the Hope Center. Tell us what
we're trying to accomplish here and then we'll have some fun.
Speaker 8 (22:46):
Tell us what we're gonna I'm truly blessed in the
Norfolk Sheriff's Office.
Speaker 6 (22:51):
You know.
Speaker 8 (22:51):
Part of my vision about being Sheriff of Norfolk County
was focusing on re entry, rehabilitation and the reduction of
recid rates. And we opened back in April a brand
new re entry center called the Hope Center, And the
Hope Center stands for Healing, Opportunity, Purpose and Engagement. And
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this is an opportunity for folks who are re entering
society from the House of Correction to be more integrated
into the community. And we focus on a holistic approach
to mental health, substance use, counseling, job training, educational opportunities,
job placement. The Hope Center is a one stop shop
for those people coming out of the Norfolk County House
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of Correction, but it's also available to generally the public
at large who might be falling on hard times. So
the Hope Center is presenting a Sober Comedy Night with
all proceeds to benefit our nonprofit and so Cares. And
we're very blessed to have Steve Sweeney. You know, most
people know Steve Sweeney as a very successful funny the
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godfather of the Boston comedy scene. But what I see
is a compassionate, loving soul that wants to give back consistently.
Steve is a member of the Norfolk County Sheriff's Office team.
He works with our inmates. He works with the folks
who are down on their luck who want to get
back on their feet. Steve works in the Plymouth County
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Sheriff's Office as well. So while you see Steve Sweeney
as a funny comedian, which he is, his heart is
in the right place when it comes to taking care
of people that want to better themselves. So the Hope
Center is launching this Comedy Night with Steve Sweeney on
November twenty first Thursday Night, seven to nine pm. If
you get your tickets early, we're going to be selling
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this out. Two hundred tickets are only going to be sold.
You got to go to NSO cares dot org. We
have a heated pavilion down in Braintree at twenty fifteen
Washington Street. Come one, come on, Steve Sweeney, Chase Blain
and Jack Lynch are gonna light it up that night.
Speaker 3 (24:55):
Noaich So have you given Steve a badge and a gun?
Speaker 8 (25:00):
We're still working on.
Speaker 2 (25:01):
That, Steve, this is this is good news is.
Speaker 6 (25:09):
I'm that's very nice of the sheriff to say that stuff.
But I do have an ulterian motive. You know. My
dream when I get into this business was to play
at a heated tent in Braintreet, you know, and uh, yeah,
I took the Anthony Robins course and my dreams come through. Yeah,
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I'm badgine a gun. You're a wise guy, Dan, you
know I'm from jobtown. That wouldn't be appropriate.
Speaker 3 (25:40):
There wouldn't be a safe bank in America at that point.
Speaker 6 (25:44):
Oh my god, I would.
Speaker 2 (25:48):
I would show up as a character witness and instead
of getting life in prison, you get three consecutive life
in prison. Trust me on that. Okay, Uh, what else
are you doing? How much are you moving around? I
mean I got to get you back on the show.
We haven't had you on.
Speaker 6 (26:03):
Oh you know what, I'd love to come right in
the middle of I love it, you know, I used to.
You know you sometimes you interact with the audience and
let's say, where are you from? You say Brighton. I'd say, oh,
you're putting on airs. You're from Austin, but uh yeah,
I'm working around and doing a little I did a
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fantastic movie in Thailand actually a few years ago, called
the Greatest Beer Run Ever. Its great cast Russell Crowe,
Bill Murray. I just did another short film Saturday, and
I do the stand up and I got my own
little club in Quinsy at the Fox and Hounds. So
staying busy. Dan, you know, I'm pretty much happy that
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the election's over. I'm I just sleeping kind of. You know,
that was pretty pretty much. You know, It's funny how
people are about this thing. You know, I got friends
that don't talk to each other and the whole thing.
But you know, I'm happy. Before Dan is Tim Wall,
the guy ran for VP. Yeah he went back back
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to the job and as hardware. Oh yeah, you bet Youah, yeah,
you're looking for three Philip Head screwdriver and three penny nails.
Oh yeah, you bet ya. He was a yeah, he's
a car.
Speaker 3 (27:25):
He was a character. Absolutely.
Speaker 2 (27:26):
I thank god he didn't shoot himself with that shotgun.
That's the one thing that often I think there was blessed.
Speaker 6 (27:33):
And then the other guy they're raiding your dogs, Oh
my god, lot of.
Speaker 2 (27:39):
Friends of mine, A lot of friends of mine sent
me some of these great memes of pictures of their
dogs watching that, and the dogs were terrified.
Speaker 3 (27:46):
I mean they understood what he was saying.
Speaker 2 (27:49):
None of them were going to Springfield, Ohio, absolutely, some
of them thought he was referring to Springfield, Massachusetts, which
is also another story, Steve. Great to hear you wet.
You gotta get you on some night we'll get.
Speaker 6 (28:02):
Yeah. I'm so happy to partner with the sheriff on this.
It's such a great cause.
Speaker 2 (28:07):
So well, a lot of people, a lot of people
are going to be helped here, shaff give us that
website one more time. You kind of rented by us
a little quickly there, Let's get it one more time.
Speaker 8 (28:17):
So go to www dot n as a Nancy n
s o cares dot org.
Speaker 2 (28:25):
Okay, yeah, here's the tip that www thing. You don't
need that anymore, just dot com, simplest time.
Speaker 8 (28:33):
Fifty five years old, Dan, I'm still doing the Www.
Getting used to it.
Speaker 2 (28:38):
I'm older than you, and I got rid of it
about twenty years ago. I couldn't quite second. I felt
like I was I felt like I was daffy duck.
Or something saying www, something like you no, no big deal.
Speaker 3 (28:49):
Stay sweety.
Speaker 8 (28:50):
We'll get together soon.
Speaker 2 (28:53):
Thanks right back at you. Thanks you great, great cause,
looking forward to it again. The date on that one, Sheriff,
it's the what's the.
Speaker 8 (29:00):
Date please, Thursday, November twenty first, seven pm, twenty fifteen,
Washington Street in Braintree.
Speaker 3 (29:07):
Perfect.
Speaker 2 (29:08):
Thank you so much, guys. We'll talk soon. Everybody appreciate it. Wrong,
great cause, my pleasure, Steve, Thanks Jariff. When we get back,
we're going to talk about fall splendor on seven New
England beaches. You didn't want to be on a beach today.
It was chilly out there. We're gonna be talking with
Alison to Baldy. She's a contributing writer for USA Today,
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and I think we'll have some disagreement over them.
