live in his switch, nicole estaphan -- live in ipswich, nicole estaphan, wcvb newscenter 5. maria: stormteam 5's mike wankum is joining us. mike: you statistics together and there is not been much rain -- we are going down as number one right now. not a record you want to be holding onto. this is the driest summer on record. back to 1957. that is the number two spot. we still have several days to go. right now is going as the driest on record. he saw that little bit in avon. we saw this area. that is it though. if you are in it, you might get a little shower out of it. just clear skies and they drier air mass moving in. today was so muggy. now we are a little drier air in here. overnight, skies will clear down to the cape and we will wake up with plenty of sunshine, but humidity will be lower. ben: thank you, mike. a rewas arrest in connection with an lgbt newspaper box that was blown up this week in salem. newscenter 5's juli mcdonald is there live salem explosion -- is there live with what we know tonight. juli: a car turned onto washington street and a pedestrian on the o

a man was killed and a woman who was also shot is now in critical newscenter five's nicole estaphan is live in dorchester. nicole: that's right. the hunt is still on for the person responsible in this fatal shooting. if you look behind me, you'll see a heavy police presence. it is something we have seen throughout the day. dozens of police officers walking through the streets, asking people if they have information at this time. family and friends sitting on the stoop there. in man and woman were shot here around midnight. the man died. the woman rushed to the hospital in critical condition. they are asking for the public's help. >> all we had was a black male with a blue hoodie headed toward -- we need the public's help. nicole: police continued on doors, asking anyone if they have heard anything at all. we can report some good news. the woman involved in the shooting is expected to recover. liven dorchester, the cholesterol, wcvb newscenter 5. diane: nicole, thank you. taking a live look over the city . right now another sunny day today. but there is rain on the way. meteorologist jo

maria: newscenter 5's nicole estaphan explains he never made -- it quickly changed. chest but he will not be able to coach. nicole not on the roster this : year, or maybe ever again. the decision made friday by new bedford bears pop warner co parks department. after a well liked coach, 39-year-old sharik mendes was charged in a heroin drug traffiking ring. >> i think it shocked the whole city those that liked him and , those that didn't. nicole perhaps no one more : shocked than conceicao, who wrote a letter to the judge at the request of mendes. he says at the time he believed mendes story, that he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. he had faith in the >> he does a great job with the kids and it is sad to see it end up this way. nicole earlier this week a judge : agreed to let mendes continue to coach, sparking controversy. that conceico letter, at the forefront. but conceico says after a closer look at the charges, he changed his mind. >> good things come to an end. easy money will get you in trouble. nicole: according to court documents mendes sold heroin at

our nicole estaphan is live in dorchester with the latest on the investigation. nicole. nicole: ben, diane, that's right. the shooter is still on the loose. the police have few clues as to that person's identity. what they do have is a heavy police presence. family and friends are sitting on that front stoop and police officers going door-to-door, knocking, looking for anyone who may have heard anything. again at the man died, the woman rushed to the hospital in critical condition. >> in the last week and a half, those numbers are taking up again. our work is never done. it is never done. i got a text last night at 3:00 in the morning from commissioner evans, telling me a young person few clues. they are asking the public for help. the woman that was injured is expected to recover. live in dorchester tonight, nicole estaphan, wcvb newscenter 5. ben: all right, nicole, thank you. taking a live look at the boston skyline. a beautiful night out there. a few showers, but they did not last long, joe joe:. no -- they did not last long, joe. joe: very comfortable, very quiet ni

