we are watching the showers off of essex county and approaching middlesex along highway 93 in andover. watching lowell, billerica, and a little rain coming your way if you are moving together and to lynn and melrose and malden, wet roads to be mindful. to mid-60s this afternoon but the morning rain chance gives way to increasing sun this afternoon. now matthew, a major cat 4 hurricane, slamming hearing haiti right now. i have the latest path and tell you what i am expecting down the line with this straight ahead. julie is here with an update on the road. >> reporter: do want to let you know that green line service has resumed on its regular schedule after last night. we had a derailment at copley. right now this m green line. first spot seeing red on the map is the expressway after morrissey boulevard which is pretty typical. north of the pike new accident on route 1 -- route 1 southbound -- route 128 southbound from peabody to the work oburn areas. 24 minutes on pike eastbound from 495 to mass avenue. 20 minutes on expressway. 24 minutes on 128 southbound from peabody to the weston t

when you rain this heavy, moving on through, worcester county into middlesex county especially, you'll get localized flooding. that will be a problem form the rest of the evening drive. i'm back in a few minutes with an update. >> mark: now a link to a faulty takata air bag. it's regulators confirmed it side to the exploding air bags. >> vanessa: justin gray reports from washington. officials believe there are tens of thousands of drivers who don't even know their cars are at risk. >> the reporter: air bags meant to save lives instead spraying shrapnel in a crash. federal officials confirming latest victim -- the 11th fatality tied to faulty takata air bags. the driver was behind the wheel of a 2001 honda civic like this one on september 30th, that had first been recalled all the >> it's a tragedy that simply did not have to occur. >> the reporter: the national highway traffic safety administration stays in spite of the warnings, the recalls, and the tragedies, 300,000 high-risk vehicles are still on road with defective air bags. millions of cars are affected, but the danger for these,

. >> reporter: former middlesex prosecutor wendy murphy says d.a.s have the option to someone after they serve their sentence. that is made after the d.a. gets notified that the inmate is being released and does an assessment to dechl if the person is still sexually dangerous. when gardner was released last week he moved back into his family home and that has the neighborhood in weymouth outraged. >> i got two little girls living next door to me. >> reporter: fox 25 has learned that gardner will now living in suffolk county. his probation supervision has been transferred from the d.a. says it is working closely with law enforcement and probation officials to monitor gardner's status. operation officials telling us gardner is in compliance. gardner will have to update where he is living or staying on the sex offender registry that is supposed to be updated daily at 5:00 p.m. in the newsroom, fox 25 investigates. >>> tonight we are learning more about the anger and outrage after richard gardner's early release. >> if richard gardner is on the street >> fox 25 talks to the mom of one of his

certainly extended to middlesex county. anyway, these are the dew points, it's damp and humid all over the place. and we are still dealing with a drought. we got more rain this morning. and we we need big rainstorms and the probability of rainfall is not high tomorrow. picks up on thursday, and way up on friday as we get rain. and some of that could be beneficial by the end of the day. in the meantime, tonight, the places that did clear out will have the clouds coming back in later. and the places cloudy to the north will stay cloudy and foggy and drizzly. if you're going up to southern produce scattered showers in northern new england and not much rain tomorrow morning. at 7:30 in the morning. it's overcast and temperatures in the 60s. it's going to be a mild night and in some cases the temperature may go up. it will go up as the clouds go to the southeast. we go to the 70s to almost 80 and start cooling off and falling back in the 50s. warm weather tomorrow and it should be for takes the big plunge. and the cold air plung

a town hall will be held tuesday night at 6:00 at middlesex community college in lowell. the meet willing give grandparents and other relatives caring for children a chance to talk about opioid addiction and overdose deaths. >> with more than two weeks to go until election day a new poll shows hillary lead over donald trump. the abc news poll shows clin with 50% for to trump's 38%. 5% back libertarian gary johnson and 2% support the green party's jill stein. the results come on the heels of last week's third and final presidential debate. a cnn average of recent national polls shows clinton is 11 points ahead of trump. now early voting begins in massachusetts tomorrow but early voting is already underway at a number of key swing states with just over two weeks until election day. naples florida tonight where donald trump made his latest push for votes. >> reporter: unaccustom to being the underdog donald trump looking for a come from behind surge in the 15 days left until election targetsed battleground. >> hollowed ground where so many lives were given in service to free

