charlestown. the road to buckle. fox25's jessica reyes live in charlestown with a look at the damage done by the busted pipe. good morning, jess. >> reporter: good morning, gene. actually crews turned the water on here in charlestown a couple of hours ago with the exception of one building on arrow street. do want to look at the road here near the intersection of arrow street and old rutherford. you can see it is a pretty big pret sinkhole in the road. a big buckle in the road with cos will be back here later this morning it dig up the road and to be working on this to repair the water main. we have video from early this morning that we want to show you now. you can see water flowing down the street here. early this morning when all of this was happening around 2 a.m., cars were being detoured around the ramp to the tobin bridge and that is back open. the city didn't turn off water for short time while they were initially out here working on this. the water has been turned on with the exception of

live in charlestown, sera congi, wcvb newscenter 5. erika: police are searching for a hit and run driver. doug meehan is live at the scene. doug: good morning. yes, police interviewing witnesses who saw this crash. they're trying to get a better idea of the vehicle they're looking for. this crash happened at about cranberry highway. a 56-year-old man was hit by a car while in the road. witnesses say the car then took off. it is unclear if the victim was crossing the street or if he was in a crosswalk at the time. that man was taken to tobey hospital in wareham with life-threatening injuries. as of right now, the victim has not been identified. wareham police are asking anybody who was around the area at the time, and they may know this car, to please give them a call. we're live in wareham this morning. one person is dead after a crash in melrose. police say a car hit a landscaping truck on howard street striking and killing an employee who was loading equipment. the car then ran into an s.u.v. before rolling over, landing on its roof.

that's the very latest from charlestown, nicole jacobs, fire in revere. crews responded to the home on crescent avenue before 2:00 this morning. fire damaged the second floor but no word on just how bad it was. no injuries have been reported. >>> a warning for boston college students. police stepping up patrols after reports of a man committing a lewd act near campus. boston college police say this happened somewhere in 2150 commonwealth avenue blocks and the suspect may have been in a white sedan. they are asking students to stay alert and report any suspicious. >>> students evacuated at merrimack college after report of an armed person in a clown costume. let's get to ana miler live with the concern on the growing trend. >> reporter: one building was evacuated and all other students told to reports of an armed clown inside a dorm. the threats turned out to be unfounded but it's the latest in a series of similar incidents. >> the scary clown is targeting campuses including merrimack. hundreds of students were evacuated around 9:30 on monday night. all ot

charlestown. it is a pretty good size. tape and boston public works they are here right now and we know crews will be out here in just a little bit continue working on sinkhole to fix the water main underneath the ground. but we have new video we want to show you from overhead. see the sink hole was so big see from hundreds of feet overhead and this is the area where that water main ruptured underground, and this is the area that crews will be focusing on when they are back out here in just a little bit. we have video from earlierhi photographer shot this now. you can see water rushing down old rutherford avenue in charlestown at that point. crews from the city actually did have to shut down a couple of roads, including tobin bridge from charlestown and unfortunately they were able to open that back up early this morning, so really hasn't any effect on morning commute. they also forced to shut off water to several homes in charms town area right after this happen, but they were able to turn the water back on a couple only

. >> also breaking overnight, flooded streets in charlestown. the action right now. >> the search is on for a hit and run driver. new information we're learning about the man hit fighting for his life. randy: it's 6:00 a.m., matthew a powerful category 4 hurricane. making landfall right now in haiti. good morning, and thank you for joining us, i'm randy price. erika: i'm erika tarantal. emily is off. we've been tracking hurricane matthew, really strong powerful winds. >> it was up to a category five on friday night. anything above three is a major hurricane, and this is a very significant one now right cutting through the caribbean. let me show you where it's at, that's sustained of 145 miles per hour when you are right near the eye. it is moving to the north at nine miles per hour picking up speed -6789d what's going to happen with this? there are hurricane warnings out through the bahamas, and it will thread this area through the water. remember don't focus so much on the eye, there will be a lot of wind and a lot of rain, and in fact, two or

maybe that parade in charlestown, for instance. clear skies, temperatures generally in the 40's, the lightning is there for effect. there's actually no lightning out there. any storms of any kind near new england. an update on the picture i have showed you earlier. paul wanted me to let you know, that's the lion and sky letter about that and sue also sent in this picture of their costumes, the spooky halloween as well. i'm not sure which one she is, but one of those two is sue. i'm pretty sure it's the witch. worcester, hour-by-hour dropping interest to 30's. 35 testify airport, but in the suburbs around worcester, it's going to drop there to the upper 20's, 28, 29 degrees for the lowest in any spot tonight. futurecast shows we are clear tonight. you're sunny when you wake up, at least the sky will be sunny. a couple of cloud set to float on in tomorrow generally a clear, sunny day tomorrow. clouds thickening up into wednesday, at least to start the day, but break up at times on wednesday as well. not a totally cloudy day. mix of s