Speaker 3 (29:32):
Any beach in.
Speaker 2 (29:32):
New England is beautiful, you know, in in October, in November,
a little tough in December. But we'll talk with Allison
on the other side of the break. Always great the
chat with Steve Sweeney and Sheriff Vic Deermoy coming back
on Night's side right after the break.
Speaker 1 (29:47):
Now back to Dan ray Line from the Window World
night Sight Studios on w b z TO News Radio.
Speaker 2 (29:55):
Joining US now is Alison to Baldy. She's a contributing
writer for USA Today and she's the ten best local expert. Allison,
this sounds like a sweet gig you got going here.
Speaker 7 (30:07):
It is, Dan, I love my job.
Speaker 2 (30:10):
I'll bet you do.
Speaker 3 (30:12):
I'll bet you do.
Speaker 2 (30:13):
And so we're going to talk about fall splendor at
seven New England Beaches.
Speaker 3 (30:18):
Are you from New England originally? Per chance?
Speaker 7 (30:20):
Or no? It looks to me like, you know, I'm
not Dan. I have a lot of family in New England,
So I grew up visiting grandparents and Marblehood and lots
of family in New Bedford. So although I am a
New Yorker, New England is in my heart.
Speaker 3 (30:36):
We're not going to hold that again. She trust me
on that.
Speaker 2 (30:38):
So, so you're you're recommending seven New England Beaches. Was
this a piece that is for a Boston paper or
was this in USA Today?
Speaker 3 (30:52):
I know you're a contributed to USA Today.
Speaker 7 (30:55):
Yes, it's actually was in USA Today And then you know,
so it really was geared to a now audience. Yeah,
because I you know, I think, of course New England
Beaches are world class and I think they deserve a
national audience.
Speaker 2 (31:08):
Oh absolutely, I'm very familiar with New England beaches. I'm
within probably two hundred yards of one right now.
Speaker 5 (31:16):
As a matter of fact, Oh good.
Speaker 3 (31:19):
On that beach yesterday. It's on the Nantucket Sound as
a matter of fact.
Speaker 2 (31:24):
An interesting fact. You're a traveling food writer based in
New York City. You have lived in Rome, Tuscany, Melbourne, Australia, Toronto,
and Los Angeles.
Speaker 7 (31:34):
That is so true.
Speaker 2 (31:35):
Yes, and you've written and published for places like CNN,
Travel Channel, HGTV. You've had really quite a career New
York Emirates, Open Skies, Family Traveler, and you look like
you're about twenty one. How did you get all this
done at such a young age, Allison, Well.
Speaker 7 (31:56):
I'll tell you I am definitely not twenty one, Dan,
But thank you, I'll say the compliment. Yeah, you know,
I've had a good gig going and I you know,
I love to travel, so it's really a great fit
for me. I love to travel and I love to
share share my travels with people.
Speaker 3 (32:13):
So let's talk about the New England beaches. I used
to love to travel.
Speaker 2 (32:17):
I worked as a TV reporter for a long time
and it was always fun to travel, but travel lately
has got tough for me. But that's another story. Tell
us about the seven beaches that you're recommending here, and
I'm familiar with some of them, and they're all great
beaches that you.
Speaker 7 (32:33):
Yes, well, it's well, they are all great beaches.
Speaker 2 (32:37):
You know.
Speaker 7 (32:38):
I could have I picked seven beaches, but in truth,
I think there probably would be seventy beaches in New
England that would be well worth the trip. I'm a
big fan of Hampton Beach in New Hampshire. I just
think it's such a classic. I'm not sure if you've
ever been up there.
Speaker 6 (32:53):
Yes, I have, Yes, I have that boardwalk.
Speaker 7 (32:56):
You know. I've been going there for you know, since
I was a young kid. So it just has that
you know, kind of old fashioned seaside vibe. And I
think in the fall it's just gorgeous because it's gotta
you know, it quiets down considerably so you can really,
you know, take a moment and savor and appreciate the
natural beauty of the beach when you have a little
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bit less of the you know, kind of diversions.
Speaker 3 (33:22):
Oh yeah, I mean.
Speaker 2 (33:23):
Old Silver Beach is very close to where I am
right here, in Falmouth. That's a anabulous beach. I think
most people in New England at some point have been
up to a gunkqut main beach.
Speaker 3 (33:35):
In a gunk WoT right.
Speaker 7 (33:37):
Yes, I do love Algunquet. I think it's gorgeous and
I mean, yeah, Falmouth, the whole cape is beautiful. One
of the things I really do like in the Falmouth areas.
I'm a I love to cycle, so I'm a big fan,
you know of the of the bike path that they
have there, the Shining Sea Bikeway. It's a very you know,
it's it's perfect in autumn. I feel like, you know,
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in summer it can be awfly hot, but you know,
autumn is really a great season to enjoy the beach
and kind of beach adjacent activities too.
Speaker 3 (34:08):
Well.
Speaker 2 (34:08):
You mentioned the one that caught my eyes when I'm
very familiar with Mosh Beach. I call it Filbin Beach
on Martha's Vineyard where they have the mud baths.
Speaker 3 (34:18):
Have you ever been.
Speaker 5 (34:20):
Das it's really fun.
Speaker 7 (34:22):
Yeah, yeah, and it's again, I mean, it's so it's
so you know, they're all so different, you know, I
think those you know, the cliffs are so amazing and
it just feels very remote on that side of the vineyard,
you know.
Speaker 3 (34:36):
Absolutely, that is the they called the.
Speaker 5 (34:38):
Quinna Quinna exactly.
Speaker 2 (34:42):
Yeah, And I see here Easton's Beach in Newport, Rhode Island.
I'm not familiar with that, but it looks beautiful, huh.
Speaker 8 (34:49):
It is.
Speaker 7 (34:49):
It's really beautiful.
Speaker 6 (34:50):
You know.
Speaker 7 (34:50):
One of the things I love about Easton's Beach is
you're really like right in Newport the cliff Walk. You know,
you can see it right above and you know, if
you kind kind of you can access the cliff walk
and I think it's about a two mile trail and
you can, you know, see the mansions and it's kind
of you know, it's a very beautiful beach. But it
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really is almost an urban beach, I would say, because
you're just so close to everything in Newport. So yeah,
that's a favorite of mine.
Speaker 3 (35:20):
If you want an.
Speaker 2 (35:20):
Urban beach, you could have thrown Revere Beach in here,
but I think you might be a little more beautiful
than Revere. There's one in Madison, Connecticut, which I'm not
familiar with.