we can tell you all three patients live in middlesex county and are over the age of 70. they never identified as people. both women were hospitalized and have been discharged. the third, a man who never had to go to the hospital. public health is urging people to keep taking precautions against mosquito bites, even though it is getting pretty cutting edge. >> mostly learning from nature and figuring it out. maria: mike wankum with this biology revolution. how a startup is redesigning dna to create new flavors and smells. >> so nice out there but there is a cold front on the way. it may help us store matthews moisture up for a part of the weekend. i will let you know about that. >> this is not moral, this is not, ben: a pot bust in western mass. the grandmother fighting back after one marijuana plant was confiscated from her backyard. ? why do banks treat you and your money like this? capital one won't do that. they've reimagined banking, and built a checking account that's free of all that nonsense. no fees. no minimums. no gotchas. at capital one, your money stays your

. >> reporter: former middlesex prosecutor wendy murphy says d.a.'s have the option to civilly commit someone after they serve their sentence. typically that decision is made after the d.a. gets notified that the inmate is being released and does an assessment to determine if the person is still sexually dangerous. his family home. and that had the neighborhood in weymouth outraged. >> you got three little boys over here, couple of kids over there, two little girls next door to me. >> reporter: fox 25 also learned gardner is now going to live in suffolk county. transferred from norfolk to suffolk county. the d.a. saying it is working closely with law enforcement officials to monitor his status. telling us right now gardner is in compliance. he will have to sex offender registry. that is supposed to be updated daily at 5:00. we are live in the newsroom. robert goulston, fox 25 investigates. >> vanessa: rich char gardner was originally sentenced to 200 years behind bars for unthinkable attacks for boys in rhode island in 19988. one of the boys taken fr

breaking right at the top of our 10:00 newscast a middlesex district attorney's office identified the cyclist hit and killed by 18 wheeler in cambridge this morning. 60-year-old bernard lavan from lexington. the crash remains under investigation. >>> teething tablets and gels that could be causing seizures and breathing problems in young children. the f.d.a. is asking caregivers to st homeopathic teething products. c.v.s. have pulled all homeopathic teaguing products from its shelves. the storm which tore through haiti is now in the bahamas is heading right towards the florida coast. kevin lemanowicz has more. >> the track hasn't changed very much this will be so close to the coast of florida that the precarious becoming clear. starting to see some water down to the bottom there or at least some very thin clouds that means this looks like it's intensifying. now it's kept cat three have heard of gusts over 140 miles per hour in the bahamas. just recently this will go north between nassau still cat three. there's cape canaveral and new smyrna beach and daytona beach this will be very ro

a freeze warning in the area in purple, just northwest of boston, middlesex county, waltham and malden, for instance. southward, brockton, carver, new bedford, all in a freeze warning tonight, a killing freeze expected there. temperatures will be dropping again tonight like they did last night, into the 20s, and 30s just in time tomorrow. here is why. we have breaks in the clouds, allows the temperatures to drop and the clouds will melt away as the evening wears on and the sun goes down. but back here is the storm system. we have been watching this one closely this week. it has been developing coming out of the desert southwest through the ro kiss across the country, now hitting midwest, with lots of rain and, yes, even snow here in michigan. this system wants to move our way, it is going to girth birth to a second storm that will spin right through southern new england. so, tonight, with skies clearing temperatures will drop quickly. that is where your 20s and 30s are going to be. along the the coast, more clouds and the potential for some drizzle by first thing in the morning. rain d

county, southeastern middlesex county, inside 128, maldin, waltham, around newton, for instance, you're going to have a freeze warning, that extends through the south shore. along the coastal areas, the morning. again, tender vegetation needs to be taken care of. your growing season is precariously close to being over with. 31 beverly, 32 plymouth. it's warmer out here in cape cod, the outer cape anyway, but you can expect upper and middle cape to drop into 30's as well. i wouldn't risk it if you anything growing out there. worcester at 30. keene, new hampshire, 24 degrees, so it is that cold temperatures like that, we've got to talk about some snow moving on in here. but remember, our atmosphere is like a cake. you can't just go by the temperatures at the lower level. you have to go through all the different layers to the top to figure out what's going to go on and that's not a specific scientific thing to do. so here's what we do. we launch all the weather balloons, figure out what's going on above us and try to push that into the future. this is a storm system to our west. there's ra