and that is where even earlier this morning photographer was here in charlestown around 2:00 a.m. when it first happened, see water was rushing through the streets here. city actually did have to close several streets while this is all happening. they have since been opened back up and they also had to shut water off to several homes here but they were able to turn water back on with the exception of one home on arrow street. crews going to be here for much of the day working to fix the sinkhole and water main but again, houses here except for the onho they do once again have water here this morning. live in charlestown, jessica reyes, fox25 news. >> julie: high-profile police chief fight against the opioid crisis has been fired. official accused linda campanuld his attorney says he is victim of witch hunt and wrongfully terpnated. >> reasons given for terminating the contract had nothing to do with the original inquiry conducting. cooperated fully with the city during this investigation. >> julie: yesterday campanula tweeted thank you citizens of gloucester for belief in me and s

that's the very latest from charlestown. nicole jacobs, wbz this morning. >> nicole, thank you very much for the update. >>> also breaking over night, a house fear in revere. crews responded to the home on preston floor. no word on the extend of that damage though -- extent of that damage though. no injuries have been reported. >>> a warning for boston college. a man was reported for a lewd act on campus. it happened between the 2000 and 2150 blocks on commonwealth avenue. the suspect may be in a white sedan. stay alert, avoid anything suspicious to 911. >>> scary moments on another local college. >> the campus on alert after the report of an armed person in a clown costume. this following a series of creepy clown sightings nationwide. ana miler is live in north andover with this story. ana. >> reporter: kate, one building was evacuated and all the students were told to shelter in place while officials looked into reports of an armed clown on campus. it's the latest in a country. >> the creepy clown is now targeting school d

a large water main break is creating problems in parts of charlestown. it happened early this morning on rutherford avenue in the area of washington street. our flowing in the tunnel from rutherford ave to 199. they have shut down part of the bridge. the water has been turned off by the city and crews are working to fix the problem. >>> 4:02. colleges across new england are dealing with a series of threatening social media posts about clowns. last night students at north merrimack college were told to shelter in place after a hoax tweet mentioned a person dressed as a clown was seen with a weapon on campus. police searched the area and nothing sir us. >>tious come on. >> a cop came in and everybody got evacuated. we got texts, e-mails, calls from campus. >> students across new england are being terrified by one or two people on social media. it is shameful. >> daniel: similar threats across the nation and entire country and many linked to a twitter account that we are not naming. a post that towns in our area. none. tlits have been verified. merrimack wi

break in the water main sends water rushing into busy street in charlestown. the water is off in one part of the city -- that neighborhood it did certainly cause the road there to buckle. fox25's jessica reyes is live in charlestown with a look at the damage done by the busted pipes. good morning, jess. >> reporter: good morning.gene. you can see the e. coli from the sinkhole from the water main break. and boston water and sewer were out here earlier and they put cones up around this area and they will be back here in a couple of hours to get to work on this. when this first happened. you can see water rushing down the street here at that point in time. several roads were actually closed right around 2:00 in the morning including the ramp to the tobin bridge and that has since opened. you with we know that the city shut off water to a big part of this neighborhood in charlestown and since has been turned on with the exception of one building on arrow street. once again, crews will be out here later this morning to continue working on this. will be digging up t

with their were led in to charlestown district court. thursday morning, seven union workers were arrested after police say they locked a chain around a gate outside the t's money room. >> we're here today, standing up for our members, protecting our jobs. >>> the protests didn't work. hours later, the t voted to outsource all the jobs in the t's money counting facility. the move will affect some 72 union positions. shortsleeve, says those workers will not lose their jobs. instead of counting money, they'll go back to drive busts and trains. >> problems in the money room are legendary. it's been a problem for the mbta for a long time. >>> a state audit found $100 million missing from the money room over a ten year period. thursday, governor baker said the proposal here is designed to save the t, which everybody agrees has financial issues. millions and millions of dollars. the money room has been for years a source serious concerns. this summer, the t released photos of workers sleeping on the job, with heavy security doors left wide open

people in other towns followed charlestown's example. on september 12, he recorded in his diary the great gun was removed from preston's point at the mouth of the river. there were also cannon inside boston proper. this is a map showing the town of military facilities as of september 1, 1774. the pieces in red were under the control of the british military. the pieces in blue were boston militia buildings. two large batteries overlooked the main harbor. in 1770, they contained 22 cannon between them. the royal artillery was using the cell battery already to store supplies, so that was under the control of the regular army. for the north battery was still under militia control. on september 14, sailors of the royal navy entered the north battery and despite -- swiped all the guns inside. it was reported the cannon or clear the next day without difficulty. a gung would render useless temporarily but not permanently. why would they do this if they knew they could be repaired? in the back of governors island were removed by the governor's or

s money room in charlestown. those union workers are being assembly. the workers were at the charlestown facility to speak out against a move to privatize how cash is collected by the transit facility. the money room is where union members currently count about $140 million in "t" fares every year. the protesters set up before dawn to block collection trucks from leaving the facility. a move that the superintendent says was reckless. >> we are here today to stand up for our members, protecting our jocks. riders. privatization does not work. there is a lot of examples at the m.b.t.a. where privatization has failed. and it is going to cost the riders more money. >> the gate itself was chained and padlocked. so first and foremost, our priority is the safety of our employees. in this particular case, we had employees that were located inside that revenue collection facility that if an emergency vehicle needed to get in, it wouldn't be protest anything. but it's especially important that the "t" be able to continue to perform. in this particular case, peopl