Speaker 3 (35:29):
Tell us about that one.
Speaker 7 (35:31):
That one Hammond Asset is you know, it's a wonderful
year round beach. But especially in fall because it's not
an ocean beach. It's the Long Island Sound, so the
water kind of stays a bit warmer. I mean, I
was there about two weeks ago swimming. I mean, I'm
a little bit of a polar bear, so I admit,
you know, not everyone is going to want to take
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a Halloween swim, but you know, the water stays warm.
It's just gorgeous. There's like wooden boardwalk trails and beautiful foliage,
you know. I mean, of course, the coastal foliage is
not quite like inland foliage. You know, it's not those
burths of like reds and oranges.
Speaker 5 (36:13):
It's more of a subtle.
Speaker 7 (36:15):
Kind of color palette. But it's just a beautiful one.
I'm a big fan of Hamon Asset, and I would
say it's pretty much equidistance between New York and Boston.
It's about two hours from both cities, so it's a
you know, I go there in the winter. It's a
great winter beach.
Speaker 5 (36:31):
I snowshoe.
Speaker 2 (36:32):
There was a sunset on the cape tonight which I've
never seen. It was the most spectacular sunset.
Speaker 3 (36:40):
Oh wow, around five o'clock.
Speaker 2 (36:41):
And the last beach that since we're going to hit
all of them, we'll hit them all. The number seven
is out a wildlife refuse in Nantucket. Never I'm not
familiar with this beach, but it looks beautiful.
Speaker 7 (36:52):
Yes, it's very beautiful. You know what I love about
about the wildlife refuse beach is, you know, it's there's
mile of beaches there, but there's also you know, dunes
and tall beach grass and heather. There's a big maritime
oak forest, so it almost is like a state park.
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I would say, you know, it's not technically, but it's
just very massive and it feels really like otherworldly. It's
it's just gorgeous. It's you know, and of course Nantucket
in fall is just absolutely beautiful, one of my favorite places.
Speaker 3 (37:30):
So a little a little.
Speaker 2 (37:31):
Less crowded in in November than it would be in
July or Auguste's for sure.
Speaker 7 (37:36):
Definitely.
Speaker 2 (37:37):
Dan really enjoyed the conversation and the more I read
about your fluent in Italian, Uh, you have that.
Speaker 6 (37:47):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (37:48):
I took some I led some listeners to Rome and
the Amalfi Coast this summer and oh wow, back in
Italy for a while. But it was it was a
beautiful trip, little warm.
Speaker 7 (37:58):
Little warm hot weather. Now, well it's a pleasure. I'm
a big fan of yours, Dan, so it was a
pleasure speaking with you.
Speaker 3 (38:06):
Right back at you, Alison Tobaldi.
Speaker 2 (38:08):
And again, get out if you get a chance before
the snowflies, and enjoy one of New England's beaches. Take
a walk. That's all you have to do. Thanks so much, Alison,
and I hopefully have you back with us soon. Thank
you so much.
Speaker 7 (38:20):
Thank you, Dan. Take care the good night you too,
talk to you soon.
Speaker 3 (38:24):
All right, go take quick break here.
Speaker 2 (38:25):
We're going to come back when we talk about what's
going on up at the strike in three Massachusetts communities.
I think you know them by now, Beverly and Gloucester
and Marblehead. Nothing much has changed. No school tomorrow for
any of these school systems. These strikes, these teachers remain
on strike. I want to talk a little bit about this.
(38:47):
I made some suggestions last night. I want to clarify,
make sure all of you understand. I'm putting on a
proposal and I want to see some members of the
legislature support it. Because I came up with the idea.
I think it's a core even though it was mine
I don't have too many great ideas, but we will
be back. This is a great topic, coming back on
the other side of the nine here on Nightside
It's Nightside with Dan Ray on DEBS Costs Radio.
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Nicall, thank you very much, as always, welcome on in
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(00:52):
I'm Dan Ray. I am the host of Knightside with
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program up along with me during the day and later
on this evening we are going to be talking about
(01:14):
the continuing strike at three Massachusetts Community the teachers strike
at three Massachusetts communities. We will also talk a little
bit later on tonight about a couple of articles of
the Washington Post, a couple out of the Boston Globe
where people some people are thinking about leaving the country
because of the Trump reelection.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
We could go tonight.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Matter of fact, they were just beginning to all the
polls were closing a week ago tonight.
Speaker 3 (01:39):
A lot has transpired in the last week, so we'll
get to all of that.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
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In Paul, if we don't hear from you. We're going
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(02:26):
as simple as that. Well, we have four topics of
really I think really interesting. The first one is exceptionally interesting.
You've heard the phrase you've turned lemons into lemonade. Well,
we're not talking about lemons. We're talking about dirty diapers
with Brett Stevens. He's the senior director of Reworld, a
(02:47):
waste management company that could be helping all of us
turning dirty diapers into electricity. Brett Stevens, I have no
idea how you do this, but love to get a
little bit more information from you. You've teamed up with
a local mass daycare provider.
Speaker 3 (03:07):
Tell us about it.
Speaker 4 (03:09):
Sure, First, thank you for having me, and secondly, you
are right. This is a very interesting story. Normally, parents
at home, you know, they generate a lot of dirty
diapers when they have babies.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
And the parents the babies generate the diapers. Let's make
sure we're clear on that it's not the parents.
Speaker 4 (03:27):
Yeah, that's right. So babies generate a lot of dirty
diapers when they are young. Parents tend to throw them
in the garbage at home, and then normally your local
garbage company will haul that material to a local landfill.
And many people don't know this, but diapers are made
of multiple different materials from adhesives to plastics to absorbents,
(03:51):
and those materials do not break down in the landfill.
So it could take five hundred years for a diaper
to decompose. And we've read some statistics from the EPA
to say diapers are the number three waste stream in
US landfills today, so quite a bit of them sort
of rotting away over time.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
We're talking about after you die five hundred years legacy.
Speaker 4 (04:17):
Wow, go ahead, Yeah, and we are, we're running out
of landfill space here. We're kind of behind the times
compared to Europe. And so my company, Reworld Waste operates
about eighty percent of the waste to energy or thermal
destruction capacity.
Speaker 5 (04:35):
In North America.
Speaker 4 (04:36):
And we partnered with one of our national customers, Kimberly Clark,
which owns Huggies diapers and a local day care facility
in Boston and Bright Horizons. We're doing a six location
pilot program. It's been running since January of this year,
so we're there.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
We're in a highl aer just so it's p I
l O T like an airplane pilot. It's not a
pilot p I L E. I just want to make
sure that they would clear on that.