and so if you go stand on the plaza in front of the capital and you look at the small sandstone middlesex of the building on the senate side, that little square box was the original capital building in 1800 and housed the senate and the house and the supreme court and the library of congress. if you stand out on the plaza and look around, all of the buildings you see -- the supreme court, the library of congress, the house office buildings, the senate office buildings -- they all represent functions that started out in that small sandstone box and they give the sense of how things have grown. the most recent addition to the capitol is underground, it's the capitol visitor's center and that's also because it's a reflection of the fact that three million people a year visit the capitol building to tour it, to look at it and watch the congress at work and they needed to be able to accommodate these very large crowds that were coming in. but for all of that, for all the art and for all the other historical events and all the rest, this is really a working -- a daily working building with a la

he stressed today's officers shouldn't be held accountable for middlesex takes in the past. >> kim: dangerous detour for a truck driver in florida. the driver goes off a bridge in sarasota. the truck ended up in water after the driver lost control. the driver did get out safely. crews spent hours finding a way to get the truck back on dry land. they used cranes to get it on the road. >> ryan: a bus driver texas. the bus driver tried to avoid another car after another car department stop at a stop sign. no pos goers were on the bus. there was one person in the home. he made it out just in time. >> kim: an 11-year-old girl in florida leading police on the car chair, the mother said she gave her daughter the car keys to get a book out of the car. she didn't stop for another ten miles. when she crashed into another car. >> driving next thing i see police lights coming and then a car coming towards me and that is being chased by police officers. then this is how the hit happened. >> kim: the girl was taken to hospital. he is going toed -- to be charged with driving without a license and trying to

they have a flood advisory for extreme western middlesex county for very heavy rain. look at. this we' thunderstorms beginning to blossom across portions of eastern connecticut and western rhode island. this will work up into massachusetts over the next 45 minutes to an hour. how much rain? many areas with this yellow plume indicating at least one to two inches of rain. that's just within the last two hours. that's a lot of rain for those storm drains. that's why we have flash flooding going on right now worcester county. flash flood warnings until 9:00. metro boston, we have rain, but not the flooding-type rain. although there could be a burst then there will be a second batch of showers that will work up into southern new england around noon tomorrow and r into about the middle of the afternoon, between say 12:00 and 3:00 p.m., some time in that window. some showers coming through that. will be the could front that swings through southern new england. so the amount of rainfall on the way, again, this is not including what has already fallen. worcester and fitchburg. that's a

50s to lower 60s in worcester county and over to, say, essex county and suffolk, norfolk back to middlesex. lower 60s to near 60 degrees most spots and into plymouth as well. 61 for you today. barnstable at 63. just about 3 degrees warm en than the current temperatures. go to the tropics. brand-new advisory from the hurricane center. models shift westward with the overnight runs. right now this is 145-mile-per-hour cat 4 hurricane moving into haiti and here it is, tuesday, 8:00, just moving away from cuba and we go into wednesday and thursday of the bahamas. offshore the florida coast and westward directly across the eastern florida peninsula. here are the carolinas still a powerful hurricane as we get into the weekend. show you the models what we use to track where this thing is headed and most of them are agreeing we are going into the carolinas and eventually even into new england transitioning to an extra tropical cyclone . powerful winds, waves and everything would be in the making if we verify. we are watching high pressure out to the east. low pressure to the west. the timing and in

after two people were hit bay tow truck and rushed to hospital in newton last night we pressed the middlesex district attorney's office several times for an update on that investigation. john monahan is live tonight and people in that neighborhood that you spoke with are very concerned about this crash. >> reporter: that's right, elizabeth. they're worried because they five streets converge here and last night as a tow truck turned here onto beacon street it struck that elderly couple right here. >> reporter: beacon street in newton closed down thursday night after this tow truck from todayy's towing hit an elderly couple crossing this intersection. the driver did stop and police canvassed the scene for hours for clues. >> catalina says it's tough not only to >> my whole family is concerned with me driving here because it's really, really dangerous. >> reporter: chris kim owns a business in newton center he sees people nearly get hit here all the. >> i'm it's a very busy intersection. they fly down like it's indy 500. >> reporter: tristan says at night it's also tough to see along this jumbo

breaking right at the top of our 10:00 newscast a middlesex district attorney's office identified the cyclist hit and killed by 18 wheeler in cambridge this morning. 60-year-old bernard lavan from lexington. the crash remains under investigation. >>> teething tablets and gels that could be causing seizures and breathing problems in young children. the f.d.a. is asking caregivers to st homeopathic teething products. c.v.s. have pulled all homeopathic teaguing products from its shelves. the storm which tore through haiti is now in the bahamas is heading right towards the florida coast. kevin lemanowicz has more. >> the track hasn't changed very much this will be so close to the coast of florida that the precarious