breaking overnight, crews in charlestown are working to repair a water main break. the problem started early this morning, sending water on to earl street. crews worki >> christa: and a club scare at merrimack college forcing a lockdown. and it all turns out to be a hoax. this is part of a larger trend hitting the area. >> sarah: plus we're tracking matthew, the hurricane bearing down on the caribbean, bringing wicked winds and drenching rains. >> christa: final round of blind auditions on "the voice." more on that coming up. >> christa: i love alicia keys. i love she does the no make-up thing, don't caring and looks beautiful. >> sarah: great inspiration. >> chris: it makes getting ready a lot easier, right? temperatures outside this morning, upper 50s in boston down through the south shore. 10mph breeze in boston right now. but the wind is on shore. so we dragged in some low-level moisture. visibility okay. we haven't had a lot of areas of fog, but we have low clouds and moisture allowing for patches of driz a the radar not showing anything, but we have some patch

. >>> a big water main break in charlestown flooding the streets. it happened at the intersection of old rutherford onto rutherford avenue and route 99. crews are still on the scene. no word on how long repairs could take. this is a live look at the break. some debris did wash onto route 99 and the street sweeper just cleared the road ahead of the morning commute. we'll have a crew at the scene and bring you update where is we see them. >>> checking other spots around the city, not seeing much traffic yet. this is the vacant bridge. e' the left three lanes are closed and traffic is being detoured off of exit 20 so keep that in mind. the ntsb said regular green line service is re assuming this morning after a trolly derailed. the wheels slipped off the rail at costly last night causing severe delays. shuttle buses were used between kenmore and park street. the ntsb said regular green line service is re assuming this morning. chris. >> thank you. fire in revere. crews responded to the home just before 2:00. the fire damaged the second floor. no injuri

minutes later the church bell in downtown charlestown rang out in the early morning hours. we have reached week 8 of the friday night football season and with it some tough weather conditions for the 30 teams that will tee it up or have already teed it up. at merrimack valleyhe their game up to 4:45, that means we have early highlights for you. golden eagles a nice play here. for 25 yards, and a few plays later would it be bean right up the middle, that's the one-yard touchdown run and gilford belmont added the two-point converse, they were up 8-0 in the second. second quarter. join jason king tonight at 11:0y night football. new hampshire college teams in action, all four of them tomorrow, noon st. a's is home, 1:00 the plymouth state panthers are home, dartmouth is in new york against columbia. u.n.h. is home tomorrow afternoon. this is a big game for the wildcats in maryland. >> tows oh on is a very good football t the ball well. they lost a great running back, but day have a great freshman so they've got guys and we'll have to play really well down there. >> ufh needs t

police asking you to avoid charlestown after a water main break. here you see it on washington street and rutherford avenue. there's a detour on the outbound side as the cleanup continues. boston police say the water has been shut off. no word on a cause. our sera congi is at the scene. 5:00. randy: police are searching for a hit-and-run driver who seriously injured a man in wareham. and doug meehan is at the scene. what do we know right now? doug: good morning, randy. police are interviewing witnesses who saw this crash. they're trying to get a better idea of the car that they're looking for. this crash happened right here. a 46-year-old man was hit while in the road. that car then to the victim was crossing the street or if he was walking in a crosswalk at the time. that man was taken to tobey hospital in wareham with life-threatening injuries. as of right now, that victim who was hit out on this highway has not been identified and police are asking anybody that saw something out here last night to please give them a call. we're live in wareham t

. >> 7 members of the union walkig in court together in charlestown thursday afternoon. the same way they were arrested up morning. they were put in cuffs while facility, also known as the mony room. >> the union believes the mbta s out sourcing their work. >> we're here today standing up for our members, protecting our jobs, but we're also here for te riders. >> transit police are accusing the union members of chaining ad padlocking the gate, jeopardizig safety. >> these individuals were protesting, but in doing so they were preventing access to the entrance and exit. >> hours later they did approve up a private firm t handling at the mbta despite the union supporters. >> the tip of the iceberg. they want to -- they want to destroy hard working men and women's lives. >> according to the mbta they're trying to reduce an operating deficit of more than back on the street. >> everybody a drew brees it has financial issues, millions and millions of dollars. >> we can also move many skilled and experienced drivers who are in the money room back into the transit system which i

now to the breaking news this morning, a large water main break is causing problems in parts of charlestown. it happened in rutherford in the area washington street. our photographer on the scene said water was flowing right into the tunnel that connects rutherford to 89. boston police shut down some roads while the water is being turned off. a crew on the scene that says roads are back nope that area but crews will have to return we have been reporting on problems around the country for weeks. now clown hysteria is hitting our area. merrimack college is dealing with the aftermath of a scare on campus. catherine parrotta is live in in order andover with more details on the incident, katherine, that sparked a shelter-in-place order. >> reporter: it happened just last night, and the college has plans to reach out to twitter about this. fortunately nothing was found here on campus but did give the initial tweet around 9:00 and says some of them were tressed as a clown holding a rifle in the dorm. students were advised to shelter-in-place through text alert and automated systems. others say the