our nicole estaphan was there. >> it's the gift of life. nicole: we first met peter lyford one year ago. suffering with stage five renal failure, in desperate need of a kidney. >> i do dialysis twice a day. nicole with his health declining : and time running out, his wife >> i sought on the channel five news. that's interesting. i'm oh positive. nicole: kelly hoye says she was moved an emotion that quickly turned to what felt like a fateful action when she saw petes three young girls. >> my father died when i was young i know how it felt to be them and that is the cord that resonated with me. nicole: hoye picked up the phone. a moment that would ultimately save a life. >> at that point i had no kidneys. >> i am going to be your donor . 10 minutes later, the ambulance was there. he had a stroke. >> his name is on that kidney that's his kidney, i was never going to be done never nicole: hoye says she never conencted to her own. has she had time to think about the gift they both share. >> it is just hitting me now, it is overwhelming, but for t

our nicole estaphan was there. >> it is the gift of life. nicole: we first met peter lyford one year ago. suffering with stage five renal failure, in desperate need of a kidney. >> i do dialysis twice a day. nicole with his health declining : and time running out, his wife jennifer posted a message on her car, a plea. it was heard. >> i saw it on channel 5 news. i saw it on the news that is -- i saw it on the news. nicole kelly hoye says she was : moved an emotion that quickly turned to what felt like a fateful action. >> my father died when i was nicole hoye picked up the phone, : a moment that would ultimately save a life. >> we had a donor. >> i had a stroke. nicole this past may, these : former strangers, were forever bonded. a successful surgery, a new found and loving friendship. >> is like we are family. >> not only has she given us the gift of life -- >> my new sister. nicole hoye says she nev right. only now, holding hands with a man whose life is forever connected to her own has she had time to think about the gift they both share.

nicole estaphan, wcvb newscenter 5. todd: nicole, thank you. a stabbing arrest in saugus, the suspect now charged with attempted murder. police say john sevier attacked the victim last night on broadway. the victim is hospitalized with serious injuries and is now in stable condition. about a possible motive for the attack. rhondella: two small children are in boston hospitals after they were pulled from a pool in lowell. it happened during a party last night. newscenter 5's diane cho is live in lowell with the investigation. diane? diane: neighbors say the family was having a birthday party yesterday at the home where it took place, when it ended with a 911 call. above ground pool here of freda lane in lowell and one child was unresponsive when pulled from the water. police were called out to the home just before 8:30 last night. we spoke to one of the neighbors who did not want to be identified who tells us he is a nurse and started performing cpr on the little girl and by the time ems arrived, she was breathing. he says he called out for addi

newscenter 5's nicole estaphan joins us live in worcester tonight with more information. nicole? nicole: a man describes frightening moments as he rushed to make sure that his little girl was ok. shortly afterward, he realized his neighbor was not. nicole: shots fired on perry avenue, be shots missing the intended target, but sending fee or through the quiet neighborhood. >> everybody goes down on the floor because nobody knows what is going on. nicole: residence inside this triple-decker rushed for cover after a bullet fired through the floor. >> she was doing her hair. and hit her leg. nicole: the bullet striking the hairdresser in the back of the like and grazing her customer. >> they said, what happened question mark it was a gunshot. that was scary. nicole: scary, but it could have been much worse. both women escaping injury and fears from nearbyhializ. >> oh, my god. oh, my god. it was a relief to my heart,

newscenter 5's nicole estaphan is live in princeton with the tributes to the young woman. nicole: while her death remains a mystery, the story of her life was clear at her service today; a story of love. hundreds of people joining in a winding procession through the streets of the place 27 -year-old vanessa marcotte once called home. the leominster church filled new york, where she worked for google. her body found just over a week ago in a wooded area in princeton after she failed to return from a jog. inside her services, no talk of what caused her death, only of what made up her life. >> nothing about evil or hatred, all about love and the impact that every day of the week, every minute, she had love. that was really the hallmark of her life. choosing to remain silent while they grieve the tragic loss of this loved young woman. again, police asking the public no matter how trivial they think it might be, to give them a call if you have seen anything. heather: aaron hernandez back in a courtroom this afternoon. ed: newscetner 5's todd kazakiewich is live in boston with wh