numbers will head for the 20s and 30s even know there is no freeze warning in effect portions of middlesex county because the growing season is over and the weather service hasn't issued once the growing season is that. martha's vineyard at 30. a chilly day again tomorrow. lots of sun but not as windy. temperatures tomorrow 44-49. the city at 49. dracut at 46. back to the worcester hills temperatures in the low to pledle 40s on the cape and the islands mashpee at 50679 chatham at 51: thursday cloudy sky, iranian. there is going to be a burst of sleet coming out of the berkshires in the form of snow but in the worcester period of sleet before it becomes a chilly rain, everyone inside 495 it's only a chilly rain but beneficial rain at that. another inch of rain on the way for southern new england. see you at 4:30. >> jadiann: time for traffic with matt fitzgerald with a check of the roads. >> we'll fly high above 128 near the mass pike. you will be jammed from trapelo road down to the mass pike, we had an earlier crash that cleared. the northbound side is moving well right now. slow through

we've got a big bag of rain working up across the pike up to 495 corridor, the worst her hills, middlesex county, city of boston not so much, kind of avoiding this big old bag of rain here and as we look farther south more rain trying to clip the south shore. most of us is over the fish. i think boston down route 3 up route 395 up into essex more intermittent but back into metrowest the worcester hills will be widespread rain. get the rain gear ready because again for some of you it's downpours for others it's that nuisance drizzle and mist but for everyone it's not cold, it's not raw. sometimes our october rainstorms these numbers will be down into the 40's but not the case. somewhat humid with temperatures in the 60's. from this storm system here, now it's way out there but it has such a reach that it's grabbing yanking it up into new england this evening. so that's why we'll have the showers and the downpours which eventually will wind down around midnight tonight and then i think after midnight tonight we'll have a lot of clouds but not much in the way of rain and that's how we start

man, that rain came from over across middlesex county and into essex county, southeastern new hampshire. ryan had 3.4 inches. erica 3.19. we have a mix of wbz whrf watchers and other sky warn spotters. 4.10 inches of rain is the most rain in one day 6, 2008 when 4.79 inches fell. the second wettest october day on record for worcester. so the emphasis now shifting from the rain to the wind. the wind gusts late this afternoon, especially tonight and much of tomorrow, 25 to 50 miles per hour. that is going to cause wind damage, trees may come down, certainly limbs down and twigs. showers of falling leaves and more acorns. they seem to be unending this year. they are all over the place. possible. and the greatest wind is not happening this morning. we're sort of in a lull now. waiting for the front to go by. when the storm intensifies to the north of us late today and pressure gradient really tightens the wind is going to really pick up late this afternoon, tonight and tomorrow. then there will still be wind monday but not as much wind as we'll have late today through tomorrow. these are th

middlesex county residents are cashing in on their old firearms. framingham police held a gift cards for guns event this weekend. people turned in 174 firearms and a defused grenade. those who participated in the 4 hour buy back program received gift cards for each weapon or piece of ammunition returned. the event aims to give residents a safe way to dispose of unwanted firearms. state police will destroy the returned guns. nichole: investigates revealing disturbing details about a home for massachusetts veterans. rodents leaking sewer lines unsanitary medical supplies even human waste. karen anderson has a look inside. >> and building is just so old. kathy: -- karen: chelsea soldiers home, established in 1982. inside we found what appeared to be mold in the shower, and expired elevator inspection, out of order washing machines, and signs everywhere of peeling paint and maintenance overdue. >> i have a bit of a problem. karen: this saved navy vet bob guerrero from a homeless shelter, but brought problems of its own. the black marks underneath his b

a brief shower west of worcester and the lower merrimack valley headed into, let's say northern middlesex county. i think most of tonight should be fairly drive. then temperatures up by 60 degrees. i think a little week see -- a little w sea breeze will develop. there is a cold front draped over us. not a lot of colder, but almost i reset it and to compare temperatures between today and what we will get tomorrow. the important part to this forecast is monday into tuesday, tuesday morning we are watching this warm front. it will be south of boston or i think it will get through, allowing for warm air to build in. temperatures over 80 degrees are a possibility. believe it or not, this is the storm that will not go away. nicole, still out there in the atlantic ocean. over the bahamas, we are watching this area for possible developments. some of that moisture will eventually try to head up the eastern seaboard, perhaps clipping us with a little additional rainfall and then head this the seven day forecast goes a little like this. a spot shower -- a spot shower overnight tonight. then a warm d