. >> anchor: from is a place in charlestown where you can do all of that part where cup of chowder is the warren tavern. sara french shows us what is cooking. name after patriots dr. joseph warren who died in the battle of bunker hill, the warren tavern is one of the oldest historic meeting places in >>> it was the first building built after the british burnt down the town of charlestown. >>> paul revere, sam adams and george washington all visited the hot spot and it still disa crowd. >>> it has a lot of name recognition. many high level politicians, movie stars have been in here. >>> today chef stephen is sharing one of their all-time favorite recipe, clam shoulder. >>> it's been the same for many many years. no one is coming in, tweaked it big pot. >>> put that in the pan at a low heat. >>> then add chopped anions and butter. >>> it's one pound of butter, all right? you need the butter to make it thick. >>> melt butter down. >>> so then we add flour. >> reporter: do you keep stirring this. >>> yes. you dent want to get brown that. will cook for five minutes. >> reporter: then add c

one by one, members local 589 were led in to charlestown district court. seven mbta union workers in restraints. charged with disorderly conduct, and failing to disperse. >> we're here today, standing up for our members, protecting our jobs. >>> union president and business agent james o'brian is upset because the t will now outsource all jobs in the t's money counting room. this will affect some 72 union positions. the head of the mbta, brian jobs. instead of counting phoebe, they'll go back to driving -- money, they'll go back to driving buses and trains. change is never easy, but the status quo is not working. the money room has been a problem for years. >> the reporter: a state audit found $100 million missing from the money room over a ten year period. short sleeve says outsourcing the work will not only save money, but it will improve services for riders. >> our employees, are skilled and experienced drivers should be on customers and we believe by getting out of the cash management business, we'll be better able to focus on the core delivery service

the bulk of the moisture from portage county from kit to charlestown, moving to the east fairly quickly here. heavier rain, i know we have been soaking in all this sunshine for the last couple of days, but you can see wet weather is taking over for your thursday. but still, our city is beautiful and we are celebrating a win. >> we are not going to let good et in our way, janessa. we are dealing with the rain showers. yes, a little ponding even in the akron area. that is what the blue means. green means we are slick so extra careful in summit county, going 56 miles per hour. slow it down. elsewhere, we are looking >>> well, thank you. and now, how sweet it is. indians found themselvess in the world series. we know how that ended up. this time here we are again. the indians will host game one of a world series for the first time ever, the same night the cavs get their championship rings. they returned to the airport, hundreds of fans flocking there to see the indians coming back from toronto, not bad with team losing two of its starting pitchers a week ago and even picked to win the ameri

live in charlestown where the mbta money room is back in the spotlight. reporter: everyone knew this how far they were willing to go to make a statement. union leaders were being hauled into court. they failed to disperse at the arraignment. a cell phone belonging to one of the union members goes off, likely a call from across town where they had just voted 4-0 to privatize the money collection operation. it started at 5:30 this mni have locked themselves to the facility. >> prevented a money room truck from leaving. they left court with little to say. other union leaders had plenty. >> it's a bad step to take. once it is gone it never comes back. >> change is never easy. our efforts. the status quo isn't working. >> by turning the operation over they will save $8 million annually. he promised all workers will be offered other jobs. >> it is clear this is all we will get. it's about getting profits for private companies. millions will be reinvested in infrastructure. he now has a window of three years to outsource other union jobs under a new law passed b

jonathan: keep track on brad on the trail using votetrak in charlestown, west virginia. maureen: we are quickly approaching the sunset in the area so that means the trick-or-treaters are on the streets and it means that meteorologist steve rudin making a spooky stop. he joins us from herndon with what people can see there. we are having trouble with steve. we'll try to get to him later. jonathan: all right. move on. still ahead for us tonight, costumed criminals attack a woman in a neighborhood. one was dressed like a ninja turtle. maureen: plus an uber, uber driver dies saving a child's life. his heroic final action and what the child's mother is saying tonight. jonathan: urgent warning for parents after a man who worked with children at three local businesses is now charged with announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. maureen: iraqi's prime minister is calling on isis to surrender as iraqi forces prepare to enter mosul. early today, the iraqi military seized control of the last village to the east of the isis held city. that is less than a mile fr

crews in charlestown working to repair this water main break. it started e and you see all that water flowing on arrow street. the water has now been shut off and the road is back open. but old rutherford avenue and the tunnel to 99 north are still closed. take note as the clean-up continues. >> sarah: also breaking overnight, crews battling a house fire in revere. it happened in the back of the home and then spread. investigators are now trying the figure out what sparked the flames. >>> right now things are getting back the normal at merrimack >> christa: students were forced to shelter in place after reports of an armed person dressed as a clown in a residence hall. these creepy clowns have been popping up all across the nation, including this one in agawam. this morning police say this is no laughing matter. let's go to 7's victoria warren. she has more on the trend for thus morning. vicki? >> victoria: good morning. there was a problem here at the college. it turned out to be a hoax. hoax or not, scared, and this was something that police a