Speaker 6 (05:07):
Correct.
Speaker 4 (05:08):
And by pilot, I mean that this is a test
program up there, stereo.
Speaker 3 (05:13):
I just want to pay. We're not talking about piling
it up anywhere. Go ahead, go.
Speaker 4 (05:16):
Ahead, correct, correct. And so we've partnered with Huggies and
these local Bright Horizons daycare facilities. There are six of
them in the Greater Boston area that are participating, and
we have a special kiosk at each of these sites
to specifically put diapers in instead of the normal trash,
and we use a subcontractor in the local Boston area
(05:39):
to do milk run style pickups at those six day
care facilities multiple times a week. So those diapers are collected,
they are brought back to a local waste management facility
where the material is sterilized in an autoclave. It's a
machine that combines steam and pressure to kill bacteria, help
(05:59):
with the smell, all the things you would want to
do with a dirty diaper.
Speaker 2 (06:03):
Kiosks with it deposited, and then they're moved. Okay, got it, okay,
fair enough?
Speaker 6 (06:09):
Correct?
Speaker 4 (06:09):
And so the diapers do not sit for more than
a couple of days at the most before they are
emptied out. And then those diapers end up getting sterilized
at a local partner of ours in the Boston area,
and then we ultimately deliver a full truckload of that
material to our haveril the thermal treatment facility in the
Greater Boston area, and so that material gets commingled with
(06:33):
municipal waste, normal garbage that comes in from the municipalities,
and it enters our boiler where it becomes a fuel
to create electricity. And so all of those diapers, along
with all the other waste that we collect, is incinerated
or thermally treated, which heats up our boiler systems of water.
(06:53):
That water becomes steam, that steam enters a turbine, and
that turbine creates electricity out to the New England Tower grid.
So we're actually putting the diapers and other waste materials
to good use. And so far through the pilot program
this year, at just those six stores, six locations, we've
collected over thirty three thousand pounds of diapers. That's over
(07:15):
sixteen tons of diapers, and those sixteen tons of diapers
have created three mega loot hours of electricity. So for
your listeners who don't know what a megawatt hour is
or how to measure what effect that has, those three
megawatt hours of electricity could power five homes for a
month in the Boston area. Okay, so we're sending go ahead.
Speaker 3 (07:38):
No, I'm just saying that's a lot of work, okay.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
And in the article that I read here, there's also
some families out there who are going back to the old,
tried and true cloth diaper.
Speaker 3 (07:53):
We have a woman who calls this show who.
Speaker 2 (07:55):
Makes a diaper run every night, Donna the Diaper Lady. Well,
that's true, that's true. Donna is one of our regular callers.
She's probably listening right now. What you're doing is that
people have obviously have made the switch from cloth diapers
to disposable diapers, but you have highlighted a problem and
(08:18):
you're trying to turn you know, lemons into lemonade here,
you know, diapers and whatever used diapers uh into power
for the grid, which is really interesting. Is this being
done anywhere else in the country or are you guys,
is this a breakthrough with your company?
Speaker 3 (08:36):
And here in New England.
Speaker 4 (08:39):
I would say that we may accidentally receive diapers for
municipalities that send their waste to us, but this is
a very this is a you know, on purpose program
that we are collecting only that material from.
Speaker 5 (08:53):
These facilities, and.
Speaker 4 (08:55):
To my knowledge, we're the only company doing this in
North America today and it's not happening anywhere else in
the country yet. But we do hope to expand it
with our partners.
Speaker 2 (09:06):
Well, Brett, I know I was using a couple of
puns there, just to lighten the like we say lighten
the load here, but I shouldn't say that the bottom
line I shouldn't say that either. What I'm trying to
say is this seems like a great program. Obviously, it's
not like you're powering Manhattan for a month with the diapers,
(09:27):
but it's a step in the right direction. And I
hope that as this expiands or as you get some others.
I would assume that there are probably some investors out
there who might like to take a look at this program.
Am I being too optimistic when I suggest that?
Speaker 4 (09:46):
Well, I don't think you're being too optimistic. I think
this does have legs. But yeah, mke no, mistake. Well,
what we're doing right now is an improvement over the
material sitting in a landfill. But the holy grail, the
holy grail would be if the diapers were not single
use and disposable and made from multiple materials. I think
down the line, we'll probably get to a point where
(10:08):
these diapers can be collected and recycled in some way,
where the content can be used in a variety of ways.
Maybe the plastic outer part of the diaper can be recycled,
whereas the inner absorbent material could be used for some
other kind of traded I think we're maybe a year
or two away from that, But that's the holy grail.
Speaker 2 (10:27):
Okay, how can folks get more information? Give us a website,
how they that can get in touch with you. You
never know, we can have some venture capitalists who's listening
tonight and says, hey, that's a great potential investment, or
people just might want to get more information.
Speaker 3 (10:40):
Give us a way to get in touch with you.
Speaker 2 (10:42):
Sure.
Speaker 4 (10:43):
Our company is called Reworld rw RLD and you can
reach us at reworld waste dot com. You can learn
a lot about our facilities where they exist. You can
learn about thermal destruction of products and the benefits of that.
We we of course would love to chat with anyone
that wants to reach out.
Speaker 3 (11:03):
And how long has your company been operational.
Speaker 4 (11:07):
We have been operational since the eighties. Uh Oh was
previously known as co previously known as Covanta. You may
know the name Covanta, but we've recently rebranded earlier this
year to Reworld because we've acquired a lot of companies
to complement our core business and we are now a
total waste solutions company.
Speaker 2 (11:28):
And to end, Brett, thank you very much for your time.
Thank you very much for your innovation. And I hope
you are on a fan that I tried to just
lighten it up a little bit.
Speaker 4 (11:36):
And no, of course, thank you for having.
Speaker 2 (11:38):
A great project. Thanks, thank you, Bret. Brett Stevens of
Senior director of Reworld. Thanks Brett, appreciate it very much.
We'll have you back.
Speaker 4 (11:46):
Thank you, bye bye, have a great night, and.
Speaker 2 (11:47):
We come back when we talk about the new Philharmonic
Harmon Excuse me, I shouldn't say phil Harmonic, the New
Philharmonia Orchestra. If you are a music lover, you are
going to love this next segment. Later I'm going to
talk about sober comedy night and also find fall splendor
at seven New England beaches from Maine to Rhode Island.
(12:08):
And then we'll get to the talk portion of the program.