nicole estaphan is live in windham. nicole: as we have seen on many donald trump campaign stops, large lines lining up. we have not seen any protesters at this location, despite calls for protests here. made stops at two fundraisers, one in nantucket, the second attend. cap is tweeting a preview of some of what he will say today, a few hours ago writing, we will be talking about hillary saying her brain short-circuited and other things. he is referring to a comment hillary made about her e-mail. again, trump is expected to be here around 8 p.m. this evening. report at 10:00 and 11:00. nicole estaphan, wcvb newscenter 5. diane: the democratic nominee taking the weekend off from campaigning. hillary clinton has no scheduled public events. she will be back out next week, heading to the swing state of florida. the first family is now vacation on martha's vineyard. they arrived today for a two week stay. they have spent their summer vacation on the island nearly every year since the 2008 election. president obama is expected

newscenter 5's nicole estaphan is live in princeton. nicole: there are a lot of questions when it comes to the death of vanessa mark caught -- marcotte. vanessa marcotte once called home. a somber procession leading to the leominster church that would house her final goodbye. >> her love of life and friendship and family. nicole it was the love that : marcotte shared with the world. >> she did not have a evil piece of energy in her. nicole that drew hundreds to : embrace the legacy she left behind. to complete strangers. many who came, if only for a moment to help carry the burden of loss. her murder still a mystery. marcotte found in a little over a week ago in a wooded area in princeton, she was out for a jog, but never returned. >> i have a daughter. where ever she goes -- whenever she go somewhere i worry. nicole: the support inside the church, was met with the empathtic emotion from strangers >> i wanted to put my hand on my heart and say a prayer inside and maybe she will hear me up top. >> maybe this will amount to something. nico

we're live in worcester, nicole estaphan, wcvb newscenter 5. diane: nicole, thank you. president obama started off his family vacation on martha's vineyard with a day of golfing, a great day to get outside. he tee'ed off at farm neck golf club in oak bluffs around one -- aroun l.a. clippers player chris paul joined the president and two friends for the match. the first family arrived yesterday for their two-week vacation. how is the weather going to look? a.j.: i was on the cape. it was beautiful. awesome sunset. i know we have storms coming through, but they really led to a great sunset. humidity has been low. i think everybody enjoyed most of today. their work one arteaga flickering showers. a.j.: no, no, they clicked and they are in and out. 80 in worcester. boston, 86. pleasant all the way through the south shore, south coast, cape and the islands -- great day for golf. he to be another nice day for golf tomorrow and tuesday as well. lots of sunshine, low humidity, and obviously where we have had our lack some quick greens out there. the last of the showers, and ver

newscenter 5's nicole estaphan is live at the scene with our nicole: we will start with an update on the rescue, with a man rescued from the third floor of this building. he was transferred to the hospital with what appeared to be minor injuries. this is still a very active scene. you can see debris from the building, multiple departments fighting the flames of for several hours now. we can see in the video flames rolling over the southbridge building as firefighters scrambled to get to the majority of those claims. firefighting continues. the problem is the amount of days between the floors, access have been tough. residents -- businesses and residential completely destroyed, including one of the oldest hair salons that has been here nearly three decades. >> i am totally in shock.

underway in a : it was an ef1 tornado with wins at 100 miles per hour, 39 homes were damaged and nicole estaphan talk to some of the people who saw it happen. live in concord right now. nicole: joining the sound of cleanup a sound of generators. a lot of people still without power but that is such a minor concern when you consider some of the damage. >> it felt like you were in a blender. you >> everything was rattling, it was 10 or 15 seconds and it was over. nicole: despite an alert if you had time to react. >> i heard a funny noise, it was her making funny noises. i shut all the windows and one open. all the -- all of a sudden the curtain had been blowing in when the wrong direction and started heading out. their doorstep. >> it was really loud and water lashing out the windows. nicole: the ef1 devouring wins -- trees forcing branches into homes. as crews worked to clear debris. >> completely trashed. the trees and trunks and everything. it is awful. nicole: a warning to staff the streets that are hard to find. the cause of the damage even harder to believe. >> i am from new england. it does