this right along washington street there's route 28, so in the northern part there's charlestown right over here and bunker hill community college so we're in the charlestown to somerville boston triangle in that area. to the north now, along last half hour. topsfield to ipswich is where this thunderstorm has gone. then hampton beach also getting a thunderstorm. salisbury beach you are hearing the thunder and seeing the lightning on both sides of you there. sudbury, framingham back through north borough you get into worcester there's still some mist happening out here at the airport. fog and mist at the airport. up to 4.1 inches of rain of course it's already flooded out any rain on top of that won't allow it to drain out very well. heavy rains through brockton and hall fox -- halifax. plymouth that will be torrential tropical rain. this is all tropical in origin streaming north ward from the bahamas tonight's that's why it's falling so heavily out there. southward to buzzards bay and off really heavy rain on buzzards bay and offshore to martha's vineyard getting some downpours. much o

police arrest seven union members for saving a protest at the agency's monday -- money room in charlestown. the msh mb wants to turn operation of the facility over to brinks. is the t says the 72 workers displaced by the previous jobs as bus or train operators. also a methuen high school freshmen will face a judge after wearing a clown mask to school and causing a scare. he was charged with disrupting school assembly after someone called police thinking that the teen had a weapon. turned out to be his cell phone. and take a live look outside right now across the city. mike it looks like a gorgeous day. >> oh, fantastic day coming our way. we have got sunshine today. we have got clear skies tonight. and more sunshine tomorrow. up until we talk about saturday. matthew will stay down to the south but we may get the tropical moisture coming in here which would enhance the rainfall just a bit on saturday. after that it clears out and cools down. a bit breezy for your sunday, and plenty of sunshine to start the week. how are the roadways? >> busy. south of town a crash on 24, northbound by 128,

released in charlestown, rhode island. >>> an i team investigation into a government program designed to help disabled vets. >> how a local company was caught cheating the system and why the government let it every time a new charter opens, it takes money away from the regular public schools from students like mine. massachusetts schools already lose 400 million a year to charters and question two means we'll lose even more. we've got to stop taking from the 96 percent of kids who don't attend a charter school. if you believe every child deserves a great public . >>> not a great night a once we get through it improvement. >> absolutely. tonight all about wind especially next five hours in particular cape cod. this weekend 50, near 60 partly sunday but that is about it. just what the doctor ordered. >> kids love soccer tomorrow morning. >> yes they will. >> see you at 11. $1,700 more for prescriptions... while protecting tax breaks for the wall street banks and big oil companies that fund her campaign. britt: with kelly ayotte, it's all politics. joanne: she's not looking out for new h

charlestown outside this dish were the mbta processes cash and fairly collected. the agency's move to private sides -- privatize operations. >> these individuals were protesting but in doing so they were presenting access, entrance and exit from the gate. . we listed the gate -- they prevented a money truck from leaving. >> the other six come best the other six, facing charges for unlawful assembly. the carmen union says they oppose the mbta pass moved to use an outside company to handle money room operations. accusing the agency of not being transparent about financials. >> problems at the money room are legendary. state audit found $100 million unaccounted for in the money room. >> we believe by getting out of the cash management business will be able to better focus on our core delivery service and safety a lot of money. sera: the vote on whether to decide to take that outside company will take place today. the t employees who work in the money room would then be offered a job according to the mbta. agency. many of them already experienced bus drivers and t ope

. >>> travel troubles in charlestown. take a look. the water main break sent water gushing on aero street and the cruise turned it off. they are starting to clean up, >>> house fire and revere under investigation. the home on crescent avenue, at 2:00 this morning, fire damaged the second floor. no word on how bad it was and no injuries have been reported. dragon campaign 26 dean, new hampshire senator kelly ayotte said she misspoke when asked if she would tell a child to aspire to be like donald trump. >> certainly, there are many role models that we have and i president, so absolutely i would do that. back a few hours after the debate, she said she misspoke and repeated that when we caught up with her a short time ago in new hampshire. >> certainly, i hope all of our children aspire to run for president. i would not hold out either donald trump or hillary clinton as good examples and i wouldn't hold role models for my children. >> ayotte said she plans to vote for trump but will not endorse them. the vice presidential candidates will

star howling storm blowing transformers and ripping down power lines in a charlestown. the death toll here in the u.s. stands at 18 people. the carolinas are bracing for days of fighting. portions of i-95 in north carolina are still close -- still closed. nichole: tonight, the suspect accused of killing two officers in palm springs, california is heavily armed when he was arrested this morning, after a 12-hour standoff. they say felix shot the officers during a domestic disturbance call last night. officers jose vega and lesley zerenby were killed. a third officer was hurt, but is expected to recover. maria: new details tonight on a frightening train derailment on -- an armed robbery in an alabama donut shop, caught on camera. the store owner fighting back with what she had on hand. the store owner says, when she saw the hooded man he tried to hide his face. then he ordered two donuts but when she opened the register, he pulled out a steel pipe. so she grabbed a batter mixer and tried to fight him off. despite her efforts the robber still got money from the register, an

or the charlestown racetrack. >> they will be backed up from here to the red light. >> the tiny town of only 90 residents, runs only a half mile, along busy route 9. but the entire count of hillsboro is designated historic, with homes dating back to the 1700s. here. >> safer, up know, one of virginia's most historic and best preserved towns. >> he's been mayor if are the past 10 years and served on a council before that. he's running again, but not on the ballot. >> why isn't anybody on the ballot? >> it's a tradition that started before i got here. >> reporter: it's considered impolite to be campaigning. voters choose their mayor and five council members by writing in their name. >> who are you goin in? >> i'll write in myself. >> we have come to serve a consensus, among ourselves, as to who will serve, who would like to serve. no no longer likes to serve on council. >> amy wants to help solve the traffic problems, 16,000 vehicles a day, drive through hillsboro and rarely stop. >> we need round-abouts. because we need to calm the traffic. it's not going to go away. but we need to ke