Speaker 3 (12:11):
For now. My name's Dan Ray. This is Nightside.
Speaker 2 (12:12):
To listen to WBZ ten thirty in the am Bustin's
News Radio back right after this.
Speaker 1 (12:18):
Now back to Dan Ray live from the Window World
night Side Studios on WBZ News Radio.
Speaker 2 (12:26):
All right, we are back going to talk about a
little bit of music here, actually quite a bit of
music music. The new follow Philharmoniamonia Orchestra, beginning its thirtieth
anniversary season with us. Is the music direction of the
new Philharmonia Orchestra? Have I pronounced that correctly? Jorge Soto?
Speaker 5 (12:49):
Yes, perfect, new Philharmonia, Yes.
Speaker 2 (12:51):
Harmonia, Okay, I always think it's going to be Philharmonic.
I know why did they change it? Tell us about
why is it called Philharmonia as opposed to Philharmonic?
Speaker 3 (13:03):
Is there a reasoners there is that? Are they synonyms?
Speaker 5 (13:07):
No, it's just the name of it. It said, there's
a it's a name. You know, you have symphony orchestras,
you know, Philharmonic, you know Boston Symphony, Boston Philharmonic. You
know we play with these names, but that's name, you know,
I gotta get Look.
Speaker 2 (13:25):
I don't know why they said they spell the Red
Sox s O X why they don't say Red Sox
s O c K S. But that's you know. Those
are the sort of the questions you have to deal
with in life living here in New England. So tell
us about the orchestra. This is a huge ensemble. How
many members are in your orchestra? I saw some pictures.
It looks like two football teams.
Speaker 5 (13:48):
Yes, we are around I guess sixty five members.
Speaker 3 (13:52):
You were saying a football team and a baseball team.
Fair enough. How does someone become a member of this orchestra?
Speaker 2 (13:59):
I guess you actually have recitals and personal interviews. But
I mean, you're all set for this year. Don't get
me wrong. When in case someone you do not have to.
Speaker 5 (14:09):
Open you what we're always looking. We're always opening email us,
have a little audition and just get in, you know,
play with us, have a good time.
Speaker 2 (14:21):
Okay, So these are these are they're not professional musicians
in the sense that you don't tour around, but everyone
how far you're based in Newton, right, correct. Okay, But
you don't have to live in Newton to become a member.
Speaker 5 (14:40):
No, no, no, it's a community orchestra.
Speaker 1 (14:43):
No.
Speaker 5 (14:43):
Community orchestras are mostly musicians who make a living by
doing by having other professions. So we have a bunch
of doctors, lawyers, you know, accountants, you name it. You know, teachers, professors,
and so they have a different job. But they played
(15:04):
instruments when you know, when growing up, and they just
want to keep on playing. And a lot of them,
some of them have even undergrad in music, you know.
But a lot of them are very talented. So all
of them are very talented. And no, we sound fantastic.
Speaker 2 (15:22):
And is your home base or you perform at the
Grace Church in Newton center? Is that where the concerts occur?
Speaker 5 (15:33):
Correct? Grace Episcopal Church.
Speaker 3 (15:36):
Grace Episcopal Church.
Speaker 2 (15:37):
Okay, And I know that you have a performance coming
up on November twenty third and twenty fourth.
Speaker 7 (15:46):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (15:46):
And then you have one actually at the Brown Middle
School in Newton on the fifteenth of December. And then
you have two concerts on March first and second, and
May third and fourth. All all of these take place
somewhere in Newton, am I correct?
Speaker 3 (16:04):
When I understand to understand.
Speaker 5 (16:06):
That yes, yes, this performances coming up in November, as
you mentioned, are will be at Grace Episcopal Church. The
March performances and the May performances will be at the
same church, the Grace Episcopal Church.
Speaker 3 (16:24):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (16:25):
And the one session then is the one on December
fifteenth at the Brown Middle School.
Speaker 5 (16:30):
Correct, And then we'll be doing a Cracker with the
Boston Boston Ballet. It's a beautiful event for families.
Speaker 3 (16:38):
Yes, well, that sounds great.
Speaker 2 (16:41):
And these are high quality musicians. And I'm looking at
the picture. It's a great tableau of men and women,
all sorts of backgrounds, different ages, and it is it
is clearly a very impressive looking orchestra. The amount to
talent that exists within the community, sometimes it's underrated. The
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number of people who again are you know, have become
musicians at one point in their life or have maybe
always been musicians. It's it's wonderful. How much do you
folks have to practice every year? Is this you know?
Something that really is involves a commitment for several months
(17:31):
every every.
Speaker 3 (17:32):
Fall and winter.
Speaker 5 (17:35):
Yes, we rehearsed. We have about seven rehearsals in preparation
for every concert. So up to November third, No, we
have met at least seven times, you know. And it's
a lot of work. And besides that, all of us
work at home during the week and prepare for these rehearsals. Yes,
(17:57):
it takes a lot of work, but we enjoy I think,
simply are We love doing this and I believe we
bring a lot of joy to the town of Newton.
Speaker 2 (18:08):
Thirty years. This is your thirtieth anniversary. Will be a
very special year. And I know that you have been
with the orchestra for how many years you were the
music director and you've been with them. You're now the
music director, but previously you were in other positions with
(18:28):
the orchestra.
Speaker 3 (18:29):
Correct.
Speaker 5 (18:31):
Correct? I started in two thousand and seventeen as an
assistant conductor to the main conductor. Then I became the
principal conductor, and as this past September, I became the
music director. And yes, I've been around since twenty seventeen.
And by the way, we're also it's going to be
(18:51):
a beautiful this November concert, special concert because we are
celebrating one hundred and fifty years of Newton as a
city and the new to the Mayor. Mayor Foller will
be joining us in one of the pieces. She will
be narrating a wonderful piece by Copeland that has that
(19:15):
the text is a compilation of Lincoln's different speeches. It's
going to be it's going to be quite quite celebratory
in nature.
Speaker 3 (19:29):
Well, poor hey, best best of luck.
Speaker 2 (19:31):
It sounds like a wonderful season coming up for the
New phil Ammonia Orchestra beginning its thirty thirtieth season, with
the two performances coming up November twenty third and twenty
fourth at the Episcopal the Grace Episcopal Church in Newton Center.
And I assume tickets are available. What is the website
(19:52):
people can can go to to get some tickets.
Speaker 5 (19:56):
It's new feel dot org.