antoinette: middlesex county residents are cashing in on their old firearms. firearms and a defused grenade. those who participated in the four hour buy back program received gift cards for each weapon or piece of ammunition returned. the event aims to give residents a safe way to dispose of unwanted firearms. state police will destroy the returned guns. doug: demolition continues on the mass pike as crews work to dismantle toll booths. state highway officials say they're making progress and are actually ahead of sche. drivers traveling between new york and boston will now pay pike tolls in one of two ways. a bill will be sent in the mail after their license plate is photographed or by having an e.z. pass transponder. but the now empty toll booths are expected to cause some confusion, and that could lead to big backups. one driver saw those backups in sturbridge. booths would be, up the ramp, and down the highway. several miles. probably 8 miles. doug: perhaps a foreshadowing of things to come tomorrow's , commute is expected to be rough. commuters are urged t

southeastern middlesex county. waltham, that includes you. mostly clear skies inland tonight, will allow the temperatures to drop. we'll have the clouds nearest the coast and still get into the mid 30's. that's why there's the frost potential. rain and snow moving across the great lakes and midwest, and moving toward us. now, first thing in the morning, they are going to be mostly clear skies to the west, clouds along the coast, even a few spots of drizzle potentially with an onshore flowing developing, but it's this back here that you're most worried about. snow movinin and litchfield county. light accumulations eventually but through noontime, we will have been warming up slowly in central and eastern massachusetts. when the storm arrives, it's mostly if not all rain. there may be mixing in the higher elevations. northeastern connecticut, southern worcester county, into the monadnocks, but most of the snow and sleet will stay along the higher elevations in the berkshires and into vermont and possible, but mostly rain and the heaviest coming

we're told the middlesex county man is in his 60s. the health department says he developed a lesser severe form of the daze disease and did not have to be hospitalized. >>> a controversial projection project gets ok'd. they will expand the hospital. the new clinical building would be built over a supporters are seeking legal action to stop the project because they worry the expansion will lead to closing the gardens. the public health council will now vote on the project later next month. >>> a 5k scheduled for this weekend paying tribute to a mefd woman killed in the marathon bombings. the 5k race and walk is scheduled for sunday at 10:00 a.m. at mass state community college. registration begins at 9:15 and it costs $25. all of those proceeds scholarship. campbell was one of four people killed in the boomings. she -- bombings. she graduated in 2005 with a business degree. recipients of the scholarship are business majors who have shown how they have overcome an obstacle or made a difference. >>> today we have new information about th

red and lower your visibility and problems for the evening commute for sure out down here on to middlesex county, there's plymouth carver. route 44 heavy rain beyond it. a little farther, spots right here in route 44. there's high street and core wood avenue getting heavy rain as well. this through northern worcester county, groton, into new hampshire, not as prevalent as it was a half hour ago, still out there. heavy rain still. street flooding and also low visibility. any time you head into a shower, low visibility section of town. really a problem on the roadways this evening as well. take it easy, extra time, all of the things that you usually say, cliches you can throw at you apply for this one. there is the heavy rain stream for this evening. pushing off to the north later tonight. at 10:00. still talking about heavy rain around here during our 10:00 news cast. by 11:00, most of it will be fading away. that's certainly good news, we'll get a break through the here comes the next batch sliding up into southern new england, not nearly as heavy for the most part. some downpours embedde

three more human cases of west nile virus all of the patients were over the age of 70 and from middlesex county two. ended up in the hospital but they have since been released. health officials urge everyone to remain vigilant in protecting themselves in the strike at harvard university now that contract talks are underway between custodians and the school. we told you earlier this week how dining hall workers walked off the job protesting wages. tonight's we've learned the union that represents more than 700 custodians at harford is now talking with the school. the custodians want an increase in wages, affordable healthcare and adequate retirement funds. >>> a car fire left over 100 people stranded on mount washington in new hampshire. the drivers the driver told officials he was about halfway up the mountain when his car started overheating. the driver and the passenger were not hurt. >>> thousands spent on corn hole sets, flat screen tvs a paintball court and more just before the federal government's fiscal year ended some agencies went shopping. fox 25's justin gray reports. >> repor