. >> a controversial protest in charlestown, members are accused of padlocking a chain around a gate to block traffic outside the team's room. the t will now outsource all of their jobs. so the workers are upset. it has been a problem for years with missing money. workers sleeping on the job lapses in security. the head of the mbta says the workers will not lose their jobs. >>> protestors argued back in court at the end of november. >> no injuries are being reported from the huge barn fire in western mass. skyfox flew over the fire in east long meadow around 1:00 this afternoon. the fire broke out just after noon on summers road and since we first told but this at 4:00, we learned the barn was more than 100 years old. the incident is still under the atlantic for a planned vacation to the emerald isle. we'll take a quick break rate now and we will be right back with this. stay with us. most banks are all the same... capital one isn't most banks. ?? and free checking accounts that are actually free. no minimums. no fees. no nonsense. capital one even has a top-rated app that lets you b

we are ahead of the charlestown this weekend. plan on blustery cool conditions along the river banks for saturday and sunday. but essentially a dry weekend after very early morning showers saturday. >> reporter: despite playing four games this season without tom brady, the patriots enter sunday's game in pittsburgh as the only one loss team in the afc, placing them in a familiar perch atop the conference. 7's trey daerr has more from fogboro on sunday's showdown with the steelers. >> it's tough to see any injury. i'm sure they'll be ready to go, they've got a lot of good leaving landry jones to call the shots in his absence. they're great players. you gotta stop all these guys, too. he gets all his skilled players and they do a lot of damage, really. >> reporter: the steelers' top playmaker, antonio brown. >> it is tough to stay out there. one thing you ask for a guy that's not that big he really goes out there and catches and brings it up. >> yeah, they like to go downfield. >> for as good as the steelers have been offensively i

reporter: in newport and charlestown, adam sexton, wmur news 9. mike: we started off this day not as cool as yesterday, but still quite chilly. look at the foliage out there in warner, where we're getting closer to peak in that part of the state. we've reached peak in northern sections and eventually down into the lower in the 60's in many spots, cooler along the waters end due to a light on shore breeze. tonight not as cool as last night. so temperatures continue to work up a little bit. mid 30's up north and 40's elsewhere, a lot of warm air building over the eastern part of the country and that's ours for tomorrow and tomorrow night. but then notice how much cooler it turns back in the northern plains and upper midwest. tomorrow afternoon, into friday morning and saturday and sunday looking dry and on the cooler side. in terms of the rain chances, unfortunately the best shot of steady rain will be in northern parts of the state where you're not in the extreme or even severe drought. but most of of this energy will be passing over northern secti

highs tomorrow, charlestown, clarksburg, upper 60's, near 70. make it into the 70's inside the capital beltway and stay on the warm side of things for southern maryland tomorrow, middle 70's. not going to last all day. by 5:00, the front will clear the area. the futurecast, 10:30 a.m., generally in the 70's. outdoor recess for the kids or going out to lunch should be fine. montgomery county, all of showers, maybe some thunderstorms. then the front clears through and the wind really begins to pick up. the wind gust forecast, moving through the day tomorrow, notice what happens as the frontal system moves through. wind gusts upwards of 35 miles per hour by noontime. that is saturday. add that to temperatures only in the 50's for the daytime highs. it will be chilly. don't forget to send us spooky pictures of your house. house next week to do a live remote. download the abc 7 news app, and i will hope to be at your home. the forecast, one mild day tomorrow come a big cool down for the weekend, upper 50's, near 60 the middle of next week. alison: th

members of the boston common union faced a judge yesterday after being arrested during a protest in charlestown. he saw the pickup lines on fox25boston.com. hours later he bought a private security company to manage a so-called money room. where all of the cash collected at vending machines and t parking lot. the process has been plagued with problems and security flaws. >> change is never easy. we understand that. the status quo is not working. the money room has been a problem for years. >> julie: privatizing the fewer jobs and cost taxpayers more in the long run. >>> a special guest joining nor wood police chief for normal school patrol. our robert ghoulson says the attorney will see how they are building a relationships with the community. >> how are you doing. what's going on. how was school. >>reporter: norwood police chief on foot patrol. his partner for the day u.s. >> we are learning about government. >> what part of the government are you learning about. >> today we focused on legislature. >> reporter: and police relations and other parts of the country, the u.s. department of justice