Speaker 2 (19:59):
I like that it's easier to spell new phil any
w p h I L dot org. Congratulations, congratulations, thanks
for being with us tonight, Hoge the music direction my pleasure,
my pleasure. When we get back, we're going to talk
about a different sort of celebration, a sober comedy night
(20:20):
presented at the Hope Center coming up on November twenty first,
We're going to talk with Norfolk County Sheriff Patrick McDermott,
an old friend, a very funny comedian Steve Sweeney, back
on Nightside. You'll get a few chuckles out of this one,
for sure, and there's also a serious message to boot.
Speaker 1 (20:36):
You're on night Side with Dan Ray on Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2 (20:42):
Well, I'm delighted to welcome two guests. Very rarely do
we have two guests at the same time here on Nightside.
Norfolk County Sheriff Patrick McDermott and a friend of many years,
one of the funniest people I know, comedian Steve Sweeney.
Speaker 3 (20:57):
First of all, Sheriff McDermott, welcome back. How are you tonight?
Speaker 8 (21:01):
I'm doing great, Dan, thanks for having me back again.
Really appreciate it.
Speaker 2 (21:04):
You bet you' Steve. Always a pleasure to have you here.
A nice sight. It's been too long. How have you
been doing, buddy?
Speaker 6 (21:10):
Oh good? I would amend your introduction one and a
half guess, one and a half guess because I'm grieving.
I'm grieving. How do you like these colleges they're taking
days off for grieving. You know who should be grieving
is the parents that are paying for these kids.
Speaker 5 (21:30):
Right.
Speaker 6 (21:31):
Do you have a safe room community colleges not grieving.
Speaker 2 (21:36):
Where's your comfort blanket? Do you have a safe room
and a comfort blanket?
Speaker 3 (21:39):
All I can.
Speaker 6 (21:41):
I'm waiting for my call from Trump to be the
ambassador to Aruba. Anyway, Hey, before we get started, I
really want to say this, Dan. Every Friday night, I'm
coming home from a gig and I listen to you
and I love it, absolutely love it. And my favorite
is the last hour. It was a few weeks ago,
(22:04):
the last hour you were gonna do. Uh, you're doing
meetings with famous people and that's really.
Speaker 2 (22:09):
Rushes, rushes with celebrity, brushes with celebrity.
Speaker 6 (22:13):
Absolutely, next time you do it, I'm gonna call in.
Speaker 2 (22:17):
Well, you have met so many celebrities in your life.
I mean you'll be We could do an hour with
you one brushes with celebrity, that's sure. The a absolutely
as we call the good, the bad, and the ugly,
simple as that. But anyway, we're gonna talk about a
sober comedy night. Sheriff McDermott. Here's your headliner, Steve Sweeney.
(22:37):
You can't do better than that. Tell us the purpose
here it's presented by the Hope Center. Tell us what
we're trying to accomplish here and then we'll have some fun.
Speaker 8 (22:46):
Tell us what we're gonna I'm truly blessed in the
Norfolk Sheriff's Office.
Speaker 6 (22:51):
You know.
Speaker 8 (22:51):
Part of my vision about being Sheriff of Norfolk County
was focusing on re entry, rehabilitation and the reduction of
recid rates. And we opened back in April a brand
new re entry center called the Hope Center, And the
Hope Center stands for Healing, Opportunity, Purpose and Engagement. And
(23:12):
this is an opportunity for folks who are re entering
society from the House of Correction to be more integrated
into the community. And we focus on a holistic approach
to mental health, substance use, counseling, job training, educational opportunities,
job placement. The Hope Center is a one stop shop
for those people coming out of the Norfolk County House
(23:34):
of Correction, but it's also available to generally the public
at large who might be falling on hard times. So
the Hope Center is presenting a Sober Comedy Night with
all proceeds to benefit our nonprofit and so Cares. And
we're very blessed to have Steve Sweeney. You know, most
people know Steve Sweeney as a very successful funny the
(23:56):
godfather of the Boston comedy scene. But what I see
is a compassionate, loving soul that wants to give back consistently.
Steve is a member of the Norfolk County Sheriff's Office team.
He works with our inmates. He works with the folks
who are down on their luck who want to get
back on their feet. Steve works in the Plymouth County
(24:17):
Sheriff's Office as well. So while you see Steve Sweeney
as a funny comedian, which he is, his heart is
in the right place when it comes to taking care
of people that want to better themselves. So the Hope
Center is launching this Comedy Night with Steve Sweeney on
November twenty first Thursday Night, seven to nine pm. If
you get your tickets early, we're going to be selling
(24:40):
this out. Two hundred tickets are only going to be sold.
You got to go to NSO cares dot org. We
have a heated pavilion down in Braintree at twenty fifteen
Washington Street. Come one, come on, Steve Sweeney, Chase Blain
and Jack Lynch are gonna light it up that night.
Speaker 3 (24:55):
Noaich So have you given Steve a badge and a gun?
Speaker 8 (25:00):
We're still working on.
Speaker 2 (25:01):
That, Steve, this is this is good news is.
Speaker 6 (25:09):
I'm that's very nice of the sheriff to say that stuff.
But I do have an ulterian motive. You know. My
dream when I get into this business was to play
at a heated tent in Braintreet, you know, and uh, yeah,
I took the Anthony Robins course and my dreams come through. Yeah,
(25:33):
I'm badgine a gun. You're a wise guy, Dan, you
know I'm from jobtown. That wouldn't be appropriate.
Speaker 3 (25:40):
There wouldn't be a safe bank in America at that point.
Speaker 6 (25:44):
Oh my god, I would.
Speaker 2 (25:48):
I would show up as a character witness and instead
of getting life in prison, you get three consecutive life
in prison. Trust me on that. Okay, Uh, what else
are you doing? How much are you moving around? I
mean I got to get you back on the show.
We haven't had you on.
Speaker 6 (26:03):
Oh you know what, I'd love to come right in
the middle of I love it, you know, I used to.
You know you sometimes you interact with the audience and
let's say, where are you from? You say Brighton. I'd say, oh,
you're putting on airs. You're from Austin, but uh yeah,
I'm working around and doing a little I did a
(26:25):
fantastic movie in Thailand actually a few years ago, called
the Greatest Beer Run Ever. Its great cast Russell Crowe,
Bill Murray. I just did another short film Saturday, and
I do the stand up and I got my own
little club in Quinsy at the Fox and Hounds. So
staying busy. Dan, you know, I'm pretty much happy that
(26:49):
the election's over. I'm I just sleeping kind of. You know,
that was pretty pretty much. You know, It's funny how
people are about this thing. You know, I got friends
that don't talk to each other and the whole thing.