in this area here, not so much up through essex county, middlesex county, but down through here. this is where we've been seeing our band of showers going through and we have more on the way. that's the good news about this forecast. that's the latest band from nantucket toward edgartown. it pushes its way toward providence. into the city right now, a steady downpour, but it's going running into water all the way down through plymouth. as you head to the north shore, some lighter showers. around the portsmouth area, a couple of bands moving through. concord, a hit or miss shower at best. the western part of the state has seen no rain out of this. a little drizzle. that's all. because of the rain that was out there, we had a flood advisory. as far as this weekend, rain at times, breezy on the cool si tomorrow but less of a chance. we'll talk more about that and hurricane matthew coming up in a few moments. antoinette? antoinette: breaking news overnight. two people are hurt after a shooting in dedham. this is video in overnight from newscenter 5 from the area of bridge and needham

the department of public health says all three patients live in middlesex county and are over the age of 70. two are both women were hospitalized but have been discharged. the third, a man, never required hospitalization. 5 investigates learning two new place at the state department of conservation and recreation. the move comes after governor baker tried to control damage after highly publicized problems. matthew sisk resigned when this video surfaced showing him using lights and sirens to cut through traffic. that was in a state vehicle. in august, sisk and his boss, leo roy, were suspended when 5 investigates started asking questions about a vip party on july 3 where guests were driven to the hat shelf in three other high-ranking members of d.c.r. or environmental affairs resigned or were fired this week. shayna: drivers can find out exactly how much it will cost to use the mass pike when a new tolling system goes into effect. mass d.o.t. approved new rates after feedback from the public. drivers with a massachusetts e-z pass transponder will get a discount. other drivers will be m

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three more cases of west nile virus all over the age of 70, and middlesex county. two of them in the hospital but since released. health officials urge everyone to be vigilant in protecting themselves from mosquito bites. swampscott police are searching for this man who used counterfeit bills to buy a $200 gift card at cvs. if you recognize him, call police. >>> a local high school soccer team took to the field for the first time since the entire coaching staff suddenly resigned. >> blair: this comes after parents and players complained about a drill ran during practice. three of the coaches quit earlier this week after those complaints. the players crawleded on their an effort to build trust. but some parents thought their daughters thought the exercise was demeaning and inappropriate. >> used a drill that didn't translate very well into a woman's soccer program. so which is unfortunate, but i know he was remorseful. >> blair: paschal said his good intentions were misinterpreted by some. but the school says the drill caused confusion and concern. an interim coach

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. >> kevin: a flood advisory out there in worcester county, middlesex county and the western portion of norfolk county. this strip of heavy rain through western worcester county is the most concerning. we'll be diving deep down into this to find out where the heaviest rain is falling. >> vanessa: minorities are locked up at a higher rate than white people. in next half how many, what the judge -- hour, what the top judge in state is doing to make sure the justice system is it plus -- >> she made this turn and i guess i fell under the seat and then she accelerated going down the street. >> the reporter: only on fox 25, >> the reporter: only on fox 25, you will hear from middle school uh, first of all, i plan to vote for donald trump. when it served her purpose, ayotte buddied up to trump, even calling him a role model. would you tell a child to aspire to be like donald trump? oh absolutely, i would do that. but she kept playing politics and flip flopping around. ayotte is running away from trump as quickly as she can. - to keep something she values. - i know. kelly ayotte. the politic

the state police reconstruction team was out here all day, taking measurements, right now the middlesex d.a. is investigating whether or not to file charges. coming up tonight, all new at 5:00, we will talk with a neighbor who was first on scene, and called 911. really a traumatic experience for the neighbor. we are live tonight in hopkinton, chris flanagan, fox 25 news. >> also developing ton new hampshire is accused of sharing naked videos and photos with an underage student. police arrested robert willlie today, they say he had been meeting with the student and asked for pictures of the victim in return. he is out on bail tonight. right now we are working to find out what action the school district is taking. >> richard gardener's visit to a library has him back in jail. the convicted rapist spurred an outcry in weymouth appeared in court after being picked up on alleged probation violations. been covering it every step of the way. robert, his visit to the library is what officials are concerned about? >> blair, richard gardener is not suppose god anywhere near a place that was frequ

we are watching the showers off of essex county and approaching middlesex along highway 93 in andover. watching lowell, billerica, and a little rain coming your way if you are moving together and to lynn and melrose and malden, wet roads to be mindful.