over a shipping terminal in charlestown with some hefty cargo. that certainly looks like a tank. but they are more likely self-propelled. just where they're headed really isn't clear, but they're there. and drivers on the nearby bridge are certainly intrigued by that. >> i'm intrigued by that, for sure. new at 6:00, trying to curb a big problem at a seaport apartment complex. dog waste that's not being cleaned up by pet owners. >> how doggy d.n.a. is now being used to catch the culprits. reporter: he doesn't know it but his afternoon walk could end up to curb doggy droppings. it's such a problem, they're going to d.n.a.-test dogs to find the owner of an errant ex excrement. >> that's good, because there are a lot of people irresponsible about picking up. reporter: the note came to tenants. any unattended accidents will cost the owner $100 if the d.n.a. matches. >> they want to make sure the property, because it's kind of gross. reporter: dog walkers have seen it in other buildings and expect to see more buildings fining for fido. the idea, already fetching complaints from some. >

charms town center -- charlestown center. witnesses told investigators the victim was with friends when jefferson approached him and pulled out a gun and opened fire. >>> the state of maryland is stepping in to help some temple hills residents who were kicked out into the cold. state senator c. anthony news said today in court he'll peti power turned back on at lind hill condos. the gas can electricity were cut off due to unpaid bills by the association. some remain skeptical. >> i'm just praying the that i get approved for a new apartment. and get out of this mess. it is just so much going on you don't know who to believe. who to trust. because you hear different stories all the time. due utility payments. >>> gary condit says he didn't do it. for the first time in 15 years, the former congressman is speaking out telling dr. phil he had nothing to do with chandra levy's death. >> i asked him every question. were you involved with chandra levy? >> i saw her one time outside the office at a restaurant. >> did you have a relati

we've got ahead of the charlestown this weekend so on a blustery chilly saturday and again on sunday with leaves blowing all over the place. see you at 5:30. >>> still ahead on 7, flighting for a flight fee refund. a new proposal by the transportation department that would put money back in your pocket if your luggage is delayed in getting to you. >>> then at 6:00, paying the price at the pump, why filling up could be costing you more [ roars ] [ up tempo music ] dinner! may i be excused? get the new xfinity tv app and download your dvr shows anywhere. andrew crossley: new hampshire has a senator who works just as hard as we do. gerardine ferlins: kelly ayotte believes in the potential of new hampshire, and wants to unleash that potential. ron goguen: she's out there fighting for good-paying jobs. andrew crossley: kelly introduced bipartisan training initiatives to make sure we have the skills for the 21st century. sue winter: she's fought against workplace discrimination - and for equal pay. claude poisson: she's working for the little guy - i'm the little guy. barb fredette: we nee

the mbta said the fiscal control board should hire the company mrings for five years to handle charlestown operation. >>> 4 : the city of lawrence has to spend $875,000 to replace its high school football field after it was destroyed during weekend festival. mayor said the field and track at memorial veterans stadium was damaged beyond repair during a cultural festival. the event drew 8,000 people sunday night and organizers left behind piles of trash and even tents. the mayor said shards of glass are buried in the artificial for schools to use it again. under the terms of the contract glass objects were supposed to prohibited at the event. >>> 4:38 is the time. today, drivers in massachusetts will learn how much the new toll rates will cost on the mass pike. the mass dot board are expected to vote on a new toll structure this afternoon. starting october 28, a new electronic tolling system will take effect. drivers will no longer slow down and stop at toll plazas. cars without a bill in the mail. >>> mass dot will keep records of how fast the drivers are going under the new toll sensors. t

near the magic 32-degre below in the freeze warning area, including plymouth to hanover, lebanon, charlestown, claremont, cheshire county by early morning. already freezing, parts of the north woods. 41 in plymouth. 40 in laconia. away from the lake shores, many spots in the mid to upper 30's. 37 concord and warmer manchester winds than earlier today and the very dry air will all combine to result in very low temperatures by early tomorrow morning between about 5:00, 7:00 a.m., low to mid 20's north near freezing everywhere else and a little bit above that downtown manchester and along the coast. sunshine today continues over the next few days so we don't have big storms to speak of. only two shots of a couple of showers between now and the end of the upcoming weekend. none out there thursday. come late thursday afternoon, that's our next chance of showers. we'll top off well above where we were today, mid 60's. will be cooler and then we warm up another couple of degrees as we go into the day on wednesday. you'll notice we have action in the tropics. while matthew is gone, we have bermuda un

morning protest to plans to privatize the cash counting and carmen union formed picket line and charlestown this morning. that's place where transit agencies brings all cash collected to vending machines, buss and parking lots. earlier this year a review on covered widespread security flaws. state leaders now want to hire the brink's security company to manage the money. union cost dozens of workers their jobs. >> privatization does not work, a lot of examples at mbta where privatization has failed and cost the riders more money. >> gene: mbta tells fox25 there's no logical reason for transit system in the cash handling business and offered jobs as bus and train operators. tractor-trailer that killed a man. 60-year-old-year-old bernard levin. the drive of the truck remained at the scene and no charge have been filed. >>> sara: this is the second deadly bike crash this year. amanda phillips killed in inman square and driver of parked car opened door forcing her into the path of landscaping truck. before these had three deadly bike crashes in the last 15 years. >> gene: eric rosado-gonzalez a