But you know, I'm happy. Before Dan is Tim Wall,
the guy ran for VP. Yeah he went back back
(27:13):
to the job and as hardware. Oh yeah, you bet Youah, yeah,
you're looking for three Philip Head screwdriver and three penny nails.
Oh yeah, you bet ya. He was a yeah, he's
a car.
Speaker 3 (27:25):
He was a character. Absolutely.
Speaker 2 (27:26):
I thank god he didn't shoot himself with that shotgun.
That's the one thing that often I think there was blessed.
Speaker 6 (27:33):
And then the other guy they're raiding your dogs, Oh
my god, lot of.
Speaker 2 (27:39):
Friends of mine, A lot of friends of mine sent
me some of these great memes of pictures of their
dogs watching that, and the dogs were terrified.
Speaker 3 (27:46):
I mean they understood what he was saying.
Speaker 2 (27:49):
None of them were going to Springfield, Ohio, absolutely, some
of them thought he was referring to Springfield, Massachusetts, which
is also another story, Steve. Great to hear you wet.
You gotta get you on some night we'll get.
Speaker 6 (28:02):
Yeah. I'm so happy to partner with the sheriff on this.
It's such a great cause.
Speaker 2 (28:07):
So well, a lot of people, a lot of people
are going to be helped here, shaff give us that
website one more time. You kind of rented by us
a little quickly there, Let's get it one more time.
Speaker 8 (28:17):
So go to www dot n as a Nancy n
s o cares dot org.
Speaker 2 (28:25):
Okay, yeah, here's the tip that www thing. You don't
need that anymore, just dot com, simplest time.
Speaker 8 (28:33):
Fifty five years old, Dan, I'm still doing the Www.
Getting used to it.
Speaker 2 (28:38):
I'm older than you, and I got rid of it
about twenty years ago. I couldn't quite second. I felt
like I was I felt like I was daffy duck.
Or something saying www, something like you no, no big deal.
Speaker 3 (28:49):
Stay sweety.
Speaker 8 (28:50):
We'll get together soon.
Speaker 2 (28:53):
Thanks right back at you. Thanks you great, great cause,
looking forward to it again. The date on that one, Sheriff,
it's the what's the.
Speaker 8 (29:00):
Date please, Thursday, November twenty first, seven pm, twenty fifteen,
Washington Street in Braintree.
Speaker 3 (29:07):
Perfect.
Speaker 2 (29:08):
Thank you so much, guys. We'll talk soon. Everybody appreciate it. Wrong,
great cause, my pleasure, Steve, Thanks Jariff. When we get back,
we're going to talk about fall splendor on seven New
England beaches. You didn't want to be on a beach today.
It was chilly out there. We're gonna be talking with
Alison to Baldy. She's a contributing writer for USA Today,
(29:30):
and I think we'll have some disagreement over them.
Speaker 3 (29:32):
Any beach in.
Speaker 2 (29:32):
New England is beautiful, you know, in in October, in November,
a little tough in December. But we'll talk with Allison
on the other side of the break. Always great the
chat with Steve Sweeney and Sheriff Vic Deermoy coming back
on Night's side right after the break.
Speaker 1 (29:47):
Now back to Dan ray Line from the Window World
night Sight Studios on w b z TO News Radio.
Speaker 2 (29:55):
Joining US now is Alison to Baldy. She's a contributing
writer for USA Today and she's the ten best local expert. Allison,
this sounds like a sweet gig you got going here.
Speaker 7 (30:07):
It is, Dan, I love my job.
Speaker 2 (30:10):
I'll bet you do.
Speaker 3 (30:12):
I'll bet you do.
Speaker 2 (30:13):
And so we're going to talk about fall splendor at
seven New England Beaches.
Speaker 3 (30:18):
Are you from New England originally? Per chance?
Speaker 7 (30:20):
Or no? It looks to me like, you know, I'm
not Dan. I have a lot of family in New England,
So I grew up visiting grandparents and Marblehood and lots
of family in New Bedford. So although I am a
New Yorker, New England is in my heart.
Speaker 3 (30:36):
We're not going to hold that again. She trust me
on that.
Speaker 2 (30:38):
So, so you're you're recommending seven New England Beaches. Was
this a piece that is for a Boston paper or
was this in USA Today?
Speaker 3 (30:52):
I know you're a contributed to USA Today.
Speaker 7 (30:55):
Yes, it's actually was in USA Today And then you know,
so it really was geared to a now audience. Yeah,
because I you know, I think, of course New England
Beaches are world class and I think they deserve a
national audience.
Speaker 2 (31:08):
Oh absolutely, I'm very familiar with New England beaches. I'm
within probably two hundred yards of one right now.
Speaker 5 (31:16):
As a matter of fact, Oh good.
Speaker 3 (31:19):
On that beach yesterday. It's on the Nantucket Sound as
a matter of fact.
Speaker 2 (31:24):
An interesting fact. You're a traveling food writer based in
New York City. You have lived in Rome, Tuscany, Melbourne, Australia, Toronto,
and Los Angeles.
Speaker 7 (31:34):
That is so true.
Speaker 2 (31:35):
Yes, and you've written and published for places like CNN,
Travel Channel, HGTV. You've had really quite a career New
York Emirates, Open Skies, Family Traveler, and you look like
you're about twenty one. How did you get all this
done at such a young age, Allison, Well.
Speaker 7 (31:56):
I'll tell you I am definitely not twenty one, Dan,
But thank you, I'll say the compliment. Yeah, you know,
I've had a good gig going and I you know,
I love to travel, so it's really a great fit
for me. I love to travel and I love to
share share my travels with people.
Speaker 3 (32:13):
So let's talk about the New England beaches. I used
to love to travel.
Speaker 2 (32:17):
I worked as a TV reporter for a long time
and it was always fun to travel, but travel lately
has got tough for me. But that's another story. Tell
us about the seven beaches that you're recommending here, and
I'm familiar with some of them, and they're all great
beaches that you.
Speaker 7 (32:33):
Yes, well, it's well, they are all great beaches.
Speaker 2 (32:37):
You know.
Speaker 7 (32:38):
I could have I picked seven beaches, but in truth,
I think there probably would be seventy beaches in New
England that would be well worth the trip. I'm a
big fan of Hampton Beach in New Hampshire. I just
think it's such a classic. I'm not sure if you've
ever been up there.
Speaker 6 (32:53):
Yes, I have, Yes, I have that boardwalk.