newscenter 5's nicole estaphan is live in worcester where that worker faced a judge today, nicole? nicole: according to police, and heather lyons went as far as sketching out those plans in a notebook. we can consider it good news she shared those plans with a therapist who call police. : lyons was in a worcester court on friday for a competency hearing her longmeadow avenue , neighbors still digesting the disturbing news. >> i never thought it. no, no. i would never think so. she might be a little bit strange, but other than that, no, no. nicole disbelief over what : brought her here -- the former chartwell food services worker, who spent her days at wpi, allegedly told her therapist this week she wanted to kill her former boss. >> nicole: according to police, lyons had purchased bomb making she admitted fabricating sexual assault allegations against in 2015. wpi officials issuing this statement campuswide friday -- there is currently no active threat to our campus nor was there any evidence of imminent danger posed to the community at the time the threats were made. lyons has bee

newscenter 5's nicole estaphan reports, the gunman is still on the run. >> i was in the house watching television. three shots and that was it. nicole: in the middle of the day, multiple shots fired on perry avenue in worcester saturday. the violence missin' but sending fear through a quiet neighborhood. >> everyone went down on the floor they didn't know what was going on. nicole: residents inside this triple decker rushed for cover. after a stay bullet hit the second floor, traveling straight through the wall where several women were gathered. >> she was doing her hair. that is when the bullet went through the wall and went through her leg. hairdresser in the leg. and grazing the back her customer. scary but it could have been much worse. both women escaping serious injury. and intial fears for nearby children not realized very wife's all my god. it was a relief in my heart because it was not my family. nicole: police continue to canvass ar searching for the person responsible. the investigation is ongoing. reid: right now, several families are burned-out of their homes in abington.

it's so bad some areas in massachusetts will soon be at historic lows newscenter 5's nicole estaphan is live in ipswich, where the water district says it is a couple weeks away from being bone dry. nick cole? no coal right. 75% of massachusetts is abnormally dry. i can show you here. tonight, not a drop. >> it really is -- i think the

he's now sharing his story with our nicole estaphan. >> not be the coach. nicole: not on the roster this year or ever again maybe. the decision made by the cofounder after a well-liked coach, 30 nine-year-old mendez, was charged in the heroine drug trafficking ring. >> i think it shock posted day. those who liked him and those he who did not like him. time he believed mendez's story and he was at the wrong place at the wrong time. he was not the man he thought was paying it forward. >> it is sad to see it in this way. nicole: a judge agreed to allow members to coach, sparking controversy with a letter at the forefront, but after looking at the charges, he changed his mind. >> nicole: according to court documents, he was a large-scale the stupider parent in new bedford. we caught up with him friday packing up the gym and had no comment. he will be back in court on september 13 for a plea hearing. doug: residents in middlesex county are being warned about a telephone scam. sheriff peter koutoujian says callers are posing as deputy sheriffs and threatening to a

he's now sharing his story with our nicole estaphan. >> the status right now to a not be able to coach. year may be up again. the decision made friday by the cofounder daniel and the park department after a well-liked coach, 39-year-old mendez, was charged in a harrowing drug trafficking ring. >> i think it shocked the whole city. those who like to mend did not like it. nicole: perhaps no one more shocked and daniel, who wrote a letter to the church at the request of the defendant. he said at the time, he believed mendez's story and he was in the wrong place at the wrong time coached as a young kid, a man he thought was paying it forward. >> he does a good job of the kids. it is sad to see an in-depth this way. nicole: a judge agreed to let mendez continue to coach, sparking controversy, with the letter at the forefront. after closer look at charges, he changed his mind. >> good things come to an end. easy money will get you in trouble. nicole: mendez sold heroin and was a large al scale heroine supplier in new bedford. he will be back in court for a plea hearing. doug: residents in mi