. >> the reporter: as of this afternoon, neither the police for the middlesex county d.a.'s office released the names of the men struck in the crosswalk. this menu one of them. >> it's a surprise me with this street the way it is. everybody flies up and down this road, knife -- 50, 60 miles per hour. if you try to walk across it, they don't care, they just keep going. >> the reporter: and this morning's accident raised a lot of concerns. a floodgate of concerns over these unsignaled crosswalks, where drivers are supposed to stop when pedestrians step in to them, but often they do not. coming up at 6:00 p.m., we will hear from other pedestrians who about. live in waltham, jim morelli, fox 25 news. >> vanessa: cloudy and gray for much of the day and a lot of fog in the city this afternoon, but the sun did break through in some parts this afternoon. fox 25 storm tracker meteorologist jason brewer is here tomorrow. will we see pa warmup? >> kevin: absolutely. we have to keep the warm front to keep moving. right now, it's gradually making its way north. it's made all the differe

a town hall will be held tomorrow night at middlesex community college in lowell. the meeting will give grandparents and other relatives caring for children a chance to talk about opioid addiction and overdose death. earlier this year, we introduced you to angela, she is raising her two grandchildren and nephew's boys. good versus evil story line. >> blair: went affleck in the hollywood dream team take on cancer. >> you know, if matt damon is involved, can i be the genius and he plays the supportive best friend this time? 6789. >> mark: still ahead tonight, the star-studded cast worldwide effort to stand up to the disease. >> kevin: it is dropping tonight and temperatures for 50's and 40's now, but dropping even further overnight. how cool it will be when you wake up first thing. >> vanessa: up next, covering up from shoulders to knees. a dress code change at boston rules and why some students say kelly ayotte: thanks, buddy. kelly (voiceover): i'm kelly ayotte. and when i take the plate for new hampshire... i'm up against a political machine that plays dirty -- th

as for charges, the middlesex d.a. right now still investigating whether or not to charge its driver. coming up tonight all new at 19 whoization she's not surprised by what happened today. we're live tonight in hopkinton, chris flanagan, fox 25 news. >> blair: also developing tonight, a high school teacher in merrimack, new hampshire is accused of sharing naked pictures and video of himself with an underage student. police arrested robert wiley, he had within meeting with the student and asked for pictures of that victim in return. he is out on bail. we're working to find out what action the school district is taking. the story for fox 25 news at 10:00 p.m. >> vanessa: richard gardener is a convicted level three sex offender, he was arrested after being spotted at a quincy library last week where he did not have permission to be. fox 25's robert goulston broke the story, where he's live now. robert, we're learning more about what caused him to be arrested again. >> the reporter: exactly, vanessa. richard gardner had tw

in middlesex county, pepperell, westford, 3.5, hopkinton just under that. norfolco rain. boston checked in with an inch on any given day is a really good soaking. boston was one of the lower amounts i could find. the big picture, pot tent upper disturbance moving down here. that swirl in the atmosphere, you see those puffy clouds there. we did have one lightning strike earlier this morning right over upstate new york. can't rule out as those come over today that we get one or two more rumbles out there. do be advised. the next couple of hours. watching this back into the new england. our initial forecast, going well, so it gives the confidence going forward in the outputs here. so we have light showers, basically the cape, south coast, worcester county at 10:00 this morning, moving back in. then watch what happens into midday, a chance of some showers along the north, south shore. but the heavier downpours out into central and western mass. certainly possible as they come by. there's 4:00, areas boston northward, still a chance of some rain. then we get into the evening.

wooster very very hard hit, extending northeast, northeastern massachusetts, middlesex, northern county, hit hard over southeastern massachusetts. some of these over 5.5 inches, three and three quarters, west boston the same, wexford the same and u mass lowell greatst amount of rain in one day since september last year. a lot of rain and greatest rain event in years at wooster, at the airport 4.10 inches that is the most rain in one day, since september 6th, 2008 when 4.79 second wettest october day on record. we are done with the real heavy rain although local downpours, all be it brief, will happen late this morning and afternoon. emphasis will be on the wind, later this afternoon, tonight and through tomorrow wind gusts 25 to 50 miles an hour, and that means some wind damage, perhaps certainly some branches and even limbs down, maybe a few scattered trees coming down, with power outages major leaf drop coming up as well. and more of those pesky acorns coming down i don't know about your yard but mine is absolutely full of acorns this year. wind will pick up this afternoon, not much w