Speaker 7 (32:56):
You know. I've been going there for you know, since
I was a young kid. So it just has that
you know, kind of old fashioned seaside vibe. And I
think in the fall it's just gorgeous because it's gotta
you know, it quiets down considerably so you can really,
you know, take a moment and savor and appreciate the
natural beauty of the beach when you have a little
(33:18):
bit less of the you know, kind of diversions.
Speaker 3 (33:22):
Oh yeah, I mean.
Speaker 2 (33:23):
Old Silver Beach is very close to where I am
right here, in Falmouth. That's a anabulous beach. I think
most people in New England at some point have been
up to a gunkqut main beach.
Speaker 3 (33:35):
In a gunk WoT right.
Speaker 7 (33:37):
Yes, I do love Algunquet. I think it's gorgeous and
I mean, yeah, Falmouth, the whole cape is beautiful. One
of the things I really do like in the Falmouth areas.
I'm a I love to cycle, so I'm a big fan,
you know of the of the bike path that they
have there, the Shining Sea Bikeway. It's a very you know,
it's it's perfect in autumn. I feel like, you know,
(33:57):
in summer it can be awfly hot, but you know,
autumn is really a great season to enjoy the beach
and kind of beach adjacent activities too.
Speaker 3 (34:08):
Well.
Speaker 2 (34:08):
You mentioned the one that caught my eyes when I'm
very familiar with Mosh Beach. I call it Filbin Beach
on Martha's Vineyard where they have the mud baths.
Speaker 3 (34:18):
Have you ever been.
Speaker 5 (34:20):
Das it's really fun.
Speaker 7 (34:22):
Yeah, yeah, and it's again, I mean, it's so it's
so you know, they're all so different, you know, I
think those you know, the cliffs are so amazing and
it just feels very remote on that side of the vineyard,
you know.
Speaker 3 (34:36):
Absolutely, that is the they called the.
Speaker 5 (34:38):
Quinna Quinna exactly.
Speaker 2 (34:42):
Yeah, And I see here Easton's Beach in Newport, Rhode Island.
I'm not familiar with that, but it looks beautiful, huh.
Speaker 8 (34:49):
It is.
Speaker 7 (34:49):
It's really beautiful.
Speaker 6 (34:50):
You know.
Speaker 7 (34:50):
One of the things I love about Easton's Beach is
you're really like right in Newport the cliff Walk. You know,
you can see it right above and you know, if
you kind kind of you can access the cliff walk
and I think it's about a two mile trail and
you can, you know, see the mansions and it's kind
of you know, it's a very beautiful beach. But it
(35:12):
really is almost an urban beach, I would say, because
you're just so close to everything in Newport. So yeah,
that's a favorite of mine.
Speaker 3 (35:20):
If you want an.
Speaker 2 (35:20):
Urban beach, you could have thrown Revere Beach in here,
but I think you might be a little more beautiful
than Revere. There's one in Madison, Connecticut, which I'm not
familiar with.
Speaker 3 (35:29):
Tell us about that one.
Speaker 7 (35:31):
That one Hammond Asset is you know, it's a wonderful
year round beach. But especially in fall because it's not
an ocean beach. It's the Long Island Sound, so the
water kind of stays a bit warmer. I mean, I
was there about two weeks ago swimming. I mean, I'm
a little bit of a polar bear, so I admit,
you know, not everyone is going to want to take
(35:53):
a Halloween swim, but you know, the water stays warm.
It's just gorgeous. There's like wooden boardwalk trails and beautiful foliage,
you know. I mean, of course, the coastal foliage is
not quite like inland foliage. You know, it's not those
burths of like reds and oranges.
Speaker 5 (36:13):
It's more of a subtle.
Speaker 7 (36:15):
Kind of color palette. But it's just a beautiful one.
I'm a big fan of Hamon Asset, and I would
say it's pretty much equidistance between New York and Boston.
It's about two hours from both cities, so it's a
you know, I go there in the winter. It's a
great winter beach.
Speaker 5 (36:31):
I snowshoe.
Speaker 2 (36:32):
There was a sunset on the cape tonight which I've
never seen. It was the most spectacular sunset.
Speaker 3 (36:40):
Oh wow, around five o'clock.
Speaker 2 (36:41):
And the last beach that since we're going to hit
all of them, we'll hit them all. The number seven
is out a wildlife refuse in Nantucket. Never I'm not
familiar with this beach, but it looks beautiful.
Speaker 7 (36:52):
Yes, it's very beautiful. You know what I love about
about the wildlife refuse beach is, you know, it's there's
mile of beaches there, but there's also you know, dunes
and tall beach grass and heather. There's a big maritime
oak forest, so it almost is like a state park.
(37:14):
I would say, you know, it's not technically, but it's
just very massive and it feels really like otherworldly. It's
it's just gorgeous. It's you know, and of course Nantucket
in fall is just absolutely beautiful, one of my favorite places.
Speaker 3 (37:30):
So a little a little.
Speaker 2 (37:31):
Less crowded in in November than it would be in
July or Auguste's for sure.
Speaker 7 (37:36):
Definitely.
Speaker 2 (37:37):
Dan really enjoyed the conversation and the more I read
about your fluent in Italian, Uh, you have that.
Speaker 6 (37:47):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (37:48):
I took some I led some listeners to Rome and
the Amalfi Coast this summer and oh wow, back in
Italy for a while. But it was it was a
beautiful trip, little warm.
Speaker 7 (37:58):
Little warm hot weather. Now, well it's a pleasure. I'm
a big fan of yours, Dan, so it was a
pleasure speaking with you.
Speaker 3 (38:06):
Right back at you, Alison Tobaldi.
Speaker 2 (38:08):
And again, get out if you get a chance before
the snowflies, and enjoy one of New England's beaches. Take
a walk. That's all you have to do. Thanks so much, Alison,
and I hopefully have you back with us soon. Thank
you so much.
Speaker 7 (38:20):
Thank you, Dan. Take care the good night you too,
talk to you soon.
Speaker 3 (38:24):
All right, go take quick break here.
Speaker 2 (38:25):
We're going to come back when we talk about what's
going on up at the strike in three Massachusetts communities.
I think you know them by now, Beverly and Gloucester
and Marblehead. Nothing much has changed. No school tomorrow for
any of these school systems. These strikes, these teachers remain
on strike. I want to talk a little bit about this.
(38:47):
I made some suggestions last night. I want to clarify,
make sure all of you understand. I'm putting on a
proposal and I want to see some members of the
legislature support it. Because I came up with the idea.
I think it's a core even though it was mine
I don't have too many great ideas, but we will
be back. This is a great topic, coming back on
the other side of the nine here on Nightside
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