. >> gene: "t" getting out of cash county business but it is a bad after arrested in protest in charlestown and saw the picket lines on fox25 morning news and hours later they voted to hire security group for the money room where "t" brings cash collected from vending machines and parking lots. >> change never easy. we understand that, but status quo not working. money room is problem for years. cost taxpayers more in the long time. >> sara: herald says herald will monitor threatening posts for threatening words and emojis and create profile of specific user online history. critics say it could lead to people getting investigated for harmless posts. boston police won't say how much the program will cost and york and seattle. >> gene: local schools and two local towns and staff at medford high school being checked for symptoms of tuberculosis and officials won't say if member of student or staff. >> two victims attend stanley elementary school and other goes to swampscott high and both will students were infected at the schools but going to clean them to be safe. earlier this week there was

"t" workers protesting in charlestown. and now 7 of them are facing charges. what they are speaking out against. and the sox gearing up for the postseason as they take on the cleveland indians tonight. special interests that oppose question 2 claim district schools lose money to charter schools. that's "absurd," says the boston herald. charter schools "don't siphon off state dollars" from traditional schools, says the boston globe. in fact, public schools get more money. the truth is question 2 will give parents more choices and result in more funding for public education. please vote yes on question 2. for stronger public schools. >> s: hurricane matthew. the storm has been upgraded back to a category four. and it is currently tearing through the bahamas with wind speeds topping off at 140 miles per hour. the hurricane is heading northwest at 14 miles per hour toward florida. f the storm's powerful path leaving behind widespread destruction. in haiti, houses knocked to the ground and torrential rain flooding-out villages. the hurricane is picking up speed and

members of the boston carmen union formed at the "t" so-called money room in charlestown this morning and transit agency cash at vending machines, buss and parking lots. earlier this year review uncovered widespread security flaws. state leaders now want to hire the brinks security company to manage the money and it would cost dozens of worke jobs. >> privatization does not work and where it failed and cost them more money. >> union president and six other protesters arrested for placing a padlock on the gate to the facility. they will be arraigned today at charles town municipal court. >> daniel: 9:07, cyclist killed by tractor-trailer in porter square was local doctor. the crash breaking on fox25 8:00 yesterday. big rig at intersection of mass ave and somerville. drive remain at the scene and no charges have been filed. >> daniel: driver of parked car forced her into the path of landscaping truck. before the tragedies cambridge hat three deadly bicycle crashes in the last 15 >> julie: one of men held gun to undercover police officer. eric rosado-gonzalez and luis colon met three dif

believe that >> reporter: love joy is on probation after serving two years for the child sex crime in charlestown. in this new crime, police say love joy met the girl on kick, a messenger app, he picked her up in another town and took her to the whitman's cemetery. he promised her a ring when she -- if she had sex with him and when she said no, police say he raped her. >> he told the officers that he and the young girl were visiting their cousin's grave at 1:30 in the morning. >> reporter: the officer quickly sex offender when he ran his plate. the officer asked based on his probation if he was allowed to be around children. love joy said no unsupervised contact. the officer asked do you think this is unsupervised contact? and love joy replied this is family, does that count. police later confirmed the girl was not related to him the all. representative o'connel is working on legislation that would require sex offenders to spend at least seven years of their sentence in custody. our children and harming our children is to keep them in jail. >> love joy's bail was set at a million dollars and ther

jonathan: tomorrow brad is taking wjla.com/votenow to charlestown, west virginia. logging the miles. i have two words. panda wrestling. michelle: see the video after a man climbs in a enclosure and gets hut in his place. steve: i'm abc7's meteorologist steve rudin. it's halloween. the theme for the house is headhunter. we have a live report. >> i'm mike carter-conneen in northeast washington where today elected officials and cyclists accelerated opening of four-mile long anacostia riverwalk. coming up why this is no what it was like for the first jonathan: covers metro and a new budget proposal to increase fares 130 cents in the peak service. the reality check budget would close stations, reduce service and lay off more than a thousand workers on metro. we have a closer look at the the tenth safetrack surge. this is a big one and a painful one. this time it's on the red line and it affects a lot of folks between fort totten and noma-gallaudet stations. sam sweeney shows us how things went on the first rush hour. >> no matter where you look or where you go, you can'

julie: seven members of boston carmen union faced judge yesterday being arrested after protest in charlestown. you saw the picket lines on fox25 morning news. hours later the mbta board voted to hire a private security company to manage the operation of the so-called money room. that's where the "t" brings all the cash collected from things like vending machines and parking lots. >> change never easy. we understand that but the room has been a problem for years. >> privatizing money room fewer jobs and cost more in the long run. boston police searching twitter, facebook and many possible sites for possible security threats. the herald says the software will monitor threatening words, images and emojis and create a profile of the specific users online history. credit isay it could lead to people being investigated for harmless posts. boston police won't say how much the program costs system already exists in new york, houston and seattle. >> daniel: health scares in two local towns. medford high school being checked for symptoms of tuberculosis. someone recently diagnosed with the disease but