the middlesex dealt has taken who drowned outside of a south boston day camp says they're not getting the answers they so rightfully deserve. fox 25 erica richie went and spoke with the mayor about the accusation. >> i cry regularly about my grand baby. >> reporter: the pain is just as real today for the family of 7-year-old kaiser will applies as the day he died behind the in fact, it might be worse because of the mystery behind the grief of his death. >> we just want answers. >> reporter: answers about this scene on july 26th. it was an hours long search for little kaiser after he went missing at the city run day camp. it ended in kaiser's body being recovered not far from the shore. his family says through their lawyer, that was the last fact they were given. >> i want information regarding what happened to kyzr willis. >> reporter: att of information act filed by the city by phone and in writing. >> because the city has ignored us. >> the family has a lawyer now and i can't talk about it. >> reporter: can you confirm at all that they have reached out to you between then and the ti

there is also an accident on 120th in burlington northbound at the middlesex turnpike causing major delays there. >>> our top stories this morning coming learning more about the man killed in a shootout that wounded two boston police officers. kirk figueroa was not licensed to have a gun but he claimed to serve eight years of army reserves as a military police soldier. the army times reports that while he did and last he never attended basic training and he was discharged five months later due to hardship our i- team learned that figueroa has a criminal record and his ex- wife asked for a restraining order against him in a divorce filing, citing domestic violence. he was a constable in boston, approved by the city council. >>> a woman accused of texting and encouraging her boyfriend to kill himself is due in court attorneys for michelle carter will argue that a jury should not hear about the statements she made to police investigating the death of 18- year-old conrad roy's. he died of carbon monoxide poisoning in his truck and carter is charged with involuntary manslaughter, accused of sen

the braintree split, a few showers up to the seacoast of new hampshire and the northern coast of middlesex ty patchy shower or two possible this afternoon. 52 in boston. 42 in worcester. the wind turning become off shore. it will be gusty through the day. temperatures sliding down a few degrees. generally averaging up to 40, near 50. >> christa: a man will be facing a judge after police say he tried to rob a credit union in west roxbury. an off-duty officer was inside, confronted this man and chased him out of the building. police and swat teams surrounding a hotel in hampton, new hampshire. police say man fired at officers the union leader is reporting the man was later found dead inside of a room. no officers were injured. three teenagers will be facing a judge today in dorchester. an that's in connection with a robbery that happened in mattapan. police say the teenagers used this gun in order to rob a man on wednesday night. officers later tracked down the suspects a short time afterward. "today in new england" comes back at 9:00. we certainly hope to see you for your latest on the fore

the latest from middlesex county, massachusetts, the sixth confirmed hume case in massachusetts this year. two weeks ago, a batch of mosquitos in nashua tested positive for west nile. a lab in westbrook maine now working test. viro state generates antibodies for diseases much like people create for illness. and it's for the zika virus, the goal to create a 20 minute test to confirm if someone has zika. >> once they put together their prototype test with their antibodies, they have to do at least a small field trial, if these are working and working well. amy: if any of those companies decide to use viro stat's anti-bodies, millions of the rapid tests would get underway in maine. if you're looking to enjoy the fall colors this weekend, you may want to head up north where the leaves are already starting to turn. fall foliage can be seen in several towns along the highway. the conway scenic provides three different train rides up along crawford notch. >> that's where a lot of people are going to see a lot of foliage, because we're travelling from around 500 feet to over 2000 feet. so th

a few spots will get in the lower 60s, not so much in middlesex county. see middle and upper 50s there. overnight tonight, more clouds and some possible fog and drizzle returning. but here comes the low pressure center moving its way eastward, some afternoon showers, not everyone will get some. inland will be favored tomorrow. tuesday we're dry, wednesday, thursday, most of friday, it's next weekend when our next storm system approaches. could couple that with tropical moisture more on matthew coming up. >> jason: it's an issue plaguing smartphone users for the last month or so, samsung smartphones explode, and catching fire. they're not the only ones. what with batteries from exploding. >> heather: a big day for both the sox and the patriots too as david ortiz says good-bye for it's about time the taco... came out of its shell. it's baking season. warm up with pillsbury. tag, you're it. tag! you're it. tag, you're it. yes! new gogurt write-on tubes. is that ice-t? nope, it's lemonade. is that ice-t? lemonade. ice-t? what's with these people, man? lemonad